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Better than a Flat Deck
When the dispatcher gets a call from the insurance company's estimation yard, they don't know what condition it is in. On the weekend at night shift we don't have any flat decks on duty until Monday morning. Initially I was going to refuse this call and leave it for a flat deck. But since it was slow for the moment, I decided to give it a try.
At night time, the insurance company allows us access to the lot through an access card system. The catch is, you only have 20 min. to get in and out before an alarm goes to the security company and they send a guard and charge the towing company for the guard showing up. Some drivers will drive in to drop off a car, drive out the gate to log their times, then drive back in to load a different car out.
I drove in, located the car, hummed and haw-ed for 5 min., loaded up on dollies and was out the gate in under the 20 min.
Oh, yeah, took this picture before I left too.
Better than a Flat Deck
When the dispatcher gets a call from the insurance company's estimation yard, they don't know what condition it is in. On the weekend at night shift we don't have any flat decks on duty until Monday morning. Initially I was going to refuse this call and leave it for a flat deck. But since it was slow for the moment, I decided to give it a try.
At night time, the insurance company allows us access to the lot through an access card system. The catch is, you only have 20 min. to get in and out before an alarm goes to the security company and they send a guard and charge the towing company for the guard showing up. Some drivers will drive in to drop off a car, drive out the gate to log their times, then drive back in to load a different car out.
I drove in, located the car, hummed and haw-ed for 5 min., loaded up on dollies and was out the gate in under the 20 min.
Oh, yeah, took this picture before I left too.