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335bm

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Hey guys!
I own a Digger/Excavator like the one pictured. I have used this in my property business. Looking for other ways to create income due to a slow property market.
How can i make money with this equipment?
Rent it out? Or look for ground work, drainage, gardens etc?
What would be the best way to market this sort of business?
There are 2 (that i know of) other companies in my area with around 100 diggers each. How could i even compete with them?
Thanks in advance.
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Start with a company name and a craigslist posting for misc excavator work. Brand your self with a cool name like 'Excavator Ed'. Run a set of flyers through affluent neighborhoods in the area. Take 50% upfront deposits, upsell for other work that you can contract out (like sod, walls, etc.). Once cashflow starts to stablize, look into additional crews / contractors / rentals to other landscape contractors.

People that need excavators.... plumbers, retaining wall builders, pool contractors, landscape dude, landowners that want to clear beaver dams, irrigation companies, small builder / contractors, homeowners, waterproofing companies, etc.
 

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Drive the excavator downtown. Buy a $200 car. Get people to pay you $20/each swing to smash the car. Get an auto crash attorney to put a sign on the side for $500. Get an auto insurance company on the other side for $500. After you are finished put it on the side of the road with a "fix-a dent" sign from an auto collision repair center for $250. After a few weeks, recycle the car for $300.

Take pictures during all of this. Build a website, sell the smash service to companies that want to promote their (auto or other) business. Franchise it or buy your competitor's 100 rental units and spread across the country.
 

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Drive the excavator downtown. Buy a $200 car. Get people to pay you $20/each swing to smash the car. Get an auto crash attorney to put a sign on the side for $500. Get an auto insurance company on the other side for $500. After you are finished put it on the side of the road with a "fix-a dent" sign from an auto collision repair center for $250. After a few weeks, recycle the car for $300.

Take pictures during all of this. Build a website, sell the smash service to companies that want to promote their (auto or other) business. Franchise it or buy your competitor's 100 rental units and spread across the country.

Jesus you're amazing. At every sentence I was thinking "What about insurance and liability?!?!" My brain is broken.
 
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Drive the excavator downtown. Buy a $200 car. Get people to pay you $20/each swing to smash the car. Get an auto crash attorney to put a sign on the side for $500. Get an auto insurance company on the other side for $500. After you are finished put it on the side of the road with a "fix-a dent" sign from an auto collision repair center for $250. After a few weeks, recycle the car for $300.

Take pictures during all of this. Build a website, sell the smash service to companies that want to promote their (auto or other) business. Franchise it or buy your competitor's 100 rental units and spread across the country.

That was pure poetry in motion.
 

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Training People (Upfront Costs)
  1. Find out what it would take to get people certified to drive one of those things professionally.
  2. Rent a training area to teach these people how to drive and use these.
  3. Offer a course at $300/head plus fees for certs. 10 people per class.
  4. Repeat step 3 until satisfied or scale(more teachers, land, etc...)
  5. Offer an advanced course for $500/head
  6. Profit.
I took this from Conceal Carry classes and Drivers education models.

Sell holes

  1. Find someone who needs a hole
  2. Dig hole charging more than what it costs to dig the hole.
  3. Profit
There are 2 (that i know of) other companies in my area with around 100 diggers each. How could i even compete with them?
BE DIFFERENT. BE BETTER.

Take pictures of what your work looks like. Then take pictures of what a crappy job looks like.
Imply that you don't do shit work and your competitors do.

"Here at the best holes in the world inc, we take pride in our holes. That's the whole truth."
 

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Thanks for the advice guys! My initial thought was to carry out the digging work, never considered the training. however i love this idea. had a quick search and other companies are charging around $3000 for a 10 day training course. im not sure what the costs are i that but i imagine there is still a good profit to be made.
I am going to put a listing online tonight for general digging work, and will look into the training side of the business soon.
Thanks again.

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