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Get your dumpsters here!

Hickey

Hickey

Burn-barrel enthusiast
Supporting Member
Location
Grantsville, Utah
jeeper said:
Yes, I have accounts at all the public landfills and transfer stations, along with a couple private transfer stations. I will just go to whatever is most convenient for the day/pick up.
If you have any say over picking your Dumpster provider, I would absolutely love to be in on that!
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It won’t be any kind of big account, but I’ll look into it for you.
 
jeeper

jeeper

I live my life 1 dumpster at a time
Location
So Jo, Ut
anderson750 said:
How far would you go? I am thinking having a small dumpster at the Knolls Sprint Enduro would be nice for clean up.
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I’ve thought a lot about this previously. Especially if I were going to be out there already, it would be very fun to support the sport with cleanup.
I’ve thought about all the things just on this forum from Delta, dirt bike racing, Moab clean up, 5 mile cleanups, etc.

I haven’t been able to decide where the right balance of losing/donating money to what I love and to be supportive vs the chance for potential customers vs the time/travel/cost to all the things twice for a drop off and pickup.

I’d love any thoughts you guys have.
 
anderson750

anderson750

I'm working on it Rose
Location
Price, Utah
I would not expect it to be donated.......especially since you are new business. If you were in a position to discount to groups like this, that is one thing, but being in a position to fully donate is a whole different animal. It would cost all of us to have something there if we wanted it, it is just better to pay the money to somebody we know who supports our interests
 
ID Bronco

ID Bronco

Registered User
Location
Idaho Falls, ID
anderson750 said:
I would not expect it to be donated.......especially since you are new business. If you were in a position to discount to groups like this, that is one thing, but being in a position to fully donate is a whole different animal. It would cost all of us to have something there if we wanted it, it is just better to pay the money to somebody we know who supports our interests
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This..............we always look at companies we don't want to support because of their belief/support systems but we don't support the good ones actively enough.
 
The_Lobbster

The_Lobbster

Well-Known Member
jeeper said:
I’ve thought a lot about this previously. Especially if I were going to be out there already, it would be very fun to support the sport with cleanup.
I’ve thought about all the things just on this forum from Delta, dirt bike racing, Moab clean up, 5 mile cleanups, etc.

I haven’t been able to decide where the right balance of losing/donating money to what I love and to be supportive vs the chance for potential customers vs the time/travel/cost to all the things twice for a drop off and pickup.

I’d love any thoughts you guys have.
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I'm curious what your current rates are, and roughly where you're based out of.

I would try to break down your MPG loaded/unloaded and your time driven, to decide what is your minimum profit margin line. Then, once you do that, figure out a per mile extra charge, that you can charge, if the customer is willing to pay extra.

I would also try your hardest to get repeat customers. Home builders are primo, if you can get in with some who are staying plenty busy, and don't already have a service they're contracted with. I'd also recommend calling around to the disaster clean up companies around and see if you can get a foot in the door.

Lastly, if you can swing it, I'd recommend picking up a flatbed. Company I worked for hauled equipment as well. Not sure how much you truck is rated for, but I'm going to assume under 26k? Might be limited on the bigger equipment, but scissor lifts, cars, small trucks, etc, would fit well and if you can offer that service to a customer that is renting a lot of boxes from you, rather than having to call multiple companies, it can be enticing. You can also get shipping containers setup with rails and hook as well if you have customers needing something like that.

Here is a pic of the truck I used to drive with the flatbed. On the bed in the pic is a single cab, short bed silverado, to give you an idea how big this one was. Pretty slick to drop it all the way flat to load stuff like scissor lifts.

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STAG

STAG

DYKTMM?
Location
Pleasant Grove
The_Lobbster said:
Not sure how much you truck is rated for, but I'm going to assume under 26k?
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This is a good point to bring up. @jeeper , as a commercial vehicle over 10k lbs you do need to get your GVRW displayed on your truck. I see your DOT number but not your registered weight. Apologies if they are on there and I missed them, but if they are not there you could get pulled over for it and getting pulled over in a commercial vehicle is never as much fun as not getting pulled over in one.
 
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Tonkaman

Tonkaman

Well-Known Member
Location
West Jordan
The_Lobbster said:
I'm curious what your current rates are, and roughly where you're based out of.

I would try to break down your MPG loaded/unloaded and your time driven, to decide what is your minimum profit margin line. Then, once you do that, figure out a per mile extra charge, that you can charge, if the customer is willing to pay extra.

I would also try your hardest to get repeat customers. Home builders are primo, if you can get in with some who are staying plenty busy, and don't already have a service they're contracted with. I'd also recommend calling around to the disaster clean up companies around and see if you can get a foot in the door.

Lastly, if you can swing it, I'd recommend picking up a flatbed. Company I worked for hauled equipment as well. Not sure how much you truck is rated for, but I'm going to assume under 26k? Might be limited on the bigger equipment, but scissor lifts, cars, small trucks, etc, would fit well and if you can offer that service to a customer that is renting a lot of boxes from you, rather than having to call multiple companies, it can be enticing. You can also get shipping containers setup with rails and hook as well if you have customers needing something like that.

Here is a pic of the truck I used to drive with the flatbed. On the bed in the pic is a single cab, short bed silverado, to give you an idea how big this one was. Pretty slick to drop it all the way flat to load stuff like scissor lifts.

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Ooh that flatbed idea is great!
 
mbryson

mbryson

.......a few dollars more
Supporting Member
Location
Bountiful, land of rocks
The_Lobbster said:
I'm curious what your current rates are, and roughly where you're based out of.

I would try to break down your MPG loaded/unloaded and your time driven, to decide what is your minimum profit margin line. Then, once you do that, figure out a per mile extra charge, that you can charge, if the customer is willing to pay extra.

I would also try your hardest to get repeat customers. Home builders are primo, if you can get in with some who are staying plenty busy, and don't already have a service they're contracted with. I'd also recommend calling around to the disaster clean up companies around and see if you can get a foot in the door.

Lastly, if you can swing it, I'd recommend picking up a flatbed. Company I worked for hauled equipment as well. Not sure how much you truck is rated for, but I'm going to assume under 26k? Might be limited on the bigger equipment, but scissor lifts, cars, small trucks, etc, would fit well and if you can offer that service to a customer that is renting a lot of boxes from you, rather than having to call multiple companies, it can be enticing. You can also get shipping containers setup with rails and hook as well if you have customers needing something like that.

Here is a pic of the truck I used to drive with the flatbed. On the bed in the pic is a single cab, short bed silverado, to give you an idea how big this one was. Pretty slick to drop it all the way flat to load stuff like scissor lifts.

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Check into your liability/insurance coverage for the vehicle towing
 
jeeper

jeeper

I live my life 1 dumpster at a time
Location
So Jo, Ut
Get your votes in now!!!!

I am going to vanity plate the dumpster truck. I have always wanted something to do with 'mo' since the first time I saw Sweet Home Alabama, with the Mo' Fishin' plane.

I was going to do MODUMPN, and then DUMPNMO on the second truck.
But I am also interested in doing the 'live on' specialty plate that only allows 5 letters.

So, I put it to RME... what should my plate say?? Make your best plate now! 7 or 5 letter options allowed.
 
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