Re: WHAT DID YOU DO IN YOUR SHOP TODAY
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2017 7:34 am
We never got in to "hard core" repo's just people trying to "hide" their car once they knew they were going to loose it.
We had more problems on "trespass" tows, where people parked where they weren't allowed. More than once the driver was shot at. On those, the procedure was to roll in black (lights off) and hook-up any way possible, and yank down the street to get out of the "kill zone" and re-hook for the tow to the impound.
All in all neither was our stock and trade, we did far more consensual tows where a car broke down, or was a "trade" to a dealer for a better car.
It was a fun job and got to meet and help people. I had more than one invitation to eat dinner after helping someone, and if they wanted to learn, I would show people how to change their own tire with the tools in the car, rather than use the truck, which was faster.
No matter what, I always said, "by the time we reach someone, they already had a bad day"!
We had more problems on "trespass" tows, where people parked where they weren't allowed. More than once the driver was shot at. On those, the procedure was to roll in black (lights off) and hook-up any way possible, and yank down the street to get out of the "kill zone" and re-hook for the tow to the impound.
All in all neither was our stock and trade, we did far more consensual tows where a car broke down, or was a "trade" to a dealer for a better car.
It was a fun job and got to meet and help people. I had more than one invitation to eat dinner after helping someone, and if they wanted to learn, I would show people how to change their own tire with the tools in the car, rather than use the truck, which was faster.
No matter what, I always said, "by the time we reach someone, they already had a bad day"!