Tree Work Vehicles

So this morning I said I found a perfect truck for sale as a possible replacement for the smaller chip truck which needs a new bed (welder said it would be done last Sept…). Money is not in excess and mentioned how we wouldn’t have much padding if I pulled the trigger before being able to sell the other one.
Her reply: “Well it would be a good tax write-off”
I mean did I luck out or what!?
 
Serf Life said:
So this morning I said I found a perfect truck for sale as a possible replacement for the smaller chip truck which needs a new bed (welder said it would be done last Sept…). Money is not in excess and mentioned how we wouldn’t have much padding if I pulled the trigger before being able to sell the other one.
Her reply: “Well it would be a good tax write-off”
I mean did I luck out or what!?
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I feel as though the only people that really benefit from a tax write off are people with more money than they know what to do with.
 
Very true. In this type of industry we have more to show with equipment write offs that can later be sold, but it’s also a bit of a trap. I’d rather buy some gear than pay more taxes but it’s not 1:1, and currently don’t have tons of shell companies to play around with offset profits…
 
Every once in a while I think having a dump trailer would be nice for hauling wood, then I realize hauling wood sucks and that's why I refuse to do it at all. I tell them to leave it on the forest floor or hire an excavation company to come pick it up and take it away.
 
Merle Nelson said:
Wow, surprised that could serve you better but, nice if it can.

I had a 14 foot Midsota dump trailer made up and galvanized by Carl who used to rep Midsota. Ten years on and I think it can be working rust free 30 or 40 years from now.
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I don't count on having other drivers.

A lot of waterfront driveways are great for passenger cars with single rear wheels.



I haul chips several times a year.
 
My 12,’ lowpro deck, dump trailer may be the best return on investment made. Currently sits most of the time but has paid for itself many times over with next to no maintenance. Awesome for when we or friends moved, can haul mini if needed, can haul soil and trees when we plant with mini in the truck in one go, gravel etc for home driveway, easier to load split firewood by hand as you go vs up in a truck, big dump runs, demo projects at home or with friends, lumber etc etc. Hauled a couple 30” red maple logs this week which the mini would not have loaded into a truck bed. Cleaning up family bullshit…13B9E4B3-B53A-4EDE-BB0C-C1DD4B4033F2.jpeg
 
Serf Life said:
My 12,’ lowpro deck, dump trailer may be the best return on investment made. Currently sits most of the time but has paid for itself many times over with next to no maintenance. Awesome for when we or friends moved, can haul mini if needed, can haul soil and trees when we plant with mini in the truck in one go, gravel etc for home driveway, easier to load split firewood by hand as you go vs up in a truck, big dump runs, demo projects at home or with friends, lumber etc etc. Hauled a couple 30” red maple logs this week which the mini would not have loaded into a truck bed. Cleaning up family bullshit…View attachment 95032
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You said little maintenance, but honestly it looks pretty…tired…in that picture. Ba da ba.
 
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