Need a dually moved in Detroit? Detroit Towing dispatches across Detroit, MI. Towing a dually is not the same job as towing a sedan — it comes down to weight rating, deck length, and how the vehicle is secured — so we confirm what you are driving before a truck rolls, and quote the price before the hook goes on.
The right equipment for a dually
Sending an under-rated truck is how a tow turns into damage. Our dispatcher matches the load to the equipment — deck, wheel-lift, or heavy wrecker — and the operator secures it to the manufacturer’s tie-down points rather than whatever is reachable.
A dually towed alone in Detroit is a routine flatbed call; a dually still hooked to a loaded gooseneck or horse trailer is two vehicles that both need to come off the road, and Detroit Towing prices that as two jobs, not one flat rate. What's attached to the truck decides the cost more than the truck itself does.
The truck itself is rarely the hard part. A dual-rear-wheel pickup that breaks down empty tows about like any other one-ton — wider stance, same flatbed, same hook-up. What changes the call is whatever's still hitched to it when it quits: a stock trailer with animals still inside, a loaded equipment gooseneck, or a camper that needs its own tie-down points checked before anything moves.
Detroit Towing treats the trailer as its own recovery rather than folding it into the truck's tow, which is why the price follows what's attached, not a single quoted number for 'a dually.'
What makes one dually tow cost more than another?
An empty trailer that's still rolling and braking normally is close to a non-issue — it gets hooked and pulled behind the recovery truck without much extra time. A loaded stock trailer, a gooseneck sitting crooked from a hitch failure, or a trailer with lights and brakes that stopped working with the truck all add time on scene, and time on scene is most of what's being priced.
Does the trailer travel with the truck, or separately?
That gets decided on scene, not on the phone. If it's safe for one recovery vehicle to manage both, they go together; more often the dually goes out on a flatbed while the trailer — loaded or not — gets its own hook-up and its own trip.
- A stock or horse trailer that still has animals in it
- A gooseneck or equipment trailer loaded heavy enough to need its own tie-down check
- A trailer with brakes or running lights that quit talking to the tow vehicle
Is towing my trailer included if you tow my dually?
Not automatically — a trailer still hitched to the truck is generally priced as its own recovery, since it needs its own equipment and time on scene. Tell dispatch what's attached when you call so the quote reflects the actual job.
What can I do before you arrive to keep the bill down?
Knowing exactly what's hitched helps — a bumper-pull utility trailer is a different job than a loaded gooseneck or a horse trailer with animals still in it. Past that, the price follows what's actually there, not something negotiable on scene.
Will one truck handle both my dually and my trailer?
Sometimes, if it's safe to move both together, and that call is made once the truck arrives. More often it's two separate tows, especially with a loaded trailer or one whose brakes aren't working with the truck anymore.