Roy Sanders
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Not really sure where to post this so hopefully it fits in here. I started my fleet washing business last July and have slowly added a few accounts so far. All of my accounts are weekends except for one that I can do on Wednesday. I am doing all the washing on my own at this time. However I do a demo tomorrow and look at another account on Monday and both sound promising at this time. If I get these two accounts then it is going to push me to where I am not sure if I can get everything done on the weekends when all of these need washed. I think I can pull it off if everything goes in my favor but knowing there will be times where things just take longer or something comes up is what I worry about.
One issue with these accounts is that they are basically in four different towns. I live in the center of all of these accounts and have to drive each direction to get to one then back and on to another and so forth. With what I have now I don't have the extra funds to buy another skid to put on the truck or anything else. If I get these two accounts I am looking at then I will almost be doubling my sales. So I am wondering if I get these two accounts if I should look into finding a part time helper and start training so I can cut my time per account in half when I get another skid or try to muscle through it myself for awhile. This would be something new to me as far as adding an employee etc.
The only other issue I can foresee is having enough water on certain days. Even if I stopped at home to refill it just takes too long to make is feasible and there are no bulk water facilities to allow me to fill without it being overhead and I am not cutting a hole in my box truck for that.
I just started thinking about all of this yesterday because I can see the need for a helper and worried about a little bit of everything if I get these two accounts which by the sounds of it I will. So I am here just looking for some feedback from everyone. I hope all of this makes sense the way I wrote it. My mind is just full at this time and sometimes works faster than I can type. Lol.
One issue with these accounts is that they are basically in four different towns. I live in the center of all of these accounts and have to drive each direction to get to one then back and on to another and so forth. With what I have now I don't have the extra funds to buy another skid to put on the truck or anything else. If I get these two accounts I am looking at then I will almost be doubling my sales. So I am wondering if I get these two accounts if I should look into finding a part time helper and start training so I can cut my time per account in half when I get another skid or try to muscle through it myself for awhile. This would be something new to me as far as adding an employee etc.
The only other issue I can foresee is having enough water on certain days. Even if I stopped at home to refill it just takes too long to make is feasible and there are no bulk water facilities to allow me to fill without it being overhead and I am not cutting a hole in my box truck for that.
I just started thinking about all of this yesterday because I can see the need for a helper and worried about a little bit of everything if I get these two accounts which by the sounds of it I will. So I am here just looking for some feedback from everyone. I hope all of this makes sense the way I wrote it. My mind is just full at this time and sometimes works faster than I can type. Lol.