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No crap Sherlock, that’s why they’re asking for a Lawyer refferal

 

Wait ....

There is something wrong ....

First it cost $4k then it cost $32k?

What was so wrong that it cost thirty two thousand dollars?

 

$32,000.00 sounds like one of those Cummins with the self destructing fuel pump that destroys the engine....

 

I bought a truck with cummins power once.
Once being the key word.
We all make mistakes.
Hopefully we learn by them.
Will never be another cummins in a truck I own.

 

This is every O/O worst fear. A major breakdown away from your local shop you have a relationship with. In the situation you're in everyone has you over a barrel. This is why I have a plan in my head that if something like this ever happens I have 3 colleagues I will immediately call and have a truck brought on a trailer to swap out and take mine back. Even if you didn't know anybody I would honestly call a long haul tow company to see what a 3000 mile tow would be before I just start paying shops $4000 to get me 200 miles just to have another shop bend me over.

 

Remember OP that if you attempt to sue someone, you have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt your case. It is going to be extremely difficult to convince a judge that shop #1 was the cause of all the damage. Of course shop #2 will say shop #1 did this and that, to help justify their ridiculousness of charging $32k. I can buy a running engine, to use as my core, and rebuild it for less than 32k. So worst case scenario your block was cracked so they had to buy a core engine first, or even send it to a machine shop to be webbed. A bill of that amount is going to be hard to justify. So shop #2 will be blaming shop #1 to help justify it, and then you have to pay a neutral third party expert to make a decision on the initial work and claims by shop #2, and get that expert witness to testify on your half in court, to have a good chance of winning. I've been to court twice before with someone attempting to sue me. Haven't lost yet, because i didn't do anything wrong, and lies and rumors about me by someone else, is not proof to a judge. Shop #1 has to prove nothing. They can show up and then basically sit back and relax for the most part. Because you have an uphill battle to prove them negligent. When you lose, which is very likely, they will probably also be awarded legal costs. I was awarded costs both times as well. Be emotionless also, its a truck, your child didn't die at the hands of some maniac. So you and you alone look foolish if you get emotional, raise your voice, or start making outrageous claims. And do not bring up anything that you can't prove beyond a reasonable doubt or that can in cross examination be torn to shreds, and further nail your coffin shut. Honestly if it was me I would either just walk away from it as a lesson learned, or if i just felt i had to sue someone, it would be shop #2 for their claims and the bill for 32k. Try and prove it was padded with over charges because you were not home and they knew you needed it fixed. Because #### that is a whopper of a bill.

 

I don't know if it is something in my Coffee this morning, but there is a trend of 32000 dollar billing causing people to want to sue.

To me 32000 dollars = dead truck. Dispose of it. get rid of the load (Repower etc) and move on with a new truck and be happy. If you cannot continue, then you are out of the business. Take some time off to decompress and start another trucking company doing something else with different equipment.

 

I just can't seem to stay out of this thread, something is off about it.
No mention of the truck type, what was the problem initially or secondary. What was repaired either time, forget both times. How shop 1 did so much damage. What they spent 32k dollars on at shop 2. Something is very odd about this whole story.