3.3 – Items & Item Templates on Host: Extras Menu on Driver Device Items are extra charges not known at time of dispatching, such as winching (in combination with a tow), absorbent use, dollies, or mileage price adjustments (frequently used to accommodate tiered motor club mileage rates to collect additional $ per mile that don’t fit with Ranger’s 3-tier price/mile in the Pricing Template). HD customers may also use items and item templates for additional labor or HD equipment required for a recovery, for example. Items with differing prices are grouped and given a name as Item Templates, e.g., LD Towing Extras, and then attached to a pricing template(s), which can then be assigned to an Account(s).

Item pricing is extremely flexible, and can be calculated with limited driver input. Rates can be incremented in minutes (1, 15, 30…) or in hours (.25, .50, 0.75, 1…) or by a generic “unit.”

The examples below illustrate the mathematics logic for Extras with simple rates (driver inputs quantity), flat rate (driver taps to add), or tiered rates (either input by driver or calculated by Ranger “status”).

Simple rate per unit (e.g., # bags of absorbent @ $20/bag):

1. Type of units=Custom
2. Units=bag(s)
3. One rate line with rate per unit=20, no limit filled in

Flat rate extra (e.g., dolly is $20):

1. Rate type=Per unit
2. Type of units=Custom
3. Units=anything
4. Minimum rate=$20
5. One rate line with rate per unit=0, no limit filled in

Winch with two rates (e.g., minimum $30 for first 15 minutes, $60/hour thereafter):

1. Type of units=Custom
2. Units=minutes
3. Minimum charge=30
4. Increment price every=? (e.g., 15 means increment charge every 15 minutes)
5. Rate line 1:

Order=10 Rate=0 (e.g., $0/minute) Limit=15

1. Rate line 2:

Order=20 (e.g., any number greater than line 1 order) Rate=1 (e.g., $1/minute) Limit is empty

Winch with included time (e.g., first 15 minutes included, $60/hour thereafter):

1. Type of units=Custom
2. Units=minutes
3. Minimum charge=empty
4. Increment price every=? (e.g., 15 means increment charge every 15 minutes)
5. Rate line 1:

Order=10 Rate=0 (e.g., $0/minute) Limit=15

1. Rate line 2:

Order=20 (e.g., any number greater than line 1 order) Rate=1 (e.g., $1/minute) Limit is empty