have been looking into running my own vacume tanker. i need an licenes to do this. any advise or info on how to apply and for one or hiow much that cost would be great. im only speculating at the moment waying out all the options avaliable. any advise would be good thanks all.
Have a read through the link for a start mate. Should give you a good idea of what you need to do.
bazstan009:
Financial Standing | Transports FriendHave a read through the link for a start mate. Should give you a good idea of what you need to do.
Many thanks bazstan009,
Have a read through the fleet operators forum.
Silver_Surfer:
Have a read through the fleet operators forum.
not yet but will do. I’m not under any dreamy idears that its something viable. i relly am just speculating on alot of diffrent options. i think in the end thay will all be unacheavable. but its always worth looking at. learn somthing at the very least. im only looking at vacume tanking as somone i know dose do alrite out of it. hes an owner operator. dont get me wrong hes not a millonair, but he makes a tidy living. thats all im looking for too.
A spelling license might come in handy 
Serious point though…if you communicate with possible customers in that standard of “English”,I doubt that you’ll be taken seriously 
You’ll need £12000 in the bank before you so much as fill out a form.
Baggie:
A spelling license might come in handy
Licence is the correct spelling 
mrpj:
Baggie:
A spelling license might come in handyLicence is the correct spelling
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License..
Both will do 
Montmerency:
mrpj:
Baggie:
A spelling license might come in handyLicence is the correct spelling
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License..
Both will do
He could be dyslexic. So don’t be to hard on him.
Dave the Renegade:
Montmerency:
mrpj:
Baggie:
A spelling license might come in handyLicence is the correct spelling
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License..
Both will doHe could be dyslexic. So don’t be to hard on him.
thanks dave, you are quit right i am. i somtimes spel stuf wrong just to wind up thre teachers pets on here. 
Have a proper sit down chat with your mate that already does it, it may take SEVERAL cups of tea. Would you be stepping on his toes by doing the same as him or would you both be in a stronger position as you could have an informal partnership and be able to take on the bigger jobs. Have you thought about a road sweeper? There’s good money in it and if you have a big construction site near you they will keep you busy. I did small vacuum jobs with a sweeper, carwash pits was regular work also drain pots on private estates and works yards.
mucker85:
Have a proper sit down chat with your mate that already does it, it may take SEVERAL cups of tea. Would you be stepping on his toes by doing the same as him or would you both be in a stronger position as you could have an informal partnership and be able to take on the bigger jobs. Have you thought about a road sweeper? There’s good money in it and if you have a big construction site near you they will keep you busy. I did small vacuum jobs with a sweeper, carwash pits was regular work also drain pots on private estates and works yards.[/quotei hadnt thought much about sweepers to be honest, the guy i know whos doing vacume tank work lives in another county to me, so not to much a confilict of intrests there. i relly didnt think there would be much call for privet sweeper hire ! would be glad to hear more about that, how long were you doing it ? what kind of money did you charge ? many thanks for the feed back.
I was only driving sweepers and never got involved with the money. What I do know is the boss said he made a lot of money out of it. Have you done the job on tankers? do you know what your business costs are? How much are tipping fees?
I haven’t looked at all the costs involved yet. I’m compiling a list of cost at the moment. O license, waits carry licene, cost of tipping waist, cost of running the lorry, insurance the list is endless then i’ll double the total end cost as these things always do cost double what you think thay will. A secound hand rig is £10,000 to 20,000 more or less, I think another £10,000 put by just for unexpected truck repairs break down ECG. Then another £10,000 for operating costs. Be lucky to get things set up for under £40,000. Like I say I’m just looking at all the diffrent roads there are to go down.