There was an old man around here who bought a bread truck and put about anything you could think of on it and went around to shops around here.He died about 20 years ago. He had Craftsman tools,good brooms,and a lot of stuff that you need in a shop.Towels,hand cleaner,chain,hydraulic jacks and Porta Powers, mag drill.I cant begin to remember now what all he had.Im sure a truck like that with welding wire,rods,grinding wheels and stuff would work.You for sure would want to sell good stuff.There are trucks that come around with a lot of stuff like Harbor Freight sells now.You have to really look that stuff over before you buy it,and when you do that,there is very little you can find on there thats worth bringing home. You could throw some welding caps and aprons,gloves,and sleeves on there too.Consumables for MIG and TIG welders and stick welders.Welding cable,ends.Stuff like that they rip you for at a place like Tractor Supply or Orschelns.Also flux core wire.I think its about 20 dollars for a 2 pound spool now. Maybe a few pairs of good workboots. Come to think of it,if you filled a semi up with good stuff like that,and followed the Harbor Freight truck around and parked across the street wherever they went,you might be the next Sam Walton of selling stuff.You would really clean up if you could get the stuff priced low enough that you just take the business away from the junk salesmen.I hate those crappy tools that break and round bolts and skin knuckles.There needs to be a cheaper line of tools to compete with the Snap On guys.Craftsman is good and cheaper.I dont think they have trucks.If you could get them to supply you,you could sell a lot of stuff the other trucks dont sell.Say somebody wants a big screen TV for his break room,you could get him one from your supplier and bring it to him.Kind of like a rolling order center.Just pick some stuff you will haul,or say as long as it will fit in a space on your truck you can bring say 2 pallets of stuff like that.Tool boxes too.Somebody wants something,they call you,you get the stuff,bring it the day you come to his place,or maybe they can put what they want to order on a card and you7 pick it up when you are there and bring the stuff the next time.Go once a week,or whatever works.I bet you would be real busy quick if you just knew what stuff to put on there and what to set the price at.
Another thing shops probably would buy is valve grinding wheels,seat grinding wheels,Machine tools to cut valve guides and bronze valve guide inserts or whatever they use nowdays.Micrometers and dial indicators,stands,magnetic bases,machine oil,cutting bits,thread chasers,taps and dies,drill bits.As long as you had them at a decent price people would probably buy that stuff.Buy a few drill bits off of a Snap on truck and you might need to take a loan out at the bank.Places like Enco sell good drill bits for a lot less than Snap On and maybe they would be interested in a delivery truck like you are talking about.
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