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Title: The Best Place in Town to Take a Leak
Source:
Broadway Used Tires
URL Source: http://www.broadwayusedtires.com/
Published: Feb 14, 2009
Author: me, who else?
Post Date: 2009-02-14 18:32:41 by Critter
Keywords: None
Views: 1575
Comments: 59
Or Critter's hedge against the depression... 1st full week in business, no advertising, no grand opening, no nothing, cept 52 tires sold, average sale $40 a tire, average cost per tire, $8. Yes sir, I picked the right place at the right time. There is gold in that there used rubber. :) I expect that this shop will do 150 tires a week by summer. If you're looking for a good biz for the coming depression, this is it. It's hard, dirty work, but it pays good.
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#15. To: Critter (#0)
love the clever catchy phrase. what size facility and property do you need for this?
I have about 3200 square feet in two buildings, with about 100 X 50 parking area on a heavily traveled road through the city. One building is housing overflow inventory of 14" 15" and 16" tires, plus all of the 17" through 22" tires. We also test, inspect and paint tires in that building. The smaller building holds about 300 tires, and has two bays for doing tire changes. We don't use lifts. Just floor jacks. It's faster. I have more pics I can post, taken just after I signed the lease, and some after I got the small building set up inside.
i'd like to see. how many employees do you have?
I thought I had more in my camera, but this is it. I must have deleted them or something. The bigger building: The smaller one: And one of the inside by the rim clamp machine: To the left is a coats 40/40 machine for doing tires on steel rims and a Snap On wheel balancer. Behind where I was standing are 7 racks holding 300 tires. All of the machines were bought used, except the inspection machine which was $6500. The rim clamp machine would be $6800 new, but I got that one in NJ in super condition for $1800. The balance was cheap, I think $400, and Coats 40/40 was $500. The total investment fell in at about $50,000 to open the doors and start selling, including a $4500 used diesel box truck, and a trailer load (1600) tires.
#23. To: Critter (#20)
Where's the calendars ? Ya know, the calendars..
wish you the best with it...
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#16. To: christine (#15)
what size facility and property do you need for this?
#18. To: Critter (#16)
#20. To: christine (#18)
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Replies to Comment # 20. Most excellent C ! Congratulations !
#26. To: Critter (#20)
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