lornaschinske
Senior Member
We were unemployed until we took our future in to our own hands...
We used to be in remodeling. We lost our livelihood in the spring of 2008. We limped by selling off our excess stuff and junking (selling stuff at the tailgate flea markets) and did pretty well for a while. We built a hotdog cart from scratch over that winter and got licensed in NC then started selling in March 2009. Did okay as we watched the area dry up $$ wise. We picked up a short temp gig selling trackside (to the drivers and their families & pit crews) at a racetrack in N. GA (dirt track). We also still sold dogs during the week on the street. Things kept getting worse and we finally got rid of oll our stuff (thinned down from 2 10X20 ft warehouses units to 10X10). I had been working front desk in a hotel thru the winter while David built the hot dog cart mostly from scrap from our Eagle 05 on a cut down utility trailer frame we had. We bought the skoolie to haul what was left of our stuff plus my (23 yo) daughter's stuff out to NM. I have another (23 yo) daughter out there and she kept wanting her sister to move out to stay with her. So we hauled everything, including the hot dog cart out to NM where we got licensed to sell there. Made decent $$ ($100 to 150 per day) and lived in a cheap campground. It got cold at the end of October, so we headed down to Corpus Christi for the winter (not a good street vendor area can't survive on the $ here). We are licensed, insured and remodeled to comply to Texas' very strict requirements. I just started working at another hotel (front desk). We will be here until the end of May. Then we head back to Socorro, NM where we are still permitted until the end of August. We plan on setting back up on the Plaza selling hot dogs, smoked brats and BBQ sandwiches. My daughter who lives in Socorro says folks are asking when we will be back. At the end of August, we are looking to head to New Braunfels, TX IF it looks like we can survive there and make decent $$. I will convert the skoolie in my daughter's back yard while David sells dogs on the Plaza. I just hope we can find an RV park to take us and our cart. I also need to make a commercial kitchen this summer as well. That means a bare bones conversion on the skoolie, then any other $$ are sunk into a mobile kitchen. It's not easy but it's working (sorta) for us.
http://photobucket.com/DavidsHotDogCart
We used to be in remodeling. We lost our livelihood in the spring of 2008. We limped by selling off our excess stuff and junking (selling stuff at the tailgate flea markets) and did pretty well for a while. We built a hotdog cart from scratch over that winter and got licensed in NC then started selling in March 2009. Did okay as we watched the area dry up $$ wise. We picked up a short temp gig selling trackside (to the drivers and their families & pit crews) at a racetrack in N. GA (dirt track). We also still sold dogs during the week on the street. Things kept getting worse and we finally got rid of oll our stuff (thinned down from 2 10X20 ft warehouses units to 10X10). I had been working front desk in a hotel thru the winter while David built the hot dog cart mostly from scrap from our Eagle 05 on a cut down utility trailer frame we had. We bought the skoolie to haul what was left of our stuff plus my (23 yo) daughter's stuff out to NM. I have another (23 yo) daughter out there and she kept wanting her sister to move out to stay with her. So we hauled everything, including the hot dog cart out to NM where we got licensed to sell there. Made decent $$ ($100 to 150 per day) and lived in a cheap campground. It got cold at the end of October, so we headed down to Corpus Christi for the winter (not a good street vendor area can't survive on the $ here). We are licensed, insured and remodeled to comply to Texas' very strict requirements. I just started working at another hotel (front desk). We will be here until the end of May. Then we head back to Socorro, NM where we are still permitted until the end of August. We plan on setting back up on the Plaza selling hot dogs, smoked brats and BBQ sandwiches. My daughter who lives in Socorro says folks are asking when we will be back. At the end of August, we are looking to head to New Braunfels, TX IF it looks like we can survive there and make decent $$. I will convert the skoolie in my daughter's back yard while David sells dogs on the Plaza. I just hope we can find an RV park to take us and our cart. I also need to make a commercial kitchen this summer as well. That means a bare bones conversion on the skoolie, then any other $$ are sunk into a mobile kitchen. It's not easy but it's working (sorta) for us.
http://photobucket.com/DavidsHotDogCart
