Trailer Questions

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by BiigJuul, May 16, 2022.

  1. roundhouse

    roundhouse Road Train Member

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    You don’t have a truck not any experience in the trucking industry , but bought an old trailer with no plan on how to make
    Money with it ?

    why not buy a pizza oven or dentist chairs ?

    best way to profit is to get the trailer road ready and DOT annual inspection and sell
    It .
    If You bought it cheap enough you should be able to make some Money .
     
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  3. Brettj3876

    Brettj3876 Road Train Member

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    Sell it asap. Best advice you'll get
     
  4. Keepforgettingmypassword

    Keepforgettingmypassword Heavy Load Member

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    I never new flats could be rented. I slowly working my way in that direction. Being a rentie. I guess that what its called
     
  5. kranky1

    kranky1 Road Train Member

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    I do mostly contract industrial hauling, same as a lot of the people I work with. A good portion of it involves ports or shipper schedules. We all find ourselves up against getting stuff off the dock while you have a a crew of stevedores and a machine booked, or before demurrage starts. Or get it on trucks and out of your customers yard to their I use them for that a bit myself, but a lot of other people with the same headaches know those trailers are here. I don’t advertise them and they’re out more than not.
     
  6. blairandgretchen

    blairandgretchen Road Train Member

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    How much did you pay?
    Did you pull it first?
    What does it need to be road worthy?
     
  7. BiigJuul

    BiigJuul Bobtail Member

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    i paid around 8k for it. lol i dont even have a CDL. I am told its road worthy but still need it to be looked at (dont mind putting more money into it to get it going). Just need a point in the right direction on where to start.
     
  8. BiigJuul

    BiigJuul Bobtail Member

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    would it hurt if i start asking around and finding jobs for it? if so where do i start?
     
  9. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    Not sure what you mean by jobs?

    Aside from renting it out there's really nothing you can do with a trailer by itself. People who rent equipment usually run it into the ground too.
     
  10. Brettj3876

    Brettj3876 Road Train Member

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    Not to be mean or anything but there is no "finding jobs for a regular ole van" get rid of it. You can probably get your 8k back out of it if not a tad more if it's not shot.

    If you had a truck that's one thing, you could find power only loads but you literally have a trailer and nothing else. Short of renting it out for 400$ a month you have zilch
     
  11. Short Fuse EOD

    Short Fuse EOD Road Train Member

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    You have a 20 year old storage container
     
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