When your truck driver refuses to use towing hooks
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Rock Crawling
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From: Charlotte, North Carolina
When your truck driver refuses to use towing hooks
Long story short: A tow truck driver did not want to use rear hooks, and my frame ended up w damage on both sides. What are my options? The pic is from the passenger side. The driver side is the same.
Camel Trophy
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I’ve got that on my frame too when they strapped mine down for the trip from Cali to Georgia.
Even though the seller swore the damage wasn’t there when he shipped off the Disco, the transportation company denied strapping it from the frame. It had to be them but we didn’t have previous pictures to prove it.
Even though the seller swore the damage wasn’t there when he shipped off the Disco, the transportation company denied strapping it from the frame. It had to be them but we didn’t have previous pictures to prove it.
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Rock Crawling
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From: Charlotte, North Carolina
Well we saw the driver strap it to the frame and saying "should be okay" despite our concerns. Anyway, $700 repair estimate.
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Camel Trophy
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I’ve let it go as it’s low on my list of things to do for Myrtle.
For schitz-n-grinz I’d like to pound it back into shape and See if I still got my old welding skills to add a support plate to it.
For schitz-n-grinz I’d like to pound it back into shape and See if I still got my old welding skills to add a support plate to it.
Someone did that to my 04 Grand Cherokee’s uni-body frame & it wasn’t pretty. But I didn’t notice it until I’d owned it a few weeks. I was always going to get it fixed, but never did as I was going thru a rough patch in my life & that was the least of my problems.
Gotta love tow truck drivers sometimes....
Gotta love tow truck drivers sometimes....
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Rock Crawling
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Not letting this one slide. Will get it fixed--my car is basically 80% restored. Two days ago it needed a paint job. Now this plus a paint job. What irks me the most is the fact that we had garage full of recovery gear, and we asked the dude if the frame was really the main point of for the connection. FYI, I have an offroad front bumper and a rear hitch with recovery points. Like seriously. That's why they are there.
Gotta say one more thing: When you screw up like that, admit it, and make it right. The dude unhooked the car, took the tip, and left w/o saying a word. Good thing today I had to grease the drive shafts.
Gotta say one more thing: When you screw up like that, admit it, and make it right. The dude unhooked the car, took the tip, and left w/o saying a word. Good thing today I had to grease the drive shafts.
Baja
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The ones each side of the frame are merely tie down restraint hooks they supplement the tow hooks for chassis restraint purposes ONLY and not tow hooks, the tow hooks are at the front and rear of the truck, claim off the tow truck company for ignorance/negligence/stupidity.
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