(414) 279-5510 Call South Milwaukee · 53172
South Milwaukee is under five square miles, yet our map shows five low-clearance points inside it, the lowest at 12 feet. For a car that rarely matters. For a box truck, a camper, or a tall van riding on a flatbed deck, it decides the route. Ten of the 11 jobs we completed here in the 12 months to October 2026 were tows. Call (414) 279-5510 and a dispatcher plans the run and gives you an arrival estimate.
Pricing a tow for later? Try the online quote
Before the truck rolls
If the vehicle is taller than a regular car, these steps keep it off the low streets:
For box trucks, campers and anything over a pickup, start on the heavy-duty towing page. All-wheel-drive and lowered cars are covered under flatbed towing.
All 11 neighborhoods on our map, with the nearest named crossing:
| Neighborhood | Nearest crossing |
|---|---|
| Downtown District | 10th Avenue & Milwaukee Avenue |
| Historic Lakeview | 10th Avenue & Madison Avenue, toward the lake |
| M District | 15th Avenue & Rawson Avenue |
| South Towne | 15th Avenue & College Avenue |
| North Chicago Avenue | College Avenue & North Chicago Avenue |
| Parkway Heights | College Avenue & Nicholson Avenue |
| Historic Grant Park | Hawthorne Avenue & North Chicago Avenue |
| South Chicago Avenue | Drexel Boulevard & South Chicago Road |
| Drexel Highlands | Drexel Boulevard & South Chicago Road, to the west |
| Lakeview | Columbia Avenue & South Chicago Road, to the east |
| Lakeshore | Along the lake on the southeast side |
At home, give the house number and street. In a store lot, the store helps: ALDI, Pick ’n Save, Walmart Supercenter and Grant Park Plaza are all on the South Milwaukee map.
Every light-duty tow starts with a hook-up charge of $85, which covers getting the truck to you and the car secured. After that it is $4 per loaded mile. A 5-mile tow comes to $105 and a 10-mile tow to $130, the same at night.
The town does not change the rate, only the distance to where the car is going. The towing cost breakdown has the full table.
Completed jobs inside the city, by ticket reason:
11 completed jobs
Small numbers, so read them as a snapshot. If your problem is a flat with a good spare, a tire change may be all you need. A dead battery is a jump-start.
The Caterpillar industrial site sits in the north half of the city, near Hawthorne Avenue and North Chicago Avenue. Work trucks and equipment haulers that break down nearby need more than the low-clearance check.
Our map shows 23 posted weight limits in South Milwaukee: 15 tons on Milwaukee Avenue, 5 tons on 15th Avenue and Drexel Boulevard, and 3 tons on Nicholson Avenue. Give the dispatcher the vehicle weight and we plan around them.
The South Milwaukee Police Department is the police agency on our map for the city. Call 911 if anyone is hurt, wait for the officer, and write down the report number. Then call (414) 279-5510 and say where the car is headed. The accident towing page covers the rest.
Oak Creek wraps around the south and west sides. Cudahy is the neighbor to the north, with St. Francis past it, and Milwaukee lies beyond them. For anything else, see roadside assistance or towing.
Street and nearest corner, the vehicle, and its height if it is anything taller than a car. The dispatcher prices it and gives you a time estimate.
Call (414) 279-5510 in South Milwaukee