Gravel hauling can be a very profitable business if you know what you are doing.  In order to rock a good living in the industry, it’s important to have three vital factors in place – a market, a source, and a Dump Truck.

Marking the Market

Knowing the gravel hauling industry of the location you are hoping to work from is imperative.  It’s not uncommon for a given area to be “sewn up” which makes it difficult for newcomers to get a piece of the action.  While not altogether impossible, you’ll need an extra edge (such as extremely competitive prices or an added service) in order to breakthrough.

Surprisingly, rural areas can be the easiest to enter into when it comes to gravel hauling.  Small town native Tim Spor recently purchased a Dump Truck because he is [...]

 

 

Times are changing and so are the homes people are living in.  The current uncertain economy has opened the door for many to adopt a new, more minimalistic, way of thinking.  Enter…the tiny house on wheels.

Tiny House Talk

Tiny houses aren’t new.  In the past decade, they have become more popular.  But there has always been the problem of how to get them to and from their destination.  Some creative souls have solved that issue.  They are putting the tiny homes ON wheels – flatbed trailers, to be exact. 

Tiny homes can be purchased on a lot or they can be built to personalized specifications.  They can be hoisted onto the flatbed of a truck, or they can be custom built right onto the truck bed.  Most homes come prewired for electricity [...]

If you want to take your landscape business to the next level, you’ll need a Landscape Flatbed Truck to accommodate your ambitions.   The more specialized your landscape Truck is, the more efficiently it can serve your needs, and therefore, the broader your scope of landscape work will be able to be.

What is a Landscape Truck with a Tree Bar?

A Landscape Truck is a cab with a flatbed trailer attached.  Landscape Trucks are typically found in Light and Medium-Duty versions.  The size of a truck a landscape company elects to go with generally depends upon the nature of their specific services and the amount of work they do.

The Flatbed Trucks used in a Landscape Truck are equipped with various feature options.  Some have tall stake-bed sides to encase trees, plants, materials, and landscaping tools.  There are Landscape [...]

If you are in search of a great new Day Cab, check out this beauty.  It has it all from a manual transmission to boasting a mere 50 miles.

Slide on into the spacious black seated, non-sleeper cab area and get behind the wheel.  You’ll have all the power you need with the Paccar MX-13 (MX-13 455@1600 1650@900) engine that is extremely durable and reliable.  The VSL Expiration Distance is N717 0. 

This truck is standard length so you can easily get in and out of anywhere eighteen-wheelers travel.  It’s a powerhouse workhorse, able to get the job done.

The LRSL Speed Limit is N718 155 [...]

 

It’s no big deal to walk into your local auto part store to buy a battery for your Buick or to grab a quart of oil for your Olds.  When it comes to purchasing parts for your Dump Truck, however, you’re going to need help finding the exact item you need, you’ll most likely require some service as well.  Here are some terrific tips so you get you on the right track when it’s time to get parts and service on your Commercial Truck.

Plan Ahead

When making the initial purchase on your new or used Commercial Truck, find out if the dealership sells parts and offers service.  If not, ask who they recommend or go elsewhere.  It’s always a good move to go with a dealership that sells and services Commercial Truck parts because some makes [...]

Are you thinking about quitting your day job for a better day job – like maybe the kind that’s done done out of a Day Cab?  If the numbers just in from the Bureau of Labor Statistics are any indication, you might just be making the best decision of your life.

The recent Corona-19 pandemic was proof that no matter what the economy has in store, there will always be a need for truck drivers.  Even drivers whose main transport and delivery jobs were interrupted were, in many cases, able to switch over to deliver essential goods. 

Preliminary numbers announced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics state disclose that trucking jobs were only down slightly in March which was one of the toughest months in the COVID-19 catastrophe.  Many other industries suffered huge job losses.

Advantages of Truck Driving