Good Deed for the Day
01-08-2006, 10:43 PM
#1
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Good Deed for the Day
It's been snowing lightly all day (Twin Cities MN) and is very
slippery. On the way from a friend's house tonight around 7pm I saw a
vehicle 70 feet off the road in a farmer's field. It was a 70yr old
man and his wife in a four wheel drive Ford Ranger with a 9000lb Warn
on the front. He had misjudged the sweeping curve going down a hill
and had driven through the shallow ditch and out into the field for a
couple hundred feet. My guess is we was going a bit too fast. I
stopped and offered assistance even though they had already called a
tow truck. He took me up on the offer.
Fortunately he had came to a stop opposite an access path over the
ditch. I walked out through the snow (9-12 inches) to pick up his
hook. The field had been plowed so the ridges created another
obstacle. I hooked up to my front hooks and gave him the go signal.
As he came to each ridge the resistance pulled my Jeep further across
the access path. Eventually I had to back out onto the road (rural,
lightly traveled) to have enough traction for him to pull through the
drift created by the plows. All told it took about thirty minutes.
Who knows how long it would have taken a tow truck to get there just to
do the same thing.
He offered money but I passed. I mentioned that he got his money's
worth out of the winch and he agreed.
This is only the second time I've ever assisted a recovery and the
first time in snow. I doubt it would have been successful if his
vehicle had weighed more than my Jeep.
mc
98 TJ Sport
slippery. On the way from a friend's house tonight around 7pm I saw a
vehicle 70 feet off the road in a farmer's field. It was a 70yr old
man and his wife in a four wheel drive Ford Ranger with a 9000lb Warn
on the front. He had misjudged the sweeping curve going down a hill
and had driven through the shallow ditch and out into the field for a
couple hundred feet. My guess is we was going a bit too fast. I
stopped and offered assistance even though they had already called a
tow truck. He took me up on the offer.
Fortunately he had came to a stop opposite an access path over the
ditch. I walked out through the snow (9-12 inches) to pick up his
hook. The field had been plowed so the ridges created another
obstacle. I hooked up to my front hooks and gave him the go signal.
As he came to each ridge the resistance pulled my Jeep further across
the access path. Eventually I had to back out onto the road (rural,
lightly traveled) to have enough traction for him to pull through the
drift created by the plows. All told it took about thirty minutes.
Who knows how long it would have taken a tow truck to get there just to
do the same thing.
He offered money but I passed. I mentioned that he got his money's
worth out of the winch and he agreed.
This is only the second time I've ever assisted a recovery and the
first time in snow. I doubt it would have been successful if his
vehicle had weighed more than my Jeep.
mc
98 TJ Sport
01-09-2006, 07:48 AM
#2
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Re: Good Deed for the Day
Well done MC...you're a good boy scout! ;)
Here in Nova Scotia we normally get a lot of snow and is common practice for
guys in the club to assist those that go off the road... We have done it
enough that the tow truck companies have contacted the club and asked if we
pull over to help someone to please ask if a tow truck has been dispatched,
if so, we've been asked to leave it for the tow truck or at least have the
customer call and cancel to save the driver from coming out for nothing...I
think this is a fair deal as these guys are out there to make their
living...
I do agree though...if I see someone in the ditch, the reason I pull over is
to help and save the person from inflated tow costs...
Jeff
"mc" <rzbj70@qwest.net> wrote in message
news:1136778209.527465.177060@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> It's been snowing lightly all day (Twin Cities MN) and is very
> slippery. On the way from a friend's house tonight around 7pm I saw a
> vehicle 70 feet off the road in a farmer's field. It was a 70yr old
> man and his wife in a four wheel drive Ford Ranger with a 9000lb Warn
> on the front. He had misjudged the sweeping curve going down a hill
> and had driven through the shallow ditch and out into the field for a
> couple hundred feet. My guess is we was going a bit too fast. I
> stopped and offered assistance even though they had already called a
> tow truck. He took me up on the offer.
>
> Fortunately he had came to a stop opposite an access path over the
> ditch. I walked out through the snow (9-12 inches) to pick up his
> hook. The field had been plowed so the ridges created another
> obstacle. I hooked up to my front hooks and gave him the go signal.
> As he came to each ridge the resistance pulled my Jeep further across
> the access path. Eventually I had to back out onto the road (rural,
> lightly traveled) to have enough traction for him to pull through the
> drift created by the plows. All told it took about thirty minutes.
> Who knows how long it would have taken a tow truck to get there just to
> do the same thing.
>
> He offered money but I passed. I mentioned that he got his money's
> worth out of the winch and he agreed.
>
> This is only the second time I've ever assisted a recovery and the
> first time in snow. I doubt it would have been successful if his
> vehicle had weighed more than my Jeep.
>
> mc
> 98 TJ Sport
>
Here in Nova Scotia we normally get a lot of snow and is common practice for
guys in the club to assist those that go off the road... We have done it
enough that the tow truck companies have contacted the club and asked if we
pull over to help someone to please ask if a tow truck has been dispatched,
if so, we've been asked to leave it for the tow truck or at least have the
customer call and cancel to save the driver from coming out for nothing...I
think this is a fair deal as these guys are out there to make their
living...
I do agree though...if I see someone in the ditch, the reason I pull over is
to help and save the person from inflated tow costs...
Jeff
"mc" <rzbj70@qwest.net> wrote in message
news:1136778209.527465.177060@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> It's been snowing lightly all day (Twin Cities MN) and is very
> slippery. On the way from a friend's house tonight around 7pm I saw a
> vehicle 70 feet off the road in a farmer's field. It was a 70yr old
> man and his wife in a four wheel drive Ford Ranger with a 9000lb Warn
> on the front. He had misjudged the sweeping curve going down a hill
> and had driven through the shallow ditch and out into the field for a
> couple hundred feet. My guess is we was going a bit too fast. I
> stopped and offered assistance even though they had already called a
> tow truck. He took me up on the offer.
>
> Fortunately he had came to a stop opposite an access path over the
> ditch. I walked out through the snow (9-12 inches) to pick up his
> hook. The field had been plowed so the ridges created another
> obstacle. I hooked up to my front hooks and gave him the go signal.
> As he came to each ridge the resistance pulled my Jeep further across
> the access path. Eventually I had to back out onto the road (rural,
> lightly traveled) to have enough traction for him to pull through the
> drift created by the plows. All told it took about thirty minutes.
> Who knows how long it would have taken a tow truck to get there just to
> do the same thing.
>
> He offered money but I passed. I mentioned that he got his money's
> worth out of the winch and he agreed.
>
> This is only the second time I've ever assisted a recovery and the
> first time in snow. I doubt it would have been successful if his
> vehicle had weighed more than my Jeep.
>
> mc
> 98 TJ Sport
>
01-09-2006, 07:48 AM
#3
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Re: Good Deed for the Day
Well done MC...you're a good boy scout! ;)
Here in Nova Scotia we normally get a lot of snow and is common practice for
guys in the club to assist those that go off the road... We have done it
enough that the tow truck companies have contacted the club and asked if we
pull over to help someone to please ask if a tow truck has been dispatched,
if so, we've been asked to leave it for the tow truck or at least have the
customer call and cancel to save the driver from coming out for nothing...I
think this is a fair deal as these guys are out there to make their
living...
I do agree though...if I see someone in the ditch, the reason I pull over is
to help and save the person from inflated tow costs...
Jeff
"mc" <rzbj70@qwest.net> wrote in message
news:1136778209.527465.177060@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> It's been snowing lightly all day (Twin Cities MN) and is very
> slippery. On the way from a friend's house tonight around 7pm I saw a
> vehicle 70 feet off the road in a farmer's field. It was a 70yr old
> man and his wife in a four wheel drive Ford Ranger with a 9000lb Warn
> on the front. He had misjudged the sweeping curve going down a hill
> and had driven through the shallow ditch and out into the field for a
> couple hundred feet. My guess is we was going a bit too fast. I
> stopped and offered assistance even though they had already called a
> tow truck. He took me up on the offer.
>
> Fortunately he had came to a stop opposite an access path over the
> ditch. I walked out through the snow (9-12 inches) to pick up his
> hook. The field had been plowed so the ridges created another
> obstacle. I hooked up to my front hooks and gave him the go signal.
> As he came to each ridge the resistance pulled my Jeep further across
> the access path. Eventually I had to back out onto the road (rural,
> lightly traveled) to have enough traction for him to pull through the
> drift created by the plows. All told it took about thirty minutes.
> Who knows how long it would have taken a tow truck to get there just to
> do the same thing.
>
> He offered money but I passed. I mentioned that he got his money's
> worth out of the winch and he agreed.
>
> This is only the second time I've ever assisted a recovery and the
> first time in snow. I doubt it would have been successful if his
> vehicle had weighed more than my Jeep.
>
> mc
> 98 TJ Sport
>
Here in Nova Scotia we normally get a lot of snow and is common practice for
guys in the club to assist those that go off the road... We have done it
enough that the tow truck companies have contacted the club and asked if we
pull over to help someone to please ask if a tow truck has been dispatched,
if so, we've been asked to leave it for the tow truck or at least have the
customer call and cancel to save the driver from coming out for nothing...I
think this is a fair deal as these guys are out there to make their
living...
I do agree though...if I see someone in the ditch, the reason I pull over is
to help and save the person from inflated tow costs...
Jeff
"mc" <rzbj70@qwest.net> wrote in message
news:1136778209.527465.177060@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> It's been snowing lightly all day (Twin Cities MN) and is very
> slippery. On the way from a friend's house tonight around 7pm I saw a
> vehicle 70 feet off the road in a farmer's field. It was a 70yr old
> man and his wife in a four wheel drive Ford Ranger with a 9000lb Warn
> on the front. He had misjudged the sweeping curve going down a hill
> and had driven through the shallow ditch and out into the field for a
> couple hundred feet. My guess is we was going a bit too fast. I
> stopped and offered assistance even though they had already called a
> tow truck. He took me up on the offer.
>
> Fortunately he had came to a stop opposite an access path over the
> ditch. I walked out through the snow (9-12 inches) to pick up his
> hook. The field had been plowed so the ridges created another
> obstacle. I hooked up to my front hooks and gave him the go signal.
> As he came to each ridge the resistance pulled my Jeep further across
> the access path. Eventually I had to back out onto the road (rural,
> lightly traveled) to have enough traction for him to pull through the
> drift created by the plows. All told it took about thirty minutes.
> Who knows how long it would have taken a tow truck to get there just to
> do the same thing.
>
> He offered money but I passed. I mentioned that he got his money's
> worth out of the winch and he agreed.
>
> This is only the second time I've ever assisted a recovery and the
> first time in snow. I doubt it would have been successful if his
> vehicle had weighed more than my Jeep.
>
> mc
> 98 TJ Sport
>
01-09-2006, 07:48 AM
#4
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Re: Good Deed for the Day
Well done MC...you're a good boy scout! ;)
Here in Nova Scotia we normally get a lot of snow and is common practice for
guys in the club to assist those that go off the road... We have done it
enough that the tow truck companies have contacted the club and asked if we
pull over to help someone to please ask if a tow truck has been dispatched,
if so, we've been asked to leave it for the tow truck or at least have the
customer call and cancel to save the driver from coming out for nothing...I
think this is a fair deal as these guys are out there to make their
living...
I do agree though...if I see someone in the ditch, the reason I pull over is
to help and save the person from inflated tow costs...
Jeff
"mc" <rzbj70@qwest.net> wrote in message
news:1136778209.527465.177060@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> It's been snowing lightly all day (Twin Cities MN) and is very
> slippery. On the way from a friend's house tonight around 7pm I saw a
> vehicle 70 feet off the road in a farmer's field. It was a 70yr old
> man and his wife in a four wheel drive Ford Ranger with a 9000lb Warn
> on the front. He had misjudged the sweeping curve going down a hill
> and had driven through the shallow ditch and out into the field for a
> couple hundred feet. My guess is we was going a bit too fast. I
> stopped and offered assistance even though they had already called a
> tow truck. He took me up on the offer.
>
> Fortunately he had came to a stop opposite an access path over the
> ditch. I walked out through the snow (9-12 inches) to pick up his
> hook. The field had been plowed so the ridges created another
> obstacle. I hooked up to my front hooks and gave him the go signal.
> As he came to each ridge the resistance pulled my Jeep further across
> the access path. Eventually I had to back out onto the road (rural,
> lightly traveled) to have enough traction for him to pull through the
> drift created by the plows. All told it took about thirty minutes.
> Who knows how long it would have taken a tow truck to get there just to
> do the same thing.
>
> He offered money but I passed. I mentioned that he got his money's
> worth out of the winch and he agreed.
>
> This is only the second time I've ever assisted a recovery and the
> first time in snow. I doubt it would have been successful if his
> vehicle had weighed more than my Jeep.
>
> mc
> 98 TJ Sport
>
Here in Nova Scotia we normally get a lot of snow and is common practice for
guys in the club to assist those that go off the road... We have done it
enough that the tow truck companies have contacted the club and asked if we
pull over to help someone to please ask if a tow truck has been dispatched,
if so, we've been asked to leave it for the tow truck or at least have the
customer call and cancel to save the driver from coming out for nothing...I
think this is a fair deal as these guys are out there to make their
living...
I do agree though...if I see someone in the ditch, the reason I pull over is
to help and save the person from inflated tow costs...
Jeff
"mc" <rzbj70@qwest.net> wrote in message
news:1136778209.527465.177060@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> It's been snowing lightly all day (Twin Cities MN) and is very
> slippery. On the way from a friend's house tonight around 7pm I saw a
> vehicle 70 feet off the road in a farmer's field. It was a 70yr old
> man and his wife in a four wheel drive Ford Ranger with a 9000lb Warn
> on the front. He had misjudged the sweeping curve going down a hill
> and had driven through the shallow ditch and out into the field for a
> couple hundred feet. My guess is we was going a bit too fast. I
> stopped and offered assistance even though they had already called a
> tow truck. He took me up on the offer.
>
> Fortunately he had came to a stop opposite an access path over the
> ditch. I walked out through the snow (9-12 inches) to pick up his
> hook. The field had been plowed so the ridges created another
> obstacle. I hooked up to my front hooks and gave him the go signal.
> As he came to each ridge the resistance pulled my Jeep further across
> the access path. Eventually I had to back out onto the road (rural,
> lightly traveled) to have enough traction for him to pull through the
> drift created by the plows. All told it took about thirty minutes.
> Who knows how long it would have taken a tow truck to get there just to
> do the same thing.
>
> He offered money but I passed. I mentioned that he got his money's
> worth out of the winch and he agreed.
>
> This is only the second time I've ever assisted a recovery and the
> first time in snow. I doubt it would have been successful if his
> vehicle had weighed more than my Jeep.
>
> mc
> 98 TJ Sport
>
01-09-2006, 07:55 AM
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Re: Good Deed for the Day
I don't know if "inflated tow costs" is exactly fair, although I too hate
paying them. Ever price a tow rig or the insurance to operate one?
Earle
"4X4PLAY" <jrhiltz@eastlink.ca> wrote in message
news:wYswf.72799$AP5.67184@edtnps84...
> Well done MC...you're a good boy scout! ;)
> Here in Nova Scotia we normally get a lot of snow and is common practice
for
> guys in the club to assist those that go off the road... We have done it
> enough that the tow truck companies have contacted the club and asked if
we
> pull over to help someone to please ask if a tow truck has been
dispatched,
> if so, we've been asked to leave it for the tow truck or at least have the
> customer call and cancel to save the driver from coming out for
nothing...I
> think this is a fair deal as these guys are out there to make their
> living...
> I do agree though...if I see someone in the ditch, the reason I pull over
is
> to help and save the person from inflated tow costs...
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
>
> "mc" <rzbj70@qwest.net> wrote in message
> news:1136778209.527465.177060@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> > It's been snowing lightly all day (Twin Cities MN) and is very
> > slippery. On the way from a friend's house tonight around 7pm I saw a
> > vehicle 70 feet off the road in a farmer's field. It was a 70yr old
> > man and his wife in a four wheel drive Ford Ranger with a 9000lb Warn
> > on the front. He had misjudged the sweeping curve going down a hill
> > and had driven through the shallow ditch and out into the field for a
> > couple hundred feet. My guess is we was going a bit too fast. I
> > stopped and offered assistance even though they had already called a
> > tow truck. He took me up on the offer.
> >
> > Fortunately he had came to a stop opposite an access path over the
> > ditch. I walked out through the snow (9-12 inches) to pick up his
> > hook. The field had been plowed so the ridges created another
> > obstacle. I hooked up to my front hooks and gave him the go signal.
> > As he came to each ridge the resistance pulled my Jeep further across
> > the access path. Eventually I had to back out onto the road (rural,
> > lightly traveled) to have enough traction for him to pull through the
> > drift created by the plows. All told it took about thirty minutes.
> > Who knows how long it would have taken a tow truck to get there just to
> > do the same thing.
> >
> > He offered money but I passed. I mentioned that he got his money's
> > worth out of the winch and he agreed.
> >
> > This is only the second time I've ever assisted a recovery and the
> > first time in snow. I doubt it would have been successful if his
> > vehicle had weighed more than my Jeep.
> >
> > mc
> > 98 TJ Sport
> >
>
>
paying them. Ever price a tow rig or the insurance to operate one?
Earle
"4X4PLAY" <jrhiltz@eastlink.ca> wrote in message
news:wYswf.72799$AP5.67184@edtnps84...
> Well done MC...you're a good boy scout! ;)
> Here in Nova Scotia we normally get a lot of snow and is common practice
for
> guys in the club to assist those that go off the road... We have done it
> enough that the tow truck companies have contacted the club and asked if
we
> pull over to help someone to please ask if a tow truck has been
dispatched,
> if so, we've been asked to leave it for the tow truck or at least have the
> customer call and cancel to save the driver from coming out for
nothing...I
> think this is a fair deal as these guys are out there to make their
> living...
> I do agree though...if I see someone in the ditch, the reason I pull over
is
> to help and save the person from inflated tow costs...
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
>
> "mc" <rzbj70@qwest.net> wrote in message
> news:1136778209.527465.177060@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> > It's been snowing lightly all day (Twin Cities MN) and is very
> > slippery. On the way from a friend's house tonight around 7pm I saw a
> > vehicle 70 feet off the road in a farmer's field. It was a 70yr old
> > man and his wife in a four wheel drive Ford Ranger with a 9000lb Warn
> > on the front. He had misjudged the sweeping curve going down a hill
> > and had driven through the shallow ditch and out into the field for a
> > couple hundred feet. My guess is we was going a bit too fast. I
> > stopped and offered assistance even though they had already called a
> > tow truck. He took me up on the offer.
> >
> > Fortunately he had came to a stop opposite an access path over the
> > ditch. I walked out through the snow (9-12 inches) to pick up his
> > hook. The field had been plowed so the ridges created another
> > obstacle. I hooked up to my front hooks and gave him the go signal.
> > As he came to each ridge the resistance pulled my Jeep further across
> > the access path. Eventually I had to back out onto the road (rural,
> > lightly traveled) to have enough traction for him to pull through the
> > drift created by the plows. All told it took about thirty minutes.
> > Who knows how long it would have taken a tow truck to get there just to
> > do the same thing.
> >
> > He offered money but I passed. I mentioned that he got his money's
> > worth out of the winch and he agreed.
> >
> > This is only the second time I've ever assisted a recovery and the
> > first time in snow. I doubt it would have been successful if his
> > vehicle had weighed more than my Jeep.
> >
> > mc
> > 98 TJ Sport
> >
>
>
01-09-2006, 07:55 AM
#6
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Re: Good Deed for the Day
I don't know if "inflated tow costs" is exactly fair, although I too hate
paying them. Ever price a tow rig or the insurance to operate one?
Earle
"4X4PLAY" <jrhiltz@eastlink.ca> wrote in message
news:wYswf.72799$AP5.67184@edtnps84...
> Well done MC...you're a good boy scout! ;)
> Here in Nova Scotia we normally get a lot of snow and is common practice
for
> guys in the club to assist those that go off the road... We have done it
> enough that the tow truck companies have contacted the club and asked if
we
> pull over to help someone to please ask if a tow truck has been
dispatched,
> if so, we've been asked to leave it for the tow truck or at least have the
> customer call and cancel to save the driver from coming out for
nothing...I
> think this is a fair deal as these guys are out there to make their
> living...
> I do agree though...if I see someone in the ditch, the reason I pull over
is
> to help and save the person from inflated tow costs...
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
>
> "mc" <rzbj70@qwest.net> wrote in message
> news:1136778209.527465.177060@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> > It's been snowing lightly all day (Twin Cities MN) and is very
> > slippery. On the way from a friend's house tonight around 7pm I saw a
> > vehicle 70 feet off the road in a farmer's field. It was a 70yr old
> > man and his wife in a four wheel drive Ford Ranger with a 9000lb Warn
> > on the front. He had misjudged the sweeping curve going down a hill
> > and had driven through the shallow ditch and out into the field for a
> > couple hundred feet. My guess is we was going a bit too fast. I
> > stopped and offered assistance even though they had already called a
> > tow truck. He took me up on the offer.
> >
> > Fortunately he had came to a stop opposite an access path over the
> > ditch. I walked out through the snow (9-12 inches) to pick up his
> > hook. The field had been plowed so the ridges created another
> > obstacle. I hooked up to my front hooks and gave him the go signal.
> > As he came to each ridge the resistance pulled my Jeep further across
> > the access path. Eventually I had to back out onto the road (rural,
> > lightly traveled) to have enough traction for him to pull through the
> > drift created by the plows. All told it took about thirty minutes.
> > Who knows how long it would have taken a tow truck to get there just to
> > do the same thing.
> >
> > He offered money but I passed. I mentioned that he got his money's
> > worth out of the winch and he agreed.
> >
> > This is only the second time I've ever assisted a recovery and the
> > first time in snow. I doubt it would have been successful if his
> > vehicle had weighed more than my Jeep.
> >
> > mc
> > 98 TJ Sport
> >
>
>
paying them. Ever price a tow rig or the insurance to operate one?
Earle
"4X4PLAY" <jrhiltz@eastlink.ca> wrote in message
news:wYswf.72799$AP5.67184@edtnps84...
> Well done MC...you're a good boy scout! ;)
> Here in Nova Scotia we normally get a lot of snow and is common practice
for
> guys in the club to assist those that go off the road... We have done it
> enough that the tow truck companies have contacted the club and asked if
we
> pull over to help someone to please ask if a tow truck has been
dispatched,
> if so, we've been asked to leave it for the tow truck or at least have the
> customer call and cancel to save the driver from coming out for
nothing...I
> think this is a fair deal as these guys are out there to make their
> living...
> I do agree though...if I see someone in the ditch, the reason I pull over
is
> to help and save the person from inflated tow costs...
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
>
> "mc" <rzbj70@qwest.net> wrote in message
> news:1136778209.527465.177060@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> > It's been snowing lightly all day (Twin Cities MN) and is very
> > slippery. On the way from a friend's house tonight around 7pm I saw a
> > vehicle 70 feet off the road in a farmer's field. It was a 70yr old
> > man and his wife in a four wheel drive Ford Ranger with a 9000lb Warn
> > on the front. He had misjudged the sweeping curve going down a hill
> > and had driven through the shallow ditch and out into the field for a
> > couple hundred feet. My guess is we was going a bit too fast. I
> > stopped and offered assistance even though they had already called a
> > tow truck. He took me up on the offer.
> >
> > Fortunately he had came to a stop opposite an access path over the
> > ditch. I walked out through the snow (9-12 inches) to pick up his
> > hook. The field had been plowed so the ridges created another
> > obstacle. I hooked up to my front hooks and gave him the go signal.
> > As he came to each ridge the resistance pulled my Jeep further across
> > the access path. Eventually I had to back out onto the road (rural,
> > lightly traveled) to have enough traction for him to pull through the
> > drift created by the plows. All told it took about thirty minutes.
> > Who knows how long it would have taken a tow truck to get there just to
> > do the same thing.
> >
> > He offered money but I passed. I mentioned that he got his money's
> > worth out of the winch and he agreed.
> >
> > This is only the second time I've ever assisted a recovery and the
> > first time in snow. I doubt it would have been successful if his
> > vehicle had weighed more than my Jeep.
> >
> > mc
> > 98 TJ Sport
> >
>
>
01-09-2006, 07:55 AM
#7
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Good Deed for the Day
I don't know if "inflated tow costs" is exactly fair, although I too hate
paying them. Ever price a tow rig or the insurance to operate one?
Earle
"4X4PLAY" <jrhiltz@eastlink.ca> wrote in message
news:wYswf.72799$AP5.67184@edtnps84...
> Well done MC...you're a good boy scout! ;)
> Here in Nova Scotia we normally get a lot of snow and is common practice
for
> guys in the club to assist those that go off the road... We have done it
> enough that the tow truck companies have contacted the club and asked if
we
> pull over to help someone to please ask if a tow truck has been
dispatched,
> if so, we've been asked to leave it for the tow truck or at least have the
> customer call and cancel to save the driver from coming out for
nothing...I
> think this is a fair deal as these guys are out there to make their
> living...
> I do agree though...if I see someone in the ditch, the reason I pull over
is
> to help and save the person from inflated tow costs...
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
>
> "mc" <rzbj70@qwest.net> wrote in message
> news:1136778209.527465.177060@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> > It's been snowing lightly all day (Twin Cities MN) and is very
> > slippery. On the way from a friend's house tonight around 7pm I saw a
> > vehicle 70 feet off the road in a farmer's field. It was a 70yr old
> > man and his wife in a four wheel drive Ford Ranger with a 9000lb Warn
> > on the front. He had misjudged the sweeping curve going down a hill
> > and had driven through the shallow ditch and out into the field for a
> > couple hundred feet. My guess is we was going a bit too fast. I
> > stopped and offered assistance even though they had already called a
> > tow truck. He took me up on the offer.
> >
> > Fortunately he had came to a stop opposite an access path over the
> > ditch. I walked out through the snow (9-12 inches) to pick up his
> > hook. The field had been plowed so the ridges created another
> > obstacle. I hooked up to my front hooks and gave him the go signal.
> > As he came to each ridge the resistance pulled my Jeep further across
> > the access path. Eventually I had to back out onto the road (rural,
> > lightly traveled) to have enough traction for him to pull through the
> > drift created by the plows. All told it took about thirty minutes.
> > Who knows how long it would have taken a tow truck to get there just to
> > do the same thing.
> >
> > He offered money but I passed. I mentioned that he got his money's
> > worth out of the winch and he agreed.
> >
> > This is only the second time I've ever assisted a recovery and the
> > first time in snow. I doubt it would have been successful if his
> > vehicle had weighed more than my Jeep.
> >
> > mc
> > 98 TJ Sport
> >
>
>
paying them. Ever price a tow rig or the insurance to operate one?
Earle
"4X4PLAY" <jrhiltz@eastlink.ca> wrote in message
news:wYswf.72799$AP5.67184@edtnps84...
> Well done MC...you're a good boy scout! ;)
> Here in Nova Scotia we normally get a lot of snow and is common practice
for
> guys in the club to assist those that go off the road... We have done it
> enough that the tow truck companies have contacted the club and asked if
we
> pull over to help someone to please ask if a tow truck has been
dispatched,
> if so, we've been asked to leave it for the tow truck or at least have the
> customer call and cancel to save the driver from coming out for
nothing...I
> think this is a fair deal as these guys are out there to make their
> living...
> I do agree though...if I see someone in the ditch, the reason I pull over
is
> to help and save the person from inflated tow costs...
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
>
> "mc" <rzbj70@qwest.net> wrote in message
> news:1136778209.527465.177060@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> > It's been snowing lightly all day (Twin Cities MN) and is very
> > slippery. On the way from a friend's house tonight around 7pm I saw a
> > vehicle 70 feet off the road in a farmer's field. It was a 70yr old
> > man and his wife in a four wheel drive Ford Ranger with a 9000lb Warn
> > on the front. He had misjudged the sweeping curve going down a hill
> > and had driven through the shallow ditch and out into the field for a
> > couple hundred feet. My guess is we was going a bit too fast. I
> > stopped and offered assistance even though they had already called a
> > tow truck. He took me up on the offer.
> >
> > Fortunately he had came to a stop opposite an access path over the
> > ditch. I walked out through the snow (9-12 inches) to pick up his
> > hook. The field had been plowed so the ridges created another
> > obstacle. I hooked up to my front hooks and gave him the go signal.
> > As he came to each ridge the resistance pulled my Jeep further across
> > the access path. Eventually I had to back out onto the road (rural,
> > lightly traveled) to have enough traction for him to pull through the
> > drift created by the plows. All told it took about thirty minutes.
> > Who knows how long it would have taken a tow truck to get there just to
> > do the same thing.
> >
> > He offered money but I passed. I mentioned that he got his money's
> > worth out of the winch and he agreed.
> >
> > This is only the second time I've ever assisted a recovery and the
> > first time in snow. I doubt it would have been successful if his
> > vehicle had weighed more than my Jeep.
> >
> > mc
> > 98 TJ Sport
> >
>
>
01-09-2006, 08:27 AM
#8
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Re: Good Deed for the Day
Ever had an unloaded tandem dump truck towed?
$250.00 to tow 7 miles.
Spdloader
"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:43c25daa$0$10306$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>I don't know if "inflated tow costs" is exactly fair, although I too hate
> paying them. Ever price a tow rig or the insurance to operate one?
>
> Earle
>
> "4X4PLAY" <jrhiltz@eastlink.ca> wrote in message
> news:wYswf.72799$AP5.67184@edtnps84...
>> Well done MC...you're a good boy scout! ;)
>> Here in Nova Scotia we normally get a lot of snow and is common practice
> for
>> guys in the club to assist those that go off the road... We have done it
>> enough that the tow truck companies have contacted the club and asked if
> we
>> pull over to help someone to please ask if a tow truck has been
> dispatched,
>> if so, we've been asked to leave it for the tow truck or at least have
>> the
>> customer call and cancel to save the driver from coming out for
> nothing...I
>> think this is a fair deal as these guys are out there to make their
>> living...
>> I do agree though...if I see someone in the ditch, the reason I pull over
> is
>> to help and save the person from inflated tow costs...
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "mc" <rzbj70@qwest.net> wrote in message
>> news:1136778209.527465.177060@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> > It's been snowing lightly all day (Twin Cities MN) and is very
>> > slippery. On the way from a friend's house tonight around 7pm I saw a
>> > vehicle 70 feet off the road in a farmer's field. It was a 70yr old
>> > man and his wife in a four wheel drive Ford Ranger with a 9000lb Warn
>> > on the front. He had misjudged the sweeping curve going down a hill
>> > and had driven through the shallow ditch and out into the field for a
>> > couple hundred feet. My guess is we was going a bit too fast. I
>> > stopped and offered assistance even though they had already called a
>> > tow truck. He took me up on the offer.
>> >
>> > Fortunately he had came to a stop opposite an access path over the
>> > ditch. I walked out through the snow (9-12 inches) to pick up his
>> > hook. The field had been plowed so the ridges created another
>> > obstacle. I hooked up to my front hooks and gave him the go signal.
>> > As he came to each ridge the resistance pulled my Jeep further across
>> > the access path. Eventually I had to back out onto the road (rural,
>> > lightly traveled) to have enough traction for him to pull through the
>> > drift created by the plows. All told it took about thirty minutes.
>> > Who knows how long it would have taken a tow truck to get there just to
>> > do the same thing.
>> >
>> > He offered money but I passed. I mentioned that he got his money's
>> > worth out of the winch and he agreed.
>> >
>> > This is only the second time I've ever assisted a recovery and the
>> > first time in snow. I doubt it would have been successful if his
>> > vehicle had weighed more than my Jeep.
>> >
>> > mc
>> > 98 TJ Sport
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
$250.00 to tow 7 miles.
Spdloader
"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:43c25daa$0$10306$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>I don't know if "inflated tow costs" is exactly fair, although I too hate
> paying them. Ever price a tow rig or the insurance to operate one?
>
> Earle
>
> "4X4PLAY" <jrhiltz@eastlink.ca> wrote in message
> news:wYswf.72799$AP5.67184@edtnps84...
>> Well done MC...you're a good boy scout! ;)
>> Here in Nova Scotia we normally get a lot of snow and is common practice
> for
>> guys in the club to assist those that go off the road... We have done it
>> enough that the tow truck companies have contacted the club and asked if
> we
>> pull over to help someone to please ask if a tow truck has been
> dispatched,
>> if so, we've been asked to leave it for the tow truck or at least have
>> the
>> customer call and cancel to save the driver from coming out for
> nothing...I
>> think this is a fair deal as these guys are out there to make their
>> living...
>> I do agree though...if I see someone in the ditch, the reason I pull over
> is
>> to help and save the person from inflated tow costs...
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "mc" <rzbj70@qwest.net> wrote in message
>> news:1136778209.527465.177060@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> > It's been snowing lightly all day (Twin Cities MN) and is very
>> > slippery. On the way from a friend's house tonight around 7pm I saw a
>> > vehicle 70 feet off the road in a farmer's field. It was a 70yr old
>> > man and his wife in a four wheel drive Ford Ranger with a 9000lb Warn
>> > on the front. He had misjudged the sweeping curve going down a hill
>> > and had driven through the shallow ditch and out into the field for a
>> > couple hundred feet. My guess is we was going a bit too fast. I
>> > stopped and offered assistance even though they had already called a
>> > tow truck. He took me up on the offer.
>> >
>> > Fortunately he had came to a stop opposite an access path over the
>> > ditch. I walked out through the snow (9-12 inches) to pick up his
>> > hook. The field had been plowed so the ridges created another
>> > obstacle. I hooked up to my front hooks and gave him the go signal.
>> > As he came to each ridge the resistance pulled my Jeep further across
>> > the access path. Eventually I had to back out onto the road (rural,
>> > lightly traveled) to have enough traction for him to pull through the
>> > drift created by the plows. All told it took about thirty minutes.
>> > Who knows how long it would have taken a tow truck to get there just to
>> > do the same thing.
>> >
>> > He offered money but I passed. I mentioned that he got his money's
>> > worth out of the winch and he agreed.
>> >
>> > This is only the second time I've ever assisted a recovery and the
>> > first time in snow. I doubt it would have been successful if his
>> > vehicle had weighed more than my Jeep.
>> >
>> > mc
>> > 98 TJ Sport
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
01-09-2006, 08:27 AM
#9
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Good Deed for the Day
Ever had an unloaded tandem dump truck towed?
$250.00 to tow 7 miles.
Spdloader
"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:43c25daa$0$10306$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>I don't know if "inflated tow costs" is exactly fair, although I too hate
> paying them. Ever price a tow rig or the insurance to operate one?
>
> Earle
>
> "4X4PLAY" <jrhiltz@eastlink.ca> wrote in message
> news:wYswf.72799$AP5.67184@edtnps84...
>> Well done MC...you're a good boy scout! ;)
>> Here in Nova Scotia we normally get a lot of snow and is common practice
> for
>> guys in the club to assist those that go off the road... We have done it
>> enough that the tow truck companies have contacted the club and asked if
> we
>> pull over to help someone to please ask if a tow truck has been
> dispatched,
>> if so, we've been asked to leave it for the tow truck or at least have
>> the
>> customer call and cancel to save the driver from coming out for
> nothing...I
>> think this is a fair deal as these guys are out there to make their
>> living...
>> I do agree though...if I see someone in the ditch, the reason I pull over
> is
>> to help and save the person from inflated tow costs...
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "mc" <rzbj70@qwest.net> wrote in message
>> news:1136778209.527465.177060@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> > It's been snowing lightly all day (Twin Cities MN) and is very
>> > slippery. On the way from a friend's house tonight around 7pm I saw a
>> > vehicle 70 feet off the road in a farmer's field. It was a 70yr old
>> > man and his wife in a four wheel drive Ford Ranger with a 9000lb Warn
>> > on the front. He had misjudged the sweeping curve going down a hill
>> > and had driven through the shallow ditch and out into the field for a
>> > couple hundred feet. My guess is we was going a bit too fast. I
>> > stopped and offered assistance even though they had already called a
>> > tow truck. He took me up on the offer.
>> >
>> > Fortunately he had came to a stop opposite an access path over the
>> > ditch. I walked out through the snow (9-12 inches) to pick up his
>> > hook. The field had been plowed so the ridges created another
>> > obstacle. I hooked up to my front hooks and gave him the go signal.
>> > As he came to each ridge the resistance pulled my Jeep further across
>> > the access path. Eventually I had to back out onto the road (rural,
>> > lightly traveled) to have enough traction for him to pull through the
>> > drift created by the plows. All told it took about thirty minutes.
>> > Who knows how long it would have taken a tow truck to get there just to
>> > do the same thing.
>> >
>> > He offered money but I passed. I mentioned that he got his money's
>> > worth out of the winch and he agreed.
>> >
>> > This is only the second time I've ever assisted a recovery and the
>> > first time in snow. I doubt it would have been successful if his
>> > vehicle had weighed more than my Jeep.
>> >
>> > mc
>> > 98 TJ Sport
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
$250.00 to tow 7 miles.
Spdloader
"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:43c25daa$0$10306$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>I don't know if "inflated tow costs" is exactly fair, although I too hate
> paying them. Ever price a tow rig or the insurance to operate one?
>
> Earle
>
> "4X4PLAY" <jrhiltz@eastlink.ca> wrote in message
> news:wYswf.72799$AP5.67184@edtnps84...
>> Well done MC...you're a good boy scout! ;)
>> Here in Nova Scotia we normally get a lot of snow and is common practice
> for
>> guys in the club to assist those that go off the road... We have done it
>> enough that the tow truck companies have contacted the club and asked if
> we
>> pull over to help someone to please ask if a tow truck has been
> dispatched,
>> if so, we've been asked to leave it for the tow truck or at least have
>> the
>> customer call and cancel to save the driver from coming out for
> nothing...I
>> think this is a fair deal as these guys are out there to make their
>> living...
>> I do agree though...if I see someone in the ditch, the reason I pull over
> is
>> to help and save the person from inflated tow costs...
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "mc" <rzbj70@qwest.net> wrote in message
>> news:1136778209.527465.177060@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> > It's been snowing lightly all day (Twin Cities MN) and is very
>> > slippery. On the way from a friend's house tonight around 7pm I saw a
>> > vehicle 70 feet off the road in a farmer's field. It was a 70yr old
>> > man and his wife in a four wheel drive Ford Ranger with a 9000lb Warn
>> > on the front. He had misjudged the sweeping curve going down a hill
>> > and had driven through the shallow ditch and out into the field for a
>> > couple hundred feet. My guess is we was going a bit too fast. I
>> > stopped and offered assistance even though they had already called a
>> > tow truck. He took me up on the offer.
>> >
>> > Fortunately he had came to a stop opposite an access path over the
>> > ditch. I walked out through the snow (9-12 inches) to pick up his
>> > hook. The field had been plowed so the ridges created another
>> > obstacle. I hooked up to my front hooks and gave him the go signal.
>> > As he came to each ridge the resistance pulled my Jeep further across
>> > the access path. Eventually I had to back out onto the road (rural,
>> > lightly traveled) to have enough traction for him to pull through the
>> > drift created by the plows. All told it took about thirty minutes.
>> > Who knows how long it would have taken a tow truck to get there just to
>> > do the same thing.
>> >
>> > He offered money but I passed. I mentioned that he got his money's
>> > worth out of the winch and he agreed.
>> >
>> > This is only the second time I've ever assisted a recovery and the
>> > first time in snow. I doubt it would have been successful if his
>> > vehicle had weighed more than my Jeep.
>> >
>> > mc
>> > 98 TJ Sport
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
01-09-2006, 08:27 AM
#10
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Good Deed for the Day
Ever had an unloaded tandem dump truck towed?
$250.00 to tow 7 miles.
Spdloader
"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:43c25daa$0$10306$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>I don't know if "inflated tow costs" is exactly fair, although I too hate
> paying them. Ever price a tow rig or the insurance to operate one?
>
> Earle
>
> "4X4PLAY" <jrhiltz@eastlink.ca> wrote in message
> news:wYswf.72799$AP5.67184@edtnps84...
>> Well done MC...you're a good boy scout! ;)
>> Here in Nova Scotia we normally get a lot of snow and is common practice
> for
>> guys in the club to assist those that go off the road... We have done it
>> enough that the tow truck companies have contacted the club and asked if
> we
>> pull over to help someone to please ask if a tow truck has been
> dispatched,
>> if so, we've been asked to leave it for the tow truck or at least have
>> the
>> customer call and cancel to save the driver from coming out for
> nothing...I
>> think this is a fair deal as these guys are out there to make their
>> living...
>> I do agree though...if I see someone in the ditch, the reason I pull over
> is
>> to help and save the person from inflated tow costs...
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "mc" <rzbj70@qwest.net> wrote in message
>> news:1136778209.527465.177060@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> > It's been snowing lightly all day (Twin Cities MN) and is very
>> > slippery. On the way from a friend's house tonight around 7pm I saw a
>> > vehicle 70 feet off the road in a farmer's field. It was a 70yr old
>> > man and his wife in a four wheel drive Ford Ranger with a 9000lb Warn
>> > on the front. He had misjudged the sweeping curve going down a hill
>> > and had driven through the shallow ditch and out into the field for a
>> > couple hundred feet. My guess is we was going a bit too fast. I
>> > stopped and offered assistance even though they had already called a
>> > tow truck. He took me up on the offer.
>> >
>> > Fortunately he had came to a stop opposite an access path over the
>> > ditch. I walked out through the snow (9-12 inches) to pick up his
>> > hook. The field had been plowed so the ridges created another
>> > obstacle. I hooked up to my front hooks and gave him the go signal.
>> > As he came to each ridge the resistance pulled my Jeep further across
>> > the access path. Eventually I had to back out onto the road (rural,
>> > lightly traveled) to have enough traction for him to pull through the
>> > drift created by the plows. All told it took about thirty minutes.
>> > Who knows how long it would have taken a tow truck to get there just to
>> > do the same thing.
>> >
>> > He offered money but I passed. I mentioned that he got his money's
>> > worth out of the winch and he agreed.
>> >
>> > This is only the second time I've ever assisted a recovery and the
>> > first time in snow. I doubt it would have been successful if his
>> > vehicle had weighed more than my Jeep.
>> >
>> > mc
>> > 98 TJ Sport
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
$250.00 to tow 7 miles.
Spdloader
"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:43c25daa$0$10306$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>I don't know if "inflated tow costs" is exactly fair, although I too hate
> paying them. Ever price a tow rig or the insurance to operate one?
>
> Earle
>
> "4X4PLAY" <jrhiltz@eastlink.ca> wrote in message
> news:wYswf.72799$AP5.67184@edtnps84...
>> Well done MC...you're a good boy scout! ;)
>> Here in Nova Scotia we normally get a lot of snow and is common practice
> for
>> guys in the club to assist those that go off the road... We have done it
>> enough that the tow truck companies have contacted the club and asked if
> we
>> pull over to help someone to please ask if a tow truck has been
> dispatched,
>> if so, we've been asked to leave it for the tow truck or at least have
>> the
>> customer call and cancel to save the driver from coming out for
> nothing...I
>> think this is a fair deal as these guys are out there to make their
>> living...
>> I do agree though...if I see someone in the ditch, the reason I pull over
> is
>> to help and save the person from inflated tow costs...
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "mc" <rzbj70@qwest.net> wrote in message
>> news:1136778209.527465.177060@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> > It's been snowing lightly all day (Twin Cities MN) and is very
>> > slippery. On the way from a friend's house tonight around 7pm I saw a
>> > vehicle 70 feet off the road in a farmer's field. It was a 70yr old
>> > man and his wife in a four wheel drive Ford Ranger with a 9000lb Warn
>> > on the front. He had misjudged the sweeping curve going down a hill
>> > and had driven through the shallow ditch and out into the field for a
>> > couple hundred feet. My guess is we was going a bit too fast. I
>> > stopped and offered assistance even though they had already called a
>> > tow truck. He took me up on the offer.
>> >
>> > Fortunately he had came to a stop opposite an access path over the
>> > ditch. I walked out through the snow (9-12 inches) to pick up his
>> > hook. The field had been plowed so the ridges created another
>> > obstacle. I hooked up to my front hooks and gave him the go signal.
>> > As he came to each ridge the resistance pulled my Jeep further across
>> > the access path. Eventually I had to back out onto the road (rural,
>> > lightly traveled) to have enough traction for him to pull through the
>> > drift created by the plows. All told it took about thirty minutes.
>> > Who knows how long it would have taken a tow truck to get there just to
>> > do the same thing.
>> >
>> > He offered money but I passed. I mentioned that he got his money's
>> > worth out of the winch and he agreed.
>> >
>> > This is only the second time I've ever assisted a recovery and the
>> > first time in snow. I doubt it would have been successful if his
>> > vehicle had weighed more than my Jeep.
>> >
>> > mc
>> > 98 TJ Sport
>> >
>>
>>
>
>