Assisted by Road Ranger – Jacksonville/Gainesville on Saturday, January 29

“He pulled up right on time I needed gas and he was happy to assist me thank you, Road Ranger, I a grateful and thankful for the services you all provide may God bless you all

Assisted by Road Ranger – Jacksonville/Gainesville on Monday, February 7

“This Road Ranger quite possibly saved my life. Stopped at a rest stop to nap during a late night drive from Atlanta to Miami (visiting Mom for the holidays). Woke up to a dead battery at 1am. Nobody at the stop, found a security guard that couldn’t help with a jump but he offered me the road rangers number. My insurance covers roadside assistance, called them first. They sent me Meth-head Mike, the guy couldn’t find the rest stop. Pretty sure it’s the only one between 75 and Jax headed eastbound. Anyway that wasted 2 hours. New car (hybrid), so pop the hood and there’s no battery. Ok no prob, search the web for make, model and location of battery. Phone battery dies. Car is dead so can’t charge it. Weather turns and it starts to pour on me. This weather system is the tail end of a coldsnap so temp is in the 40’s so now i’m wet and cold. Able to find a wall plug at the rest stop and begin phone charging, fire off a call to Road Rangers, still hoping roadside assistance will show and save the day. Almost zero bars (no service) on the phone and all the hybrid tutorials are videos, so that’s not going to load easy. It’s holiday so the car is packed with stuff and I begin to unload .. again in the rain.. in 40deg weather. Oh … also the hatchback won’t open because there’s no key entry for it .. all controlled by a keyfob and again the battery is dead. So to open the hatchback you must crawl into the back from the front seat and find some super secret latch and disengage with a screwdriver. Guess who doesn’t have a screwdriver? It’s dark, i’m soaked, it’s really getting cold and i’m using a folding knife for a job where you shouldn’t be using a folding knife. The back of the car lights up … It’s the Road Ranger in his HERO truck … with jumper cables a screwdriver and a smile. Battery is so dead it takes 20 min to fire up. I offer him my last $20 cause he possibly saved me from pneumonia, he declines. I just want to hug him. He of course doesn’t want that. 5 hrs after my car fails to start i’m back on the road. He is a national treasure. A humble guy just doing his job. Please, if you’re know him well enough to hug him, give him a good one for me. Sean McIntyre”

Assisted by Road Ranger – Jacksonville/Gainesville on Tuesday, February 8

“He helped us change the left front tire on our Ram 350 diesel which was pulling our 35 ft horse trailer at night in the rain”

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