Beautiful BC

Awesome!

I don't know how, and it is way out of my wheelhouse, so I politely decline the job.

I have never had a yard dog. I live on the same property as the company is. We do not have a security fence either, just a 4 foot tall wooden fence, across the front only. Our pet dogs, a pair of golden retrievers, are anything but viscous, and except everyone to pet them. My home owners insurance doesn't even cover my pets biting someone, so thankfully they wouldn't. Insurance rates rise, coverage drops, and most days I wonder why I pay for insurance at all. Save the premiums in an account instead, and use that to pay if need be. Now I have a motion detector that dings if someone walks or drives down the driveway, and 6 security cameras. Put in a gate across the driveway in 2012 finally, and close it if we are all gone, or after 6pm. Something getting stolen from the yard is a low priority I hate to say. A bigger concern is someone getting hurt in the yard.

That has never even crossed my mind before now.

No facebook or twitter for me. My daughter, and a couple of friends, send me the occasional funny tictok video to watch.

You all have earned a lot of good karma points, for these wonderful things that you have done. Christmas Eve morning, got a call to come jump start an suv, not more than 4 minutes away.I grabbed a jump pack, and was in my own personal pickup. On the way to town, stopped and jump started her Subaru, and noticed the battery was 7 years old. Told her no charge, Merry Christmas. Noticed that her battery was 7 years old, so after my errands, got back to the shop, and looked through the battery pile. Found a 3 year old battery, same group size, and know where she works, small town thing. On my next call, the recovery of a Tacoma from a ditch full of snow that a lady managed to park in, I took the now charged up battery, i had put on the charger. On the way home from pulling out the Tacoma, I stopped by her work and asked her for the keys to her Subaru Forester, and told her why. She burst into tears, and hugged me, said she had neglected vehicle maintenance, because she had to help pay for her mother's expensive medication. I swapped out the battery, and checked the fluids, the oil was low, and black, so told her to stop by for a free oil change sometime soon, and i grabbed an oil filter to fit it on the way home, always have lots of oil on hand. That very evening she popped in and i changed her oil. She told me that some day, some way, she would repay me. I said pay it forward, I'm good. Got to talking to an elderly woman a couple of weeks later, turns out that family although they don't have much, every Christmas dinner has her, and three other single seniors over for dinner. Little did I know that they have paid it forward for years.

Nice truck! I've been to Orcas Island, beautiful place. Didn't need a tow while there, so didn't get to meet you 😉

What a beauty! Exactly what I want, for one of my new trucks.

Thankfully in small town western Canada, things are not at all like that. Very calm, peaceful, and a slower pace of life. If halfway through breakfast a call comes in, we finish eating, then head outside and start the truck or trucks up. Roads are narrow, steep, and twisty, with ample wildlife to hit, and 5 months of the year deep snow and ice frequently. We do not rush to calls, but drive cautiously and arrive in one piece. Very often I drive past a scene, and then put out signs, electric strobes, and occasionally drop flares. Then backup past the scene again, doing the same thing, so motorists have enough advanced warning to slow down, depends on the terrain, and how slippery it is. A flagger or sign 200' or 400' before the incident simply is not enough. I frequently have signs up 4000 to 6000' on either side. A logging truck for example, descending a steep hill, needs a mile worth of warning distance. This is the heart of logging country, and steep mountains. When I see flaggers or signs up 400' before a crash, I shake my head and wonder why they bother. I couldn't handle the stress of big city Ontario towing. The hwy I live beside, probably only has 1000 vehicles a day use it, on a busy day. The hwy it intersects with 5 minutes away, probably has 2500 vehicles per day. Where the hwy goes past my place, the speed limit is 60 kms/hr or about 40 MPH, but rarely is anyone going that ffast. A loaded semi is probably doing less by half, be it going up or down the hill. Pulling out of my yard requires that you either go up, or down, a 16% grade. So a typical semi is doing 30 kms/hr, and when there is 20 inches of snow on the road, less than that. Leaving on heavy duty triple chains, on all rear axles for 8 weeks at a time is typical. My personal pickup gets chained up several times a winter, and the loaders are never unchained from November till April. No locals ever use singles, or those wimpy chains sold at elcheapo stores. 8mm studded triples, or stay home. And if you have a tandem or tri drive, you chaiin every tire, and full lockers to. We don't have time nor the inclination out here to fight amongst each other. Damn fools back east in Ontario, they make me shake my head. If everyone gets along, then everyone also benefits from it. Thank God for the slow pace around here. We work long days, and work hard, but not cut throat, or driving like its a nascar race.

We are a small business, in a small town, mostly older equipment, scratched, dented, and rusty. Added a new F550 last year, but all the big stuff is old. Mechanically we keep it all well maintained, but won't win any beauty awards. I would be happy if everything was just one color lol. Jokingly, have said that someday I am going to buy a few case of black paint in rattle cans, and just start spraying, so at least they are all the same color. 😂

Wow! When you said refurbishing it, my mind thought changing the fluids, wash and wax, and a seat cover...not this.

Likely would have dropped it myself.

The uniform shirts, pants, and coveralls provided, should all have hi vis and reflective materials, same as the jackets.

Favorite part of the job for me is moving exotic cars, classics, long hauls, that type of thing. Last summer getting to haul a Ferrari from Nelson to Kamloops, and a Porsche back from Kamloops to Nelson, was an enjoyable couple of days.

Thank you, that works well. Motorcycles are one of our biggest challenges, as we have never had the proper equipment to handle them, and each year we are getting an increasing number of calls to haul bikes.