Barnes Auto & Towing, Inc.
Over 30 Years Serving Chapel Hill & Surrounding Areas
Roadside Assistance Chapel Hill, NC
Roadside Assistance Services
Fuel Delivery
Barnes Auto & Towing in Chapel Hill is a Third generation towing company. We’ve been in business for over 40 years serving the Chapel Hill community! It’s safe to say we can get good quality fuel for any vehicle at the best available rates for drivers living or visiting our area. We have 20 fleet vehicles in our area all ready to assist you in your towing, roadside & recovery needs, including fuel delivery!
Tire Changes
- Whether you are on 2-lane blacktop or a huge superhighway, you need to get your car as far off from the traffic flow as possible. If possible, put the flat tire on the side of the car facing away from oncoming traffic so then you’re already much safer than you were where you started.
- Find a way to clearly “Flag” or “Mark” to signal to Other Drivers That You Are Experiencing An Emergency; often this can be done by trying something to the out facing side mirror of your vehicle.
- Turn on your flashers or hazard lights to alert other drivers know there’s something wrong, but that’s just one small thing you can do! It’s much more beneficial if you have portable road cones or signs to help direct traffic into the lane away from your car, and even road flares help. This lets other drivers know to give you plenty of room to change your tire safely.
- It is very important: Make Sure You Have Solid, Flat Ground for the Jack, so it can be completely secure.
- Before changing a flat, you have to jack the car up. It is of utmost importance that your jack needs to be set against the strong frame of the vehicle to bear the weight, and it also needs to be set on flat ground that’s solid and flat. If you jack your car up at an angle, the jack can easily slip and could cause death or severe injury! One costly mistakes can cause your car could roll backward, or downhill. These risks are terrible enough even in normal circumstance, but on a busy road, very quickly, they can get even worse, they can be deadly.
- Be fully Aware of Your Surroundings at all times during your roadside emergency.
- or what signals you put on your car, there is always a possibility of serious danger as long as there is any movement around you and your vehicle. If you have a capable passenger with you it’s a good idea to have that person act as a lookout.
- Again we do encourage the use of our professional team for roadside problems such as flat tires. Please call us and we can send our operator out to change it for you.
