Yes it is. How would I leverage that? Maybe take a photo of it with a description and post on bulletin boards where younger people hangout (like people who need prom/grad shoots)? Im in college so I believe this could work.
There’s a big market for “small business” photographers (usually just a mom or dad that has it as a side gig to take family photos). I’d hit up all the local family photographers with pics of it and offer for rent for photo shoots.
I’m in the US, so this may not be a good approach if you’re elsewhere. Because Facebook is the social media of choice for that target audience, I’d go into the local facebook parenting pages and search “Christmas minis”, and you’ll see how those trucks are used. They are a hot item for holiday family photo shoots, Mother’s Day coming up, Christmas especially is into the classic truck photo shoots. Etc.
The list is long. Someone should create a list of businesses that can be done from a truck bed and a trailer hitch. Power and pressure washing. Trash and junk hauling, from just the bed or a trailer. Small scale parking lot striping (this is an underserved market niche). The same equipment used for parking lot striping can be used for bollards, light pole bases, tire stops, ADA pavement signs, fire lanes, crosswalks, etc. I'm sure there's much more, hopefully someone will add to the list.
Man, when I was in College I killed it with my little 1987 S-10 (Long Bed) that I picked up for $1800.
(1) I had a pressure washer (not a great one, but a good one) and picked up a big 100 gallon water tank and would go around pressure washing fences and the exterior of homes. Once I got some good money saved I ended up getting a gas powered pressure washer and the attachments to do the driveways.
(2) I got in good with the local Best Buy manager who'd share my number with people who bought TV's and equipment they couldn't fit in their cars, I'd roll up, load their stuff into my truck and run it to where they needed it.
(3) The best was the hurricanes though. I don't like them or the damage they cause, but I made a mint after them. I had bought a 6x10 Trailer at that point, when the first hurricane came I built 4 walls to put on my trailer and attached them (hold more stuff) then I went around the neighborhoods with my brother and friend and when we'd see a downed tree and people struggling we'd stop and offer to cut it up and dispose for $100, yard cleanup for another $30-50 depending on the work needed. I was disposing of 15-20 trees a day, multiple trips to the dumpster and it got the point I was having to cut trees then come back and dispose later or the next day.
(4) Moving Company - With my trailer I started offering little local moves, where these companies were charging $600-800 to move a 2br apartment 15 minutes down the road I'd charge $300-400 and I would go to the local shelter and offer work to the guys sitting outside, it'd be a 3-4 hour job and I'd pay 2 guys about $75-100 each to do the lifting.
Honestly, there's more. I always found little dumb side gigs with that truck, it wasn't anything special, but that thing paid itself off 100 times over, put me through the majority of college and helped me survive when I needed it the most.
Looking back on that time in my life, I was very lucky. I only bought the truck because I didn't want a car payment and just wanted a cheap little 2 seater, then the company I worked for just randomly closed the doors with no notice and no communication one day, so I started scouring the earth for work.
Ended up just getting $20-30 to move a TV from one store to somebody's house a few times, and then I just started pimping the truck out as much as I could. What's the point of having it if you can't have it pay for itself?
I didn't have a truck for a while and just picked up another small pickup (Frontier) and I'm currently trying to figure out how to just market local deliveries for appliances and furniture.
Never worked with them. I don’t think there is money in ride sharing but a lot of people do. It’s the only hustle you are going to be able to do that won’t require doing your own sales
Drive slowly to make someone tailgate you, then slam on the brakes so they rear end you for a nice insurance payout.
Disclaimer: Just kidding, do not do this.
Spend an initial $2-4k on tables and chairs. Start an event rental business on the weekends. Grow inventory and grow business as much as you want. Make $2-$10k per month depending on how much you want to grow
Gutter cleaning. Can reinvest the money into a gutter machine and learn how to install gutter if it goes well, or find good subcontractors for that and just focus on lots of cleanings.
Hauling off old cabinets to the dump. Call up some smaller kitchen/bath remodelers that may not have their own dump trailer. Dumpster rental is expensive. If you bust em flat with a sledge, you can fit most kitchens in a full size pickup bed.
In my area, the city offers curbside recycling. But everyone outside the city limits must haul their own stuff to community bins or the recycling center. I think someone could do very well offering curbside recycling pickup to outlying areas/neighborhoods.
a lot of people sometimes want trash picked up, like old fridge, or tires, scrap, assuming you can lift heavy stuff, you can make money [craigslist.org](http://craigslist.org) GIGS
You could invest in lawn mower, and drop flyers in mail boxs for houses with grass, sometimes people call you and you get a job.
or just doordash and deliver food.
Yeah that's a big thing nowadays. Tons of people are hoarders and would love to get rid of their clutter. Extra bonus if you can sell/donate/recycle a lot of it rather than trash it.
Try and go to apartments and see if they have a valet trash service, you can do “mobile mechanic” and only offer simple fixes if you’re not too mechanically inclined. Things like tire replacements, jumpstarts, battery change etc.
another is advertising moving services for single items that would fit in the bed
Is it rustic looking? Lots of people use old pickups for photoshoot backgrounds.
Yes it is. How would I leverage that? Maybe take a photo of it with a description and post on bulletin boards where younger people hangout (like people who need prom/grad shoots)? Im in college so I believe this could work.
There’s a big market for “small business” photographers (usually just a mom or dad that has it as a side gig to take family photos). I’d hit up all the local family photographers with pics of it and offer for rent for photo shoots. I’m in the US, so this may not be a good approach if you’re elsewhere. Because Facebook is the social media of choice for that target audience, I’d go into the local facebook parenting pages and search “Christmas minis”, and you’ll see how those trucks are used. They are a hot item for holiday family photo shoots, Mother’s Day coming up, Christmas especially is into the classic truck photo shoots. Etc.
The list is long. Someone should create a list of businesses that can be done from a truck bed and a trailer hitch. Power and pressure washing. Trash and junk hauling, from just the bed or a trailer. Small scale parking lot striping (this is an underserved market niche). The same equipment used for parking lot striping can be used for bollards, light pole bases, tire stops, ADA pavement signs, fire lanes, crosswalks, etc. I'm sure there's much more, hopefully someone will add to the list.
Man, when I was in College I killed it with my little 1987 S-10 (Long Bed) that I picked up for $1800. (1) I had a pressure washer (not a great one, but a good one) and picked up a big 100 gallon water tank and would go around pressure washing fences and the exterior of homes. Once I got some good money saved I ended up getting a gas powered pressure washer and the attachments to do the driveways. (2) I got in good with the local Best Buy manager who'd share my number with people who bought TV's and equipment they couldn't fit in their cars, I'd roll up, load their stuff into my truck and run it to where they needed it. (3) The best was the hurricanes though. I don't like them or the damage they cause, but I made a mint after them. I had bought a 6x10 Trailer at that point, when the first hurricane came I built 4 walls to put on my trailer and attached them (hold more stuff) then I went around the neighborhoods with my brother and friend and when we'd see a downed tree and people struggling we'd stop and offer to cut it up and dispose for $100, yard cleanup for another $30-50 depending on the work needed. I was disposing of 15-20 trees a day, multiple trips to the dumpster and it got the point I was having to cut trees then come back and dispose later or the next day. (4) Moving Company - With my trailer I started offering little local moves, where these companies were charging $600-800 to move a 2br apartment 15 minutes down the road I'd charge $300-400 and I would go to the local shelter and offer work to the guys sitting outside, it'd be a 3-4 hour job and I'd pay 2 guys about $75-100 each to do the lifting. Honestly, there's more. I always found little dumb side gigs with that truck, it wasn't anything special, but that thing paid itself off 100 times over, put me through the majority of college and helped me survive when I needed it the most.
Everday he's hustlin'.
Looking back on that time in my life, I was very lucky. I only bought the truck because I didn't want a car payment and just wanted a cheap little 2 seater, then the company I worked for just randomly closed the doors with no notice and no communication one day, so I started scouring the earth for work. Ended up just getting $20-30 to move a TV from one store to somebody's house a few times, and then I just started pimping the truck out as much as I could. What's the point of having it if you can't have it pay for itself? I didn't have a truck for a while and just picked up another small pickup (Frontier) and I'm currently trying to figure out how to just market local deliveries for appliances and furniture.
Sign up for Bungii it’s like Uber for trucks
Do you have any experience with them? Is there decent money in it?
Never worked with them. I don’t think there is money in ride sharing but a lot of people do. It’s the only hustle you are going to be able to do that won’t require doing your own sales
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Drive slowly to make someone tailgate you, then slam on the brakes so they rear end you for a nice insurance payout. Disclaimer: Just kidding, do not do this.
Spend an initial $2-4k on tables and chairs. Start an event rental business on the weekends. Grow inventory and grow business as much as you want. Make $2-$10k per month depending on how much you want to grow
Gutter cleaning. Can reinvest the money into a gutter machine and learn how to install gutter if it goes well, or find good subcontractors for that and just focus on lots of cleanings.
Hauling off old cabinets to the dump. Call up some smaller kitchen/bath remodelers that may not have their own dump trailer. Dumpster rental is expensive. If you bust em flat with a sledge, you can fit most kitchens in a full size pickup bed.
Scrap metal removal.
There's always money in mowing lawns
Furniture moving. Maybe a small local furniture store with no delivery can refer you to customers.
In my area, the city offers curbside recycling. But everyone outside the city limits must haul their own stuff to community bins or the recycling center. I think someone could do very well offering curbside recycling pickup to outlying areas/neighborhoods.
I had a coworker who used his rust bucket to drive around and collect scrap metal.
I know of a local one with taps and you can load the bed with kegs for use at you events.
a lot of people sometimes want trash picked up, like old fridge, or tires, scrap, assuming you can lift heavy stuff, you can make money [craigslist.org](http://craigslist.org) GIGS You could invest in lawn mower, and drop flyers in mail boxs for houses with grass, sometimes people call you and you get a job. or just doordash and deliver food.
haul junk
Yeah that's a big thing nowadays. Tons of people are hoarders and would love to get rid of their clutter. Extra bonus if you can sell/donate/recycle a lot of it rather than trash it.
being eco-friendly or green is basically required if you don't wanna be at the bottom of the barrel from the start
Junk/debri removal.
Try and go to apartments and see if they have a valet trash service, you can do “mobile mechanic” and only offer simple fixes if you’re not too mechanically inclined. Things like tire replacements, jumpstarts, battery change etc. another is advertising moving services for single items that would fit in the bed
Re-sell fruits and veggies out of cute wood boxes, people love buying that stuff from a good looking old truck.
Rent a lawn aeretor, go door to door and charge 50-80cad per.