Are you freakin kidding me?

garyhaupt wrote:
I subscribe to an Australian RV site..Big Rigs and they are talking about the cost to have a large bus with a blown engine to Perth..."Thought I had got away with it, when the oil pipe cracked, and I lost my oil. Sounded fine after the repairs. But as engine gremlins are prone to do, the little ****** waited until the ole Nullabor before springing into action. Yesterday was a great day, rolling like a champion. Today within 20 klicks There came can awful noise, something is brokey for sure. Could be a piston skirt, small end, or something else. Sigh! The tow to Perth, special rate is 6k. We are 100 klicks east of Belladonia. Then into a workshop. I have been told TW Mechanical at Naval Base near Rockingham is fair. Anyone else have any recommendations please."

6 THOUSAND dollars? and one the commenters is talking about a $12,000 tow bill. I did the exchange rate and the Aussie dollar is only one cent under a CDN buck. Who has that kind of money?


Gary Haupt

K Charles wrote:
Around here it's about $100 to hook up and $3.50 - $4.00 per mile for the tow.

free radical wrote:

soren wrote:
A few years back my son was pulling a double axle trailer with an industrial vacuum on it. It weighed 10K. the truck was a single cab 3500 Chevy. Two tires on the trailer blew, almost simultaneously, the trailer imbedded itself in to a concrete lane divider, the pintle hitch tore apart, and he ended up flipping several times, and over a steep bank. The truck was about 20' down. He was just bruised up, BTW. Mostly from where the shoulder strap kept him in place as the thing tossed him around like a paint shaker. It took two articulating boom heavy truck wreckers to pull the truck up and back on to the highway. And two rollbacks, to remove the mess.

The towing bill was right at $10,000 USD.

Im guessing he was covered insured
Did the insurance paid for it,or helped some?

azdryheat wrote:

garyhaupt wrote:

moresmoke wrote:
Not totally out of line for a heavy tow.

If you blow the engine in your bus/semi on the George Washington Bridge it will cost you a $5000 tow just to get off the bridge.

Really? Holy smoke....

And in addressing the issue of 'have the money to pay the honey'...I have seen so many large A's here in my travels that I suspect are in the last stages of life..kinda like the owners...they won't have 5 grand to toss at a tow. Man....talk about a worry.


Gary Haupt

Thank you for proving my first point, If someone can't afford to maintain an RV in proper condition then, perhaps, they need to look at other options before a major expense arises that they can't manage.

soren wrote:
A few years back my son was pulling a double axle trailer with an industrial vacuum on it. It weighed 10K. the truck was a single cab 3500 Chevy. Two tires on the trailer blew, almost simultaneously, the trailer imbedded itself in to a concrete lane divider, the pintle hitch tore apart, and he ended up flipping several times, and over a steep bank. The truck was about 20' down. He was just bruised up, BTW. Mostly from where the shoulder strap kept him in place as the thing tossed him around like a paint shaker. It took two articulating boom heavy truck wreckers to pull the truck up and back on to the highway. And two rollbacks, to remove the mess.

The towing bill was right at $10,000 USD.

garyhaupt wrote:

moresmoke wrote:
Not totally out of line for a heavy tow.

If you blow the engine in your bus/semi on the George Washington Bridge it will cost you a $5000 tow just to get off the bridge.

Really? Holy smoke....

And in addressing the issue of 'have the money to pay the honey'...I have seen so many large A's here in my travels that I suspect are in the last stages of life..kinda like the owners...they won't have 5 grand to toss at a tow. Man....talk about a worry.


Gary Haupt