What goes on a towing quote
A quote fits a planned move: a non-runner going to a buyer, an auction car, a project being delivered. Everything is known in advance, nothing is urgent, and the customer is usually comparing you with two others on price alone.
- Collection and delivery addresses, with dates
- The vehicle: make, model, and whether it rolls, steers and brakes
- The equipment the price assumes
- The fixed price, and whether it includes the return leg
- What happens if the vehicle is not where it should be, or will not load
- Insurance in transit, and what it actually covers
- Payment terms, and both names
The sample line items and example prices this sheet opens with are on the towing invoice template — the same table, which is about the trade rather than about this paper, so it lives in one place rather than on all six. Working out the price itself? The markup calculator turns your cost and markup into the figure to put on the quote, and shows the margin it leaves.
What you get
A PDF, and a link your customer can open in any browser. Word and Excel versions are not available yet — if a spreadsheet is what you need, this is not yet the tool for it, and saying so is cheaper for both of us than you finding out after typing everything in.
Pick how it looks
Six looks, from a plain classic sheet through a bold top band to a shop ticket, and your initials go on automatically until you upload a logo. See all six.
How to send it
Most customers want the paper on their phone, so the quote goes out by WhatsApp, text or email, or as a link that needs no app and no account on their side. Or download the PDF to print it or keep it for your own records.
Questions
What should a transport quote say about insurance?
What it covers and for how much. A customer sending a car across three states is handing something valuable to a stranger, and “insured” means nothing on its own. A figure and a short description of the cover will win work against a cheaper quote that says less.
What if the car will not load?
Name it on the quote, with a rate. Non-running cars described as “rolls fine” routinely have seized brakes or a flat that will not take air, and a wasted trip with a winch is a real cost. One line about what happens then turns a loss into a conversation.