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zmister11

For the people who cut lawns for a living, what do yall do when your truck breaks down and can't be fixed for a week or so? Have a spare truck? Use a buddys? Rent one? Idk if u haul will let anyone do that for lawn care


#2

exotion

exotion

I would use my father in laws 1989 Ford f250 beat to hell but would would wonders. Or I would rent a truck u-haul truck for 5 days not bad..


#3

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zmister11

exotion said:
I would use my father in laws 1989 Ford f250 beat to hell but would would wonders. Or I would rent a truck u-haul truck for 5 days not bad..
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Yeah Idk if they will let me rent one being 20 years old


#4

Carscw

Carscw

This falls under the rule of have two or more of everything.

For what you would spend to rent a truck for two weeks you can buy a old truck for a grand to have as a back up.


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Carmineb48

my parents had a moving and furniture business, always had at least 2 trucks.
I started with a 2000 Chevy 1500 and used my fathers Ford Diesal van as backup,
in 2007, ended up buying a Ford F350 Dually at an auction for 5G in 2008 as my back up truck.

had a lady run a stop sign and total my chevy.. andthe 350 ATE profits in fuel.
Traded a customer a year service for a 99 Ford 150 with 325,000 miles lol!! it lasted me
3 years, currently sitting in my driveway in need of a fuel pump.

Currently havea 2013 chevy Silvrdado as primary, that I hate using as it is a nice truck..
and I bought my son a 2003 GMC Sonoma as his truck and my back up. Sold the 350 and
planning on fixing F150 this fall and beat that thing until it falls apart!!


#6

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zmister11

Carmineb48 said:
my parents had a moving and furniture business, always had at least 2 trucks.
I started with a 2000 Chevy 1500 and used my fathers Ford Diesal van as backup,
in 2007, ended up buying a Ford F350 Dually at an auction for 5G in 2008 as my back up truck.

had a lady run a stop sign and total my chevy.. andthe 350 ATE profits in fuel.
Traded a customer a year service for a 99 Ford 150 with 325,000 miles lol!! it lasted me
3 years, currently sitting in my driveway in need of a fuel pump.

Currently havea 2013 chevy Silvrdado as primary, that I hate using as it is a nice truck..
and I bought my son a 2003 GMC Sonoma as his truck and my back up. Sold the 350 and
planning on fixing F150 this fall and beat that thing until it falls apart!!
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Dang well that's nice lol


#7

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zmister11

Carscw said:
This falls under the rule of have two or more of everything.

For what you would spend to rent a truck for two weeks you can buy a old truck for a grand to have as a back up.
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I wish I could afford 2 trucks but if I had a backup truck I would most the time have it sitting and still have to have insurance on it


#8

Carscw

Carscw

zmister11 said:
I wish I could afford 2 trucks but if I had a backup truck I would most the time have it sitting and still have to have insurance on it
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But can you afford not to have a truck for a week or longer?


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zmister11

Carscw said:
But can you afford not to have a truck for a week or longer?
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Sure can't lol


#10

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Carmineb48

Carscw said:
This falls under the rule of have two or more of everything.

For what you would spend to rent a truck for two weeks you can buy a old truck for a grand to have as a back up.
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I agree. Its hard at first but I currently have 2 and a quarter trucks, my hustler 52" Exmark 46" as back up a Toro 22" i bought new and an old Bobcat 36" walk behind stuck in 3rd gear and no adjustment for height but cuts at 3.5" and an emergency back up i picked up for 200. Cuts through any and everything!! lol! 14hp power.. and great exercise as you kind of have to jog behind it!
weedeaters, 2 hedge trimmers 2 blowers and a stihl edger as well as a stihl kd tool with just about every attachment


#11

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zmister11

Carmineb48 said:
I agree. Its hard at first but I currently have 2 and a quarter trucks, my hustler 52" Exmark 46" as back up a Toro 22" i bought new and an old Bobcat 36" walk behind stuck in 3rd gear and no adjustment for height but cuts at 3.5" and an emergency back up i picked up for 200. Cuts through any and everything!! lol! 14hp power.. and great exercise as you kind of have to jog behind it!
weedeaters, 2 hedge trimmers 2 blowers and a stihl edger as well as a stihl kd tool with just about every attachment
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That's good. As soon as I can afford it I wanna get atleast 2 of everything as well. That's gotta be nice to not have to depend on one tool


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Carmineb48

it is, but as you said, it is also more cost. kind of seems when one goes down, no matter what it is truck, mower, hand tool, the others soon follow and money is going out. I have learned a lot about small engine repair and up keep on my equipment as well as patience to do the job as I could not afford to do this if i had to constantly bring things in to be fixed


#13

exotion

exotion

I would love to have a second truck. Lol but I don't have the time money or space for it. I would be much happier borrowing the f250 its so beat up he wouldn't even care what I would do to it. He has offered it to me for cheap a few times

As for equipment I have backup for most and the stuff I don't if I have down time that's when ill buy a backup there is always an echo and stihl dealer less than 5 mins away


#14

Carscw

Carscw

zmister11 said:
That's good. As soon as I can afford it I wanna get atleast 2 of everything as well. That's gotta be nice to not have to depend on one tool
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What I tell people starting out with little money is but a couple broke mowers just like the one you are using. Then you will have spare parts cheap.
When it comes to hand held. Like trimmers buy one good one and one cheap one as the back up.

When I first started out many many years ago my truck blew the rear end I pulled my trailer with a 1974 nova for a month.

The truck is long gone but still have the nova.


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zmister11

Carscw said:
What I tell people starting out with little money is but a couple broke mowers just like the one you are using.

Huh? I don't have a broke mower...
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#16

exotion

exotion

He means grab a couple parts mowers. Your mower is fine I'm sure keep an eye out for a broken parts mower.


#17

Carscw

Carscw

exotion said:
He means grab a couple parts mowers. Your mower is fine I'm sure keep an eye out for a broken parts mower.
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Yes that's what I was saying


#18

Nwatson99

Nwatson99

Rent a truck, if you have a valid OL, insurance, and credit card you can rent a truck.


#19

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zmister11

Nwatson99 said:
Rent a truck, if you have a valid OL, insurance, and credit card you can rent a truck.
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I don't have a credit card. My bank won't give me one. So I can't even build my credit. Because last year I worked for a lawn company and he paid me under the table. So too the bank it looked like I wasn't making money last year


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