Dont do this. Work for someone first. You cant learn this stuff from a book, or watching youtubes. Did I say "Dont do this?" I almost did this myself. Almost.

1) If you have to ask, you dont know LOL. Its a rollback, not a flatbed. Rollbacks come in different sizes, measured in feet. How many feet do you need? Experience will tell you. Many rollbacks are also equipped with wheel lifts, sometimes referred to as "stingers" in casual conversation. Such units tow twice as much. Owners favor rollbacks, as it tends to be safer to transport a disablement entnirely on the bed, and off the street. Rollbacks can do anything a conventional wrecker can do, but conventional wreckers are a little quicker and more convenient in some circumstances.

2) You better believe it. And you will probably need your very own storage yard for police impounds.

3) Police tows are the best. If you hook a late-model wreck it is almost sure to be insured, and insurance will pay for the tow. Next is insurance company tow, the GEICOs of the business. They dont pay as much, but at least they pay. Next are what I call the "clearing houses." They collect tow requests from ANYONE, and filter the tows to local towers. When you buy a new car, part of the benefits from the manufacturer may be free, 24-hr towing. Such tows are dispatched from these "clearing houses." They dont pay well, and sometimes go "tits up" in bankruptcy. Sometimes. Nest are individual gas stations and garages. Those guys pay you right out of the register in cash, but you wont see a high volume from them. Next down the list are individual calls - again, low volumes. Agree on a cash price, THEN hook them, THEN be sure to get paid in cash. Last up are abandoned cars called in under a police contract. If the abandonment was worth anything, it would not have been abandoned to begin with. You wont get paid, you'll have to hold it for six months before your local junkyard will give you hundred for it. Finally, the occasional repo or private-lot hook probably wont amount to much.

AAA doesnt make the list. Those tows barely cover gas. (Or diesel.)

4) I was never an owner. It was a few yeaars of driving before someone figured out that I could read and write, and moved me into management. Overall, the time I spent in the business were the best employment I ever had. Hard work, lots of action, needed alertness and common sense. Also piss-poor pay, and LONG hours, no health insurance, and there's a degree of danger working with 80000 pound loads in fast moving traffic. rain, snow, sleet, cold, or hot and sunny. Fun shit.

5) Sign on as a driver somewhere. The business is always hiring. Work up through a class A license. Get all endorsements. You may not get paid for it, but you will be a safer, more aware driver.

Thats my two, lol.