You know I suppose the newer two stage hydraulic boom tow trucks are great but the price of one is ridiculous. I know of one just bought used for $375,000.
The payments on that rig are huge and the tow bills will reflect that cost. The old 750's and 850's were main recovery and tow rigs for years and did a very good
job. This new tow philosophy is pretty silly-IMO. If the truck that's wrecked is totaled well it's pretty much junk aside from axles, trans and maybe the engine.
So what is the need for a $750,000 dollar rotater when you can just yard it over the bank with a standard tow unit anyway.
These high dollar towing outfits are for people that can't or don't understand how to operate with out it. It's nothing more than a Grove Crane that will do 75 mph.
Towing bills have gotten stupid, in Washington State if your on state patrol rotation the state patrol sets the rate. Class eight tow is set some where in the
$340,00 hr range. We have had 100 mile tow bills of $1,700 bucks- That's quite nuts.
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