Lease or Hire
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Topic: Lease or Hire
Posted By: Harvey
Subject: Lease or Hire
Date Posted: 30/April/2004 at 3:18am
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hey Doug, steamer, nightrider, etc.--ya it's the portable guy lol. The question is lease or hire? I currently do enough wdr to keep myself busy. All the carpet i do is with a portable myself. Now I know with a little marketing I could keep a tm busy on carpets & flood extraction. Question is? Should I Buy a tm & have to staff it my self or just find some one willing to lease one to my company & keep on marketing my company??????? |
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 30/April/2004 at 3:35pm
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Harvey: I believe this is a question for your account. He will be able to tell you which is the most benifical to you company. If you have the work than get a TM but weather to lease or but depends on your finances and how much of your line of credit you want to tie up. That is where a lease is good. But you still have payments. Maybe try used till you determine your market, than buy new. I think this is a very complex question and I don't know enough about neither your workload nor your finiances to advise you on this issue. Just my opinion. I am sure someone can help just not me. |
Posted By: jackblack
Date Posted: 30/April/2004 at 3:39pm
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always better to lease, it's a no brainer! why tie up your cash? |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 30/April/2004 at 9:25pm
| the question is are you looking for new or used???.....how much work are you going to be doing????lease new if you have a lot of work...buy used if your not sure... |
Posted By: Harvey
Date Posted: 02/May/2004 at 2:57am
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you gurys have misinturprited my meaning os lease. What I mean by lease is have someone buy their own van &lease it on to me for finding the work for them. Lets say for 30% of income of every job I get them. Doesn"t matter to me if iit is new or used as long as it runs when i need it! |
Posted By: Adwa
Date Posted: 02/May/2004 at 8:59am
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So you talking about hiring a sub contractor. Ok Steamer this one is for you, you are the expert in this field. |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 02/May/2004 at 9:08am
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have you seen the price of gas lately.....lol something tells me I still missed the point |
Harvey wrote:
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 02/May/2004 at 9:31am
Harvey: Mr. Stremer makes a good point. Subs are very good for overflow, but as our princple tm he also has to make a living. If you have enough with water damage etc. I would suggest you get your very own tm. Than the operator can be doing other things if things are slow. Just my opinion
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Posted By: secondgen
Date Posted: 02/May/2004 at 9:28pm
| you can pickup a running used truckmount for 7-8 thousand ,with water damage you will make that back fast buy a good used from a bigger company thats upgrading you want to get one thats been maintained ,dont buy from a one man outfit he is only selling because the truck is a problem |
Posted By: MR. STEAMER
Date Posted: 02/May/2004 at 10:28pm
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