Slapsnacks

Account Manager

Cant a guy sell garbage trucks?

Nothing agains tech startups and Saas, I know there is a ton of money to be made, but I am struggling to find a place in the sales world selling something that is not going to be run and gun. Have two teenagers, and looking to take a risk when they move out, but right now I need something stable.

Garbage trucks, Government contracts, tractors?

Help a guy out?

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CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

There's a ton of us in here that aren't in SaaS. Have you filled out a profile on the jobs tab?

Slapsnacks

Praised Answer

Account Manager

I did not - I was working so hard on my personal profile, I did not even know I had another step. So thank you!

Slapsnacks

Praised Answer

Account Manager

Boom - done, thank you

nomdeguerre

Executive

Account executive

Garbage trucks as a service? Free up your capital expenditure. Don’t pay a huge up front cost, just pay us a monthly fee and we’ll take care of the rest GTaaS 😂

AnchorPoint

Politicker

Business Coach

Believe me brother... there is money to be made in EVERY industry! As professional sales pros, we simply take clients from where they are to where they want to be by providing a solution that helps to get them there. If there is trash on the street - sounds like a truck to speed up the process is needed!!!!!!!!!!

jefe

Arsonist

🍁

I have never thought of this.. but somebody has gotta sell em.

Though I've been seeing more privatization of garbage collection to 'save government's money'. Then again, those companies need to buy those trucks...

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

Bravado's Resident Asshole

Yeah, keep looking. The jobs tab has more than SaaS, but I understand your frustrations.

TennisandSales

Politicker

Head Of Sales

hmm selling garbage trucks....that is a new one haha. i mean SOMEONE has to sell them right??

Slapsnacks

Praised Answer

Account Manager

And a municipality is not going to buy just one truck, right? Plus there is no recession or changes in the market for garbage trucks. Also how many manufacturers could possibly be in the garbage truck selling space. Versus the software world (no offense Saas guys) but we have multiple systems trying to take a bite of the same pie.

LordOfWar

Tycoon

Blow it up

I'd bet the real money is selling maintenance programs to the cities that buy the trucks. They buy trucks maybe once every 10 years but the union would make the city keep them up to code.

Hell the brakes alone must be decent money with how hard they drive them.

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

I actually know someone who has made an exceptional living selling in that industry. Granted, his father patented a component of the truck, leading them to building out a specific kind of truck and then variations that they then sell, so he is definitely at the very top of his org as owner/manager. But - they do sell to municipalities and yes, you can make good money that way.

Slapsnacks

Praised Answer

Account Manager

Oh shit - I did not even think of that. New goals here I come!

LordOfWar

Tycoon

Blow it up

Government contracts are good money but it is always feast or famine. Budgets go in cycles, usually every 2-4 years. The key is to find something that has both gov't and commercial/consumer applications to ride out those lows in gov't funding.

Nothing wrong with finding a commonly used commodity like garbage trucks and running with it. With the shortage of everything now I bet anyone with heavy vehicles can sell them if they try hard enough.

SaaSam

Politicker

Account Executive

I've got a buddy that sells heavy equipment to coal mines. Some of those trucks are in the 7 and 8 figure area.

Slapsnacks

Praised Answer

Account Manager

well hook a brother up with a contact lol

SaaSam

Politicker

Account Executive

You willing to relocate?

Slapsnacks

Praised Answer

Account Manager

Depends on the location, but I am always up for a connection and a conversation, let's do it.

SaaSam

Politicker

Account Executive

Wyoming most likely

Slapsnacks

Praised Answer

Account Manager

Hey for the right price I can live on the moon.

SaaSam

Politicker

Account Executive

I'll reach out to him and see if they're takin folks on

tightlines

Politicker

Account Executive

I knew a guy who got in on organic foods early and he is not working anymore😂 I wonder what the next thing is, EV contracts is one I find attractive (Oshkosh for example closed the USPS contract for their trucks)

NotCreativeEnough

Big Shot

Professional Day Ruiner

never heard of someone selling garbage trucks... those bitches are expensive though I'm sure. I bet the commission for a sale is pretty fat.

Slapsnacks

Praised Answer

Account Manager

Take this with a grain of salt as it was just a quick google search - "In terms of a ballpark figure, the cost of a brand new or lightly used front loader garbage truck might be in the range of $200,000 to $350,000. If pre-owned or a previous rental, you may be able to find a model in the five- or low six-digit price range."

Slapsnacks

Praised Answer

Account Manager

Today I also learned there is a space in the world for rental garbage trucks.

NotCreativeEnough

Big Shot

Professional Day Ruiner

yeah at that sale price, I'd be shocked if that's not a 200k/year sales job if you're good at it

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

There's a lease market for airplane engines.

Basically, there's a market for EVERYTHING.

Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

Sales Rep

I have met some reps who sell tractors at CAT, that big things are expensive as hell

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

And John Deere reps - those aren't cheap either.

I'd check out RDO; rental/lease/buy of all kinds of heavy equipment. Someone's gotta sell it!

Mobi85

Politicker

Regional Sales Manager

Anything that is infrastructure related can be a good field to be in. With the huge push for EV cars the infrastructure (highways and utility) platform will have to have some large scale projects put into play over the next 5-10 years and then continuous buildout.

I would look at it from the equipment side and see about sales for that or from the personnel side. Companies continuously need sales people to help drive more business towards said company.

I don't have any solid leads for you but just throwing out what I have seen. I am not in tech sales and work in Industrial safety distribution and we were busy all through covid and busier now than we were pre covid due to technology roll outs (5G).

Slapsnacks

Praised Answer

Account Manager

Great insight though - I have been combing through all kids of companies to check their career page. If you run into any big ones in that field I should checkout, I would appreciate the knowledge.

Mobi85

Politicker

Regional Sales Manager

I would start looking at and understanding do you want to be on the manufacturer side of things working to sell to distributors or the distributor side of things and selling to end users.

On the manufacturer side you will be relying a lot on your distributors to sell your products and so if you aren't their top choice you will be fighting an uphill battle because the individual sales reps at those distribution companies may not lead with your product. At the distribution level you can sway your customer base to determine what products they may purchase.

GDO

Politicker

BDM

Not everybody is in SaaS. The SaaS people ar wijst a bit more vocal

Justatitle

Big Shot

Account Executive

Selling tractor trailers, semis and such has to be lucrative…

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