tl;dr: After a long night of disappointments, B&D Towing came through for us, like a shining star, and we will *definitely* use them again, and refer friends to them!
Full story:
After leaving a party in Oakland, around midnight, my husband thought something sounded funny with his motorcycle, so we pulled over on the side of the road. After a quick check of the back tire, he determined that it was not safe to ride all the way back to Danville (about 20 miles). I called AAA, having purchased the higher level of membership for exactly this reason (motorcycle towing). They started a ticket, told me it'd be about 45 minutes, and sent me a confirmation text message.
After a lot of back and forth, around 2 am, they told me that they didn't have a driver to come get us. It's too far for them to tow us home. Really?!
They suggested we call another towing company and submit for reimbursement. Tired and just wanting to get home, I called 4 or 5 tow places from Yelp. After someone finally answered, they told me it'd be about 90 minutes to come get us. I agreed and we settled in.
90 minutes later, there's no tow truck and now they're not answering their phone and it's 3:30 in the morning. And we're on the side of the road. In Oakland.
So, we start calling places again. My husband thought that maybe calling someone closer to home would be a better idea - they'd drive to come get us, and then be close to home base when they dropped us off. We called B&D Towing. I'm pretty sure we woke the driver up, but he took our info and said he'd be on his way. Hallelujah! He calls back about 20 minutes later to confirm where we are, and about 20 minutes after that he rolls down the street, lit up like a long haul trucker.
So, by about 4:30, the bike is loaded on the flatbed, all strapped down and approved by the husband (who tows shit around for a living) and we climb in the truck. It is brand new, super clean, pleasant smelling. We drive the half hour home, and watch the sun start to come up (it was June). We chatted with the driver (Yeager, maybe?) and he was super friendly. We get home, unload the bike, pay the man and crawl into bed around 6. Finally, that "adventure" was over. read more