Need a mover to move 14' wide mobile

[tex78]

Ya god what a Friggn ordeal eh.


Mabe burn it in the tow yard. Get the insurance and hope it costs them for clean up or something.

Mabe this is a start of a new bill.

There has to be something done so tow company's all have simalier fees and also something done so cause its the mover company's equipment and not what's on it.

Realy don't think u should pay ch!t.

Better get a lawyer in the loop fast to get this dealt with


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[Mike270412]

Do you have fire insurance........ I couldn't do it but some people can......

That's what I was thinking, sounds like ur getting fawked! Good luck keep us posted

 

[Bandit]

Stupid thing is that I can't even go to court and argue the costs, as I haven't been charged with any offenses, so there is no court date or nothing. I'll see what the lawyer has to say, but I think I better get it out of their hands ASAP.

Thought about just walking away from it and sticking them with it. It is a 1980 mobile home after all, so not worth much at all, but if I do that I loose the money I paid for it.

 

[blastoff]

Stupid thing is that I can't even go to court and argue the costs, as I haven't been charged with any offenses, so there is no court date or nothing. I'll see what the lawyer has to say, but I think I better get it out of their hands ASAP.

Thought about just walking away from it and sticking them with it. It is a 1980 mobile home after all, so not worth much at all, but if I do that I loose the money I paid for it.

Not sure what that trailer is worth maybe $4,000.00 to $5,000.00??? dont know without pictures but I would tell them to keep the frickin thing. Looks like you have doulbled you costs. Walk away then the tow company gets fawked for trying to screw you.

 

[Badass69]

Yeah at this point walk away and talk to a lawyer. The cops you are talking too sound about as smart as the one in the distracted driving thread freaking out on a guy that is pulled off the road talking on his phone. Maybe these super troopers are all in with the towing company and get a nice kickback from it...... you would never know.

This is no different than a stolen vehicle, but have they charged the original hauler with anything for the dollies? Let's say a freind helping you move has a stolen car/truck...... now if you want your stuff back you have to pay the impound yard fees on the entire vehicle? Screw you then, I take the car too if that is the case.

Maybe that is how the law works but go talk to someone with brains and an education that knows the law...... that isn't the police.

 

[GYMBRAT]

big question IS is this 14' wide trailer worth all the money and hastle? Hell we gave one away in great condition off my old acreage back home just to have that spot for our garden. It was a "gorgeous" 1978 14'x 72' beauty LOL

Just sounds like too much of a run around to continue with a headache over a house trailer bud....

 

[JaySimon]

I wouldn't pay those crooks a dime. As mentioned, if it's the dollies that are impounded, remove your item from their dollies and let the hauling company deal with it.

Write the tow yard a cheque if they won't let you leave with it, and cancel that fawker the second you leave the yard.

 

[Bandit]

Thought about the cheque thing, but they won't take a cheque. I think it's the whole principal of the thing that gets me. They got you either way. It's extortion plain and simple. The rcmp call them to remove the vehicle from the highway. They get who they want, you have no choice in the matter, and they are allowed to charge whatever they want without any justification of the charges. I even asked the guy at the twoing company several times for a detailed breakdown of the towing costs, equipment used, and time spent to see exactly what they are charging me for and they will not send it over. They one guy got snippy and said it's so much an hour for such and such equipment, figure it out! Prick. Might be a different situation if I had done something wrong or illegal, but I didn't. Like I said, I can't even go in front of a judge and argue the costs, as there is no charges or court date!

I have since been talking to a friend that I found out is associated with this outfit, and he is seeing what he can do for me, but I'm not holding my breath.

 

[Trukker]

Post the Towing Companies name so we know to stay away....................Report the trailer stolen !

 

[JaySimon]

Post the Towing Companies name so we know to stay away....................Report the trailer stolen !

Now THERE'S an idea!

You paid the man to move your trailer from point a to point b, and it wound up elsewhere, put the issue into the haulers hands.

 

[Bandit]

Well I've decided to walk away from it. Not worth what they want, plus it just burns my ass that I'm the one having to pay the full cost. Let them deal with it. They have it in nisku at a guys place, so they'll have to get a home mover to move it, or get dollies for it somewhere. From what I understand, the original tow was at the direction of the RCMP of course, but I think they did the move from Sherwood park to nisku on they're own. So that means they moved it from Sherwood park to nisku on a suspected stolen set of dollies that were deemed unsafe for the road, lol.

 

[Bandit]

Soooooo many things wrong with this situation. Oh, and I don't want to post the name of the tow company until this is said and done. They still have a chance to make this right

 

[bigz64]

sounds like someone wanted a free house and saw an opportunity to do just that

 

[tex78]

I would still report it stolen.

U payed a mover money to move it from point a to b.

It's not at b yet and the mover won't tell ya y its not at b yet.

Tell the cops u think he stole it.



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[morerpmfred]

Years ago had a vechicle impounded illegally by rcmp in ne alberta. Was not prepared to pay storage or tow bill. Took it back put of the impound yard. There was a whole list of criminal charges against me once it was all done. Hired a lawyer. Went to court, all charges dismissed. There is no mecanizim in the law to deal with improperly seized assets. Did pay the repairs to the gate from the welder.
Can not tell you what to do.

 

[Longhorn]

Years ago had a vechicle impounded illegally by rcmp in ne alberta. Was not prepared to pay storage or tow bill. Took it back put of the impound yard. There was a whole list of criminal charges against me once it was all done. Hired a lawyer. Went to court, all charges dismissed. There is no mecanizim in the law to deal with improperly seized assets. Did pay the repairs to the gate from the welder.
Can not tell you what to do.

Haha, we sold Texas gates to an oilfield company, and then they would not pay...visited the office on 2 occasions and the owner locked the gate and would not let us enter the property. On our bills, it states that all product is ours until paid in full. We went to the local RCMP detachment and explained our situation, and he advised us that legally the property was ours, but to enter the yard would be tresspassing. We had every right to take the product back, but no right to step foot on the property....which got us thinking...

Ok, we arent allowed to step foot on the property, but we are allowed to take the product...So we bring our biggest picker truck, I strap on a harness and they lower me over the fence where I chain up the gates and we lift out over the fence. We recovered 15 texas gates and not one single footprint in the fresh snow lol. It took all night and we were in the local diner for breakfast where we encountered the same RCMP officer who just shook his head and kept walking...

Know anyone with a 30-ton picker??

 

[Trukker]

I would still report it stolen.

U payed a mover money to move it from point a to b.

It's not at b yet and the mover won't tell ya y its not at b yet.

Tell the cops u think he stole it.



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Yep that's what I would do...........

 

[morerpmfred]

You might want to ask a sherriff from a rural area who all he does is sieze property for the courts. Ask him what you can get a way with.
This has saved me from numerous incidents over the years and have successfully recovered thousands $ in property with out involving the courts or the legal system.
You also have right to access trailer to remove personal effects that could be in the trailer. Plant a gps tracking device in case they move the trailer again.

 

[Bandit]

Well getting some resolution. Talked to a lawyer, got some advice. Seeing how I'm not being charged for anything, my name is nowhere on the paperwork regarding this mobile. By telling them I'm walking away from it, it leaves them with the trailer and the disposal of it, so they are out everything, plus some.

At this point the owner of the company called me. Was a different story then. Got threatened that if I just leave it that the government would track me down by the serial number and I would be charged all the fees, plus disposal. I called b.s. It's not like a vehicle, no one registers mobile home, plus I had just bought it. There is no proof that it is mine, other than me saying it is.

Called RCMP a few more time (they are getting sick of me calling, lol) and got some more info. Picked apart the towing bill a bit. They charged for two pilot vehicles, only need one for a 14' wide. Buddy argued so I read him the regulations right out of the traffic safety act. Didn't like that to much.

The owner was decent enough, it just too bad that it took a couple of other people and a week of b.s. to get it taken care of. I was lucky because it was a mobile home, and worth more to them gone than if it stayed. Anybody else would be screwed cause there is no recourse or governing over the towing charges.

Took about 50 phone calls to all sorts of RCMP, dot, tow companies, lawyers, etc, but I started rattling some chains! Was actually quite fun once i found I had an out if needed. Them I could get them stressed and pissed off, lol. That being said, the system is still screwed, and its a shame that it had to come to that point to get it figured out.

I cut the bill by just about half. Still not enough as far as I'm concerned, but he wasn't too happy either, so that's usually a sign of a good deal, lol.

Mover picks it up in the morning.

 

[Beels]

Glad to hear things worked out for you. I was quietly watching this thread and the moral I got from this story is always hire a reputable mover to deal with something like this in the first place.