purchased a headache rack today

i got the headache rack in the picture for my truck, one step closer to hauling flatbed.

looked at a few used flatbed trailers today as well, but everything that had a attractive price was not very attractive. saw some trailers for 6-7k looked like they went threw a hurricane had a building land on top of them and then left to sit under saltwater for about a year...lol

not sure that ill even purchase a trailer right now. if i spend 10k or less on a flatbed i could do it cash but would cut into what i have set aside for operating expense and unexpected expenses starting out. I am leaning a bit towards leasing a trailer at first.

i spoke with mercer transportation today and they had mentioned having not only a trailer rental program but a trailer lease purchase plan as well, something else i might look into.

 

i am also thinking about possibility breaking down and going to a bank for a loan on a trailer. however so far everything has been cash money and trying to go into this debt free. however starting out with my own trailer does provide me a few more options as far as company's to go to work for.

 

Merritt headache rack 320328 comes with the chain hangers and boxes 1111.72 mounting kit 70.38 for a total of 1253.37 with tax out the door in the back of my pickup

i purchased it at wall work truck center in Bismarck nd. as they stock them no where else i checked did and prices were really close after the others calculated in there shipping charges ect.

 

logan
the truck i bought is a flat top freight liner fld 120 when i purchased it i had the intention of hauling tanker with it in the oil feild but things pretty much across the board are slow in the bakken right now. especially for a o/o truck which is why i have decided to haul flatbed.

Truck-n-tech
you make a good point, I know crst includes maintenance in there flatbed rental, unsure of the exact details with mercer, when they called me. when they called me i was on my way out the door to go look at some trailers, and at the advertised price i thought i was going to be buying one, till i saw them of course. so i just checked if they rented trailers and did not go into any other details.