NightAngel
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Does anyone know of a towing service around here besides John Johns? I need my car towed from Bay dr to Scottys auto repair without it costing me a fortune, I am in a bind.
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Need Car Towing Service
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Sarah Moss
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Try Coastal Auto Services out of Bruce...835-2878.
NightAngel
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Thank you both for the suggestion. I wrote the number down for future referance to the coastal auto.
A friend came by and has a flat bed trailer and is going to take it to scottys for me. *whew*. Those towing services wanted $150 just to tow my small car 8 miles. That just seemed outrageous to me and more so when you are broke and in a bind.
A friend came by and has a flat bed trailer and is going to take it to scottys for me. *whew*. Those towing services wanted $150 just to tow my small car 8 miles. That just seemed outrageous to me and more so when you are broke and in a bind.
Most auto insurance companies offer tow ins for about $2 month. Check your policy!
Creeklover
Beach Lover
$150.00 is not to much in todays world. Just look at teh type of tow trucks in this area and think what they pay for fuel, insurance, labor, and cost to run a truck. Also your car needs to go 8 miles but it is 10 miles at least to get to you them 8 miles to the repair shop and them 10 m,iles back to his shop so he just drove 28 miles and took about 1 hour. Then you wont them to have drivers who are trained to tow your type of vehicle so no dammage happens when it is being towed. Just think if John-John wonted 150 what Costal would wont as he wouldl come from bruce if he did it any cheeper he would be working for free. He also has a older truck and possible could do it cheeper as he does not have a truck payment on it. But the question is does he have on hook tow coverage to pay for your car when it comes off the vehicle. In Florida there is no requirement for traning or insurance coverage unless that wrecker company is on the SO or FHP tow rotation list. Most rotation companies will do a tow a litter cheeper than the rotation tows as it keeps drivers busy waiting on rotations. In this area there is only 2 companies thta meet the srtict standards for SO and FHP and that is Walton County Recovery 850-835-3385 and Jimmy's Paint and Body 850-835-2533.
Also AAA has no wreckers in this area they come from FWB or Crestview and you could wait up to 6 hours so some of my friends in the SO tell me. This is because AAA only pays about 35 - 40 for a tow and the tow company can not bill the owner for the remainder. in this area it is not cost effective but in a busy city it could be.
Also AAA has no wreckers in this area they come from FWB or Crestview and you could wait up to 6 hours so some of my friends in the SO tell me. This is because AAA only pays about 35 - 40 for a tow and the tow company can not bill the owner for the remainder. in this area it is not cost effective but in a busy city it could be.
NightAngel
Beach Fanatic
Well, I Still think it is a ridiculous price and I will not be paying it. I found another way.
florida girl
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I have AAA plus and it covers 100 miles free towing among other things.