What to purchase

My choice would be older than 2010 and it would be a Ford F250 Dually with a 7.3 diesel engine, 6 speed manual transmission. A 1500# receiver hitch and a 20,000# 5th wheel hitch.

It is per mile, but not per mile you drive, rather for the miles "in the book" so I would call that flat rate. Different rates for different loads.

Just out of curiosity...but how does one get paid in this profession? Is it by the mile? A flat rate for a tow?

I was going to suggest a diesel dually too - I've seen smaller trucks as transporters, but most drive the duallies. Gives you more flexibility of what to pull. You might consider having both a "bumper-pull" hitch and a 5th-wheel hitch too.

I've posted this before but here goes.

I recently made a trip to Goshen Indiana to pick up a dog from an Amish breader. In order to be able to be able to hit the road as soon as we picked up the dog, we spent the night in a local motel. There were about 20 commercial RV trailer haulers spending the night at that motel. 16 drove Dodge Cummins 3500 duallies, three drove Ford Powerstroke 3500 duallies and one drove a Chevy 3500 Duramax. ALL were deisel dullies.

Get a contract and buy what works for it. If you are hauling TT or 5th wheel or TCs it all requires different units. A one ton or better with dual wheels on the back and a 30+ foot 5th wheel easy load flat deck will give you more options but will still not do it all. Eddy

1 ton dually or bigger...diesel.