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lee tomasini · Joined: 25 Aug 2008 Posts: 5 Location: San Antonio

About two or three years ago I had a guy pull up next to us 2:00 am or so in a tractor trailer just the cab wanted to barrow a flashlight too look for clams, saw a big towtruck go by about an hour before day break it started getting light so we packed up to head south try and find some birds working and theres that tracktor on the first bar dug in I could only see about 6" of his rear tires oh did i mention still had paper tags on it I wander what that tow cost?????

Bluffer · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:38 pm Post subject:

If its stuck for good in water/surf they'll leave it there...seen to many go to the bottom.
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rabbit · Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 5:54 am Post subject:

WBSWFisherman · Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:08 am Post subject:

What everyone is trying to tell you, if you get stuck grab your ankles and take it like a man Shocked

FINS · Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:26 am Post subject:

Lat22 · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject:

About three years ago it cost me $700 and took two tow trucks to pull me out at the 6mm. Expensive but not quite as expensive as $40,000. I probably had another hour before the tide swallowed my Powerstroke.

FishingFool46TilliDie · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 7:20 pm Post subject:

snakecan2 · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:09 pm Post subject:

gack around the 4th of july, had a guy go to the land cut in 2wheel drive, got stuck in the wade gut going around a bouy that blocked the road, all i asked his buddies to do was to take him to the other side and i would take tow him home.. this was not even a mile from the jetties.
after they tore up the pass, i was not about to risk getting stuck, because no one would be able to get my diesel out..
i could of made it with out a problem, but kinda glad that i didnt..
by the time we were ready to go, his buds left him behind and his vehicle on the south side of the bouy.. and pass was still fairly soft and shifting.. not poulling another vehcile that got sucked up just hours before..
if i had oversize tires, would not have phased me, but still have the stock highway tires on the 2006 2500 dodge.. not enought experience with that vehicle in such condditions.
park rangers new that we secured it in the dunes, and he made it back few days later in better conditions. but it was still totalled.. water all the way above the dash on the inside..

got to be carefule
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repofish · Pony Mullet Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 81

guess none of you guys ever thought about buttering up the repoman. LOL

FYI-Tow Truck use to be regulated by the Railroad commission, then TXDOT, but now we are subject to Texas Dept. of Licensing and Regulations BS. govt just cant leave well enough alone.

Tarzan · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 1:00 pm Post subject:

Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

I remember that too! I had the Trooper then and found out he had help on the way before I left. Though with that Trooper there was not much I could do to pull him out anyway - too heavy!

immense · Pony Mullet Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 52

Getting stuck is bad news...

I came across some guy from Oklahoma that was driving a FORD TAURUS and had become severely stuck at the 25mm

He had is kid with him so we decided to pull over and try to help him out.. Big mistake.. The tow strap broke and sent my jeep about 3 feet from the surf where it became buried like I did not even thing was possible (It’s a Rubicon with locking differentials).. We dug it out for 2 hours and as fate would have it Jeff (from this board but I can’t remember his member name) came driving back from Mansfield and pulled me out using our backup strap (Thanks again Jeff)..

I was VERY worried about paying 2K plus to get my Jeep out =/

fishmicki · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:04 am Post subject:

there is an article in the Express News about this today.....

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/Wrecker_fees_wreck_beach_fun.html
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Big Ed · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 12:25 pm Post subject:

Yeah, made the front page of the SA Express News. Headline was $1500 to $3000 for wrecker svc on PINS.
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FishingFool46TilliDie · Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:19 pm Post subject:

Nothing personal against wrecker drivers, and understand paying even $4000 to save your $40000 vehicle...Or to keep your insurance rates from going up on a claim like that...

But, HMMMMMMM
If a crippled handicapped person falls out of there wheel chair in distress, in the middle of the street...And offer you $500 to put them back in there wheelchair...Would you take the $500...Please, Spare Me The Grief...

Or lets say if you run out of gas...Whose fault, nobody's but yours.
But who knows, maybe for some reason your fuel gauge got stuck.
Anyhow, your parked close to shoreline.
Someone comes buy with a $5.00 gas can.
And you say, I'm out of gas.
You say I'll give you $500 for that 5 gallons.
Person says ok.
It's a win,win for both parties...If your only choice to keep from a chance to get your vehicle flooded, and most likely totalled.
Or wind up having to pay $2000-$3000 for a wrecker company you just talked to...To pull you out, being you now in less than a few hours...The tide will be up, and not just out of gas...
But your vehicle will be slowing sinking, and stuck for sure...
$500 for 5 gallons of gas, cheap I guess you could say...

Now if the person with the 5 gallons off gas...Thinks he can take advantage of the situation, and says I'll give you the 5 gallons of gas for $1000.

Probally, still a win,win for both parties.
And know doubt for the person with 5 gallons of gas...

But is know doubt, IMO taking advantage of someone...

But is it right, or is the the write thing to do...
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