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Light Duty & Carrier Towing
Discussions relating to Light Duty, Rollback, Tilt Tray, Lowboy & Carrier Transport.
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Did this one for a friend. He bought it from a guy I worked for in high school many moons ago.
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I've been pretty bad about leaving my phone in the truck lately, so my supply of pictures is dwindling. This one was a pretty cool story though. I got a call about 5 minutes before my week was finished to tow a SUV about 50 miles away to a dealer down at the shore. My wife and daughters happened to be at our friends house right over the bridge, about 5 miles, from where I was dropping, so I wasn't that upset. I arrived at the breakdown spot, right in the middle of a fairy busy intersection., to find out was one of our local U.S. Congressmen. Needless to say he got a first hand lesson on the importance of the SDMO laws while he witnessed first hand the general lack of cari…
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Got my first bike tow of the year yesterday. I like that Condor loader, it really holds them secure and makes one person loading simple. Being the wise ass that I am, I walked into the dealer and told the service manager that I had a Harley outside for him in it's natural habitat. He and the mechanics looked and me confused until I told them I had it strapped down on a rollback. The mechanics chuckled, not sure the service manager got it. They said they would be out in a few minutes so I went out and started unstrapping. I had if off when they came out, we chatted a few minutes and off I went. Hours later, I am in a McDonalds grabbing a sandwich and …
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A few weeks ago just after 9 am we were called to Route 113 and Gordon Drive for a pickup truck and trailer that was disabled, blocking the roadway. We arrived to find a Dodge Diesel pickup pulling a loaded 1,000 gal tank on a trailer. With a police escort, Paul Jr was able to tow the combination back to our storage yard. The trailer was loaded with 1,000 gallons of milk. Our speed was kept around 35 mph on the ride back, and we took advantage of our engine brake and tow mode in our Dodge 5500 MPL40. Luckily we have a tunnel box for some added wheel base and heavier rear springs that made the load manageable. The customer was able to replace a broken fuel line and …
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Last reply by GRUMPS The Towman, -
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A local construction company I do a lot of towing for called me the other day for one of their dump trailers. He was pulled in for a D.O.T. inspection and the wagon failed for no break-away system, insufficient safety chains and some inoperative lights. The D.O.T officer told him to have it repaired on site or have it towed. Pretty simple deal for me really. Just threw my ball hitch and wireless tag light on and away we went to the repair shop.
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Couple Tows, threw dollies (the old man still knows how to put them together) Outlander with broken lower ball joint and a load swap. Get-R-Done
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Recieved this call yesterday morning. The customer parked near the entrance to the hotel, (75 feet from the front door), checked in & spent the night. This is what she found in the morning! Placed go jacks under all 4 wheels, pushed out of parking place then installed the carrier dolly system loaded & delivered to the shop. The customer was heartbroken over what happened to her new Blazer.
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Got a call for a classic car shell going for restoration, but it had no frame as in it was removed at some point.Also it had been sitting there for several years on a couple boards and rotten mix of tire and wheel assys with random things thrown underneath. Slid the deck back till it was under the trunk brace, placed a tire and wheel between the bridal and trunk floor brace to prevent the quarter panels from crushing, and long planks under the rocker sills, kept working the deck further under it , also wasn't straight on so had to "steer" it using a snatch block . No progress pics from on scene till loaded as I just get in the groove
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Is there any way to manually release these stupid electric emergency brakes when the car has them applied and has a power failure? Had a few lately that you couldn't jump and everything is dead and the rear wheels are locked. Another hurdle to overcome like getting them into neutral.
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Took a call from one of my regular repair shop customers yesterday stating they had a customer way out in the back country who told them that her Honda van "just stopped going" and when she pressed the gas pedal, the light on the dash would start to flash. Now, both the tech at the shop and myself were kinda leaning towards maybe a mis-fire issue or something given her vauge description. The driver left the van there and caught a ride back to town. I was not super familiar with this road but I did know where it was so I headed out to get it. It is a steep, poorly maintained road but doable in any vehicle with decent tires. When I got up to the van, I began loading it up a…
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Took this call from the post office annex today. This LLV lost the r/f lower ball-joint as he was backing out of a driveway, leaving him stranded right in the middle of the road. This road is up on the top of the highest mountain in the area and the wind gusts up there regularly exceed 40 mph. It was slightly warmer today ( thank god ) so it was only about 20 degrees up there. I got him moved back so we could open at least 1 lane and then had to wait for his replacement LLV to arrive. I took the wait time as an opportunity to snap a few pics.After the transfer of parcels, I completed the load and down the mountain I went .The last couple pics are to try and give you an id…
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I recently donated a 28 mile tow to one of the local high schools to transport their Fast Five kit car project car from their technology department where a group of kids have assembled the car to a body shop that has offered to do the body and paint work for free as well. I am told the car will compete in the SCCA races held at Watkins Glen this year with a pro driver that is involved with the project. The kids did a great job on it, It looks awesome
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Just another vehicle I was told I need a flatbed for Not!
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Moved this to a shop here in town. No biggie just had time for a pic.
Last reply by GRUMPS The Towman, -
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We have been getting smashed here for the past two days with a snow storm that has dumped 16" on us so far. Now work has been some what steady but not crazy.. Most have been staying home and off the roads. Took this call from the city pd this afternoon. The driver of this highlander was going way too fast through this section of road, lost control and pounded a utility pole. Luckily, the 4 occupants were unharmed. It turns out, this was a family who flew up here from Texas and rented this vehicle at the airport to go see their daughter who is attending college here. This was their first time ever even seeing snow, let alone trying to drive in it. They made it a whole 7 m…
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Picked this "Vintage" Dodge Dynasty up for a customer this evening after it died in the middle of nowhere on him. When the customer called, I was having a hard time understanding him due to poor reception and all I could get was 93 dodge and a roundabout Idea of where he was. Now, personally, I haven't seen one of these "K-cars" on the road since I was a teenager. I was really surprised to see what it was when I pulled up. It is probably one of the last ones somewhat road worthy in the north east region considering these things were complete turds that liked to randomly burst into flames way back when they were new. LMAO
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Received a call from the City P.D. this morning for a 2 car collision at one of the city's frequent accident intersections. This Saturn Vue rolled through the stop sign and was T-boned square in the passenger side doors Which whipped the suv around, up and over the curb, through the one way sign and smashed it, Drivers door first into a utility pole. Amazingly, The driver was not seriously injured. The curtain air bag certainly did its job as you can see from the photo's.
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