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SA Best Towing

Adelaide Hills towing, up the South Eastern Freeway

The South Eastern Freeway climbs from Glen Osmond through the Heysen Tunnels to Crafers, then runs on past Stirling, Hahndorf and Mount Barker. We tow from the freeway and from the towns off its exits.

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Blue New Holland tractor with cab loaded on the SA Best Towing tilt tray at a rural roadside

27 km south-east of our yard

Torrens Road toward the city, around the north and east of the parklands to Glen Osmond Road, then up the South Eastern Freeway to the Crafers or Stirling exit.

The route on Google Maps

In short

SA Best Towing covers the Adelaide Hills out to Hahndorf and Mount Barker, and takes country jobs beyond them. Its tilt tray climbs the South Eastern Freeway from its yard in Angle Park, for freeway breakdowns and cars stuck on steep driveways. On the freeway, the direction you were heading and the last exit are what the driver needs.

The route on Google Maps

Breakdowns on the freeway climb

The freeway climbs hard from Glen Osmond to Crafers, through the Heysen Tunnels, and older cars feel it on a hot day. If yours overheats or loses power on the way up, get as far left as you can, put the hazards on and wait behind the barrier. Tell us which side of the tunnels you stopped on and the last exit you passed.

Coming down, the freeway has safety ramps for runaway trucks. If your car stops on the down track, don’t leave it across a ramp entry. The driver will load from the shoulder with the beacons on.

Wet winters, soft verges and steep driveways

Stirling is one of the wettest places in South Australia, with about 1,100 mm of rain a year. In winter the gravel roads and grass verges around Aldgate and Bridgewater turn soft, and the tilt tray needs firm ground to tilt and load.

A car that has slid a short way onto a soft verge can usually be winched back from the road. A vehicle bogged off-road needs a recovery first.

Stirling, Hahndorf and Mount Barker

Stirling is about 27 km from the yard by road, and Hahndorf and Mount Barker sit further out along the freeway. Hahndorf’s main street is Mount Barker Road, busy with visitors at weekends, so tell us the nearest shop or side street.

Past Mount Barker you’re into country work, which we take on too. Give us the town and the road, and we’ll price the run before you book.

Jobs we can take around the Adelaide Hills

  • Cars that overheat or lose power on the freeway climb to Crafers
  • Cars that have slid a short way onto soft verges on wet gravel roads, winched back to the bitumen
  • Vintage tractors and small machines moved between Hills properties
  • Cars towed from Hahndorf’s main street to mechanics in the suburbs
  • 4WDs and utes brought down from properties around Mount Barker
  • Cars stuck at the top of steep gravel driveways in Stirling and Aldgate

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Questions about towing in the Adelaide Hills

Local answers. Ring if yours isn’t here.

Do you come up the freeway to Crafers and Stirling?

We do, up the South Eastern Freeway from Angle Park. Give us the town and street, or if you’re on the freeway, the direction and the last exit you passed. The truck may be out on another job elsewhere in Adelaide, and we’ll say so on the phone before you book.

Is it safe to stop near a safety ramp on the down track?

Keep well clear of it. Those ramps are there for trucks that lose their brakes, so never leave a car in or across the entry. Put the hazards on, get out on the side away from traffic if it’s safe and wait behind the barrier. Call 000 if you’re in a live lane, then ring us on 0457 300 057.

Can the tilt tray get up a steep gravel driveway in the Hills?

That depends on the slope and how firm the gravel is. The truck needs solid ground that isn’t too steep to tilt the tray, so on a steep or soft driveway the driver may park at the road and winch the car down. Describe the driveway when you book, including any tight bends or overhanging trees.

Do you go as far as Hahndorf and Mount Barker?

Both are in our area, along the South Eastern Freeway past Stirling, and we go further when a country job needs it. Give us the street and the nearest landmark, such as a shop on Hahndorf’s main street, and tell us where the car needs to go.

Nearby suburbs we also cover

Crafers, Stirling, Aldgate, Bridgewater, Heathfield, Piccadilly, Summertown, Hahndorf, Mount Barker, Littlehampton.

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