Price per mile

valhalla360 wrote:

laknox wrote:
Personally, I'd be "moving it for a buddy/cousin/co-worker" at +/- $2/mile, cash. :B Keep gas receipts and say, "this is what I got paid; fuel only."

Lyle

If you are playing the "buddy" game, showing receipts works against you as it looks a lot like you are running a business...an unprofitable business but still a business.

It's also highly dependent on your new "buddy" playing along with insurance fraud if anything goes wrong.

Hell, take the "buddy" with you, then. :B

Lyle

BillyBob Jim wrote:

leggy wrote:
What is a reasonable price to charge to haul a fifth wheel? I was thinking 2-2.50.

Did not notice the OP even asked for opinions on the legalities of it. I'll hang my hat with laknox......sometimes having a little outlaw blood in ya is not a bad thing.

He wanted to know what is reasonable...without knowing the costs and risks, how does he assess what is reasonable?

$10/mile may be too little if he gets in an accident and insurance company decides it was a commercial operation and not covered.

laknox wrote:
Personally, I'd be "moving it for a buddy/cousin/co-worker" at +/- $2/mile, cash. :B Keep gas receipts and say, "this is what I got paid; fuel only."

Lyle

If you are playing the "buddy" game, showing receipts works against you as it looks a lot like you are running a business...an unprofitable business but still a business.

It's also highly dependent on your new "buddy" playing along with insurance fraud if anything goes wrong.

BillyBob Jim wrote:
Some folks on forums must have run out of room on their shirts for all the badges. The weight police, tire police, propane police, bumper mounted bike rack police, just this week the double post police were chartered here, and now the transport police.

leggy wrote:
What is a reasonable price to charge to haul a fifth wheel? I was thinking 2-2.50.

Did not notice the OP even asked for opinions on the legalities of it. I'll hang my hat with laknox......sometimes having a little outlaw blood in ya is not a bad thing.

It's called risk analysis, if the risk far exceeds the reward then it falls in the common sense category. Your entitled to your opinion just as everyone else is entitled to theirs.

Some folks on forums must have run out of room on their shirts for all the badges. The weight police, tire police, propane police, bumper mounted bike rack police, just this week the double post police were chartered here, and now the transport police.

leggy wrote:
What is a reasonable price to charge to haul a fifth wheel? I was thinking 2-2.50.

Did not notice the OP even asked for opinions on the legalities of it. I'll hang my hat with laknox......sometimes having a little outlaw blood in ya is not a bad thing.

Yep, hauling things for money opens a BIG can of worms. DOT regulation, insurance, vehicle inspections, licensing, etc, etc. Sure, you can probably get away with it a time or two but if you get caught the fines are steep. My area regularly runs stings on CL to catch unlicensed people doing this exact thing.

I would have to agree with the people who say the liability is not worth taking a chance on without the proper insurance. If you decide to do it anyway I would at least do a walk around with the owner and document any damage no matter how small.

leggy wrote:
Op here
I saw an add on Craigslist looking for someone to haul a camper to a location close to some family property and thought I could make a little money and stop by the property.

and what IF something happened? Will your insurance cover you when the guy owns the trailer get PO'd and screams about you damaging his pride & joy trailer. Our even if you don't and he claims you did? Do it rght with proper license or don't do it.

someone you know then I would go and do it, but a Craigslist add would make me nervous to even think of doing it..

I'm with others - that's a big risk for a small reward to do this on the side like that. My guess is that any accident would be declined by insurance unless you were registered and insured to do it (which comes with extensive costs of it's own) - and I wouldn't count on Joe Craigslist to lie to an insurance adjuster as to why you were towing his/her rig. That $100 weekend gig could end up costing thousands if things go awry.

IMHO - it's an all-in or all-out scenario. The middle ground is just too risky for me.