$6,700 Fee for a 4-Mile Tow!
Picture this: you crash your car in Billings, Montana. A tow truck shows up, hooks you up, and drags your vehicle four miles. That’s it, just four short miles! You expect a bill that stings, but nothing Advil and a stiff drink can’t fix. Instead, Anderson Towing hands you an invoice for $6,700. Yes, six. thousand. seven. hundred. Dollars. For reference, that’s more than:
- A weeklong all-inclusive trip to Cancun with unlimited margaritas.
- Nosebleed seats for Taylor Swift plus airfare and merch you didn’t need.
- A used Honda Civic with working air conditioning.
But sure, $6,700 makes sense... if the tow truck driver also hand built you a new car while hauling the old one.
So, what could possibly justify this small-business-shattering price tag? Enter the junk fees. Hazmat response. Traffic control. And my personal favorite: cones. Yes, traffic cones. The orange plastic sticks you can buy at Home Depot for $20 each, Anderson Towing billed like they were crafted from Swarovski crystals. Apparently, the road wasn’t just blocked—it was accessorized.
This four-mile parade of nonsense was so ridiculous, the Montana Public Service Commission finally stepped in and benched Anderson Towing for six months. Which, honestly, feels like suspending a bank robber and saying, “Don’t do it again, champ.” But hey, at least someone noticed. Here’s the bigger problem: Anderson isn’t unique. Predatory towing companies are out there everywhere, lying in wait like vultures circling a wreck. They know you’re vulnerable, stressed, stranded, desperate to just get home. And that’s when the invoice alchemy begins: cones that cost more than a Tesla down payment, “hazmat cleanup” for spilled windshield wiper fluid, and “traffic control” that boils down to the driver waving his arms for five seconds.
That’s where you need OUTPOUND.com in your back pocket. It’s the site that exposes these towing cartels for what they are: glorified roadside pirates with clipboards. OUTPOUND arms you with the knowledge, tools, and resources to fight back before your “inconvenient tow” turns into a second mortgage.
Because let’s be real, once your car is on the hook, the game is rigged. Without backup, you’re stuck paying whatever ransom number they Sharpie onto that invoice. Don’t let them turn your worst day into their best payday.
So here’s the moral of the $6,700 four-mile tow: the next time you’re in a fender bender, don’t just worry about the dented bumper. Worry about the invoice that might follow you home like a horror movie villain. And then remember!! OUTPOUND.com exists so you don’t have to play victim to “gold-plated cones” and “imaginary hazmat squads.”
Because $6,700 for four miles? That’s not towing. That’s robbery with extra steps.
