Has your Subie been towed yet?

cameo wrote:


Flatbed.  Or dolly on each tire.  Or cabled on front and dollys on rear.

On 6/6/2012 4:43 PM, Eric wrote:

I just wonder how available such flatbads are should you need one in the
middle of nowhere. I guess dollies would still be carried by tow trucks
even in such places, right?

Don't count on it. But the tow operator insurance in the us of a
should be very insistent that they carry them for liability
purposes :-))))))

On 6/8/2012 2:19 AM, AD wrote:


Not like a motorist in need could really enforce it ...

??? If you are in control of the process when you call AAA or whatever
autoclub you are with
in the states you CAN (and should) make it abundantly clear what it's
flatbed, rollers of the trucker takes a hike.

If you are not sensible enough choosing a parking spot and you are
being towed in your absence
(gawd bless tow efficient us of a) then it's a liability for the tow
operator and they'd probably want to do it right
since they generally can't get inside to get the car into neutral and
get it off the parking brake.
Or can they?

wrote:


**When I moved from MI back to CT, I used a full-size car carrier to
tow my ex-Impreza behind a 16-ft moving van.

kaboomie

On 6/6/2012 1:00 PM, cameo wrote:

On 07/06/2012 12:00 AM, cameo wrote:

Yup, a couple of times, once on a flatbed, once on a tow hook and
dollies under the rear tires.

    Yousuf Khan

wrote:


Yup.  On a tow rope. 4 down. Engine dead. (spun con-rod bearing)

About 15 miles at low speeds. Behind a Honda Civic.

No damage apparent after two years.

Steve

Yes. Flatbed both times at my insistence.

On 7/21/2012 6:09 PM, Jamal Taylor wrote:

Was the tow truck operator trying to convince you that he knew better?