ponytug
Elite Member
@Jstpssng Having the gear in the other truck is definitely Murphy's Law at work. Ouch.
We had a need for a tow a decade or ago, and long story short AAA refused to do anything reasonable. They would not tow to the nearest dealer (10Miles), nor to the nearest Costco (4miles), both of which had the odd ball tire in stock. All they would do was tow to a nearby service center (which did not have the right size tire and wouldn't be able to get it for two days). End of membership, after 30+ years.
My favorite AAA call was in Boston (Somerville). Due to a poor Y turn decision on my part, I had gotten stuck on some ice on a downhill driveway, and couldn't make it back into the road. Car is all of eight feet from the road, maybe six. 1:00am, call AAA, 1:45 or two guys in tow truck turn up, rolled down the window and ask
"That it?"
"Yes"
"No F@cking way. No f@cking way."
Roll up the window and drive off.
To this day, I don't know what their problem was. The two of them could have pushed it by hand. (It was on ice.) A J hook could have done it in under a minute. I guess they didn't like my haircut.
I ended up spinning the tires with my sister jumping up and down on the rear bumper to melt enough ice to creep back up to the road. "Tread life? What tread life?"
Good Sam is a different story.
All the best,
Peter
We had a need for a tow a decade or ago, and long story short AAA refused to do anything reasonable. They would not tow to the nearest dealer (10Miles), nor to the nearest Costco (4miles), both of which had the odd ball tire in stock. All they would do was tow to a nearby service center (which did not have the right size tire and wouldn't be able to get it for two days). End of membership, after 30+ years.
My favorite AAA call was in Boston (Somerville). Due to a poor Y turn decision on my part, I had gotten stuck on some ice on a downhill driveway, and couldn't make it back into the road. Car is all of eight feet from the road, maybe six. 1:00am, call AAA, 1:45 or two guys in tow truck turn up, rolled down the window and ask
"That it?"
"Yes"
"No F@cking way. No f@cking way."
Roll up the window and drive off.
To this day, I don't know what their problem was. The two of them could have pushed it by hand. (It was on ice.) A J hook could have done it in under a minute. I guess they didn't like my haircut.
I ended up spinning the tires with my sister jumping up and down on the rear bumper to melt enough ice to creep back up to the road. "Tread life? What tread life?"
Good Sam is a different story.
All the best,
Peter