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re: I saw a tow truck tow an AWD/ft4x4 today and wondered. Are they responsible for damage?
Posted on 2/14/26 at 7:05 am to Napoleon
Posted on 2/14/26 at 7:05 am to Napoleon
They disconnect the drive shaft. If that’s not an option they have a dolly the back tires ride on. Most tow companies are just rollback wreckers these days…. Not your traditional wrecker truck
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Posted on 2/14/26 at 7:07 am to OysterPoBoy
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They have a pretty good complaint program. You call them up and tell them the issue and then they offer to fight you in their parking lot at night.
Just bravo, that is all.
Cheers.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 7:13 am to Pelican fan99
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They really are i dont know how they sleep at night knowing their entire job is just to ruin as many peoples day as possible
You do realize it’s not their fault your car is getting towed?
Posted on 2/14/26 at 7:17 am to UptownJoeBrown
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You do realize it’s not their fault your car is getting towed?
Yes they can tow you if you are parked illegally and apparently some will tow you even if you are legal. But in no way possible does that allow them to even put a small scratch on your vehicle.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 7:18 am to Ponchy Tiger
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But in no way possible does that allow them to even put a small scratch on your vehicle.
I agree.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 7:19 am to UptownJoeBrown
If you break the law, fine.
That doesn't give them the right to destroy property.
Most of 'em dont GAS.
That doesn't give them the right to destroy property.
Most of 'em dont GAS.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 10:17 am to JackieSonnier
No. Predatory towers mostly are using the two wheel tow style trucks with the lift. Not flat beds.
. They grab the vehicle then bring it to a lot. Sometimes they transfer to a flat bed. Never do they disconnect anything. Now when you call and pay for a tow they may take care. Predatory towing is operated almost like repo towing. I and out as fast as possible
. They grab the vehicle then bring it to a lot. Sometimes they transfer to a flat bed. Never do they disconnect anything. Now when you call and pay for a tow they may take care. Predatory towing is operated almost like repo towing. I and out as fast as possible
Posted on 2/14/26 at 10:20 am to JackieSonnier
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They disconnect the drive shaft. If that’s not an option they have a dolly the back tires ride on. Most tow companies are just rollback wreckers these days…. Not your traditional wrecker truck
Those retards aren’t disconnecting a driveshaft. Have you ever seen the people that drive tow trucks? It’s a jobs program for moderately functioning idiots.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 10:21 am to doublecutter
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Years ago a City of New Orleans tow truck towed my one year old Camaro in the French Quarter.
So just a year or two ago? Lol
ETA: I read it as el Camino
This post was edited on 2/14/26 at 10:22 am
Posted on 2/14/26 at 10:44 am to Napoleon
Tow truck drivers are dicks...years ago I had a run in with two of them.
My neighbors car was being repo'ed and the neighbor was giving them the keys but they wanted to act like they were on a tv show.
They decided to go though my yard like a bat outta hell, they get stuck and literally tore the hell out of my yard.
Still stuck and me mad as hell... I like the dumb arse I am go out and slash every one of their tires while my ex-wife calls the police.
A fight ensues and you have my neighbor and me fighting billy bob and his side kick bubba in my front yard. We all get arrested.
Ohh and things that did happen for $1000 Alex
My neighbors car was being repo'ed and the neighbor was giving them the keys but they wanted to act like they were on a tv show.
They decided to go though my yard like a bat outta hell, they get stuck and literally tore the hell out of my yard.
Still stuck and me mad as hell... I like the dumb arse I am go out and slash every one of their tires while my ex-wife calls the police.
A fight ensues and you have my neighbor and me fighting billy bob and his side kick bubba in my front yard. We all get arrested.
Ohh and things that did happen for $1000 Alex
Posted on 2/14/26 at 11:02 am to wadewilson
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A couple pipe bombs attached to a drone would be a better solution.
Just sayin
Management thinking
Posted on 2/14/26 at 11:05 am to Banned
Did you cut the stems with dykes or go full fledged psycho and stab the tires
Posted on 2/14/26 at 11:18 am to Sun God
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Did you cut the stems with dykes or go full fledged psycho and stab the tires
Psycho and stab the tires... My yard looked like a comp!ete mud pit. Talking no grass, and ruts every damn where.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 11:28 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Can I just stick a sign in the ground saying im absolved of responsibilities
If you own the land and declare it No Parking, the land owner isn’t paying to fix your car if a tow truck damages it.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 11:44 am to The Torch
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signs in parking lots indicate “Not Responsible For Damage From Towing “
That an exculpatory clause and doesn’t mean shite.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 2:27 pm to Stat M Repairman
quote:I'm not sure why people think that a drivetrain spinning for a few miles to a lot will burn them up.
No doubt burned up the entire drivetrain.
They are made to spin as we go down the highway.
Just put the vehicle in neutral.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 2:38 pm to JackieSonnier
quote:No they don't. In 25 years in the fire dept., I have never seen one driveshaft disconnected.
They disconnect the drive shaft.
quote:Extremely rare and mostly for special cases.
they have a dolly the back tires ride on
quote:This just maximizes income because the can haul one and then tow one with wheels on extended rack.
Most tow companies are just rollback wreckers these days
Posted on 2/14/26 at 2:44 pm to Lonnie Utah
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Generally, yes. Tow companies are responsible
Unless they're politically connected. Unfortunately most of them are politically connected
Posted on 2/14/26 at 2:52 pm to Redbone
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They are made to spin as we go down the highway.
Just put the vehicle in neutral.
Terrible advice.
Flat towing is vehicle-specific.
Some need the T-case in Neutral while the transmission remains in gear.
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