This past Tuesday a buddy's truck caught fire on one of the trailer rear axle on I95 SB, Rutherglen, VA. Driver was able to control the fire along with helped from others passersby. When the troopers showed up they went ahead and called a towing company to remove the truck and trailer from the highway. This company took the equipment less than a mile where their facilities were located. After all was said and done the bill to pickup the truck and trailer, less than 24-hours later, was $19,500.00. Is this normal or was he ripped-off?
Towing/ Wrecker Bill
Discussion in 'Car Hauler and Auto Carrier Trucking Forum' started by AM 561, Jun 11, 2021.
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To make an accurate determination of the invoice we need more information. On the surface it may seem excessive but consider the location, it is a high traffic density area and part of the quick clearance initiatives that lead to higher recovery bills. Now to accurately assess this bill I would need the following;
- Pictures of the damage
- Did they need to unload or transfer the load?
- Was there an cargo or fluids spilled?
- Did they split the truck and trailer and use specialized equipment such as a trailer dolly to support the damaged axle(s)?
- How long was the towing company on scene waiting for police or fire department to release the scene?
- Did the towing company provide traffic control or did the PD or DOT?
- Did the tower transfer the load to a different truck or trailer?
- Were there any other extenuating circumstances?
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There is a lot more involved in a recovery operation than moving a truck a mile down the road.Savor the Flavor, BigBob410 and brian991219 Thank this. -
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The insurance company is going to pay. so I would let them worry about the price.
and there’s good info on the above post .
A fire can be a messy cleanup.
Or it could be just hook it and roll and only took an hour from when the two truck left the yard till when they got back . -
Either your friend isn't being truthful in how simple it was, or the tow company is committing major fraud. If the tow company is committing fraud, he needs to turn it into the insurance and let their lawyers handle it. -
That seems like they charged for a rotator a heavy wrecker and 3 roll backs and a service truck. Seems like an awful lot of equipment when all they did was remove the tire set and chain up an axle.LBZ, Roberts450, AModelCat and 1 other person Thank this. -
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Still, an awful lot of trucks for not even a tow. Just a drive off. I know fraud is possible anytime, I'd be more inclined to believe the person telling the tale is not 100% forthcoming in the account. It is after all, a 3rd hand account (at least) of what happened.
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