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Towing on Amherst Street in Buffalo, NY — $160 Base Plus $7 a Mile, Any Hour
If the car has stopped on Amherst Street, the price is the same as anywhere else we go: $50 to book, $110 to hook, $7 a mile. Call or text the nearest cross street.
What a Call on Amherst Street Looks Like
Amherst Street is one of the verified streets in our Buffalo coverage, the roads where cars actually get left when they stop being drivable. A call here is the same four questions as anywhere: where exactly the car is, with the nearest cross street; what it is, because an all-wheel-drive car needs a flatbed and a front-wheel-drive car does not; what it is doing; and where it needs to go. From those we quote the job before the truck is sent.
Property work around Amherst Street tends to come from Freedom Park on Unity Island, the Market Square Historic District, the Black Rock Rail Yard, Bennett High School, All-High Stadium: the battery that died while someone was inside, the lockout at the far end of a lot, the car that will not start in a space it cannot be pushed out of.
Pull as far out of the travel lane as the car will go, hazards on, keys ready. If it is winter and the car is in a snowbank, stop spinning the wheels and clear in front of the tires. We do not work the interstates, expressways, parkways or bridges; that is a different license and a different truck.
What Amherst Street Is Like for a Truck
Black Rock calls are a mix of the two things North Buffalo does: residential driveways and the commercial strips that run through it. A dead battery in a driveway at seven in the morning and a lockout outside a storefront at seven in the evening are the bread and butter, with winch-outs on the side streets once the bands come through. The streets are wider than the West Side and most of them take a flatbed without trouble, but the side streets off the strips still park both sides in winter.
North Buffalo's main roads take a flatbed without trouble, and the driveways are mostly long enough for a wheel-lift to back straight in. The side streets off the strips are the exception in winter, parked both sides with a berm at the kerb, and there the wheel-lift is the truck. Lots behind the storefronts are tight and a car at the back of one may need a neighbour moved.
What a Tow From Amherst Street Costs, Worked Out
From North Buffalo a tow to a shop on the same strip is a couple of miles, $174. Across to the West Side or downtown is four or five, $195. Out to the inner ring is eight to ten, $230. Roadside calls are flat and the car does not move. Pick the near shop and the mileage is the smallest line on the bill. Roadside calls on Amherst Street are flat: jump start $129, lockout $129, tire change $169, fuel $129 plus the fuel, battery $199 plus the battery.
Winter on Amherst Street
Lake-effect bands can bury one North Buffalo street and skip the next. If the car is in a snowbank, stop spinning the wheels; every turn polishes the snow under the tire into ice. Straighten the wheels, clear in front of them, and call with your cross streets.
Stuck on Amherst Street Right Now? Four Things, in Order
- Get safe. Out of the travel lane if the car will push, hazards on. In the car if it is cold and the spot is safe; out and away from it if it is not.
- Work out which call it is. One click and dim lights is a jump start. Keys visible inside is a lockout. A flat with a spare is a tire change. Buried or off the edge is a winch-out. Anything that has to move is a tow.
- Call or text (716) 277-7012 with the nearest cross street on Amherst Street, what the car is, what it is doing, and where it is going.
- Check the number. $160 plus $7 a loaded mile for a tow; the flat price above for a roadside call. Anything else, ask why.
What to tell us when you call from Black Rock: the nearest cross street or a pin, for example where you are on Amherst Street. What the car is, because an all-wheel-drive car needs a flatbed and a front-wheel-drive car does not. What it is doing: dead, flat, locked, stuck or wrecked. And where it needs to go, if it needs to go anywhere. From those four answers we tell you which call it is and quote it before the truck is sent.
Amherst Street in the Rest of Our Coverage
Amherst Street runs through Black Rock, Central Park, Grant-Amherst and Parkside, and a call on it is handled under whichever of those the car is actually in. Each has its own breakdown write-up: what to do in Black Rock, what to do in Central Park, what to do in Grant-Amherst and what to do in Parkside.
In Black Rock the four calls we take most on a street like this are flatbed towing in Black Rock, winch-out & recovery in Black Rock, jump start in Black Rock and car lockout in Black Rock, with the rest of the list on the Black Rock page.
In Central Park the four calls we take most on a street like this are flatbed towing in Central Park, winch-out & recovery in Central Park, jump start in Central Park and car lockout in Central Park, with the rest of the list on the Central Park page.
In Grant-Amherst the four calls we take most on a street like this are flatbed towing in Grant-Amherst, winch-out & recovery in Grant-Amherst, jump start in Grant-Amherst and car lockout in Grant-Amherst, with the rest of the list on the Grant-Amherst page.
Nearby streets with their own pages: Niagara Street, Tonawanda Street, West Ferry Street, East Street, Main Street, Parkside Avenue, Woodbridge Avenue and Morris Avenue. The full list is on the streets page.
Worth reading before you call: how much does a tow cost in buffalo ny? the full math, stuck in snow in buffalo? how a winch-out works and costs and calling a tow truck in buffalo at night — what to expect. Every number is on the pricing page.
Questions About Towing on Amherst Street
How much is a tow from Amherst Street in Buffalo?
$50 to book, $110 to hook and $7 for every loaded mile, so $160 before the truck moves and $195 on a five-mile run. The pricing page has the worked examples, and the number you hear on the phone is the number you pay.
Is there a tow truck near me on Amherst Street right now?
We run out of 415 Rhode Island St on Buffalo's West Side and cover Black Rock, Central Park, Grant-Amherst, Parkside around the clock. Call or text (716) 277-7012 with the nearest cross street and what the car is doing.
Can a flatbed get to me on Amherst Street?
Usually, but a flatbed needs a straight run behind the car to drop its deck. If the street is parked both sides or the car is in a tight spot, a wheel-lift may be the only truck that fits, and for most front-wheel-drive cars it is also the right one. Say what the car is when you call.
Stuck right now? Call and get the number before the truck is sent.
$50 to book, $110 to hook, $7 a mile. Jump start $129, lockout $129, flat. No after-hours rate.