keg1 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Left at 2:30 this morning for Canada got to I-90 at 3:30 and noticed truck was missing. Figured I would nurse it down the shoulder and try and make it to Harborcreek to mack garage but it started knocking pretty good so at 6:00 I finally found someone to tow it.10 mile tow cost me $1815.00. They said it was illegal to tow whole unit so they brought a tractor to pull trailer. Driver of tractor dumped his air and backed under trailer came about an inch from sticking it in the back of his bunk. He did that twice and told I him he was about a foot low. The other clown hooking up to my tractor chained up the front axle and then asked me if I had the suspension aired up. I looked at him and said yea those springs are as aired up as there going to get. I told them what i thought when he told me how much. Service manager said I got a good deal at that price from them, he figured they probably charged about $3400.00. He told there was another guy that would have done it for around $250.00. Live and learn. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37985-got-raped-by-towing-company/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post vision386 Posted December 5, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2014 Effing ridiculous! that is incredible,i don't see how anyone can justify that type charge! sound like some damn crooks to me! sorry that had had to happen,there are still a few towing companies in this world left that know what it's like to be a small business/owner operator and charge accordingly............................Mark 3 Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37985-got-raped-by-towing-company/#findComment-269237 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody454 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 I've heard east coast heavy duty towing is expensive. Place I worked before I bought my own truck charges $145.00 hr for a trac/trailer. in Illinois we can tow them together, but I know that isn't the case everywhere. 10 mile tow shouldn't have been more than $400.just my 2 cents Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37985-got-raped-by-towing-company/#findComment-269238 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiant2 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Who was the company Quote We the unwilling, Lead by the unqualified, are doing the impossible, for the ungrateful. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37985-got-raped-by-towing-company/#findComment-269239 Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Seems like most towing companies are rapist. Someone has to pay for their $800k rotator trucks. We got a guy in town that tows cheap and the other only towing company we use runs all antique Fords and Internationals. 40+ trucks and only the 2 brothers drive them. Class act operation. 2 Quote Matt Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37985-got-raped-by-towing-company/#findComment-269242 Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg1 Posted December 5, 2014 Author Share Posted December 5, 2014 Who was the companyForgot to post do not use West County Towing 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37985-got-raped-by-towing-company/#findComment-269243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Holy Shit!Betcha didn't even get flowers and a box of candy the next day. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37985-got-raped-by-towing-company/#findComment-269244 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack mhe9 Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 When I broke the RW last Dec in Maybrook NY on I-84 he towed truck and trailer about 6 mIles. 425.00 I was ecstatic. Sorry about your pain, did they at least let you get a little reach around while they were Givin it to? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37985-got-raped-by-towing-company/#findComment-269245 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Ive said it before and I'll say it again dont you blokes carry a chain help a mate out steady steady even pulling a triple road train with a triple a air hose between steady steady yeah your over 300 feet long but you get there and it only takes time a lot of blokes used to carry a towing pole cant run each others bum then sure cheaper than tow truck I guess I come from a different part of the world Paul Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37985-got-raped-by-towing-company/#findComment-269246 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Ive said it before and I'll say it again dont you blokes carry a chain help a mate out steady steady even pulling a triple road train with a triple a air hose between steady steady yeah your over 300 feet long but you get there and it only takes time a lot of blokes used to carry a towing pole cant run each others bum then sure cheaper than tow truck I guess I come from a different part of the world PaulWe did that here, there would be a whole line of officers from DOT to the local constable writing tickets for it. We can't be trusted to help ourselves you know. Paul 1 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37985-got-raped-by-towing-company/#findComment-269250 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 We have a local towing company known for outrageous charges,too. luckily there are more good ones. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37985-got-raped-by-towing-company/#findComment-269256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 messed up man,,,way too high for ten miles,,,but you usually have to pay thier miliage to and from thier barn as well,,,that could add up...bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37985-got-raped-by-towing-company/#findComment-269259 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullfuel01 Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 what the hell you wanted to do in Canada? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37985-got-raped-by-towing-company/#findComment-269260 Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg1 Posted December 6, 2014 Author Share Posted December 6, 2014 Holy Shit!Betcha didn't even get flowers and a box of candy the next day.No kiss, no Vaseline, nothingwhat the hell you wanted to do in Canada?I wanted to take a dump , I mean I wanted to get my rocks off Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37985-got-raped-by-towing-company/#findComment-269323 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 if we all carried chains, that would be the answer, but there is not enough of us smart people to hook the thing in the right spot on both ends. cant fix stupid and the guy tryin to help is usually the one getting sued. cant flat tow ANY vehicle in Ny with a chain. law states , tow dolly, tow bar , or tow truck! I fill in here and there for a local tow company and we have hauled many TT hooked together tho. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37985-got-raped-by-towing-company/#findComment-269328 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpwlker Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 when I blew the power divider. 350 for my 10 mile tow and that was as 1 unit dropping small shaft and pulling axles on front Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37985-got-raped-by-towing-company/#findComment-269332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 I would not have paid that insane amount,price gouging like that can get them into trouble.I'd look into it if I were you. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37985-got-raped-by-towing-company/#findComment-269338 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PeterMack Posted December 6, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 6, 2014 That was definitely rape. I blew a turbo a few years back in Racine WI which is just a few miles north of the IL/WI border.I got some friends up that way that hooked me up with the company they use. I called them, they sent a truck, real niceguy that showed up. I was loaded and the driver informed me it was illegal to tow a truck & trailer in WI. In IL its ok but notWI, but he mentioned that it was ok if it was an emergency situation, even though I had pulled into a parking lot he said"you broke down in the middle of an intersection right?" I said yep! He hooked it up and took me to the Pete dealer justover the border. About a 15 mile trip, truck/trailer charged me $350 and did a good job. Keg1 I would try calling the BetterBusiness Bureau and filing a complaint. What a bunch of a-holes. 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37985-got-raped-by-towing-company/#findComment-269344 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddeere Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 The mill where I worked an owner operator put a truck and trailer in a ditch to avoid an accident. The cruse control stuck coming up on an accident on the hwy. Long story short towing and storage bill was more than the truck and trailer was worth. He just walked away from it let the towing have it. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37985-got-raped-by-towing-company/#findComment-269362 Share on other sites More sharing options...
theakerstwo Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Wait till you have hazmat mix up with a accident. Quote glenn akers Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37985-got-raped-by-towing-company/#findComment-269365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
russoniellov Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Thievery..... 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37985-got-raped-by-towing-company/#findComment-269366 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezrider Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 i once towed a guy about 10 miles with a chain. he was a guy i knew out in the middle of no where. had him stick it in 1 gear lower than i pulled him in to help keep some tension on the tow line and keep his air pressure built up. had him stick it in 3rd i pulled him in 4th. it took a while to get him into the truck shop no cops around. iv been lucky enough to never be on a hook, there is probably a few times i should have been but i always managed to mcgiver things together to get where i needed to be to get parts/repairs. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37985-got-raped-by-towing-company/#findComment-269367 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAD DOG Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 About 7 years ago a car hit my MH head on recovery and towing charges added up to over $10,000 ! They towed the tractor about 20 miles to their storage yard. Accident wasn't even my fault. Luckily the insurance covered it. Yeah I'd say that towing company took you! Especially if the two losers they sent out to do the job didn't have a clue what they were doing. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37985-got-raped-by-towing-company/#findComment-269370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysm35a2 Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 I had Western Dist. tow my Columbia and the set of 28' doubles behind it last month, one wrecker towed all that from the mountains down to Denver, about 60 miles and it was 450.00 , he pulled the drive shaft on the tractor and didn't charge extra. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37985-got-raped-by-towing-company/#findComment-269373 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpwlker Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Western has some nice rides 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37985-got-raped-by-towing-company/#findComment-269381 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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