Trailer Hire

[Andrew K]

Its the animals i,d be more concerned about!

 

[Big Ambitions]

Its the animals i,d be more concerned about!

Just a wee joke don’t worry!

 

[Steevo]

Third of a bag of sawdust on the floor, pressure washed and I’ve got disinfectant in a spray bottle. Wouldn’t even take ten minutes. £24 (take £3 for sawdust) so £21 for ten mins work, £126 an hour! I’ll take that any day

You’ve ignored the value of the asset you are hiring out....

Can I stay in your holiday let for a week or two for just the cost of you hoovering it and doing the dusting?!

 

[Big Ambitions]

You’ve ignored the value of the asset you are hiring out....

Can I stay in your holiday let for a week or two for just the cost of you hoovering it and doing the dusting?!

Of course you can sir! It would take me around 2 hours to do the cleaning (if I had one) . So on my £126 an hour rate that’ll be £252 a night

 

[Steevo]

Of course you can sir! It would take me around 2 hours to do the cleaning (if I had one) . So on my £126 an hour rate that’ll be £252 a night

I don't need it cleaned each night......if I stay for the year I'd say a 2hr clean at the end would do just fine.

 

[puppet]

Would it be worth risking disease in your own animals though? Others arent likely to be as picky as you when it comes down to best in class hygiene.

It leaves clean and comes back clean. Any extra cleaning is an extra charge. You can always spray some disinfectant just to make sure.
I think there would be a demand as long as you can tolerate some hassles.

 

[neilo]

good to know! Do you know how much their deposit is?

iirc our local hire place does an IW horse trailer for £70/day. I’ve hired a 12’ flatbed off them a couple of times at £30/day.

No deposit, but I have an account with them so might be different for cash customers? I do have to sign it in and out, where the small print makes me liable for cost of any repairs they feel like charging for.

I’m damned sure I wouldn’t hire a trailer out to anyone, but good luck with it.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I’d rather boil my testicles than hire a cattle trailer out...see so many with mudguards tied on with Charlie band, lights smashed and hanging off, dents everywhere.
plus it’s likely to never be see again

 

[David.]

I lent a tidy trailer once, came back with a lump in the roof where a beast had tried to launch over the tailgate.
Lesson learnt.

 

[simon-0116]

Punter turns up with pinched cloned cash card, fake I'd and your trailers gone for £25 . Not enough return for your time, never mind wear and tear on trailer.

 

[B R C]

Without going into the profitability aspect, I should think most hirers will be able to be checked out quite easily, and others you can take preauthorisation on credit card, whatever amount you like, passport photocopy on arrival.
Your main issue will be hirers not admitting any damage so you will have to take photos and/or video before each hire and inspect thoroughly on return.
You will need to inform your insurers and apart from premium going up they may tell you what details of the hirers you need.
I have a VW camper van and hired that out the first Summer and was fine, stopped now as cleaning it out wasn’t my favourite job and it meant we couldn’t just jump in it and use ourselves if it was on hire.

 

[Dry Rot]

It is monitoring and rectifying damage that would concern me. "Wasn't me, gov, it was like that when I picked it up". Yes, you could go round with a video camera but there are things the camera can't see. I, and others, can do things with video tape you wouldn't believe these days with some of the modern gadgets and software.

 

[Bald n Grumpy]

Assuming an 8x4 is over 750kg and has brakes who's responsible for making sure the hirer has necessary license? Would think the insurance would be void if involved in an accident with a driver without the correct license
Sounds a lot of hassle to me

 

[B R C]

That bit is easy, one of the questions on the hire form that the hirer signs. I wouldn’t hire by the hour, by the day is the only way otherwise people will be rushing and with trailers and animals that’s not good.
If would be easy to set up so try it and see if it works/is worth while.
Better off with horse trailer with a deck if that is possible then you have two types of customers....