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The point is -- this is the tow truck driver, not AAA, and it is  
handled outside of any responsibility of AAA.   You end up hoping  
that you get lucky with the driver.

I was involved in two separate incidents, one with my truck, and one  
with someone else's.  In both cases, AAA simply said - we will tow  
the truck, we won't have anything to do with the trailer.    Neither  
of these places was out of the way.  One was actually within city  
limits, one was a breakdown on the highway just outside of a local- 
area town.  Maximum tow distance was under 50 miles in both cases.    
Didn't matter.   In my case, the tow driver did suggest calling my  
vet, and seeing if they could find someone with a truck to tow the  
trailer, but that is as far as it went.   I got the feeling that, he  
wanted to take the truck, and leave the trailer - with horse -  
sitting on the side of the freeway waiting for a tow....


On Mar 31, 2008, at 12:14 PM, k s swigart wrote:

> However, if you get lucky to be assigned to the right AAA tow  
> service provider, he will let you bring your horse and trailer to  
> his yard and all kids in the neighborhood will feed your horse  
> carrots while he calls a mechanic to come from home to fix your  
> truck and a get the owner of the auto parts store out of church on  
> Sunday in Utah to open up so you can buy the parts.
>
> Personally, I have never had any trouble getting excellent service  
> from AAA, all over the country.  Even when I have the horse with  
> me.  Tow truck drivers in many of the out of the way places where I  
> have had problems usually know somebody with a truck who is willing  
> to hitch up your trailer and haul it and your horses to the local  
> fair grounds or come with a trailer if there is something wrong  
> with yours.
>
> I have never been left stranded by a AAA tow truck driver...you  
> don't ask the dispatcher, you just ask the tow truck driver when he  
> gets there.  If he doesn't have what you need, he has a radio to  
> contact somebody he knows that does.
>
> And yes, if it ends up costing me money; State Farm Insurance will  
> reimburse me.
>
> kat
> Orange County, Calif.
>
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