Good Sam, AAA, or Allstate towing for camper owners?

We have had 3A for decades. Always good. Last year when we lost a wheel on the trailer in Oregon the couple that had 3A in that area were amazing. They spent literally hours getting us back together and then followed us to our campsite to make sure all was ok. Every other car problem I’ve ever had where they were involved was very good too.

I wondered if the Good Sam network is more camper focused?

Had a 2.5 hour wait with AAA but we were in the middle of no where and they only had one tow service in the area that worked with AAA. That is a lot of the issue. Many service providers in the past few years have quite quit working for them due to low rates and hassles.

Had another issue once where they told us that they couldn't find anyone available in the area. Just left us on our own.

My insurance will pay for towing so I just call someone in the rare case I need it and turn in the bill to the Insurance. My wife insist on keeping AAA but I swear it costs more than we get back from it. They pay for less and less each year. Plus the aggravation when it goes wrong too.

We have both AAA and Progressive roadside assistance. We have used both at least 10 times over the years. I can say nothing bad about either of them. They helped us and got us off the road. Even dropped us off at a local motel. 5 star service. Hauling vehicle or vehicle and trailer

Good Sam Towing is owned by Camping World? Interesting.

We're hoping to go out west again this summer and the thought of breaking down on a highway 50 miles from a real town worries me. I have visions of the nearest towing service charging us $200 to get to his garage where we are at his mercy to do the repair.

Mobiltec is right, the beat insurance is maintaining a vehicle (or trailer). We have a 1993 VW Eurovan that we can’t bear to part with... original engine will nearly 500k.miles, original transmission and almost ready for its third clutch. But AAA came in handy recently when I somehow picked up a nail in the sidewall. In my younger days I could change a tire, but I’ve graduated from that!

Well, we made it home 4-1/2 hours after breaking down on 285 in Atlanta. Anyone who is familiar the area can knows how dangerous that was. But we didn't get hit and made it home with everything intact. The main problem was the AAA dispatcher didn't dispatch the correct equipment, which we caught on the app and corrected them. Then the tow truck was rerouted to an "emergency" which basically means they didn't want to do the job. Then twice the app showed the truck arrived but it was still 1 hour away. Once the tow truck arrived, they were able to load our truck and tow the camper and just deducted 1 tow service from our account. I realize I was expecting too much, but after all the wait time in 100 degree heat with vehicles zooming by at 80mph, we got very frustrated.

We had towing through our State Farm policies but that didn't work our well, several years ago when my husbands work van needed towing, so we went back to AAA.

As far as the vehicle, my husband is a mechanic and always travels with a floor jack, lots of tools, and maintains our vehicles very well. The last time we broke down camping was in 1990 in the Cali desert in 110 degree heat. That time it was two blown tires and we only had one spare. This time it appears to be an 02 sensor problem. Some things just can't be anticipated.

We are just so glad it was on the way home, not on the way to camping. We enjoyed 5 days at Amity Campground on Westpoint Lake. It was a gloriously perfect long weekend.

We are still looking for another vintage camper. The new one we have is nice but just not the same as our 65 and 62 Shastas. I still read all of your posts and appreciate being allowed to stay here while our search continues for our next canned ham.