Somebody jump on this. hurry

[kylem4711]

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/car/657199155.html



i put this here because i actually want people to talk about it and not only be able to look at it.......

[bamadukefan02]

Well a whole lot of good that post does me.  He said he will trade for a 68 to 72 Vette, my dad has a 66 Vette sitting in his garage and he has been looking for a hot dog cart. Oh well we were close. 

[Kevin68N71]

I wonder if that is the a-hole Venice hot dog selling friend of my ex-wife who said that my Charger would never be worth anything.

[kylem4711]

Well a whole lot of good that post does me.  He said he will trade for a 68 to 72 Vette, my dad has a 66 Vette sitting in his garage and he has been looking for a hot dog cart. Oh well we were close. 

ha

[Rallye]

Hmmm... Should I keep the Vette or go in to the hotdog business? 

[bull]

Hmmm... Should I keep the Vette or go in to the hotdog business? 

Yea, hmmmm, that's a tough one.

[hutch]

that thing ain't worth a moped let alone a cude. The dude must be smoken his hot dogs or something.

[1969chargerrtse]

I sold my 72 454 vette conv for my charger.  I never had a problem with it.  It was a solid car that ran great.  I'm not trading my charger for a hotdog cart.  Now a taco cart, that's a different story.

[Old Moparz]

Look at the bright side, the hot dog cart is stainless steel, it'll never rust.   

Years ago, a friend of my Grandparents had a hot dog cart in New York City & did well. He made a living & put 2 kids through college. I doubt that income will pay for college books now.

Hmm, might be a good idea to just buy the cart & trailer it with your Charger so you can pay for the gas.   

[The70RT]

I will give him an old Falcon for it if he will drive it down here 

[C_stripes]

I want that.   MMMMMM   HOT DOG

[dodgecharger-fan]

There used to be a guy in downtown Toronto selling hot dogs and sausages out of a cart like that.

He put his two kids through University. Owns his house and bought his daughter a house for a wedding present.

He disappears when the snow flies. A colleague of mine once commented to him that it must be tough to get through the winter with no income and asked if he had another job.
His reply: No. No. My wife and I go to Florida and stay in our house there for the winter.

Do you know what food cost on a hot dog is? About 40% if you're using the good stuff.
Turn it into a combo with a drink and a bag of chips, and your food costs go down to about 20%.
There's no labour costs if you're doing it yourself - at least technically speaking.

So, 60 to 80% to cover your operating costs? I think there's a little bit of profit left in there. 


But, say it's 50% profit (for easy math, thank you). On a $7.50 combo, that gets you $3.75. Not a lot right?

This guy had to argue with his suppliers to deliver curbside because he'd run out of food and drinks before noon.
In the summertime, he was the largest receiver of buns in the Greater Toronto Area.
Figure that he loaded his van in the morning and was sold out before noon....
Let's call it 5 racks of buns. I think there's 18 bags (2 rows of 9 bags) of buns on each rack. 8 buns in each bag (he used the big buns with corn meal on top)
8*18*5 is 720 buns.

Using that math as an example, applied to the guesstimated profit: 720 * $3.75 =  $2700

Even if I'm off on my guess at the number of bags in a rack, even at half that, he's still taking in another shipment halfway through the day. You're still talking $1350 well before the day is over....


My brother used to run production at a large newspaper in the heart of downtown.
There were these two street meat vendors that would fight over the corner in front of the building. It was a great corner right near the ballpark.
The corner was actually the property of the newspaper as opposed to a public sidewalk.
So, to end the fighting my brother had to make the call and say who could stay and who couldn't.
One guy was being a complete a-hole. So, my brother told him to beat it.
The guy who got to stay named his next son after my brother.
Whenever my brother goes to a game, free street meat and "don't argue with me. You allowed me to out my kid through college."


I've always threatened my boss and my wife that I'm going to quit my job and sell street meat. 

[greatwn73]

Schumacher has conversion mounts to put a hemi in it

[ChargerAndy]

Ya know, fill that hot dog cart with kerosene and youll have one helluva parts washer 

[Troy]

When I lived in Utah a guy started a small hot dog stand in the mall. A few months later he bought two carts and opened three more indoor locations. My roommate worked for him and was all set to go into the hot dog business himself. The profit margin is very high on the carts vs the indoor shops (much lower overhead). I still don't think I'd trade a car for one.

Troy