Damage-free flatbed transport — all four wheels off the ground. Required for AWD, luxury, exotic, lowered, and accident-damaged vehicles. Dispatched across all 95 Queens neighborhoods. Consent-only. Progressive $1M insured. Typical response 15–30 minutes.
Flatbed towing (also called rollback towing or slide towing) is the safest method for moving a vehicle when you need all four wheels off the ground. Jonuzi runs multiple flatbed tow trucks across Queens — the same rollback equipment professional transporters use to move high-value cars coast to coast. Starting at $99 for local Queens flatbed tows. Rollback tow trucks use hydraulic tilt beds that drop to ground level, so vehicles roll or winch onto the platform without any frame damage. Then soft-tie straps secure the wheels or axle — never chains, never frame hooks.
Wheel-lift towing lifts two wheels off the ground and lets the other two roll on the road during transport. For a Honda Civic or a Ford Focus, that's fine. For an AWD or 4WD vehicle, it's a drivetrain disaster — the rolling wheels spin the driveshaft, which spins the transfer case without engine-driven lubrication. For an EV, it's worse: the drive wheels spin the electric motor, which can damage the motor controller and in rare cases trigger thermal events. Tesla's service manual explicitly forbids anything but flatbed. Luxury and exotic cars have ground clearance issues — a Porsche 911 GT3 with a low front splitter gets chewed up the instant a wheel-lift tow drags the front end over a curb or speed bump.
Flatbed is the default for most special-case vehicles — but there's one important situation where wheel-lift with dollies is actually the safer tool: a vehicle that won't shift into neutral. Loading a stuck-in-park vehicle onto a flatbed requires force winching against the drive wheels, which can bind up mounting points, drag the car at an awkward angle, or stress the drivetrain under forced load. Wheel-lift + dollies solves this cleanly: we lift the front wheels with the wheel-lift and place dollies under the rear wheels. Now all four wheels are off the ground — no driveline contact, no forced drag, no winching stress. For a dead vehicle that can't be shifted, this is often the safer method. We diagnose which tool is right on-scene. If you tell dispatch the vehicle won't go into neutral when you call, we bring dollies.
Not every vehicle should be towed the same way. These vehicle categories need flatbed transport to avoid drivetrain, motor, or body damage during the tow.
These are representative examples of flatbed towing jobs we dispatch across Queens.
Tesla Model Y won't start in Astoria — flatbed pickup, drop at Tesla service center in Mount Kisco
Porsche 911 with low clearance needs transport from Forest Hills dealership to Bayside buyer
Range Rover after fender-bender on Queens Blvd — flatbed to body shop with insurance direct-bill
Classic 1967 Mustang moved from Ridgewood garage to classic-car dealer on Long Island
BMW X5 AWD with dead battery in Howard Beach LIRR parking — flatbed to dealer for service
G-Wagon lockout resolved, but owner wants vehicle moved to Forest Hills Mercedes dealer
Local flatbed tows within Queens run $99 to $300. Cross-borough (to Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan) runs $150 to $450. Long-distance flatbed transport (Long Island, Westchester, NJ, CT, PA) starts at $199 and scales with distance. We use soft-tie straps on the wheels or axle — never frame hooks, never chains. Your vehicle gets to its destination looking exactly like it left.
Full quote confirmed before we move your vehicle. No hidden fees.
Every photo is a Jonuzi truck on a real Queens street. Not stock imagery.
Call (347) 437-0185. Tell our dispatcher your location, vehicle, and that you need flatbed towing. Real dispatcher, no phone menu.
We dispatch the nearest available truck equipped for flatbed towing. You get a confirmed ETA within 60 seconds. Typical arrival 15–30 minutes.
Driver arrives, assesses the situation, and confirms the final price with you. You approve before we start any work. Agree to the price, or pay nothing.
We complete the flatbed towing using proper equipment — flatbed for AWD/luxury, soft-tie straps, torque-spec lug nuts, damage-free lockout tools. Whatever the job requires.
Pay on-scene: cash or card. For accident tows, we direct-bill your insurance. You get a full receipt with pickup and drop-off details.
All 95 Queens neighborhoods. Click a neighborhood for local response times and combo service pages.