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About Richard
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Professional towing and recovery operator for 29 Plus years, dealing with light to heavy duty towing operations... Nationally certified by various agencies - associations..
I know that many people do not understand vehicle towing when ordered by Law Enforcement or from Private Property Parking lots, which I will try to help with. BUT, I am not versed in RV TOWING ISSUES, or actual law cases or proposed cases...
Experience
I have 29+ years of towing experience dealing with everything from Light duty ( cars and pickups ) to tractor trailer rigs, motor homes and buses.. Motor clubs to police calls, lockouts to jumpstarts and tows. I have experienced alot of fun times doing my job. Some have been good experiences and some of have been heart wrenching experiences.
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Been affiliated with TRAA(towing and recovery association of america), Oregon Tow Truck Association, Washington Tow Truck Association, Wyoming Tow Truck Association , and Alabama Tow Truck Association
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Tow Times Magazine
American Towman
STA Phantom Towing News
Towing and Recovery Phootnotes
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TRAA Heavy duty Trained operator 1987
TRAA Management Classes 1986
Wreckmaster training programs (since 1992)
Several other training programs (to many to list )
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You are here: Experts > Autos > Towing > Towing Issues > Getting started on private property townig
Expert: Richard
Date: 7/1/2008
Subject: Getting started on private property townig
Question
Hi Richard,
I have a fenced in area to store cars and would like to get started doing private property towing. I think my next step should be to have signs made up to post in lots.
What are the best people to business to approach for this? Apartment complexes, paid parking lots, business lots? I know they are already with towing companies, but perhaps I could show them that I charge lesser rates to the people I tow.
Speaking of which, how much can I charge in San Francisco/ California for towing and storage.
I hope your book is coming along well.
Thanks for the help!
Answer
Well, this is kind of a loaded question...
Are you in business as a tow company right now or are you going to start a business to do the towing...
You will need lots of permits, licenses, insurance to do any kind of towing and impound towing while looking like a highly profitable business is very expensive to deal with...
Getting customers, well price on impounds is not really a factor but remember that the parking lot owners or the apartment - condo complex owners do not pay for the tows, the vehicle owner does in 99% of the cases...
Also be prepared for lots of regulations in California for doing this kind of towing... Check out the California DMV web site below and start reading all the rules about towing and parking...
As to charges, well I do not know if rates are regulated locally, but remember you will want to charge enough to make a profit and pay all the expenses you have..
Plus there are lots of vehicles which are never picked up and that means that those vehicles are a "loss"...
Good luck however and I hope this helps
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/vc/vc.htm
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