With so many states regulating towing rates, why not profit from money left on the ground?
Twenty-one years ago I opened an auto body repair shop. We were growing every day, picking up work from insurance companies, fleet companies, and regular walk-in traffic. We were hiring and utilizing other towing services to pick up and deliver our customers’ vehicles to our repair shop weekly. While sitting there looking at the books one day, I realized that there was something missing in my business that could be very profitable.
TOWING: After researching the towing industry, I realized what I needed to do in my area. I purchased a rollback and a wrecker and got the wheels rolling. We got on all rotations in our area and picked up every customer we could, not by cheap rates, but by providing great quality service. Once the towing business started to grow, I purchased a heavy wrecker and started to work accidents, transport and recovery of 18-wheelers and heavier equipment. Though I so loved the process and profits of towing, I was still looking for more. After working several large truck wrecks, I began to notice I was still missing out on a very profitable business.
ENVIRONMENTAL: The environmental business goes hand in hand with the towing business. You are already on scene, so let’s make some money! Most every accident scene, be it a car, truck, 18-wheeler, dump truck etc., has some type of leakage or spillage. Whether it’s fuel, oil, gas, anti-freeze, or even the load itself, it has to be cleaned up and disposed of properly. You can start in the environmental industry with a small budget, and it will provide you great rewards, financially. Most of the time, towing companies are putting absorbents down and scooping them up, throwing money away. Let me show you how to turn what you are throwing away into money. Not only will this allow you to utilize your employees, trucks, and equipment more efficiently, but will also make a nice profit while doing so. You can target so many areas in the environmental business and use it to help draw customers to your towing business as well. Whether it is an insurance company, a gas and oil company, a trucking company, or just your regular everyday customer, your own environmental business will reward you in so many ways.
Darryl Birdsong
Birdsong Environmental Solutions Incorporated
501-940-2978