drdesert wrote:CrustyOldFart: That's no lie! I've heard of retrieval bills being up around a few thousand dollars. No doubt that they overcharge, but most people have no choice other than to pay up!
A few thousand sounds like a stretch, but a couple thousand is probably possible, especially if we're talking a larger vehicle like an RV or large truck with an over-sized camper mounted on it. I read that the charge is somewhere around $300 per hour for vehicle extractions on back country dirt roads. And naturally the rougher the road the more hours an extraction will take. So check your equipment before you go, drive in a group that includes some auto mechanics, and be prepared to tow a member of your group out. It's a bit of a hassle, but it's cheaper than the alternative.