Friday, February 24, 2012
Elden's is an Auto Body Shop too!
7:57 AM | 
Posted by
Tonia
Lance grumbled at the following article in this morning’s
newspaper. It's not so much that they
mentioned Miller's but the way the article is composed it makes it seem like
Elden's is only a tow company and not an auto collision repair shop as well.
So you drive off the road into the Logan River. Once
you’re safely back on land, what about your car?
With all the vehicles taking the plunge lately at
milepost 473, this is a question we suspect a lot of readers might have had, so
we called a local towing company and auto-body repair shop to find out more.
Getting the car out of the river can range from a very
easy job to a complex operation, according to Elden Dattage of Dattage Towing
in Logan, who has pulled dozens of vehicles, including semi trailer rigs, out
of rivers in the region. Because of the many variables, Dattage wouldn’t
venture a price estimate for the job. “Every situation is so different,” he
said.
And what about water damage to the car? That, too, can
vary widely depending on how much of the vehicle becomes submerged.
“The biggest problem is water getting into the
electronics,” said Jeff Miller of Miller Auto Body. “If the car is filled with
water up to the dashboard level, in most cases it’s going to be totaled. It’s
like throwing your cellphone in the toilet.”
Like Dattage, Miller has handled a lot of submerged
vehicles over the years, including the Honda Accord righted by passing
motorists in a dramatic rescue at milepost 473 on New Year’s Eve. That car took
in a lot of water and was declared totaled by the driver’s insurance company.
No word whether Miller’s or Dattage’s employees have ever
found a fish in any of these vehicles.
Fishing your car out of the river
Herald Journal February 24, 2012
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