@ronhannink1968

3 weeks ago

I’m a fellow tow company owner in the central Valley here in California. I know exactly how you feel when it comes to these motorhomes. We get a lot of motorhomes through the sheriffs department. It’s very rare that CHP will call us out for one. Unless the county pays for the disposal. It is extremely hard for any of these tow companies in our area to want to take them for obvious reasons. There is no money to be made. In fact, it actually cost to get rid of them. The whole video was great to watch. I just have a couple small constructive criticisms. Please don’t take the criticisms personally. The one thing that I noticed was when you put the pins back into your risers. I always tell my drivers to put the pins in the other way. The reason for that is when you put your boom away and you keep the risers on. You’re not relying on the Safety pins to hold the main pins in place. If the safety pins were to fall out, then the main pin would simply drop out. Then, of course the riser would come flying off, possibly causing damage, injury, and or death. Not to mention you lose a riser. The other concern I had was when you improvised using that sharp rock on a very old tire. I was extremely nervous when you crawled underneath there. Now I did notice you made it a point to not stay under it for very long however, it just takes a split second for that tire to have blown out and you getting seriously injured. I’ve been in your situation where I have forgotten wood. So what done was use a another set of risers to act as a block. That way you have a nice smooth surface. As fellow tow operators. We are a big family that watch out for each other. Again, it was just something that I had noticed. And I was simply worried about you. One other thing I would like to bring up. Although you had mentioned you had knocked on all the walls prior to you hooking up the RV. I personally would have done that very thing and before going any further do a walk-through first. Because had that person been , jumping around especially the way you had the front tires preloaded. That could’ve been very bad. Not to mention if they had been “ hurt” that could have set you up for an injury lawsuit. Also, I have ran into an RV about 10 years ago. Just as I was doing a walk-through, I found a deceased person laying in the master bedroom. All the more reason to do a complete walk-through. One more thing. You can also get yourself in a situation that if you towed the RV with somebody in it. That could be considered kidnapping here in the state of California. Just FYI my friend. I’ve seen it happen. I’m sorry this message was long. I just want to share my experiences. We are one big family and we need to watch out for each other. Just my thoughts. Ron

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