The movers we hired had an amazing truck driver that was able to put a tractor with a 53′ trailer right into our back lot without even flinching (inches on each side - it was crazy). While they unload the truck - some a**hole parks his hummer right next the driveway in the no parking zone.
As a result, they couldn’t get the trucks out of the back lot which prevented the other two trucks from unloading. The space was so tight by the freight elevator that we couldn’t even park the trucks on the street and roll the stuff around the sidewalk - there was no room for anything past the trailers to get to the elevator. So we were stuck until this Hummer was moved.
I called the police and told them that this guy was costing us a few hundred dollars an hour. They were Johnny on the Spot and the parking enforcement dude showed up with a huge grin on his face. He was absolutely thrilled to ticket this guy. In fact, he got two tickets - $60 for parking in a no parking zone and $60 for not having a front license plate. He then slapped a red “Tow” sticker on the windshield.
The tow truck showed up about 15 minutes later - but because there was another car in front of the Hummer, he couldn’t do much.
His dollys weren’t beefy enough to handle the weight of the Hummer and the parking break was set, so the only option would be to drag it out, likely causing drive train issues for the Hummer owner. He called in his buddy who had a different towing device that extended out and could reach the hummer. They lifted the front of the hummer up and the front of the tow truck came up too - it was pretty cool to behold.
I snapped this pic just as the tow truck’s front tires hit the ground after being about 1 ft off the ground. They continued to jockey the hummer, just inches from the back of the Jetta and finally got it into a position where they could hook it up to the larger tow truck.
Unfortunately, the with the rear wheels still locked in park, they had to crawl under the Hummer and disconnect the drive shaft. Here are some choice quotes from the tow truck dude while they were under the Hummer:
“Hey, this bolt is loose… almost like this has been done before!”
“Oh shit, a couple of bearings fell out”
“$110 for the tow, plus second truck fees, plus city fees, plus impound charge… that should be over $300 easy.”
And here’s the KICKER… as the two trucks are JUST pulling out (lights still flashing) - a second jerk pulls up and parks in the SAME spot while I’m standing there. I say to him “Absolutely no parking buddy” and point to the sign. He contemplates whether he wants to ignore me and the tow truck driver rolls his window down and says “you want a tow too?!”. The guy pulled away to find another spot.
The moving trucks finally moved out and two more pulled in to finish the job - we didn’t finish with moving everything until 1am.
Kudos to the tow truck drivers that spent about 2 hours trying to help us out. Imagine when this dude comes back from his date (assuming) and says “WTF is my hummer?!” HAHA jerkface!
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