Sacramento, CA is a great market for car washing and auto detailing, and we did extremely well there in the mobile car washing, detailing and truck washing sectors. Well, now that I am in retirement, many people ask me questions about the Industry sub-sector and economic climate in California’s largest cities, as well as advice on what to do or how to start such a company. One future mobile car washing entrepreneur from the Capital City of Sacramento, California asks me:
“What kind of truck would I need to carry the equipment?”
We have used many different types of trucks over the years: (TruckWashGuys/isuzu.shtml). Our teams often used whatever they had available just to service the demand, sometimes when things grow that fast, you just do whatever it takes, stay nimble and move fast. Franchising, in my case, (although much different than an independent small business idea like you are considering doing), is really about special teams and moving the ball down the field, it’s about winning, scoring and putting points on the board really.
We did run into difficulties with some of the trucks we mounted equipment on, due to water weight and more importantly water movement, hauling fluids can be unstable sometimes, especially consider the disrepair of some of the roads around Sac for instance? Areas around Carmichael, Rancho Cordova, Folsom and Elk Grove are a disaster and downtown Sac, yuk! Rocklin, Roseville, not so good either and this takes its toll on equipment.
Sometimes it’s better to put it on a trailer with a solid truck to tow it, rather than letting the truck its self take all the abuse. Some of the best units we had were old Toyota Flatbed work trucks, mount a few boxes on them, they are excellent. Still, sometimes trailers are the way to go. Contact; DeTrailers.com, as they make some decent units there, fully outfitted and ready to go. Or build one yourself. A dually makes a safer truck for tow of course, especially in the traffic, like Sac area is known for?
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