Roadside Breakdown
I've had the Good Sam roadside assistance for years because if you break down they will tow your truck to the repair shop and your trailer to the nearest campground or safe parking spot. Both times w...
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Had a tow recently with Good Sam. TC rig in sig. The fuel pump went in the truck. Tow truck came and lifted the front, disconnected the drive, off to the garage close to our stick house (so we could walk home), one hour away. (not the nearest garage to where it happened)
So I learned about the dollar limit on towing with Good Sam and paid the extra. Fair enough.
Big lesson when we got to the garage was they couldn't get to it till next day so parked it overnight in their driveway. When the tow truck got unhooked, on the sloping garage driveway, there was nothing to stop truck with the camper on it from rolling down the driveway! (still disconnected drive--so no Park holding with the transmission, some doubt whether the parking brake even worked.)
Saved by the tow truck driver! He saw what might happen and chocked the back tires. The garage guys had to reconnect the drive next day to get it into a bay to work on the fuel pump. Was closing time when we got there, tow truck driver did not reconnect it, not clear who was supposed to I guess, everyone wanted to get home. :(
The tow truck guy remembered to take the drive bolts out of his pocket and leave them in the truck for the garage guys to use--that would have been an episode if he had forgotten that.
On hoisting--that same garage services our Class C. It goes up on their hoist in the summer, but they had a problem when it is cold in the winter getting the hoist to go up as high as usual. Don't know if that is just them.
So I learned about the dollar limit on towing with Good Sam and paid the extra. Fair enough.
Big lesson when we got to the garage was they couldn't get to it till next day so parked it overnight in their driveway. When the tow truck got unhooked, on the sloping garage driveway, there was nothing to stop truck with the camper on it from rolling down the driveway! (still disconnected drive--so no Park holding with the transmission, some doubt whether the parking brake even worked.)
Saved by the tow truck driver! He saw what might happen and chocked the back tires. The garage guys had to reconnect the drive next day to get it into a bay to work on the fuel pump. Was closing time when we got there, tow truck driver did not reconnect it, not clear who was supposed to I guess, everyone wanted to get home. :(
The tow truck guy remembered to take the drive bolts out of his pocket and leave them in the truck for the garage guys to use--that would have been an episode if he had forgotten that.
On hoisting--that same garage services our Class C. It goes up on their hoist in the summer, but they had a problem when it is cold in the winter getting the hoist to go up as high as usual. Don't know if that is just them.
