1. 831 Towing

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Santa Cruz, CA

831 Towing

4.3 (82 reviews)
Closed • 7:00 am - 9:00 pm

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10 minutes

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100%

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Athonia C.

My rear wheel blew out on highway 1 going 65 MPH in la selva around 12:30am on a sunday/holiday weekend. State Farm couldn't get a local tow truck to help with roadside assistance at that hour. So i was stuck. id tried to change the tire myself, in the mud & rain, but couldn't get the old wheel off. so i slid into my comfy sleeping bag in the drivers seat and started to fall asleep thinking i was in for the evening. It was a fairly quiet spot next to Hwy 1 comparatively. so my mom, being the protective type, called CHP (she's staying with me for few months) and they came out and attempted to change the tire for me! two big highway patrol guys couldn't get that tire off and so the car was stuck at the off ramp!! Defeated, CHP dropped me off at home around 4am after realizing nothing else we could do. Flash forward to morning. my facebook plea for help got me a ride back to my car. Kevin from 831 towing came out and managed to get the wheel off the axle under extreme adversity. He changed it out, in the rain, while mercury was in retrograde and during the Trump Administration ! Great company! Well it turns out mine is a rare tire. lloyds was the only place in town that had it in stock. Costco didn't have this tire. I was just that stocked this wheel for my ride was available at Lloyd's. skeeeeeeew! They changed this tire within 30 minutes of my arrival. Tire install is around $20. Kudos to both companies and to CHP. thanks gang.

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SurGirl O.

831 Towing saved me time and money. They were responsive and reliable. I appreciate what they do. It's not easy work but they make it quick and do it efficiently. Thank You 831.

SAVED THE DAY!!! Kevin is the man. Boy was I in hot water when I (stupidly) got my truck stuck on the dirt road leading to the location of our anniversary party on our property DEEP in the SC mountains. Could have been a disaster for me, the truck, and blocked all guest access to the area on party day (THE NEXT DAY!!!) Kevin came in and was willing and able to do what it took to rescue my truck (and my hide). Can't thank these guys enough!!! Hope I never get stuck again, but if I do I know who I'm calling.

Amy D.

Literally unlocked my car for me in 15 minutes of it happening. Amazing! Fastest service I've ever had and the guy was really nice. Thank you so much!

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“Kevin from 831 towing came out and managed to get the wheel off the axle under extreme adversity.”

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Dogherras - Stressful moment turned pleasant experience due to their timely service and friendly staff. Gracias!

Dogherras

(27 reviews)

My motorcycle broke down on what couldn't have been a worse possible day and so I pulled out my…read more"trusty" AAA card and proceeded with that circus of automation and tail chasing until I could get on the phone with a "real person" who apparently just reads everything from a script. Nevertheless, I continued with the call against my better judgement. when they told me estimated time was 2.5 hours and I proceeded to ask if there was any way to get a better idea(like maybe calling the tow company and just asking?) they just continued to regurgitate the same scripted information... waste of time... so I thought screw it. I looked online and the closest tow company was Dogherras. It was after office hours for them but I tried my luck anyways. A gentleman answered the phone, quoted me the cost of recovery and told me he could be there in about 30 mins. PERFECT, LETS ROLL! He actually showed up in about 15 mins, was very friendly, loaded up my bike and we headed on down the road. I would highly recommend Dogherras towing to anybody in the Santa Cruz area that needs a recovery. Friendly, professional, and reasonably priced.

Our car got stolen; We're a poor family. These are the two main points of this story…read more Our car was stolen and subsequently recovered by the police who (unfortunately) chose Dogherras' to tow it to their yard. Dogherras' called us and left a message, which we got and returned the following morning. In the phone call, they explained that since we did not get back to them the same day, they were charging us $440 for the towing and the stay at their yard! $440 is a lot of money for a simple tow and one night in a yard. We did not have the money to pay this, and explained that. We asked if there were any ways to mitigate the payment or to spread it out, and were told no. We were told to "take responsibility for our car", as if we had some responsibility in it getting stolen. He claimed he was "a businessman", and needed to make a living (if his business is so bad that $440 will make or break his finances, then that is not my problem). He then said there was nothing he could do for us, but that he would happily sell it for scrap if we took too long. Also, the payments increase every day that our car remains there until he does! So, we, like others, have fallen into the trap made only to take advantage of and extort money from poor people in a bind. We were forced to pay the charge (and not pay the family bills). I have no idea how towing the car from Portola to 17th, then storing it for one night equals $440. Even in their pricing list in the shop showed it would not have been that much. Still, they were unwavering, so we paid and left. So after dealing with having our car stolen once, it's been stolen twice. The first by some loser vagrant who wanted a joy ride, the second by a heartless "businessman" who needs money so badly he's willing to hold our family car hostage in his barbed-wire security lot until we find a way to come up with the money. STEER CLEAR OF THIS BUSINESS! I am not the first reviewer to make claims like this, and I doubt I will be the last. It's a real shame that our police do business with these people.

831 Towing - towing - Updated October 2026

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