struck out again...trailer sale

How much to charge for rental per day

  • Nothing. Chalk it up as a loss

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • $35

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • $45

    Votes: 2 40.0%

  • $55+

    Votes: 3 60.0%
  • Total voters
    5
  • Poll closed .
McCracken

McCracken

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Alright, so the sale of my trailer has yet again fallen apart. this time it's total BS but whatever, they don't want it. However, they've had it for at least a month. They said they'd be willing to pay rental so this is why I turned here. It's a 7 ton trailer, 20' wood deck, deckover. I tried calling a few rental places with no luck on pricing. they only rent smaller trailers. what do you think would be fair?
 
And whyyyyy did you let someone take it off your property without paying??????o_O Twice????:confused:

Hope your trailer is OK and still in one piece. If you can get ANYthing, take it!
 
6BangBronk said:
And whyyyyy did you let someone take it off your property without paying??????o_O Twice????:confused:

Hope your trailer is OK and still in one piece. If you can get ANYthing, take it!
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but i would try to get aleast $45 a day or $150 a week
 
I worked at a rental company a while back, a similar trailer would rent for ~90 a day. Larger trailers are more prone to damage.
 
My answer depends on whether rent was discussed when they hooked it to thier truck. If you just let them take it to try it out to help sell it just chalk it up.

On the other hand I'd like to go to deckover and 20' can I try it out for the next month? :D
Joking aside can I get a pick and some more details about it?
 
You're obviously a little too nice. There's no way it would have left my house with the intent of making a sale without cash, in hand, and paid in full. However, I'd charge them enough rent that they'd wish they just bought it :D I certainly wouldn't give them their money back if they've already paid anything.
 
well, my dad is on a sanitary board. they talked about buying my trailer before but the budget dried up last year. fast forward 6 months and they bought another trailer. a tag along that was about 6' wide. this cut down on the amount of pipe they could haul to the job site. since my dad is the nice guy he lets them store all their equipment and supplies down in his field. my trailer was down there and they asked if they could borrow it for a week. i say no problem but 1 week turned into 4 and now 5. then they said that it is far and away better to use because they could haul more pipe and make fewer trips. plus since it had a flat deck it was easier to load/unload. anyway, the board voted and one member has a problem with it now. evidently, it's a 100% pass type of board. if 1 objects it's a no go. I already wrote them a letter with an invoice. so this is where we're at. They said they would pay rent so I'm trying to get an idea of what to charge. I guess I could be a real ass about it and charge whatever but I don't feel I should punish the other members for 1 jackass.
 
Groups/teams pay the price together. In football, our team ran 4 laps for every fumble/interception, didn't matter if you were on the bench when it happened. I would make it a savings to buy it rather then rent cause each saved trip saved $$ in labor and fuel.
 
GotWood said:
Groups/teams pay the price together. In football, our team ran 4 laps for every fumble/interception, didn't matter if you were on the bench when it happened. I would make it a savings to buy it rather then rent cause each saved trip saved $$ I'm labor and fuel.
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I thought about this. right now at the rate of a small trailer you could get from United Rentals they are $1080 in debt to me. If I raise the rent to say $90/day then they would be better off to buy it.
 
I know I sound like a broken record - but you need to keep in mind your liability as the owner/leaser.
If you go down this path, remember that if a brake fails or anything bad happens, you could be liable. Imagine if something happens while they are pulling that around and a 3rd party gets hurt. That is a massive trailer, any accident won't be a "small" one.
Yes this sounds like a good-neighbor kind of relationship, but you never know what happens when medical bills and lawyers start rolling in...

Just keep in mind teh position you're putting yourself in as an owner, and be sure the price reflects accordingly so you can protect yourself. There's a reason that cheap-ass trailers are still expensive to rent...
 
Dad's not taking the balk too kindly. he's pulling the "i'm taking my ball and going home" card. at their monthly meeting he's telling them to get their equipment and materials off his land. plus, i'm getting the trailer back immediately. you make a good point and one that I overlooked.
 
RatLabGuy said:
I know I sound like a broken record - but you need to keep in mind your liability as the owner/leaser.
If you go down this path, remember that if a brake fails or anything bad happens, you could be liable. Imagine if something happens while they are pulling that around and a 3rd party gets hurt. That is a massive trailer, any accident won't be a "small" one.
Yes this sounds like a good-neighbor kind of relationship, but you never know what happens when medical bills and lawyers start rolling in...

Just keep in mind teh position you're putting yourself in as an owner, and be sure the price reflects accordingly so you can protect yourself. There's a reason that cheap-ass trailers are still expensive to rent...
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More than likely your insurance would not cover them because you have become a for hire trailer vs one for private use...
 
How large is this company? Employees vs people that actually physically work?
 
snappy said:
More than likely your insurance would not cover them because you have become a for hire trailer vs one for private use...
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exactly my point.
We all lend/borrow trailers to/from buddies all the time. Which is still questionable but generally works out OK. But as soon as $$ changes hands, it's a whole different ballgame.
 
I'll let many people borrow my trailer, until they do it to make money. At that point, you are going to pay me.
 
Not to go too far off subject, but the trailer that I borrow regularly is owned by a good friend. He won't ever let me pay him to use it, even if I'm making money with it, so I always take it upon myself to keep it in good shape. Grease it up, check bearings, fix anything that needs to be welded, make sure the tags are good, and even replace the tires. Seems to work out pretty good for all of us.
 
I borrow the neighbors small trailer when I want, and I use it for work. I have completely rebuilt the trailer, helped rebuild a Chevy truck and do other helpful things (neighbor is 77). He has tried to pay me a thousand times and I refuse to accept the money because I would rather use the trailer without feeling like I'm taking advantage of the situation. I guess the bottom line is the situation you put yourself in.
 
OK, let me run this by y'all and see if it passes the laugh test. I called United Rentals. They said they have a 10,000 trailer for rent. It's $36/day. Mine is a 14,000 lbs so here's what I did. I took 10,000 and divided it by $36. That means for every 278lbs of hauling capacity they charged $1. I then took my trailer's capacity and divided it by 278 and I got $50/day.
 
Sounds logical, Captain!
 
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