CoolRide
Active Member
Hello all!
Hope this is the right spot to ask this, if not I do appologize.
I helped a friend of mine move this last fall and he ended up with a huge pile of junk in his yard (old washers, carpet, tires, etc) and since he didnt have a pickup I looked in the yellow pages for him for a debris hauling service and called the ONE in there. He was six weeks out!
Since that time my wife and I have been talking about starting a small biz hauling limbs, old water heaters, and such.
I was looking for a 2 ton flat bed with a dump for a few weeks, but souldnt find anything around here, so last Sat. we got to talking and decided to just buy a full size pickup cheap, put a name on it and see how things go.
So I did, found a 78 gmc flatbed, racks, 4x4 within 3 blocks of my house. $800 I offered $500 and drove it to the shop that Im having it serviced at (needs brakes, and tune)
Called L+I they said I dont need anything from them as Im not involved with construction.
Got my state license, and insurence for my pu. Ordered buisness cards.
Called all the local contractors in the book (17 of em) and told them about my new service, IE that I will be doing construction site cleanup and asked if they would be interested in my number. Everyone of them said YES! (This makes me feel a little better) Told them I charge $40 hr plus dump fees and they said that sounds fine.
When I get my business cards I will take them to the local realtors and ask If I may leave a few with them. Should make their job a little easier having a card to hand to a landlord who just got left with a lot of junk.
I have not been able to find any work around here (putting in apps) for the last two years so Im not doing anything anyway. I am paying cash for what little I need up front so Im not going into hawk to start out.
Anybody have any more information or thoughts on what else I can do to make this work?
I sure appreciate any help and your time!
Sam
Fly-By-Night-Hauling
Hope this is the right spot to ask this, if not I do appologize.
I helped a friend of mine move this last fall and he ended up with a huge pile of junk in his yard (old washers, carpet, tires, etc) and since he didnt have a pickup I looked in the yellow pages for him for a debris hauling service and called the ONE in there. He was six weeks out!
Since that time my wife and I have been talking about starting a small biz hauling limbs, old water heaters, and such.
I was looking for a 2 ton flat bed with a dump for a few weeks, but souldnt find anything around here, so last Sat. we got to talking and decided to just buy a full size pickup cheap, put a name on it and see how things go.
So I did, found a 78 gmc flatbed, racks, 4x4 within 3 blocks of my house. $800 I offered $500 and drove it to the shop that Im having it serviced at (needs brakes, and tune)
Called L+I they said I dont need anything from them as Im not involved with construction.
Got my state license, and insurence for my pu. Ordered buisness cards.
Called all the local contractors in the book (17 of em) and told them about my new service, IE that I will be doing construction site cleanup and asked if they would be interested in my number. Everyone of them said YES! (This makes me feel a little better) Told them I charge $40 hr plus dump fees and they said that sounds fine.
When I get my business cards I will take them to the local realtors and ask If I may leave a few with them. Should make their job a little easier having a card to hand to a landlord who just got left with a lot of junk.
I have not been able to find any work around here (putting in apps) for the last two years so Im not doing anything anyway. I am paying cash for what little I need up front so Im not going into hawk to start out.
Anybody have any more information or thoughts on what else I can do to make this work?
I sure appreciate any help and your time!
Sam
Fly-By-Night-Hauling