I feel for you brother, and I also feel for all the other tow brothers who are out there trying to make it, and are enticed by the motor club bug....its easy to get hooked on that crack. I used to do almost every conceivable motor club there was (cept AAA, wont ever touch that)….I too concentrate on the retail and what I call the ''commercial'' side (contracted repair shops, car dealerships, etc). Yes, you lose some volume when you dump the motor clubs, but after some time passes, they all come calling when their regular club contractors cant or wont handle their calls, and you get them to pay over the phone with a credit card.
I already commented under my other you tube channel, but I thought i'd visit under my towing channel and ''like'' and ''comment''.....not only cuz you deserve it but to re-state and again agree with you that we as ''towers'' need to make sure we don't let these roadside middlemen motor clubs don't take advantage of us, keep them in check, and learn to work within the framework that exists to make a profit working with these motor clubs. It CAN be done, and yes they are frustrating but we CAN make a profit doing their calls. Just as tow co. owners we cant put all of our eggs in their basket. Be safe out there and have a profitable day!
When I fist started agero was all I had, I learned the hard way when it come to thoes guys. Getting shorted and going threw hassle and last drove my truck into it's near death. I now work on cash calls only.. but would like to try the motor clubs again .. your advice was key in making my decision
her wait time is indicative of her contemptuous attitude toward you! No "just a sec", or "wait one moment", etc. At least she's gonna put it through for payment.
Wow. HAHAHAHA I am just facing the same exact thing...I have a PO with extra charges and aproved by a sup.. and they did not pay in full.. I think I will stop taking Po's very soon..they are taking way too long to pay
Yes I own a towing company here in Florida and we have been in business for 6 years and and I do work with some motor clubs and I have to deal with this every single day and I swear I have tried so many times with google ads and invested so much and no results and got into Copart and did not go well we only did two tows and it was $84 for both and the headache for my driver and my self is not worth it. I only need tow calls now more cash I have mailed out on usps but that did not help. I have free google verified but not to much out of that, any advice you can give me ? Stay safe in the cold 🥶
Doing motor club rates are good for volume and trying to retain them as further customers. They by a different brand car and it’s a different motor club, but they call you and submit the bill because they now know your reliable. Think about all the jump starts you did and billed and got paid for a tow? Sometimes it evens out. Don’t kill yourself trying to get every invoice paid in full
Now is the time to do repos because of the pandemic. Me personally, im not a fan of repo work unless its construction equipment like skid steers and excavators.
They will gladly pay a non agero provider ridiculous money via credit card when they can’t find anyone else. I drove from queens to Brewster for a 3 mile tow for 640 dollars prepaid by them. Tolls $125 to hook 4 dollars a mile almost 60 miles in route and the drive back and I believe we gave them a $40-50 break. because nobody was available and they were desperate. Agero gotta love em 🤦♂️ they will pay that but wouldn’t give a local company 100 bux smh.
They are ass backwards. I am out of Network now. They have been calling with Credit Cards non stop and paying so much better. I moved a box truck the other night for them 8 miles for $800. A contracted provider would of maybe got $200.
Onsite Towing and Recovery That sounds about right. Our Dispatcher made an announcement over the radio when they called the office. We knew it was payday everytime they called lmao 😂
This is why we only do what’s convenient for us with agero, if their rate falls within our normal cash rates, we’ll do it but if it doesn’t, then we refuse the call
so do you get cc payment before or after service rendered? If before how do you get paid for the extra? call back and recharge a cc or do you charge all at once at the end of services?
I take credit card before I roll. I charge such a high dollar amount that will cover the unexpected. Of course , I try to get as much info as I possibly can from the dispatchers.
@@towuniverse2443 thats right. If I feel ill get in over my head ill just say no. I dont really do them anymore. I love watching new guy get caught up in the whoring they make them do. I try to tell them but its like a right of passage and those crooks know it. They know a new guy is hard up for calls
I really push my retail side of things. When a club does call I price above retail with a fast ETA. You win some, you lose some. But you make the same amount of money , if not more, and run your truck less. I did a club call this morning with a CC over the phone. If I was to take that call on a PO at contracted rates, I would of had to send my truck out 3 times to make the same money as the call I took on CC at above retail rates.
@@towuniverse2443 bro thank you for all the great information you're one of the best TH-camr out there's your perfect at explaining stuff such great information you should write a book or start charging for training I would definitely pay you should also get into the heavy diesel Towing and Recovery there's good money in that too I used to work for a towing company to a roadside service the semis but now I also want to start a toy company like you thank you for everything you do bro
Not entirely, Some do, A fair bit don't, you have police rotation, and customers to your shop, I could probably keep 1 or 2 trucks busy making a good paycheck just from police rotation and our customers, as well as any shops we do work for, but I don't only run 2 trucks so we don't only do that, In addition to that you can still go through motor clubs but as a non contracted provider, You call them up say "hey here are my rates you can make them my contracted rates and I will sign on or you can call me if you need me and i'll take a credit card" some companies you will be able to get pretty decent rates for a motor club, others will not accept it but will usually call you 1/10 times because they can't find any contracted provider to run said call and they will happily pay your rates with a credit card, The idea is to not grow too fast to need motor clubs to keep busy, If you can keep 1 or 2 trucks busy with non contracted motor clubs, police rotation, shops, and your customers that is the way you want to keep it, if you add more trucks you will likely need to take on more contracted work through motor clubs or auto auction services like copart, but you can have some room for negotiation or just doing non contracted work if you don't over commit with buying too many trucks, Right now i'm negotiating with copart because I have a few trucks to offer them and they called me needing more haulers, So i shot them a figure of 12-15 dollars higher per car than what their first rate sheet showed me, they started at 56 per car in our area, I'm shooting for about 70 per car for our zone, and 12-15 more for every other zone (every 10 or so miles is a zone higher, 1 being lowest and going up), but we don't need copart, we never have so we can negotiate and worst they can do is say no and we will go on our way.
A motor club is a company that offers towing services through sub contractors or a mixture of their own trucks and sub contractors, Such as AAA, AAA does have their own trucks (which suck mind you) but they do a lot of their work through sub contractors, for example, you break down, you call AAA because you have basic membership, you get 5 miles covered by your membership, they send out a tow truck, It's not usually going to be a AAA truck although it could be it will most likely be a sub contractor, billys towing for example shows up, so you called AAA they sent billys towing, billys towing tows you, your 5 miles, AAA pays billys towing their contracted rates, And that is a motor club, Its a club of people who sign up for memberships for road side assistance and towing companies like this guys or mine, or any other towing company can sign up for contracted rates through these motor clubs to run calls for them, usually we get paid pennies on the dollar but we get higher call volume, So where as we might charge 75 to load and 3.50 a mile (my rates) they might pay 30 to load and 1 dollar a mile or something way lower but they will give you calls all day long because they have a much larger customer database than us. Some examples of motor clubs are AAA, Agero, Allstate, Geico, Swoop, etc, A lot of major insurance companies will offer roadside assistance through a motor club.
it takes a balls to speak out .... plus your giving the ppl the heads up on companies tricks for us to look out for... thx for your braveness ...
Im sure paying for it. I ve been banned by most clubs
I feel for you brother, and I also feel for all the other tow brothers who are out there trying to make it, and are enticed by the motor club bug....its easy to get hooked on that crack. I used to do almost every conceivable motor club there was (cept AAA, wont ever touch that)….I too concentrate on the retail and what I call the ''commercial'' side (contracted repair shops, car dealerships, etc). Yes, you lose some volume when you dump the motor clubs, but after some time passes, they all come calling when their regular club contractors cant or wont handle their calls, and you get them to pay over the phone with a credit card.
100% this is exactly how I remember this going back when I did these calls. Brings back horrible waste of time memories.
I already commented under my other you tube channel, but I thought i'd visit under my towing channel and ''like'' and ''comment''.....not only cuz you deserve it but to re-state and again agree with you that we as ''towers'' need to make sure we don't let these roadside middlemen motor clubs don't take advantage of us, keep them in check, and learn to work within the framework that exists to make a profit working with these motor clubs. It CAN be done, and yes they are frustrating but we CAN make a profit doing their calls. Just as tow co. owners we cant put all of our eggs in their basket. Be safe out there and have a profitable day!
When I fist started agero was all I had, I learned the hard way when it come to thoes guys. Getting shorted and going threw hassle and last drove my truck into it's near death. I now work on cash calls only.. but would like to try the motor clubs again .. your advice was key in making my decision
her wait time is indicative of her contemptuous attitude toward you! No "just a sec", or "wait one moment", etc. At least she's gonna put it through for payment.
Wow. HAHAHAHA I am just facing the same exact thing...I have a PO with extra charges and aproved by a sup.. and they did not pay in full.. I think I will stop taking Po's very soon..they are taking way too long to pay
Can you do starting video on all your trucks
Yes I own a towing company here in Florida and we have been in business for 6 years and and I do work with some motor clubs and I have to deal with this every single day and I swear I have tried so many times with google ads and invested so much and no results and got into Copart and did not go well we only did two tows and it was $84 for both and the headache for my driver and my self is not worth it. I only need tow calls now more cash I have mailed out on usps but that did not help. I have free google verified but not to much out of that, any advice you can give me ?
Stay safe in the cold 🥶
Get yourself a good website guy that can help you optimize your google listing. Thanks for watching
Doing motor club rates are good for volume and trying to retain them as further customers. They by a different brand car and it’s a different motor club, but they call you and submit the bill because they now know your reliable. Think about all the jump starts you did and billed and got paid for a tow? Sometimes it evens out. Don’t kill yourself trying to get every invoice paid in full
Love your vids. I'm getting out of over the road trucking and want to start towing. I'm curious what your opinion on repo is?
Now is the time to do repos because of the pandemic. Me personally, im not a fan of repo work unless its construction equipment like skid steers and excavators.
They will gladly pay a non agero provider ridiculous money via credit card when they can’t find anyone else. I drove from queens to Brewster for a 3 mile tow for 640 dollars prepaid by them. Tolls $125 to hook 4 dollars a mile almost 60 miles in route and the drive back and I believe we gave them a $40-50 break. because nobody was available and they were desperate. Agero gotta love em 🤦♂️ they will pay that but wouldn’t give a local company 100 bux smh.
They are ass backwards. I am out of Network now. They have been calling with Credit Cards non stop and paying so much better. I moved a box truck the other night for them 8 miles for $800. A contracted provider would of maybe got $200.
Onsite Towing and Recovery That sounds about right. Our Dispatcher made an announcement over the radio when they called the office. We knew it was payday everytime they called lmao 😂
Geico same thing.
Great vid and informative. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for watching
This is why we only do what’s convenient for us with agero, if their rate falls within our normal cash rates, we’ll do it but if it doesn’t, then we refuse the call
I wish the industry would just get it.
Anything over 10 miles I charge my rates on a credit card. goa fee is full price. Good vid
Thanks for watching
How do you charge for services accepting a credit card? I’m just getting started
@@A-Mafia313 You have to strong arm them for the CC and if they refused to pay with a CC, tell them to call someone else and to kick boulders.
mt90945557 I figured it out. I wanted to know what to use to run a cc. I use Square
D*** I'm looking at getting into towing It seems like pulling teeth But it still has to be better than digging ditches
You get what you put into it. Follow my advice in the videos and you ll be successful
so do you get cc payment before or after service rendered? If before how do you get paid for the extra? call back and recharge a cc or do you charge all at once at the end of services?
I take credit card before I roll. I charge such a high dollar amount that will cover the unexpected. Of course , I try to get as much info as I possibly can from the dispatchers.
@@towuniverse2443 thats right. If I feel ill get in over my head ill just say no. I dont really do them anymore. I love watching new guy get caught up in the whoring they make them do. I try to tell them but its like a right of passage and those crooks know it. They know a new guy is hard up for calls
When I started they were called cross country. When They changed names I thought it was shiesty so I flushed them.
your the best bro!
where else do get work then player? everyone who gets towed usually goes through there insurance huh?
I really push my retail side of things. When a club does call I price above retail with a fast ETA. You win some, you lose some. But you make the same amount of money , if not more, and run your truck less. I did a club call this morning with a CC over the phone. If I was to take that call on a PO at contracted rates, I would of had to send my truck out 3 times to make the same money as the call I took on CC at above retail rates.
@@towuniverse2443 …..Word.
We been stop taking po just credit cards
@@towuniverse2443 bro thank you for all the great information you're one of the best TH-camr out there's your perfect at explaining stuff such great information you should write a book or start charging for training I would definitely pay you should also get into the heavy diesel Towing and Recovery there's good money in that too I used to work for a towing company to a roadside service the semis but now I also want to start a toy company like you thank you for everything you do bro
Not entirely, Some do, A fair bit don't, you have police rotation, and customers to your shop, I could probably keep 1 or 2 trucks busy making a good paycheck just from police rotation and our customers, as well as any shops we do work for, but I don't only run 2 trucks so we don't only do that, In addition to that you can still go through motor clubs but as a non contracted provider, You call them up say "hey here are my rates you can make them my contracted rates and I will sign on or you can call me if you need me and i'll take a credit card" some companies you will be able to get pretty decent rates for a motor club, others will not accept it but will usually call you 1/10 times because they can't find any contracted provider to run said call and they will happily pay your rates with a credit card, The idea is to not grow too fast to need motor clubs to keep busy, If you can keep 1 or 2 trucks busy with non contracted motor clubs, police rotation, shops, and your customers that is the way you want to keep it, if you add more trucks you will likely need to take on more contracted work through motor clubs or auto auction services like copart, but you can have some room for negotiation or just doing non contracted work if you don't over commit with buying too many trucks, Right now i'm negotiating with copart because I have a few trucks to offer them and they called me needing more haulers, So i shot them a figure of 12-15 dollars higher per car than what their first rate sheet showed me, they started at 56 per car in our area, I'm shooting for about 70 per car for our zone, and 12-15 more for every other zone (every 10 or so miles is a zone higher, 1 being lowest and going up), but we don't need copart, we never have so we can negotiate and worst they can do is say no and we will go on our way.
What’s a motor club?
A motor club is a company that offers towing services through sub contractors or a mixture of their own trucks and sub contractors, Such as AAA, AAA does have their own trucks (which suck mind you) but they do a lot of their work through sub contractors, for example, you break down, you call AAA because you have basic membership, you get 5 miles covered by your membership, they send out a tow truck, It's not usually going to be a AAA truck although it could be it will most likely be a sub contractor, billys towing for example shows up, so you called AAA they sent billys towing, billys towing tows you, your 5 miles, AAA pays billys towing their contracted rates, And that is a motor club, Its a club of people who sign up for memberships for road side assistance and towing companies like this guys or mine, or any other towing company can sign up for contracted rates through these motor clubs to run calls for them, usually we get paid pennies on the dollar but we get higher call volume, So where as we might charge 75 to load and 3.50 a mile (my rates) they might pay 30 to load and 1 dollar a mile or something way lower but they will give you calls all day long because they have a much larger customer database than us. Some examples of motor clubs are AAA, Agero, Allstate, Geico, Swoop, etc, A lot of major insurance companies will offer roadside assistance through a motor club.
Most won't learn, just keep tolerating
100%
What's a motor club?
Motor clubs are insurance companies that supply a service to the members for vehicle roadside assistance, like AAA