The 7 Costs That Kill New Dump Truck Owners

Most people don't lose a dump truck because they can't drive. They lose it because the money ran out before the work showed up.

This is the free six-page breakdown of the seven costs that drain a first-year owner's cash - what each one really is, why it takes people out, and what to have reserved before you sign anything.

Inside:

01 Insurance you pay before you haul a single load

02 Repairs the truck already needs the day you buy it

03 The breakdown that hasn't happened yet

04 The taxes nobody withholds for you

05 Downtime, weather, slow season

06 The per-load bleed

07 Paying yourself last

Plus a pre-purchase reserve tally sheet to fill in with real numbers from your own market.

Written by Robert Warner, owner-operator of Demo Dispatch LLC, excerpted and expanded from From Prison to Profit: The Dump Truck Blueprint.

Educational only. Costs vary by market, truck, and date - verify every figure with current written quotes in your area.