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Just a few short hours ago I got the apron pass to get an enclosed trailer.
I was going to make an announcement on the forum a few weeks ago that my partner and myself had found a fixed location and was about to sign a lease. Well that fell apart. It wouldn't have worked anyway without a few more partners. All the money we would have made would just cover the expenses. Making money is difficult when I can only work on the weekends for now. I knew it was a bad idea. I just felt if I had a building the clients would line up.
In the past weeks I've looked at a few detail companies that offer trailers. Prices started as low as $5000 for a flatbed with gear. I figured I could make something like that myself and save tons of cash. With how much I could save, I could probably step up to an enclosed trailer and still be below the $5000. I might not have all the equipment but it's a start.
After dinner we stopped by Lowes to take a look at their enclosed trailers. We got to talking about the prices. The wife unit didn't like the idea of paying rent every month regardless of how many (or few) cars I detailed. I didn't think she would entertain the idea of spending so much on a hobby. She actually preferred the trailer one time cost rather than a monthly rental cost. That floored me. I thought the smaller monthly costs would be an easy cost to absorb, rather than a big one time cost. I never even thought to mention the trailer idea due to the higher cost.
More to info to come... Just wanted to share
I was going to make an announcement on the forum a few weeks ago that my partner and myself had found a fixed location and was about to sign a lease. Well that fell apart. It wouldn't have worked anyway without a few more partners. All the money we would have made would just cover the expenses. Making money is difficult when I can only work on the weekends for now. I knew it was a bad idea. I just felt if I had a building the clients would line up.
In the past weeks I've looked at a few detail companies that offer trailers. Prices started as low as $5000 for a flatbed with gear. I figured I could make something like that myself and save tons of cash. With how much I could save, I could probably step up to an enclosed trailer and still be below the $5000. I might not have all the equipment but it's a start.
After dinner we stopped by Lowes to take a look at their enclosed trailers. We got to talking about the prices. The wife unit didn't like the idea of paying rent every month regardless of how many (or few) cars I detailed. I didn't think she would entertain the idea of spending so much on a hobby. She actually preferred the trailer one time cost rather than a monthly rental cost. That floored me. I thought the smaller monthly costs would be an easy cost to absorb, rather than a big one time cost. I never even thought to mention the trailer idea due to the higher cost.
More to info to come... Just wanted to share
Having the wife's support is very important! 
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