Towing Company input evidence register

These notes explain the opening budget, annual forecast and calculator assumptions. Linked sources provide the support described in each note; they do not necessarily confirm the selected amounts. Check scenario assumptions against local quotes and operating records.

• Model assumption

  Applies to: Total opening budget · Lower opening budget · Upper opening budget · Two staged used light-duty rollback trucks · Securement, recovery, traffic-control and safety equipment · Yard, office and communications setup · Licenses, training, insurance and operating deposits · Dispatch software, website, marketing and administration · Working-capital and truck-downtime reserve

  Authored staged two-truck opening allocation. Official startup, licensing and registration sources establish categories and requirements but do not verify used truck prices, insurance, yard, equipment or reserve.

  U.S. Small Business Administration · Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation · Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• Model assumption

  Applies to: Revenue (Years 1–5)

  Authored completed-call path. Year three is 5 calls × $350 × 6 days × 50 weeks. Official industry data establish context but not local call volume, mix, rate or collection.

  U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Census Bureau
• Model assumption

  Applies to: Route fuel, tolls, card fees and call-linked service costs (Years 1–5)

  Authored 30% pool for route fuel, tolls, merchant fees and call-linked cost. Replace it with truck, route, vendor, claim and payment records.

  Occupational Safety and Health Administration · Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• Model assumption

  Applies to: Paid owner-operator, tow operator and employer costs (Years 1–5)

  Authored paid owner-operator and employee-operator schedule with employer-cost allowance. National occupational pay and federal payroll-tax guidance are context only. An illustrative mature roster allocates $75,000 to paid owner/dispatch/operator work and $65,000 to the employee operator, plus a selected $40,000 employer-cost and relief allowance, totaling $180,000. Two 40-hour schedules over 50 weeks provide 4,000 paid hours before dispatch, maintenance, administration and leave; local overtime, insurance, benefits and relief need quotes.

  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · Internal Revenue Service
• Model assumption

  Applies to: Trucks, insurance, yard, repairs, dispatch, marketing and overhead (Years 1–5)

  Authored truck, insurance, yard, repair, dispatch, marketing and administration schedule. It is not a local quote or dated cash forecast.

  U.S. Small Business Administration · Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation · Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Model assumption

  Applies to: Retained sale per completed towing or roadside call (base scenario) · Retained sale per completed towing or roadside call (lower sensitivity) · Retained sale per completed towing or roadside call (upper sensitivity) · Route-wide completed calls per dispatch day (base scenario) · Route-wide completed calls per dispatch day (lower sensitivity) · Route-wide completed calls per dispatch day (upper sensitivity) · Trading days per week (base scenario) · Trading days per week (lower sensitivity) · Trading days per week (upper sensitivity) · Monthly fixed operating costs · Contribution margin · Opening sales as a share of mature volume · Monthly increase toward mature volume · Forecast horizon (months)

  Authored completed-call break-even bridge. The $350 retained sale, five calls, 70% contribution, fixed cost and ramp must reconcile to dispatch, truck hours, miles, claims and collection. The 50-week annual calendar has 300 dispatch days and needs about 4.08 daily calls at mature costs, while the 4.33-week monthly tool shows about 3.93. At an illustrative two all-in operator-hours per call, 1,500 annual calls use 3,000 hours; longer scenes or the six-to-eight-call sensitivity need additional paid cover. No source verifies the assumed duration or throughput.

  U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · Occupational Safety and Health Administration