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rs and agricultural machinery users. ou give me some idea of the prices charge and my costings on the g?
to charge for cleaning vehicles and 7 owners' premises to a fit state " testing. 3-7 ton range; 7-15 ton nd vans up to 30cwt.
:ould you give me the weekly cost sting a petrol-engined Land-Rover ivan both excluding drivers' wages? what duty is payable on a 5-ton reakdown vehicle, not running on rtes?
impossible to lay down costings for hing and cleaning vehicles as these oust be arrived at by the addition of outgoings that such an operation That is to say depreciation of the plant, operator's wages, fuel or power letergents that may be needed, should together to give a gross figure of unt expended, which divided by the of vehicles cleaned gives the cost tion.
must be added your margin of profit and the resulting figure should be the total charge you must make to your customers.
The duty payable on a 5-ton breakdown vehicle run on ordinary registration would be calculated by the unladen weight of the vehicle on the goods vehicle taxation scale of charges. This operation needs a B licence.
A useful costing guide which you could use to determine the operating costs of your Land-Rover and Minivan is the Commercial Motor Tables of Operating Costs. From the Tables you can calculate all you need to know regarding the methods of costing your various operations. Do not, however, take the figures given therein as being completely in accordance with your own costs. You should merely utilize the systems laid down, substituting your own figures, i.e. overheads, fuel costs. wages, expenses etc.