Member emergency towing help to get you off the road

[Dodge_Boy]

I'm a member on the Open Roads forum and they have a list of volunteer members that you can contact if you have a break down on the road. Members are listed by location and what you are willing to help with, from towing a trailer to a safe harbor, help with repairs, or just help getting a tow truck. This would be a great tool for this forum.

 

[Grapehound]

What a great idea this is! I was coming down PA Route 10 near my home a couple weeks ago and I saw a travel trailer stuck along side of and not quite off the hghway, as though he had broken down. I pulled over in my Jeep Grand Cherokee and learned that his transmission lines had broken and he had no trans fluid and could not move further off the road.

I had a tow cable with me so we hooked up the Jeep to his rig, put it in 4-wheel low, and pulled his rig easily up into a nearby gravel parking lot off the road.

He called a tow truck for his truck to get it to a local shop to be fixed, but now he and his wife were stranded about 60 miles from his home in Maryland.

Since I pull a fth wheel with my RAM 3500 I offered to drive them and their trailer home and they were overjoyed. I went home and got the truck. There seems to be no easy way to get your trailer moved home on the spur of the moment when there's a breakdown away from home.

I drove them and their trailer south about an hour to Maryland and they were very generous to me for my help and now we plan to go camping together some time

I loved being able to help and I would love to get on this Open Roads list.

 

[Don77]

GREAT IDEA!!

Don

 

[Todd & Mary]

FMCA has roadside assistance available. It will tow your rig to the nearest campground and your tow vehicle to the nearest service station. I believe it costs $149 a year. I wouldn't be without it! And cheaper than AAA.

 

[tdcolby]

I could have used this service years ago.

Tow vehicle broke down and couldn't find the service we needed. TV on a flatbed and a trailer left stranded on the side of a busy town road. Fortunately we found a neighbor to rescue us.

FMCA and SafeRide were helpful to a point, not all areas get the coverage you may need.

Add me to the list.

 

[CRT55]

We have Good Sam Roadside Assistance. 2 years ago, we had a trans cooling line leak on my F150 on I94 in the middle of nowhere ND. They said they could take the truck and trailer to the nearest NAPPA store for repairs but I insisted I go to a Ford dealer to actually repair it not just get parts from a parts store. They sent a flatbed and a second truck to tow the trailer some 45 miles to the Ford dealer in Richardson, ND. The dealer was great and had it fixed by the end of the day and allowed us to camp the night in their parking lot. Even shuttled us to Walmart for some supplies. Charged $90 for the two trucks and the extra towing distance but so worth it to get it fixed right instead of me trying to fix it myself.