Does anyone know if your AAA membership covers flat tires on the trailer when towing?
Does anyone know if your AAA membership covers flat tires on the trailer when towing?
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Most road service at the very least requires an upgrade to cover a trailer. For AAA you have to upgrade to an RV plan.Originally Posted by zelmo
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Get the RV plan from Camping world. Covers everything, Car, Truck, Boat, Trailer, RV. !!
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Last time I checked AAA does not cover boat trailers, Campers if you have the RV plan.
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AAA in my area stopped carrying coverage for boats/trailers a few years ago. Try boatus.com.
From AAA member guide:
Tow benefit for Recreational Vehicles (RVs) or motorcycles is available for AAA Plus RV and AAA Premier RV members as one of the four allowable service calls per membership year . Covered RVs include motor homes, pickup trucks with campers, travel trailers (including fifth-wheel travel trailers), camping trailers, motorcycles, and trailers transporting motorcycle, all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles and boat trailers . Coverage
is not provided for horse/livestock trailers, for utility trailers, for boat trailers in water, or other trailers not containing living accommodations or not carrying a boat, motorcycle, or snowmobile .
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I have the Premier plan with AAA. They told me as long as my boat trailer is attached to my truck, they will come and fix a flat or if there is an bearing/spindle failure they will tow my boat/trailer within the limits of the membership benefits. A year or so ago, I had a blowout on my trailer and my jack broke while trying to jack it up to change the tire. My car insurance towing policy would not deal with a boat trailer break down. I later found out that my boat insurance (Markel) would pay for flat tire repair or a short tow. But this happened on a weekend and they would not answer the phone. I did not know if a road breakdown for my trailer was covered. So AAA premier membership is what I chose. One thing I like about AAA is that with the Premier coverage, they will cover the cost of towing my boat trailer if that is what is broke down up to 200 miles. So I should able to find a trailer repair shop or boat dealer to take it to. They also told me if the truck breaks down while towing, my membership covers towing both. In other words they wont leave the boat/trailer sitting there on the road while truck is towed for repair.
Thanks for the info.
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Your lucky, here in NC AAA don't cover boatg trailers.
In instances where your vehicle is disabled while towing a trailer, service may be provided for the trailer at your expense and will be payable to the service facility at the time of service. Plus/RV and Premier/RV service extends coverage to include travel trailers with sleeping accommodations used for the purpose of camping. You may not use more than one service call per breakdown. Vehicles that have been modified by the owner risk possible damage when towed or serviced. AAA Carolinas reserves the right to refuse the tow or service on the grounds of safety and liability. If service is provided, the owner assumes responsibility for any damages not caused by the operator’s negligence. Premier’s 200 mile tow is not extended to vehicles requiring RV coverage. Charges for flatbed service requested by members, when not required by the AAA Towing manual, will be passed on to the member. The responding tow truck will have room for up to two passengers. AAA can assist in locating transportation (Uber, Lyft, Taxi, etc.) service at the member’s expense to transport additional passengers. The final decision to provide service to a vehicle safely is left to the discretion of the AAA Contracted Road Service Provider.
Lake Norman, N.C./New Britain, CT.
An Khe 66-67
My wife works for AAA and she says that you have to have +RV BUT the rules all vary by state so you would need to check with your local AAA office to make sure its covered
I was not aware of that. Silly of me to ask the question here.
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My wife has AAA but when I got insurance for the boat through Bill @ Worldwide Marine my policy came with roadside service.
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That is who I have my insurance through also. I will check the policy.
2006 Triton TR196 w/ 200 Optimax \ 2021 AlumaRyder 1860 w/ 200 Rotax
Progressive includes roadside assistance for your trailer, but they will only cover the tow up to 12 miles. After that you pay. I have AAA for all my other insurance. Going to look into the RV coverage.
Tourney partner and I had a bearing go earlier this year. Tow to his house on a flatbed would have been $650. He didn’t have any towing insurance.
That is what I was thinking as well.
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Good grief, you need to be an attorney to get through that. Anyway I am covered. Anyone wondering the same thing you need to be sure your declaration page shows Roadside Assistance selected.
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That isn't what the policy states. They will cover to the "nearest qualified repair facility."
I haven't had that experience. How did you know - noise, smoke, vibration?
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Well Im going to review my policy and give AAA Texas a call and confirm again what I was told about boat trailer coverage. I had no idea that coverage with AAA was different from state to state. I do have boat insurance that covers towing but I dont really know the specifics except they will reimburse qualified expenses. I better check with them as well. This has been a good thread.
Update to my above post on AAA coverage of my boat trailer. AAA informed me with the Premier membership I have, if while towing my boat trailer breaks down they will come and provide assistance. If it changing a flat they will do that. If the boat trailer is disabled and needs to go to a repair shop, they told me they would tow it up to 200 miles to a qualified repair shop. Three additional tows per membership year at lesser distances. If my tow vehicle breaks down and needs towed, they will tow both and not require me to leave the boat/trailer on the road. They said it covers me any where in the United States. They also said it covers me and if I was riding with someone and we would break down, my towing/roadside assistance could be used there as well. Thats what my previous notes also said that I wrote down when I was signing up with them 2 years ago. To date I have used the battery service, travel service, and hotel discounts and it has worked as advertised. Hopefully I wont need to find out if their towing service is as good too.
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