Geico Claim AFTER blowout
Last April I had a blowout on the rear inside dual. We were on I-10 outside Tonopah, Arizona. A call to Geico Roadside "service" was anything but. They wanted to tow us back to Phoenix. This would req...
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MrWizard wrote:
$1100 to go one mile ? I wonder what 50 miles would have cost
Must have been the basic charge for the flat bed trailer, no matter what load or distance
1 mile, i might have done what you did
Little details cast a whole new light on things
He said they wanted to tow him to Phoenix, some 30 miles or more, and refused to use the tire shop one mile away.
I was curious where the OP "turned around" but after looking on Google Maps, I see dirt crossovers every few hundred feet or more, some pretty decent looking ones too, west of Tonopah. Nothing like that here in the East, except a few "official use only" crossovers, probably too deep in the median to execute such a thing in a Motorhome.
I too would have done what OP did, but if possible, replaced both tires as the good one was run overloaded. (I see he eventually did replace the tires and looking at the shop on street view, the OP probably got the only tire that size he had).
This post speaks for using telescoping slide locks to keep the slides retracted, esp hydraulic ones. Mechanical ones are probably not as prone to creep.
Charles
