"H the K" wrote in message
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On 11/20/09 5:06 PM, Gene wrote:
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:58:16 -0700, "SteveB"
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On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:47:44 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:

Here is a thought experiment. Start a business on less than $5000.
It has been said that to enjoy your work and be successful, you should
go into a business you enjoy. Well, we are all boaters here,
so............
How often do you go to boat ramps and see 50 boat trailers sitting
empty the whole day while the boats are on the water? How many of
those trailers need to have their hubs re-packed? How many have
malfunctioning lights?
Get an old truck (already have one) and tools and grease and such and
go to the ramp at first light. As people get in line to launch offer
to repack their hubs while the trailer sits there. Offer to repair
trailer lights while it sits there. You would have to do this by
credit card cuz most people will not have $50 on them but that is ok.
You might be able to fix trailer brakes while you are there.

I know where there was a large panel van set up to do just this. Owner
couldn't make it and the unit was put up for sale. That was in
Wilmington, NC.... it might make some beer money, but don't quit your
day job....

If it were to be done RIGHT, one would have to comply with so many laws
that
it would be cost prohibitive. You would need to carry several million
in
liability alone. And then, either Fish and Game or Coast Guard would
come
into the picture. It is a microcosm of what's wrong with this country.
There's a need. There's a guy that wants to work. But there's all
these
agencies and laws in the middle. It's so discouraging. So, what does a
guy
do? He goes black market, working from a van, and doing things for
cash.
Then the unthinkable happens, and someone gets hurt or worse. Well, the
guy
probably doesn't have much to sue for, but even a poor schmuck can be
raked
over the coals by a bottomfeeding lawyer.

Steve


Actually, you are headed in the wrong direction.... most people won't
fix a trailer until it breaks. In fact I've seen one actually break in
the middle and dump the boat on the ground between the two halves.

There actually would be more work to do if the laws were strictly
enforced.... but then the laws are kinda stupid to begin with.

It ain't that simple...


Just what we need at boat ramps...some redneck who thinks "pristine" is
his neighbor's do-able teen-aged daughter flushing and cleaning boat
trailer hubs, and then repacking them. And all that old grease being
dumped onto the ground and then finding its way onto the ramp and into the
water.





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achmed the sock puppet, or one of a half dozen others, you're wasting your
time by trying to *communicate* with me through rec.boats, because, well,
you are among the permanent members of my dumbfoch dumpster, and I don't
read the vomit you post, except by accident on occasion. As always, have a
nice, simple-minded day.



Hell, there are mobile car washes, mobile truck repair that will fix the
diesel on the side of the road, mobile detailers, mobile oil changers. Come
to your place of work and set up to change a lot of the cars oils. Probably
not that hard to get permits, and make sure the grease does not pollute.
Seeing requests on boating groups about who does trailer bearings and
brakes, there is probably a large market in an area with boaters. Maybe the
city would require a minimum liability insurance, but that is most likely
needed anyway. A lot of boaters would love to be able to get their trailer
serviced while out boating for the day. Charge $65 an hour and you will
make a decent living if not living in Seattle or San Francisco. I can hire
a bass fishing guide for $180 at Lake Fork, TX. He supplies the boat, the
rods and the lures. He is making more and enjoying life more than saying
You want fries with that. He is not making an upper middle class living,
but he is supporting himself. But there are a lot on this newsgroup, who
distain the working class. Unless they are paying union dues, etc.