✅ Who offers a towing service like AAA for box trucks?

[magentawave]

I am going to buy and convert a box truck into a full-time home and unfortunately AAA does not offer road assistance / towing for box trucks.

Can anyone recommend a service similar to AAA that works nationwide for *box trucks?

*Chevy Express or GMC Savana 2500 or 3500 single wheel box truck with 10’ or 12’ box.

Thanks

 

[INTJohn]

Check out Good Sam Roadside Assistance?

“For nationwide motorhome towing, consider Good Sam Roadside Assistance, Coach-Net, or RVshare's Quest roadside assistance, offering 24/7 coverage and a network of RV service providers.”

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[bullfrog !]

I have always had to hire a tractor trailer for heavy equipment as I had a 28’ motor home. Cost me $2,000 because the motor home was 200 miles from the place of business and was towed 70 miles and that was about two years ago. Heavy duty towing is not easy or cheap. We have Good Sam’s but they have lots of no we won’t pay clauses in their policy and really can’t recommend them if you are going to need something other than stuck on the side of the interstate heavy duty towing to the nearest repair facility sometime in the next week. Better than nothing which often ends up being nothing.

 

[magentawave]

I have always had to hire a tractor trailer for heavy equipment as I had a 28’ motor home. Cost me $2,000 because the motor home was 200 miles from the place of business and was towed 70 miles and that was about two years ago. Heavy duty towing is not easy or cheap. We have Good Sam’s but they have lots of no we won’t pay clauses in their policy and really can’t recommend them if you are going to need something other than stuck on the side of the interstate heavy duty towing to the nearest repair facility sometime in the next week. Better than nothing which often ends up being nothings

What else would you want besides towing?

 

[bullfrog !]

What else would you want besides towing?

First of all you won’t usually have an option to have the tow paid for beyond the “nearest” repair facility. In remote areas that could mean the one bay garage with little or no experience working on your vehicle and parts may take weeks to get shipped to them and since they have no competition their rates maybe exceptionally high. They will also possibly charge a storage fee and not allow you to access the truck while in the garage or after hours while waiting for parts. In some cases small towns you can get a ticket for not removing your vehicle from the road side within a few days. There are usually higher priced tow services available but tow insurance companies will let you sit until they can find a cheaper option even if it takes days. You may find yourself at the mercy of local police. Do your research before signing up. Most tow companies will not do recovery on an unpaved road, planning on staying on BLM land?

 

[rruff]

I am going to buy and convert a box truck into a full-time home and unfortunately AAA does not offer road assistance / towing for box trucks.

Gah! Insurance is just a frickn mess in general, and towing is a cost you should easily be able to absorb. Unless you believe you are a much higher risk than the insurance company thinks you are, then it will be cheaper in the long run to not have it.

Just my opinion.

I lived in my truck fulltime for 11+ years, and part time for many more. I've been stranded twice in the boonies. One time I rode my MTB into town and bought the parts I needed and fixed it myself. The other time I hiked out to the road, and flagged down a kind man who towed me into town with a rope. He dropped me off in a grocery parking lot, and I walked to autopart stores. Needed a fuel pump that time, which was in the tank, which meant draining it. Some drunken Indians came by and helped me; one of them getting doused with gasoline instead of me! I gave him $40 which is ~$80 in today's money... well worth it! Just part of the adventure... happens and you deal...

 

[DLTooley]

A big benefit of tow insurance is a reduced rate for additional miles.

As to closest repair and off paved road, tow companies are in business to tow, just make sure you rarely need to use it.

 

[maki2]

Perhaps you could talk to smaller companies that regularly use box trucks? I am sure they would have some recommendations. It is not that hard on the weekends to drive around and spot several older box trucks parked outside of small businesses.