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05-21-2022, 02:59 PM | #1 |
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C10 mpg build or swap.
I plan to start a business in 1-3 years. Right now I am sold on the idea, but I want to let it digest for a spell.
Part of my model is delivering your motor home to you for a fee from storage, and deliver of your boxes. As a couple of the value added options I intend to offer. The second is for businesses as my concept. I will have my personal vehicle if I have a large delivery for some odd reason that a 1/2 ton won't handle safely. So I will need a light duty truck for the above. Plus general maintenance I will have to do. That does not scare away clients like my white truck does currently, and will continue to do so. I get enough S for it, but customers I will have to care about. I am not interested in diesel. Unless its a 6bt. Has anyone read or seen anyone do the LFX V6 for a C10, or how about the turbo charged 2.0 in the Camaro? Would they have a good chance of besting a box standard 4.8/4L60E combo's. I have my eye also on the 4.3 V6/6L80 combo as it was awesome in my old crew cab. |
05-23-2022, 07:54 PM | #2 |
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Re: C10 mpg build or swap.
Most motor homes require a CDL Commercial Drivers License to operate.
You will need full insurance coverage. A registered LLC style business setup. For deliveries of boxes, a box truck is your best bet and it should be diesel albeit fuel costs are high right now. This will be a business, so no time to fix up a builder to get it going...you need reliability and fuel economy. Finally a good accountant and attorney. Good luck
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05-24-2022, 03:31 PM | #3 | |
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Back to your business idea. There are many more travel trailers than motorhomes at the place where we store our coach. Motorhomes are a piece of cake to back into the tight storage spots but I always see folks struggle to back travel trailers into storage. I think a better plan would be a suitable truck to pickup and deliver trailers. |
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05-24-2022, 05:52 PM | #4 | |
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For the box truck. I am not talking unloading, and moving the whole thing. Sometimes business owners have a few files boxes they want. That's the scale I am looking at. I will hopefully have a crew cab by then if I happen to need more. |
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05-24-2022, 05:59 PM | #5 | |
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But my Square Body crew cab I want would be able to move it enough to park, and pull out to the front of the property to deliver atleast. I am a year from pulling the trigger. This will be a major undertaking, and I like walking away from work at the end of the day. But if I do go for it. Value added service I feel is the way catch a in rush of customers to get off the ground as fast as possible. |
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05-24-2022, 11:36 PM | #6 |
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Re: C10 mpg build or swap.
Check the rules on driving for money and needing a CDL. While a person usually doesn't need a CDL for a RV despite the size of some of them, driving or towing one as part of a service for profit might require a CDL.
Depending on availability and your proposed service area, a CNG fueled truck might work for the 'stuff' or trailer delivery. Around here, it is about 1/2 the price of normal gas. Be prepared to deal with boats as well. See a fair number of boats behind RVs. If they want the RV stored, might want the boat stored with it. Off site document storage is a thing. But that storage needs to be climate controlled, fire and other disaster resistant. |
05-25-2022, 04:03 PM | #7 |
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Re: C10 mpg build or swap.
This. Commercial requirements are different then personal use.
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