Mechanic/Tow

Salary varies based on job grade + $50-$300 Per call charges (RP with the customer – keep repair and or tow charges realistic and affordable – Greed will not be allowed. FAILRP RULE)

*NOTE: Only whitelisted jobs exist for Mosley’s, Hayes, and Ace Towing for tow/mechanic jobs. Your character must interview and be hired for this job by one of those businesses. THEN the business will instruct you to enter a whitelisted job ticket in our Discord.

When On duty, All Mechanics must use the ‘Tow’ channel in radio to communicate and ensure no one is fighting for jobs – Work together and use the Radio to communicate. Inability to follow these guidelines and use the radio properly will result in a kick from the server and a warning. Second offense results in a temp ban, Further issues will result in a permanent server ban.

The Mechanic career is perfect for those who enjoy repairing vehicles, and helping others while driving a cool truck. Work is performed primarily on the streets and highways of San Andreas in/around traffic providing repair and Towing services as well as providing support services for Local and state police agencies providing impound transportation and clearing accident scenes.

Additionally, You’ll have access to a repair facility that You may tow player vehicles to in order to perform more involved repairs.

Job Orientation: Once you have hired on with Mosley’s, Hayes, or Ace Towing, get with the owner or manager for your training orientation.

You will need to purchase the repair kits required to repair player vehicles that have been damaged and/or broken down. These repair kits will cost you money as an ‘expense’.

Once you have the repair kits you need, select your flatbed tow truck model from the garage. Your tow truck will then spawn. When civilians and/or the Police are in need of Mechanic services, they will contact you through the phone text system or dispatch. Note: For police tow rotation, we will use the TeamSpeak radio to contact the tow services.

When you arrive on the scene, you’ll need to decide how best to approach the job at hand and provide the best possible roleplay for the situation.

NPC towing jobs are available, as well. You must go to the main Impound Lot off of Adams Apple Blvd to get your truck. Once you’ve done that, you can enter /npc in chat to start NPC (AI) related pickups. Pick up the vehicle, bring it back to the impound yard. Turn in your truck when you no longer want to complete NPC jobs. Go to the front counter in the impound office to receive your pay for NPC jobs.

*NOTE: Any and all police service requests take priority over civilian requests. RP is of the utmost importance here. Be mindful of traffic and work quickly, but safely and professionally and assist the police however you can by hooking up and transporting vehicles to the police impound and/or removing wrecked/damaged vehicles from an accident or crime scene. Be sure to use your truck’s amber lighting whenever you are in service on the scene and/ during transport. However, do not drive all over town with the light bar on, it’s not necessary and can disrupt traffic.

Rollback Tow Truck Controls:

  • NOTE: Sometimes FiveM scripts get confused on who’s got ownership of the commands and controls if more than one person has been in the rollback flatbed.
  • Stand near the control box at the rear side of the bed. Move the bed with UP and DOWN Arrows on the keyboard.
  • Lower the bed near the target vehicle.
  • To use the winch, while standing near the control box at the rear of the bed, press LEFT Arrow on the keyboard to winch the target vehicle onto the bed. Press left arrow again to start winching the car onto the bed. It should stop automatically.
  • Lock the vehicle in place by pressing E.
  • Reverse these instructions to remove the vehicle from the bed when you get it where it’s going, using RIGHT arrow on the keyboard to winch the vehicle off of the bed. You may need to press Left Arrow first, then right arrow. It should stop automatically. Press G to remove the winch cable.
  • Typically, if the roleplay is over, you can get in the subject vehicle once you’ve dropped it off and use the F9 menu to delete it. Sometimes, you should hold the vehicle and require towing/impound fee payment before releasing it.

RP Tips/Charging Civilians for Services:

When responding to civilian service calls, keep good RP in mind and RP the situation out with the other player(s). Can the vehicle be fixed the on the side of the road? Does it need to be towed to Your repair facility? Charge for each situation realistically – $50 for an on-scene repair; $300 for a repair requiring you to tow vehicle to your shop for additional repairs. When done with your shift, please store your flatbed back in the job garage. Your unused repair kits remain in your inventory until you need them.