Towing and roadside assistance in Minneapolis, MN
Extreme-cold jump starts and snow-emergency towing across Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Service area
Twin Cities, Minnesota
Mobile dispatch only — no walk-in location.
Hours
24 hours, 7 days a week (Chicago time)
What a breakdown in Minneapolis actually looks like
The Twin Cities is the coldest market we serve, and it changes everything about the work. At -20°F a healthy battery is marginal, engine oil thickens toward molasses, and diesel fuel gels. Our January call volume is overwhelmingly no-starts, and we run more jump packs and more overnight coverage here per capita than anywhere else in the network.
Snow emergencies are the second half of it. Minneapolis and St. Paul each declare their own, with day-by-day parking rules on different sides of the street, and cars on the wrong side get ticketed and towed to an impound lot. We check whether an emergency is active before dispatching so you are not paying us to arrive at an empty parking space.
Roads and corridors we work most in Twin Cities
I-94 between the downtowns
The main artery linking Minneapolis and St. Paul; winter spinouts cluster in the trench section.
I-35W and I-35E
The split around the metro means confirming which branch is essential before dispatch.
I-494 and I-694 beltway
The suburban ring, with wide shoulders and generally faster winter access than city streets.
Hiawatha Avenue (MN-55)
Light-rail crossings and limited shoulder through South Minneapolis.
I-394 and the MnPASS lanes
Reversible barrier-separated lanes with restricted access points for recovery.
Local conditions that drive our Minneapolis call volume
Extreme-cold no-starts
Below -15°F, batteries that tested fine in November simply will not turn an engine over. Our coldest mornings produce five to six times normal call volume, concentrated between 5am and 10am, and the wait can be long because every operator in the metro is running back-to-back jumps.
Snow emergency rules
Minneapolis and St. Paul run separate, multi-day snow emergency schedules with different street-side rules each day. Cars parked wrong are towed to an impound lot — that is a release fee situation, not a tow call.
Fuel gelling in diesels
Untreated diesel gels in Minnesota cold and no jump start will fix it. If you drive a diesel and it cranks but will not fire on a bitter morning, tell dispatch — the right response is a tow to a warm bay.
When we are busiest, and how long we take
December through February mornings dominate the year. Summer volume is a fraction of winter and skews toward highway breakdowns.
Typical arrival is 30-60 minutes in normal conditions. On extreme-cold mornings and during active snow emergencies, waits of two hours or more are realistic across the whole metro.
Other metros we dispatch in
See all service areasThis page describes our Twin Cities dispatch coverage. Road, weather and response-time details are drafted with AI assistance from public road and climate data, then reviewed by our dispatch team for this market. Response windows are estimates, not guarantees — the dispatcher on the phone will give you the current number.