I need some thoughts on picking up restaurant grade scrap

Originally Posted by RLS0812

Last U-Truck I rented ended up costing over $250 a day after all the charges they tacked on.



Do you do enough scrap business to justify spending $8,000 - $12,000 on a used box truck and another $2,000 - $4,000 on a used lift gate ?

But you also pay more than anyone else in the country for shipping

I do think your suggestion of using this opportunity to buy a new truck is a good one. Eight years ago I was moving about 300 miles from one state to another. I looked into all of my options ... moving company, Pod, etc. I decide in the end it was cheapest to buy a 14' step van for the job. Worked great for the move and I then used that truck for the next two years. When I sold it i actually made a few hundred dollars more than what I had paid for it. Win, win, WIN.