PMS Salvage
Santa Cruz,#2General Comment
Thu, February 17, 2011
Though I am a Vessel Assist tower and not involved it this case. I wanted to point out some things that I feel need to be mentioned. First is that the membership in the towing service is like buying insurance. So the same issue with buying insurance after your house burns down applies here. He already had a break down when he called so the insurance would not have covered it as it was a preexisting problem. You can't buy insurance after your house burns down.
Now as for the rate. Well a tow boat costs more than a tow truck to run. So the cost seems about correct for the service time involved. Actually less than what I have to charge for two hours. As for the time it took I can't say anything to that I wasn't there. We have a 285 minimum. Just to compare small tow trucks in my area charge 200 an hour and large ones 585 an hour. We charge 285 for our tow boat.
We all realize that this is costly so we encourage people to get towing insurance. But you do have to get it before you need it.
Capt C Wagner