I am interested in starting a business towing boats and campers using my truck or suv how do I charge clients.
112918
like the person befor me said charge by the size and the distance but also figure a % of your insurance cost.
399972
Start writing a business plan.  Call people who are already in the business and ask if they can give you advice.  Make sure you have good insurance and if you want to try to find a mentor who may have been in the transportation business try www.score.org.
937781
just make sure its not a company that makes you pay them a "fee" to start up.  those are scams.
680830
Start with city hall. They will provide you with all of the right paperwork and codes and requirements you need for a 'vehicle for hire' business. The most basic requirements are insurance and an office to park your cars. Most of what is left is just advertising. The yellow pages will probably be your biggest help unless you are going to have taxis just picking up people from bars/airport/hotels.
978573
Ours got started by advertising on the company vehicles(you can get an ad for about $40), we handed out personal business cards we had printed up ourselves, company t-shirts for all the employees, ad in the local paper (advertise a "special"), coupons people can redeem, have an advertisement packet to present to potential customers.
629640
make phone calls to get business license, local paper advertising, (offer a special to the first 10 or whatever you think) put decals on your vehicle towards advertising, buy a book of professional invoices to leave with clients that have thin paper as a second copy for you to keep for your own records, grab a little filing cabinet for the clerical stuff to be filed into, have the local stationary shop create some business cards for the both of you to hand out to serious inquiries, post a few up on billboards, have a picture taken of the two of you together in your work garb to put up somewhere you see fit, establish monthly clientele where possible.
782356
Craigslist.org is a great place to promote yourself. Yardsigns promoting your services as well as a magnetic sign on your car. Visibility, visibility, visibility.\n\nGet your clients to do a referal program ... like a free service for two new client referals. It doesn't come much cheaper than this.
793515
Usually depending on the size of your business it is a good idea to let the company attorney do these contracts for you but you can do this yourself. Do the contract in simple terms that you can understand basically stating the services that you will provide for the cost that they will pay
1178097
check with a insurance company with experience in commercial insurance. You need the wrecker insured, insurance for the car you are towing and also insurance in case something flys off that wrecked car and hits a passing car. Also insurance for the driver and the passengers if you pick up a wrecked car and transport the driver somewhere. \nAlso where ever you park the wrecker may become a commerical ( sales area) so that may be more than just plan house insurance. If parked at home \nIf you store the wrecked cars to work on them that is a whole other can of worms,  you need insurance for hazard waste in case the radiator or gas tank leaks into the ground surface
889413
I opened an errand service a couple of years ago. I did things like shop, house sit, walk dogs, take pictures, p/u and deliver things. \nI didn't promote it enough because my mother was not in good health and the town I live in is small but I think it would do better in a larger town. Not much start up cost. Just $25 business license and advertising cost.
193527
you need trucks, then you need a salesman to get you some places to pick up or deliver. being a ltl is probably the best to start. you will need a mechanic. you need to know all the cdl laws.
1150669
You can try, if its not too expensive, it might be worth it. It will be a write off, so spending the monies shouldnt be your main concern...\n\nI would just worry that it wouldnt provide you with the business you are looking for...\n\nAre you advertising in local papers? Signs on your truck? (You can get signs made on magnet sheets, that are easily removed and placed on again.) ALso make up posters and post them on local bulletin boards...\n\nGood Luck!
1042012
you should inquire as to  what the charge is first for services like that
90890
You need to know your clients. What are the jobs? How many man hours involved? How much will be spent on cleaning supplies. What about liability insurance. Calculate your costs and multiply it by two. Then bid.
15387
Good luck finding that.  you will have better luck finding a pickup truck with a camper on the back.  You can rent an RV for a thousand bucks however.
1116712
If you are in the U.S., In order to transport paying customers on a boat for any purpose you must first have a Captain's License issued by the U.S. Coast Guard. After that it gets easier. You need a boat. You need to know where the fish are. You need to know how to catch them. If you can do that, your first customers will tell their friends and new customers will come in schools.
137278
It's hard to answer your question in specifics since we don't know what type of business you're involved in, so I thought I would just list some links that'll help you get started on your way. There's links related to starting, financing & advertising.\n\nHope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!