One Man Towing A Frame Hire

Mooey65

One Man Towing A Frame Hire

I have a one man 2.5 ton towing A frame sat around that I am looking to hire out.

Is this going to be worth doing?

If so want price should I make this facility?
A few people on ebay have it at £25 for two days but needing a deposit of £100-£150.

I was hoping to offer this facility to save people a bit of cash if they needed to move a car or recover one that has broken down.



All you need is a car with a towbar.

I will train people on how to safely use the A frame.

Do you think this is worth me doing this?

olias

Licences
Public liability insurance
advertising
tax
maintenance
etc
etc
etc

Forget it, better off selling it on ebay

Olias

relic

Agreed, if you don't use it, sell it.

Way too much hassle, no profits.

Mooey65

Cheers people also theres the law so I think I will sell it.

Mooey65

Iv been offered £80 and can always use it if needed seems fair I think?

Jacka87

Mooey65 wrote: »

Iv been offered £80 and can always use it if needed seems fair I think?

Personally the liability insuramce and theworry of somebody stealing it would make me think that renting it out would be a bad idea.

However if your only getting £80 then i would suggest an alternative, how about advertising it on gumtree etc as a service. ie rather than hire it they will hire you who will turn up and move their broken down car etc that they would have hired it from you to move. No need to worry about them stealing it, driving it unsafely etc etc.

Just an alternative idea

Mooey65

I am looking to buy a truck to do this. The frame cost me £130 new and I only used it once. If I sell it to my friend at £80 I can always use it if I need to.

Jacka87

Mooey65 wrote: »

I am looking to buy a truck to do this. The frame cost me £130 new and I only used it once. If I sell it to my friend at £80 I can always use it if I need to.

Fair enough, well all i would say is the cost of the van would be quite high and would have to earn a fair amount for you to get a decent return on the investment, just a thought, tho the van would have more applications.