SMITH TOWING & R E C O V E R Y
Audi Q7 being wheel-lifted — light duty towing Crosby TX

LIGHT DUTY TOWING

Flatbed and wheel-lift service for cars, trucks, SUVs, and motorcycles across greater Houston.

Light Duty

EVERYDAY VEHICLES, DAMAGE-FREE TRANSPORT

When you need a daily driver moved safely, whether it’s a broken-down sedan, an SUV with a flat, a motorcycle that won’t start, or a luxury car that just needs to get to the dealer without getting scratched, our light duty fleet handles it.

We operate Jerr-Dan flatbeds and wheel-lift trucks staffed by licensed, uniformed operators. Every job is quoted upfront before the truck rolls, and we provide itemized receipts for insurance reimbursement.

Dispatched from our Crosby, TX facility 24/7/365. Typical response is 15 minutes within Crosby and 20–40 minutes across the Houston metro.

Capabilities

WHAT WE HANDLE

  • Passenger cars & sedans
  • SUVs, crossovers, and small pickups
  • Motorcycles & scooters
  • Luxury & performance vehicles
  • All-wheel-drive transport (flatbed only)
  • Post-collision & damaged vehicles
  • Insurance-claim tows
  • Dealer drop-offs & pickups

BREAKDOWN & NO-START TOWS

Most of the cars we move are everyday breakdowns: a sedan that died at a red light on FM 1960, an SUV that overheated on the Beltway, a truck that threw a check-engine light and lost power. When a vehicle won’t start, won’t shift, or won’t roll, we get it onto the truck without dragging it and haul it to your shop, your dealer, or your driveway. A real dispatcher answers in Crosby 24/7/365, no call center, no hold music, and gives you a straight ETA before the truck rolls. Typical response is about 15 minutes inside Crosby and 20 to 40 minutes across greater Houston.

ACCIDENT & INSURANCE TOWS

After a wreck you are dealing with adrenaline, an insurance claim, and a car that may not be drivable. We make the tow the easy part. We move post-collision and damaged vehicles (flats, broken suspension, deployed airbags, fluid leaks) off the shoulder or out of the intersection and to the body shop, the dealer, or our secured 4-acre Crosby yard while you sort out the claim. Every job is quoted upfront before we hook up, and we hand you an itemized receipt that works for insurance reimbursement. If your adjuster needs the vehicle moved to a specific shop, just tell the dispatcher.

DEALER & REPAIR-SHOP DROP-OFFS

A lot of our light-duty calls are simple point-A-to-point-B drop-offs: getting a car from a home or office to the dealership service bay, moving a vehicle between two shops, or delivering a private-sale purchase across town. We coordinate with service writers and shop managers so the vehicle lands where it is supposed to, and we can drop after hours when a shop is closed so your car is first in line the next morning. Across the Houston metro, from Atascocita and Humble to Baytown and Channelview, it is routine work.

MOTORCYCLE & SCOOTER TRANSPORT

A motorcycle is not just a small car. Tie it down wrong and you scratch the tank, bend a lever, or drop it on the bars. We transport street bikes, cruisers, sport bikes, scooters, and trikes using soft straps and proper chocks on the flatbed so the bike rides upright and the finish stays untouched. Whether it is a dead battery in a parking lot, a flat on the highway, or a non-running project bike that needs to reach the shop, we load it gently and deliver it the way it left.

AWD, 4x4 & FLATBED-ONLY TRANSPORT

All-wheel-drive and many modern 4x4 vehicles should never be flat-towed or dragged on a wheel-lift with two wheels down. It can damage the transfer case, differentials, or transmission. We put AWD vehicles, performance cars, lowered cars, and anything with all four wheels driven onto a Jerr-Dan flatbed so the whole vehicle rides off the ground, damage-free. The same flatbed handles luxury and exotic vehicles where a wheel-lift hook is simply not worth the risk.

JUMPSTART-TO-TOW & ROADSIDE BACKUP

Sometimes the cheapest fix is no tow at all. If a jumpstart, a fuel delivery, a tire change, or a lockout will get you rolling, our roadside crew can try that first and save you the cost of a hook. But if the battery is dead because the alternator failed, or the car still will not run, the same operator simply loads it and tows it. One call, one truck, no second dispatch. That jumpstart-to-tow flexibility is why fleet drivers and families keep our number saved.

LUXURY, EXOTIC & LOW-CLEARANCE CARS

A scratched bumper or a cracked air dam turns a routine tow into an expensive mistake. For luxury sedans, exotics, lowered cars, and low-clearance vehicles we use a flatbed with a low approach angle and extended ramps or wood so the nose clears without scraping. Wheel straps go on the tires, not over the body, and the operator drives for the vehicle: slow on the ramp, square on the bed, tied down by the book. It is the same care we would want for our own cars.

LIGHT-DUTY COVERAGE ACROSS GREATER HOUSTON

We dispatch light-duty flatbeds and wheel-lift trucks 24/7/365 from our Crosby facility at 4338 Harvey Rd and run calls across the metro: Crosby, Baytown, Channelview, Highlands, Huffman, Atascocita, Humble, Kingwood, and into Houston proper along I-10, US-90, Beltway 8, and the SH-225 corridor. Typical response is about 15 minutes inside Crosby and 20 to 40 minutes across greater Houston, and we give you a real ETA when you call. We take Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover, cash, Cash App, Venmo, and Zelle, and we run net-30 accounts for fleets and commercial customers.

Local coverage

SERVING CROSBY & GREATER HOUSTON

We provide this service 24/7 across Crosby and the greater Houston area, including:

CrosbyBaytownChannelviewPasadenaDeer ParkLa PorteKingwoodHumbleAtascocitaHighlands

Common Questions

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

We quote every job upfront before the truck rolls. The price depends on the distance and the vehicle, but you hear it before you commit. No surprise invoice at drop-off, and we hand you an itemized receipt that works for insurance reimbursement.
We dispatch 24/7/365 from our Crosby facility. A real dispatcher, not a call center, answers the phone. Typical response is about 15 minutes inside Crosby and 20 to 40 minutes across greater Houston, and we give you a straight ETA on the call.
Yes. All-wheel-drive vehicles and low-clearance or lowered cars ride on a Jerr-Dan flatbed with all four wheels off the ground, so there is no drivetrain strain and no scraped front end. Wheel straps secure the tires, never the body.
Yes. We move post-collision and damaged vehicles to the body shop or dealer of your choice, or to our secured 4-acre Crosby yard while you handle the claim. Tell the dispatcher which shop your insurer wants and we deliver it there.
Yes. We transport street bikes, cruisers, sport bikes, scooters, and trikes on a flatbed using soft straps and proper chocks so the bike rides upright with the finish untouched, running or not.
Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover, cash, Cash App, Venmo, and Zelle. Fleet and commercial customers can set up net-30 accounts. Just ask the dispatcher.

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