Re: [A/S] Prepaid Towing services

[Ebert Steele <k5cad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chuck,
Good Sam has pre-arranged agreements with a lot of  towing services but 
the nature of that business causes a lot of turn over for them and 
probably makes it difficult predict "who and how long" in a most cases.

 I have used their services twice over the years and both times the tow 
service did not have a contract with Good Sam. I am sure those operators 
were selected on the basis of  proximity to me at the time I needed 
them. Also, because they use so many independent operators the quality 
of service will probably average out to be  about the same as any other 
group of mom and pop business across our country.

Both of my tows were exceptional in both response time and the way we 
were treated. In one case I was pulled out of Davis Mountains State Park 
in West Texas through the mountains to Alpine. The Chevrolet dealership 
would not take my Chevy P30 chassis MH.  That is a truck chassis and 
they didn't work on trucks. The tow operator took me to a lawn mower 
shop. That's what I said, "a lawn mower shop."

The tow operator, who had helped me diagnose the problem as a carburetor 
problem said don't worry son, you are in the best hands you could be in 
in West Texas. That fella had a rebuild kit sent in overnight from Fort 
Stockton and in the meantime spent the whole night boiling out the old 
carburetor. Two days later we were back on the road with several things 
fixed in addition to the carburetor. The bill came to $147.00 and the 
tow operator put on clean jeans and treated us to a 2" thick T-bone steak.

Good Sam didn't have  lot to do with any of that. Like most everyone 
else here we have met a few old soreheads in over 40 years of RVing but 
most of the time its been enjoying just plain folks who make us glad we 
came their way  then we are faced with trying to figure out some way to 
pay 'em back.

Oh yeah, y'all,  We sold our 30' Excella the first day to the first of 
about 15 contacts, thanks to this list.

Steele

Ebert and Marilyn
La Marque, Texas
'91 300 Le Classic
WBCCI #1083