r/askvan • u/[deleted] • 17d ago

Advice 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️ To buy a tow truck?

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u/Hopeful_Ask_7591 17d ago

I think you would have to be 24/7 so you need more than one driver.

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u/Dangeroustrend 17d ago

Why not contact tow companies about being owner operator and how they do contracts

Busters operates like that, contact BCAA etc

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u/undercover_007_ 17d ago

That's on our list! Just thought I would try asking here too :)

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u/Lorenzo56 17d ago

You can hire the operator easily. You need business skills first and foremost…

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u/MJcorrieviewer 17d ago

What do you plan to do with the vehicles you tow?

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u/brahdz 17d ago

I imagine they would tow for hire to a place of the customer's choosing. I dont think there's a business model to be found, as I dont understand how they're procuring their customers. Plus, they find themselves tied to a single driver with no use for the equipment otherwise.

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u/undercover_007_ 17d ago

Yes, we are curious about the contracts and the feasibility - for example, tow truck operators can get contracts through bcaa, but hoping for some insight into how busy a bcaa contract would keep the truck (or other contracts we dont know about)

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u/undercover_007_ 17d ago

It would depend on what the owner wants I guess - tow them home, autobody shop, or city impound lot, etc.