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Originally Posted by CRCRFT78
Ok I would just like to state that I didn't wake up and say to myself, you have a truck and trailer, you can be a transporter. Not that anyone is accusing me of that. What I am getting from some of the comments are unless you are prepared to do this legally and with the proper equipment, don't bother. What I am doing would be nothing more than a "paid favor."
I certainly don't want to do this illegally and be that sleazeball. I don't have the time or the money for fines or jail, lol. Driving commercially for so many years and discussing this with friends in the towing business made me inquire about doing this. Either way, some deep thought and research is in order.
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The minute ANYTHING changes hands in exchange for doing something... it's COMMERCIAL.
So here's the problem.
If everything goes okay -- everybody is happy... and everyone goes about their business....
BUTT -- Always a big butt in the room...
If you have an accident -- or something happens to the customers car... or anything other than a perfect pickup and drop off... you begin to have problems.
Since you're not covered on your insurance as "commercial" -- they're not going to cover you... The person you did the "favor" for - is now pissed and wants his pound of flesh and is more than happy to start singing his song about how he paid you... Then all bets are off. You're in deep shizzle without a shizzlepaddle.
I just hauled Brian Hobaugh's Camaro -- and Bret Voekel's Camaro down to Texas for them - and brought Ed Capen's Corvette home to California. I wouldn't so much as take a bottle of water! They offered -- and each time I said "thanks" but no can do! That way they could never claim I was paid to do this === I did this as a pure favor. Period. I wouldn't even agree to take anything when I dropped their stuff off safe and sound! Because... then they could claim we had a "deal". No thanks! Nothing zip nada.
So my advice is to go commercial all the way if that's what you plan to do. Do it right - factor in all the overhead - and be clean as a whistle. Otherwise - it's only a matter of time when the lawsuits start flying.