Towing For Hire
Not sure of the best site to ask this question so I'll start here. My name was given by a local RV dealer to someone wanting to have their FW towed about a 100 miles from where I live. I normally ...
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Roadlover wrote:
Also, I don't have a CDL or licensed for doing this commercially, nithered am I insured to do this for hire. So are there any particular issues with me doing this for someone who is going to pay me to move it for them.
Your doing this is fraught with disasters. Of course, if kept under the table and just this one time and nothing happens, the you lucked out. However, your doing this for profit, you will find that you have no insurance whatsoever with your existing policies. That alone should be enough to cause considerable pause to your plans. Your fault or not, you are on your own. Even slightly damaging the trailer in a parking lot, you are on your own. A significant at fault accident causing bodily harm to another could cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars. Depending on your state laws, you will need a commercial drivers license, business license, commercial license plates for the truck, probably commercial license plates for the trailer, and have a valid DOT physical, and Homeland Security training.
