This company was ridiculous to work with! We have a F350 with a cheezy dump bed insert and they claimed they would have to increase the price from $195.07 to tow the truck 8.3 miles to a MINIUMUM of $547.31. Why? because this vehicle is a class B tow because its over 10k pounds. HUH??! My vehicle is not over 10K pounds, it actually has an old gross vehicle weight sticker on it that says 10k. She kept repeating, sir the vehicle is over 10k pounds and therefor its a class B tow. I calmly explained to her, "mam, GVWR is not the weight of the vehicle, its the maximum that a vehicle can weigh if you have say, gravel, bark or something like that in it. That means that the vehicles is obviously under 10k because again, 10k is the maximum weight AFTER the vehicle is loaded down. Actually the sticker has been on there forever and its no longer even applicable. She is confused with GVW, which is the weight of the vehicle at any given moment. I happen to know the vehicle barely cracks 8,000 lbs and I told her that. But it was a situation where two employees were working hard to just be shitty and not have to do their job.
My office manager, who set the tow up initally, said, "the guy just kept trying to find reasons that he couldn't tow it, he finally landed on this weight thing and just wouldn't budge"
After I heard from my office manager that they wouldn't tow it and why, I decided to call and try and explain to them, thinking they maybe were just confused about the weight. I was extremely nice and she immediately said, "sir, you cannot tow using triple A on a marked vehicle!" in such a snotty voice it felt like it was a joke. I said, "mam, I don't think we are using triple A, but Ill text my office to see. Sure enough, we don't have triple A. I told her, "we don't have triple A, so the logos shouldnt be an issue". She immediately jumped into it being OVER 10k pound and it being considered a class B tow!. Honestly, if this was a nice person saying this it wouldnt have been an issue, but she sounded like someone who was auditioning for a part to be like a snotty valley girl.
She went back and said she consulted with "ownership" and they said this must be a class B tow because its a truck over 10k. Again, realizing it was futile I said one last time. Even if this was the weight of the truck, it would not be over 10k, it would be 10k, but this is not the weight of the truck its a reflection of the maximum the truck and its payload can possibly weigh. I told her that number is something you purchase from the DMV, its basically a tax. I can purchase a 25,999 lb gvwr for this truck and/or a prius for that matter. The truck weight, on the drivers side door, was shown to the driver.
This is an 8000 lb truck and these two employees were those employees that are just pissed they are working and want to thwart anything they can, just because they can. We have all seen this employee that acts like a jerk and is clearly pissed that they have to work. Whether or not they even relayed it to the owner, I don't know. Whether or not they accurately told the story, no clue. Its even possible that this F350 is a class B tow for some other reason and that is accurate, but if you tell someone that they have to pay around $600 for a very near tow because his truck is over 10k pounds and his truck is not even close, then I don't know, find a real reason.
I think they thought since I had waited for them to tow it, that I'd just say ok. I am a business, I understand its difficult right now. I understand prices are high and so is gas, etc. If they would have said the trip was a $300 trip, hey I get it. But the lady was absolutely awful and the driver clearly didnt want to do the work. I think a cross between straight laziness and just a snotty employee that would rather be not working. They kind of reminded me of employees that I hire that feel like it is beyond unreasonable to request they not talk to their friends on the phone at work. LOL. I let employees like that go, but in this market, you have to keep them. The "ownership" can believe me or not, but this duo was getting off on avoiding work.
I would not use this company again and being a home grown, born and raised guy, I wouldn't want either of them representing my reputation, but again, I sympathize. Employees have all the power right now and my guys is this employee is the type to hold the boss hostage and threaten to quit over the smallest of things. The owner probably knows the driver is a lazy, whining, dud and she is awful to customers, but if he fires her or him, he'll have nobody. This is the business reality of 2022. I actually feel sorry for the guy but you cant let your employees run game on you like that. At some point you have to tell them, go ahead and leave, or you can stay and do your job WHILE BEING DECENT TO THE CUSTOMERS. read more