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Insurance question - Stolen tow vehicle

Lew_Schiller
Explorer
Explorer
This might not be the right forum - please advise if so.
I tow a cargo trailer to shows and events, so not a camper but the issue is the same.

A month ago while in Dallas my van was stolen from a hotel parking lot. My trailer was detached and wasn't taken - Thank God. This left me 800 miles from home with no way to get the trailer and myself back home. I ended up having to get a U-Haul truck, which cost +- $850 for the one way rental.
My insurance provider - State Farm - pays $25/day up to $750 for an interim vehicle, so if you need a Hyundai Sonata you're good to go. If you need something that can tow you're not. I received $137.50 reimbursement for the 5.5 day rental. Yay.

I was talking about it with my insurance agent trying to find out what coverage I should have had. Apparently nothing they offer. There's an upgrade replacement vehicle policy but it,too, is per day. So if you don't need an inexpensive sedan for 30 days but you do need a relatively expensive rental for 10 or 15 during the period between theft and Total Loss Settlement you still lose. He said my situation was unique. I pointed out that had I been pulling a camper it would be the same.

So....what coverage do you have that would address this situation without having to eat the over 700 unreimbursed dollars that I had to spend to get home.
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MitchF150
Explorer III
Explorer III
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2013 F150 XLT 4x4 SuperCab Max Tow Egoboost 3.73 gears #7700 GVWR #1920 payload. 2019 Rockwood Mini Lite 2511S.

Ski_Pro_3
Explorer
Explorer
For that price, I would have contracted to have the trailer delivered with a trucking/shipping/transport company. My best guess is maybe $400 to move it. Any company that can transport a car should be able to handle a trailer. I once bought a 22' pontoon boat with tandem axle trailer of eBay in El Paso, TX and had it shipped to Sacramento, CA for $400.

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42 cents a mile for 1,000+ miles.

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It took you 5 and a half days to drive 800 miles? What's that all about?

Lew_Schiller
Explorer
Explorer
Full payment would be swell but I'd settle for reimbursement up to the policy limit regardless if it's a sedan for $25/day/30 days or a tow vehicle for 5. It just bugs me that they'd happily pay $750 for a month of a car but not $750 against a 5 day for the vehicle needed.
I should add that in the case of theft it will be 30 days before the claim is settled. You have to hold for 20 days to give time for possible recovery - then it goes to Total Loss for valuation and settlement.

BB_TX
Nomad
Nomad
I also have State Farm and am watching this. I will be surprised if any insurance company offers a full payment rental of a larger tow vehicle. Will be interesting to see. And a stolen vehicle would not fall under ERS coverage.

Lew_Schiller
Explorer
Explorer
Thanks Mod!

BarneyS
Explorer III
Explorer III
Moved to General RVing Issues forum from Towing.
2004 Sunnybrook Titan 30FKS TT
Hensley "Arrow" 1400# hitch (Sold)
Not towing now.
Former tow vehicles were 2016 Ram 2500 CTD, 2002 Ford F250, 7.3 PSD, 1997 Ram 2500 5.9 gas engine

Ed_Gee
Explorer II
Explorer II
You might look into some of the Road side assistance progrms such as Good Sam, Coach-Net, etc.
Ed - on the Central Oregon coast
2018 Winnebago Fuse 23A
Scion xA toad