Need a boat moved in Centennial? Centennial Towing dispatches around the clock across Centennial, CO. Towing a boat is not the same job as towing a sedan — it comes down to weight rating, deck length, and how the vehicle is secured — so we confirm what you are driving before a truck rolls, and quote the price before the hook goes on.
The right equipment for a boat
Sending an under-rated truck is how a tow turns into damage. Our dispatcher matches the load to the equipment — deck, wheel-lift, or heavy wrecker — and the operator secures it to the manufacturer’s tie-down points rather than whatever is reachable.
A boat call in Centennial is almost always a trailer recovery, not a hull lift — a flat tire, a burned-out bearing, or a tow vehicle that gave out while pulling a loaded trailer. Centennial Towing sizes the flatbed to the trailer's wheelbase, ties down at the trailer frame, and answers 24 hours a day at (970) 432-4480.
Most boats that need a tow in Centennial aren't in the water — they're on a trailer behind a truck or SUV that quit, or on a trailer that's failed on its own. Boat trailers sit unused for months between trips, and the classic failure is a wheel bearing that's been packed since spring, run hot on the road, and seizes or throws the wheel. The other common one is a tire — small trailer tires wear from age and sun exposure more than mileage, and they blow with no warning.
Neither of those is a hull problem, and neither gets fixed by treating the rig like a regular car tow. The flatbed has to be long enough and low-angle enough to take the trailer's full wheelbase, and the tie-down points are on the trailer frame and tongue, not the boat itself. Straps around a hull can crush gelcoat or crack a transom; the trailer was built to be strapped, the boat wasn't.
What actually fails on a boat trailer, and does it change the tow?
A single-axle trailer with a small boat is a straightforward flatbed load. A tandem or tri-axle trailer with a bigger hull is longer, heavier, and needs a deck to match — Centennial Towing checks axle count and hitch weight before the truck even leaves the yard, because showing up with the wrong flatbed just means a second trip.
If the tow vehicle is what failed — not the trailer — the boat usually stays hooked up and the truck gets towed with the trailer still attached, or the trailer gets unhooked and flatbedded separately depending on tongue weight and where it broke down. That call gets made on site, not over the phone.
Will you strap the boat itself to load it?
No. Tie-downs go on the trailer frame and tongue. The hull isn't built to take strap tension, and running a strap across it risks the gelcoat and the transom.
What if the trailer has a flat on the way to the ramp?
That's one of the most common boat calls we get. Centennial Towing will flatbed the trailer and boat together rather than trying to change a trailer tire roadside if the spare isn't usable.
Do you tow boats early on weekend mornings?
Yes — hours are 24 hours a day, every day, which covers the early starts most boaters keep on weekends.
How much does it cost?
It depends on the trailer's axle count and length and how far it's going within our coverage area — there's no flat rate for a job that can range from a single-axle jon boat trailer to a tri-axle cruiser rig. Call (970) 432-4480 and we'll quote it once we know what's on the hitch.