No one on here has figured the size truck you need to handle the weight of the tables and the oversived dimensions of the table,you cant stack them ontop only side ways.
So if they are 10' long 2' wide 5' tall turned on thier side weigh 1,300lbs into a 17 foot truck holding roughly 8,000lbswhich would equal to 6 tables by weight and but by size no can fit truck less then 8' wide 17 long.you use the fist 6 feet for tools and in are to relax in holding 4 tables in the truck.. Now comes into play a 20' 3 axle trailer that holds lets say 20,000 lbs now the combination of weight and length get you close to needing a cdl, but for agueement saks we stay under all the restriction so we dont have to incure extra expenses.you squeeze in another 8 tables onto the trailer.
You have 12 tables lets say 600 miles per delivery 7200 miles @ .50 cents a mile thats $3,600 in fuel insurance wear and tear on the vehicle. Sub pays $300 per install. Its also 12 days of driving 12 days of installs plus 24 days of hoel rooms @ $100 a night. Plus another $1000 in food and another $500 in other expense clothes medicine.. you get it ....
gross from install and delivery no tickets....+$7,200
minus fuel.............................................-$2,000
minus hotel...........................................-$2,400
minus food ...........................................-$1,000
minus misc..clothes bandaids tickets..........-$500
you have grand total of...........................$1,300 profit
you still have 7 days left in the month to do more tables for Diamond or local people wanting work or pick up a table in a different state then your in just to make more cash. So if you do the math
30 days = 720 hrs in a month
minus...... 132 hrs of driving deliveries
minus ..... 96 hrs of installs
minus ..... 240 hrs for sleep
minus ..... 90 hrs for meals
minus ..... 10 hrs misc potty break
totals ..... 568 hrs of work to be customer friendly for the love of pool.
for a grand total of lets 24 days 676 hrs to make $1300 profit and have 7 days to relax or cram in more work to get the broken truck fixed.now divide the hrs into the profit. Who wants to sign up or step up ?
Fast times @ Ridgemont high Mr. Hand once said ANYONE ANYONE?????
I have a 16' trailer 5,500 lbs load with a lathe, workbench, ball polisher,hamock and a few things in stock so I can be a full service technictian. I have an f150 gas and an f250 deisel and I have been trying to do the same thing I currently have to many bills to be on the road that much if I still lived with Mom & Dad I would be on the road in a heart beat with hardly any overhead ie bills just what incure on the road.
In my set up I can only deal with 3-4 tables @ a time unless they are import's 7'-8' less weight might be able to squeeze in 1 or 2 more by weight not by size. As for Diamond table I coiuld only handle 3 tables by size and weight. I could do it that would almost be a $1,000 prohit on three table if close by here on the west coast ie 1,500 mile radius would probably be my max unless jobs are close together but if one is in oregon next san clameta ca then utah forget unless i can doit in a smooth arc or circle with out having to crisscross the west coast 2x or 3x the miles..
How many people are losing thier houses and jobs and want to buy lets say $5000.00 + table + another $1000-1500 setup and delivery fee on top,
Remember fuel gas and deisel should be @ $5.00 by summer. so whats that a safe 3%= month in cost that needs to obsorbed each month with out passing it on oopps that would be less profit to pay my bills.
If i say anything more the so called railbirds might want to give me negtive points for crunching numbers they didnt think of.
I probably said to much but I said it and stand by it.
Craig Herman
tried to post a picture but didnt work ....
i was just amused by Bvals hit and run one liners I seem to notice often haha
. Does this mean I am up to three now?
Guess I am bored? lol. But just playing around not looking for trouble! dont want nobody breaking both my thumbs! poor fast eddie
