I know what you mean. Happens all the time. Did somebody suggest running a delivery service was easy?
MTO clerks can be just plain unfair
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I know what you mean. Happens all the time. Did somebody suggest running a delivery service was easy?
lol
As others have said, if he can keep busy. Then there's the initial outlay for the truck and what is far from standard bed setup.
Since this has moved well away from the original discussion, I'm moving it to Romper Room.
Wow. $400. I hope you paid in monopoly money cuz that's just insane.
Thinking about now, I got CAA for 130$ ish and that includes 4 tows per year for car or bike.
OP, dude? Lol
If they're on the road and plated
I've never had the towtruck driver check. They get paid to tow, not enforce CAA rules.
A quality enclosed aluminum trailer with low floor height (rubber torsion axles) c/w full width ramp towed by gas miser 4 banger rated for 1500lbs. should do any bike with ease. I get that a lot of people wouldn't get out of bed for $400. It's a rich people thing.
As opposed to a truck you won't beat to death with a basic load, that uses a true zero height loader.
Don't look at me; I used to help people for nothing.
So a quality enclosed trailer, better be able to move 2-3 bikes to make it pay. So your in for 6K. Truck that will pull said trailer, because moving one at a time is a hobby, 25k? Now insurance and a phone and maybe a website. So you have 35k tied up. And you need a bike to move EVERY DAY, maybe two. $400 is not a bad price. CAA will move it if its plated and current, but its on a deck not enclosed. CAA driver checked the plate on my MG before moving it from the garage to its new home.
It could make a good hobby/retirement business at $400 a run, but your not getting rich. Accident towing is where you make money. Nice pickup charge, storage everyday till the insurance adjuster looks at it, kicks from the repair facility, theres the money.
It could make a good hobby/retirement business at $400 a run, but your not getting rich. Accident towing is where you make money. Nice pickup charge, storage everyday till the insurance adjuster looks at it, kicks from the repair facility, theres the money.
I need a tow can you help me out? I can't pay you except for sexual favours.
People are buying 1/2 million$ houses with less than $4000 wk gross earnings so 35g is just a rounding error. But I get what you're saying. Efficiency is the key here. At $400 per trip it would be a nonstarter without regular trips and I'd be over the moon @$300 if I was busy all day every day. Of course my hauler wouldn't be a limousine. But here's the kicker, as a customer, that $100 difference (33%) still has some value. If I'm subsidizing the price because the business is slow or they are hedging their bets I would only use them if desperate.
edit, seems to me there's a guy here on GTAM who will pick up and deliver the bike and do all sorts of work on it besides.
edit, seems to me there's a guy here on GTAM who will pick up and deliver the bike and do all sorts of work on it besides.
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Got rid of my pickup truck about 5 years ago.
