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Comparing Dumpster Trailer Features

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What happens here

Ryan details his choice of the Geneva Roll Off trailer by Pro-Tainer, highlighting it as an entry-level model available in both gooseneck and bumper pull configurations. He emphasizes the importance of its 'standard rail' system, which allows for future scalability and compatibility with different truck systems (e.g., truck-mounted roll-off systems as the business grows, without needing to replace dumpsters). The interviewer points out rust on Ryan's year-old trailer, contrasting it with his own Dura-Haul trailer of similar age which shows no rust. Ryan clarifies that his electric winch system, while functional, is not ideal compared to a hydraulic reeving cylinder system with a gas engine. The plastic toolbox on Ryan's trailer is noted, while the interviewer shows his Dura-Haul trailer's setup with a more robust toolbox.

Goal: Analyze the technical specifications and build quality of different dumpster trailers.

Tools and materials

  • Dura-Haul Trailer Dura-Haul Trailers — Interviewer's trailer, used for comparison
  • Electric Winch System Comeup Winch — Loading and unloading dumpsters on the Geneva trailer
  • Geneva Roll Off Trailer Pro-Tainer — Primary equipment for Ryan's business, with an electric winch system
  • Metal Tool Box — Housing the battery and electrical components on the Dura-Haul trailer
  • Plastic Tool Box — Housing the battery and electrical components on the Geneva trailer

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much appreciate it um and you you kind of learned that it's not as easy as that guy made it sound is it nothing is as easy as YouTube makes it sound right and I really I want to bring this out to you guys so if you're thinking about starting your own company let's just lay it all out what what you do different Ryan I mean okay you you've I'm going to lay that question out to you in a minute tell me about your company where did you start first so I started by ordering equipment okay and then from there I started learning about what I was going to be doing okay so that sounds wild to some people and guess what it sounds like to me that sounds wild looking back hey I I bought a when I got started Ryan I bought a dump truck that I had no license to drive I had to ask the mechanic what the buttons did I'd hang on the other on the Windows of other dump truck drivers go hey what does that do how do you do this no clue so yeah it's not unheard of in fact that I think that's the way a lot of entrepreneurs start the guys that have that drive and motivation nothing's going to stand in their way they know what they want to do is this what you ordered this is what I ordered okay so this is what what trailer is this Ryan this is a Geneva rolloff made by protainer so protainer creates they they make a few different lines of trailer they make the Geneva which is a very entry model trailer they make it in a goose neck they make it in a bumper pull both the Geneva and the their so they make two different models yeah and the pr roll is has a gas engine okay it's got um hydraulic reeving cylinders it's got It's all both of them are standard rail so that's one thing that guys need to look for if they're specifically wanting to get into a so tell me about that this a guy I'm just I'm saying there's a guy that has a dream and he's sick of making Tall Grass short and wants a better living or anything I don't care if you work at Walmart and you want to Make a Better Living what do you mean a standard railing to watch out for so this the rail the rail what I'm talking about we can go to the back of this one here be the best representation is these rails right here are 36 in apart Okay the reason that's important and we can I'll show you this trailer is not the same Okay the reason that's important is because when you outgrow this trailer system mhm you're going to want a standard rail because when you go to a truck you want to they're almost all unless somebody builds something…

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