EMERGENCY MONEY DISCUSSION:

Discussion in 'LTL and Local Delivery Trucking Forum' started by Russian Rabbit, Apr 2, 2020.

  1. Redtwin

    Redtwin Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Aug 17, 2012
    Messages:
    5,526
    Thanks Received:
    7,710
    Location:
    PBC, FL
    0
    Umm, hard pass.

    Them vans sure look nice and new, but I don't want to be paying for one
     
    TokyoJoe, Texas_hwy_287 and Mike2633 Thank this.
  2. Mike2633

    Mike2633 Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Jun 14, 2013
    Messages:
    6,461
    Thanks Received:
    25,990
    Location:
    At Home on The West Side
    0
    What I think maybe the case is an entrepreneur guy or gal will buy 3-4 routes from Amazon and then hire drivers to work the routes. Amazon seems to follow the old RPS business model of doing things. I know they look like they are employees, but I'm not totally sure that's the 100% case.
     
  3. Mike2633

    Mike2633 Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Jun 14, 2013
    Messages:
    6,461
    Thanks Received:
    25,990
    Location:
    At Home on The West Side
    0
    A bunch of new ones popped up in our yard at my work they appeared overnight must be 70 of them. All brand new. There system I think is a lot like FedEx ground.
     
    Texas_hwy_287, Redtwin and Cardfan89 Thank this.
  4. Russian Rabbit

    Russian Rabbit Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Jan 3, 2016
    Messages:
    1,719
    Thanks Received:
    1,636
    0
    Thanks. Let's all keep this thread going.

    i have to go to sleep soon, because, miraculously i'm still working..........but probably not for long.
     
    Mike2633 and Western flyer Thank this.
  5. clausland

    clausland Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Dec 5, 2014
    Messages:
    1,933
    Thanks Received:
    11,068
    Location:
    North Woods
    0
    Not sure what you're doing with all those leaves, but, if you shred 'em up good, pile them and let them breakdown for a year or so, you'll have some real good soil additive to bag and sell to the backyard gardeners that you're picking them up from.

    Also, contact your local tree trimmers and see if they'll dump their chips in a pile for you too. They're probably having to pay to dump them somewhere now. These will take longer to breakdown to soil, but when it does, it is real good also. These can also be sold for mulch by the bag or pick-up load.

    We have a lot of sawmills where we are, and I've toyed with the idea of buying a descent hydraulic feed chipper to chip up the mountains of slabwood that I can get for nothing. Problem is, around here not much demand for bagged mulch/chips, as it's more of a city or suburbia thing.
     
  6. Sirscrapntruckalot

    Sirscrapntruckalot Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Sep 10, 2013
    Messages:
    2,687
    Thanks Received:
    18,199
    Location:
    OBX....a sandbar off the coast of NC.
    0
    There is an older guy in my neighborhood here on the sandbar. Not many houses in it, maybe...15..20? He does just about everyone's yard. 20 bucks. All he does is mow. Most these people have come through every week. He's making an easy 200+ every week. No hard work. He jumps on his mower, rides to the first house, does this thing an continues on.

    The lawn companies down here charge a crazy amount. Last time I had one, they quoted me 70 bucks. I laughed. At the time I lived 2 streets over from the beach an ocean. It wasn't a large lot, under an acre, probably closer to half of one. Not much grass but enough to need it mowed.

    I spent 50 bucks for a mower on CL. Have used it for the last..8 or so years. Now that I'm on bigger piece of land, an a lot more grass...I still love saving all that money.

    Anyhow the point...You can make decent money doing the lawn thing, or pressure washing, or like the fella a few posts above..leaf removal.

    Find a service you can provide an run with it. You might be surprised at what folks will pay for.

    Good luck, always good to have another way to make money.

    Sirscrapntruckalot - Don't be a Corona Salesman. ;)
     
  7. Capacity

    Capacity Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Jul 28, 2019
    Messages:
    1,499
    Thanks Received:
    3,119
    Location:
    Neenah Wi
    0
    My Schwans home delivery guy said he can't keep up , maybe those drivers will finally get there due.
    BTW the South Koreans bought Schwans.
     
  8. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Apr 26, 2013
    Messages:
    22,789
    Thanks Received:
    157,416
    Location:
    Gettin' down westbound
    0
    What the hell job sites are u delivering to ? There aint a jobsite open up and down the west coast . flatbed is going to be the first part of trucking to hit the ####ter
     
  9. ChaoSS

    ChaoSS Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Sep 20, 2014
    Messages:
    3,338
    Thanks Received:
    6,758
    0
    Keep in mind that every state has different quarantine rules and enforcement, and that some states have none at this point.

    Here in California they are still working on road and I believe the rail projects.
     
    Texas_hwy_287, D.Tibbitt and Mike2633 Thank this.
  10. jmz

    jmz Road Train Member

    Joined:
    Mar 9, 2018
    Messages:
    1,220
    Thanks Received:
    2,893
    Location:
    Great Plains
    0
    $15-$18/hr. It's not worth it.
     
    Redtwin, Mike2633 and D.Tibbitt Thank this.