11/01/2026
Tampa towers, this one is headed your way đź‘€
Hillsborough County commissioners get a report Wednesday on a towing industry request to raise the caps on police-ordered and trespass tows.
Basic Class A hookup would go from $160 to $185. Mileage $6 to $7 a mile. Storage $35 to $40 a day. Class C hookup $475 to $545. Rotator work would be listed at $775 an hour.
The industry also wants a flat $25 fuel surcharge on covered tows any time diesel tops $4 a gallon in the region. One Tampa operator told ABC Action News his trucks burn more fuel idling and loading at crash scenes than driving to the call, and his company uses over a million gallons a year.
County staff say the proposed rates are generally above average compared to nearby counties. No vote Wednesday, it is just the report. If commissioners like it, lawyers draft the changes for a later vote.
Operators, be honest. Are these rates still too low for being on call 24/7 on the side of the interstate, or is this too much to put on a driver who just crashed?
Source: Tampa Bay 28 https://www.tampabay28.com/news/local-news/tampa-metro-west-hillsborough-county/drivers-could-pay-more-for-police-ordered-and-trespass-tows-under-hillsborough-county-proposal
