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Acquire Your First Heavy-Duty Pickup Truck

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How NOT to start a Construction company

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The first and most critical piece of equipment recommended by all participants is a reliable pickup truck. Tim suggests a heavy-duty truck like a Ford F-250 or F-350, capable of handling significant weight and potential attachments like a snowplow. Alex also recommends a used, older, 3/4-ton, 4-wheel drive pickup truck with higher mileage but known reliability, costing around $10,000. The main speaker agrees with the heavy-duty Ford F-350, specifically mentioning one with a 7.3-liter diesel engine, praising its 'bulletproof' reliability. The emphasis is on durability and capability over newness or luxury, especially when starting with limited capital.

Goal: Secure a reliable, heavy-duty pickup truck as the foundational vehicle for the business.

Tools and materials

  • Ford F-250/F-350 Pickup Truck Ford — Primary transport and hauling for the business, capable of heavy loads and attachments

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beginning if you were starting out with nothing Tim what would be the very first piece of equipment you would buy first piece of equipment would be a truck what truck uh like an F250 F350 something that's going to be able to handle some weight okay something you can put a snowplow on someday something you can buy a trailer and haul your stuff with just do your do your research um if you don't have a lot of money and you're going to buy something used you know make sure what the mileage is on it that that that how you're gonna you want something that's gonna last you a while this is your start right yeah um you don't want to buy somebody else's problems don't want to buy someone else's problems no right agreed all right guys down at the yard we got the equipment here Alex going if you were just getting started and had next to nothing to start with what would you buy for your very first piece of equipment how would you start a new company I'd probably buy a truck first okay a pickup truck but that's a very broad thing what would you so if you were bootstrapping it what would you buy first for a pickup truck uh something you know use older higher mileage for like 10 grand or something that's Fairly reliable four-wheel drive okay 3/4 ton pickup truck probably okay you know something and then uh you start doing stuff by hand with that get some hand shovels and rakes and the basic hand tools that you would need and I wouldn't go out and buy anything bigger super unnecessary right away you know nice and simple Madness all right now it's my turn yep all right so if I was here you can hold the camera all right so if I was going to get started out it's absolutely a pickup truck has to be first and foremost I'll turn this way the pickup truck that I would get would be a Ford but it would have the 7.3 L diesel to me that engine is the most bulletproof Ford engine of it's the most bulletproof engine of any make model brand anything out there so if you can get a used F350 with a 7.3 you're in that sweet spot that engine should last you forever the body will fall apart around

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