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Towing and Roadside Help in Texas
Broken down in Texas? Call 1-888-TOW-1213. We lock your price by text, send the nearest available partner tow company and stay with you until help arrives.
If anyone is hurt or you're stopped in a live lane, call 911 first.
How it works in Texas. Sentinel Towing is a network, not a tow company. A vetted local partner near you does the job. We stay with you by text and hold them to your locked price.
Towing by City in Texas
- Amarillo, TXTowing in Amarillo, TX on I-40, I-27 and Loop 335.
- El Paso, TXTowing in El Paso, TX on I-10, Loop 375 and the Patriot Freeway.
- Lubbock, TXTowing in Lubbock, TX on Loop 289, I-27 and the Marsha Sharp Freeway.
Roadside guides for Texas
- Tow Costs in Lubbock: Why Miles Past the Loop Matter Most
- The Real Cost Drivers Behind a Tow in Amarillo
- Lubbock Roadside Guide: Loop 289 and the Marsha Sharp Freeway
- Towed in El Paso? How to Find and Get Your Car Back
- Stuck in El Paso? The Spaghetti Bowl and Loop 375 Explained
- Where I-27 Meets I-40 Near Amarillo: Roadside Help
Big state, long gaps
Texas Interstates Run Long. Plan for That.
I-10 runs just under 880 miles across Texas, from Anthony on the New Mexico line through El Paso, San Antonio and Houston to Orange on the Louisiana line. I-35 runs north from Laredo through San Antonio, Austin and Waco, splits into I-35E through Dallas and I-35W through Fort Worth, then rejoins at Denton on the way to the Red River. I-20 heads east from I-10 near Kent, through Dallas-Fort Worth, to the Louisiana line near Waskom. I-45 links Dallas, Houston and Galveston.
The weather depends on which Texas you're in. The Panhandle has colder winters than North Texas, and the Gulf Coast stays mild. El Paso averages 8.7 inches of rain a year, while parts of southeast Texas get as much as 64. Snow falls several times a winter in the Panhandle and the West Texas mountains, once or twice in North Texas, and only every few years in Central and East Texas. So a Texas breakdown might be a dead battery on a freezing Panhandle morning, or a flat on a hot West Texas shoulder.
Texas Transportation Code
Two Texas Laws Worth Knowing
Move over or slow down
Section 545.157 covers stopped emergency vehicles, tow trucks, and TxDOT and highway contract vehicles using their lights. On a highway with two or more lanes going your way, drivers must either leave the lane closest to the stopped vehicle or slow to 20 mph under a posted limit of 25 mph or more, or to 5 mph where the limit is under 25.
After a minor crash on a city freeway
Section 550.022 says that in a metropolitan area, if a crash damages only vehicles and every car can still be driven normally and safely, drivers must move them out of the main lanes as soon as possible, to the frontage road, a nearby cross street or another suitable spot. A car that needs a tow doesn't count as drivable. In that case, get yourself clear of traffic and call.
Texas Questions
I ran out of gas between towns in West Texas. Can you help?
Tell us the highway, your direction and the nearest mile marker. If a partner can reach that stretch, they'll bring enough fuel to get you to a station. If none can, we'll tell you on the call so you can make another plan quickly.
Roadside help in Texas
Towing and Roadside Services Across Texas
Sentinel is a 24-hour towing and roadside assistance network across Texas. Tell us where you are, and we send a vetted local towing company near you with a truck suited to the job: a tow truck for a car that can't be driven (a flatbed where the vehicle needs one), or a service truck for a jump start, lockout, flat tire, fuel delivery or winch-out.
Car towing
Cars, SUVs, minivans and light pickups. Price locked by text, photos before hookup.
Car towing
Jump starts
Clicks, dim dash lights or nothing at all? A dead battery jump, day or night.
Jump starts
Car lockouts
Keys locked inside, on the seat or in the trunk. A partner works to get you back in without damage.
Car lockouts
Flat tire changes
Got a spare but no safe way to put it on? A partner swaps it for you.
Flat tire changes
Fuel delivery
Ran out of gas? Enough fuel to get you to the nearest station.
Fuel delivery
Winch-outs
Stuck in snow, mud or a shallow ditch near the road? A partner can usually pull you out.
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