Roadside Assistance

Couple a months ago me and the wife were on our to Shreveport la for a weekend of gambling and motel sex. We had a blowout on I 20 at 10:00 pm 10 miles from the state line. Ill say this now DO NOT RELY ON ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO HELP YOU WHEN YOU HAVE TO CROSS A STATE LINE
we sat on the side of the road till 2:30 am before the local PD dispatch
got us a wrecker to take us into Shreveport
Roadside assistance HOG or Progressive could not help there seams to be against the law for a wrecker to transport a motorcycle across state lines without some kind of special permit, and there aint too many that have them. Anybody have a similar story or if they are blowin smoke up my ass?

Tiny

Sounds like BS to me.....I'd be mad as hell that's for sure. :angry:

Yea voodoo I was really pissed when the wrecker driver wouldn't take any thing but CASH no CC or Check CASH ONLY :rant: luckily there was an ATM on the way to the dealership so I could get his 250.00 :witsend: for taking us 21 miles. I found out that is the going rate for roadside assistance tow.:gah: Road America did reimburse me for the tow but if some one don't have CASH i guess they will leave you on the road.:cussing:


Tiny86

U-Haul

I know it was late at night, but I've been in a similar spot before and found a U-Haul place that was open. I called my ins. company, who I'm no longer with, and told them that I needed a flat bed, roll back, style wrecker to load up this 900 pound bike. They called around and said that it would be 4-5 HOURS before the nearest flat bed could come get me. They also told me that if I left the bike sitting on the side of the road and went for help MYSELF that they would not honor my policy if something happened to the bike while I was gone.:angry:

Well, no way that my wife and I were gonna sit 4-5-6-etc. hours on the side of some back road waiting, so we called information and got the number of the closest U-Haul place, called them up, explained the situation, and one of the guys came and got us with the truck. Put everything on our Visa card, except the $100 cash I gave the guy for coming to get us--he didn't ask for it, I just gave it to him. After :fight: with my ins. company, I got all but the $100 back. After their check cleared I dropped them and went with that little lizard feller.