Did any of you Jeep SRT owners figure out what you will do if your Jeep suddenly dies and needs a tow? How will you overcome the front Fascia, and where would you connect the chain?

My ride on the truck caused over $400 in repair work to the lower fascia

Me and the wife were just discussing this today. I figured a flatbed and maybe pull the Jeep up from the rear, if this is possible. :confused:
Is the tow company gonna cover your damage?

Rick, the tow company stepped up and would have covered it, but since it was first towed to the storage lot, and then towed again to the Body shop, and 2 diff tow operators were involved, the Insurance company said they would just pick it up. I know for a fact the damage happened from the site of the accident to the storage lot....and I was told additional damage was caused by the second truck to the bodyshop.

If someone knows how to do this, it will save people a lot of aggravation and repair expense.

Rick, it was a Flat Bad, both times. THe chain is what causes the damage as it bows out the lower fascia.

My dad used to own a towing business. The tow operators are to blame. There are MANY tools and extension peices that one can use to overcome the angle of the chains so that they do not cause damage to the front fascia. Lazy tow-truck drivers = unnecessary damage.

Rick, it was a Flat Bad, both times. THe chain is what causes the damage as it bows out the lower fascia.

Wouldn't pulling the Jeep up from the rear/backwards help?:confused:

My dad used to own a towing business. The tow operators are to blame. There are MANY tools and extension peices that one can use to overcome the angle of the chains so that they do not cause damage to the front fascia. Lazy tow-truck drivers = unnecessary damage.

Yup, if an operator was able to get the Viper GTS I had on a flatbed without scraping the bumper......I'm sure it can be done with the Jeep.

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you need wood boards under the wheels to pick the front end of the car up enough to save it from the chains as well as scraping the bed of the truck.

Wouldn't pulling the Jeep up from the rear/backwards help?:confused:

In most states it is illegal to flatbead a vehicle that "appears to be in good order" backwards, or with the rear facing front. This excludes vehicles that are heavily damages in motor vehicle accidents, where the only feasible method of transport is to load the vehicle back to front.

Otherwise, the vehicle must be loaded front to back. The laws state this because of the way the winches and tension arms are designed on flat bead trailers, and for aerodynamic reasons.

Did any of you Jeep SRT owners figure out what you will do if your Jeep suddenly dies and needs a tow? How will you overcome the front Fascia, and where would you connect the chain?

My ride on the truck caused over $400 in repair work to the lower fascia

That's good advice,My buddy's brand new 220 mile Corvette was in a t-bone accident and when the tow truck picked it up they did about $300 damage to the front end. Then said that the damage was already there.

i remember buying a new truck back in 1997 and it was 2 days old when it was towed out of my apartment's parking lot (because they didn't give me a new parking permit yet) and somehow they dropped it on the edge of the flatbed so the bodyseam was a little crushed behind both rear tires. when i went to pick it up they didn't say anything, luckily i went over it carefully and found the damage and they tried to say it was already there! i told them how i just bought the truck then the manager said "well... I guess it COULD have been caused by us... ok we'll fix it".
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