Do you need truck side hustles to pay the bills, pay down your debt, or start a new business? Trucks are in demand and there are always unique, profitable ideas that are also easy to do in your spare time. Learn more about which options to choose, how much you could earn, and how to get started.
Table of Contents
| Â 1) ShareTown Mattress Reseller | Â 6) Task Rabbit |
| Â 2) Resell Free Industrial Byproducts | Â 7) Estate Clean Out Service |
| Â 3) Furniture Delivery for Stores | Â 8) Land Fill Dumps |
| Â 4) Rent Out Your Truck on Turo | Â 9) Flip Appliances |
| Â 5) Snow Plowing | Â 10) Garage Clean-Out |
ShareTown Mattress Reseller
If you’re strong enough to pick up a mattress or have someone around who can help, being a Sharetown reseller may be a good side hustle with a truck. Shavertown works with Mattress (and some furniture) companies to pick up items from customers who want to return them. These mattresses can’t be returned in the post without spending a fortune, so Sharetown reps take them home to sanitize.Â
Next, reps sell them on Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, Offer Up, or other platforms. You keep some of the earnings, Sharetown keeps a percentage, and the mattress manufacturer is also given a cut. Best of all, the only upfront costs are whatever you need to tie down the Mattress in the truck, sanitize, and protect it. You should also have a dry, clean, and smoke-free area to store it until the Mattress sells. Other than those expenses, Sharetown doesn’t charge you for handling the Mattress and trying to resell it.
Shavertown is a little vague about the earning potential, but contractors report earning around $250 in profit. Learn more about how Sharetown works here.Â
Resell Free Industrial Byproducts
It’s possible to turn a profit without buying anything upfront. John Wilker started a side hustle with a truck by taking pallets, scrapyard material, and other construction leftovers and reselling it to relevant businesses. In some cases, he also buys the materials at a low cost and then resells them to construction businesses in his network.
Get started by looking at pallet yards and construction businesses in the area. Depending on how far you want to scale this side hustle with a truck, you could earn a few hundred dollars a week to thousands. You can also learn more about how being a middle man between companies for profit works:
Furniture Delivery for Stores
There are plenty of people advertising their truck for hire to make furniture delivery from stores. But you can also offer your services directly to stores and end up with a steady stream of customers without doing any marketing. Look for shops that sell furniture that can actually fit in your truck or that you’re willing to rent or borrow the right rig if needed. There are plenty of places that only sell couches, tables, chairs, and bookshelves that you can load up in your truck. You’ll need an extra set of hands for this gig and a per-mile flat fee.
Charge extra for areas outside of your delivery zone and call your local insurance provider about commercial insurance or delivery and courier related policies.Â
Rent Out Your Truck on Turo
Start a side hustle with a truck with Turo and earn money. Turo allows drivers to skip the rental cars and long lines and rent directly from individuals. If you have a clean, reliable truck, you can list it on Turo and set your own prices. Some people even buy a fleet of vehicles to rent on Turo and run their own mini car rental agency.
The type of truck you own, its age, condition, and the area you live in impact your earnings on Turo. However, the website claims the highest payments are about $1,361 a month. You’ll earn more with a newer truck or renting out multiple vehicles.
Snow Plowing
If you can attach a snowplow to your truck, you can start a snowplow business and make a lucrative payday. Many states have severe snowplow drivers nearly every year. Many homes pay for the season, where rucks show up to plow if the snow hits a certain level. However, you can try this side hustle with a truck even if you live in a warm climate. If you don’t mind driving north and splurging on a hotel, you could make thousands in just a few days.
Depending on your area, you could make $400 on up per day. You could earn $1,000 or more if you’re working in a region with snowplow shortages.
Task Rabbit
If you enjoy the flexibility of odd jobs, Task Rabbit may be a good gig for you. Task Rabbit connects people with “taskers” to handle everything from mowing the lawn to hanging shelves and hauling items. Taskers earn anywhere from $15 per hour to $75 per hour; however, trucks are in demand, and there are ways to make more. When a client requests a Tasker with a truck, you can request a surcharge fee and a minimum hourly rate.Â
Estate Sale Clean Out Service
An estate sale quickly liquidates a home or property usually owned by someone recently deceased. In other cases, the homeowner may be moving overseas and needs to get rid of their belongings quickly. The estate sale is also sometimes held as an auction; however, there are often items leftover, boxes, and other materials that require a truck to move. List your services to clean out excess items, take them to a donation center, or take them to the dump to help close out the estate.
Estate sale profits vary depending on how much you’re hauling. You could make as much as $700 to clean out what’s left with your truck. You can locate estate sales by contact estate sale businesses to pitch your services.
Land Fill Dumps
No one enjoys taking weekend trips to the dump and it’s not easy to accomplish when you have a smaller vehicle or just a van. A truck and a willing driver is a goldmine for homeowners looking for help getting rid of their excess junk. Advertise your services on Facebook, Nextdoor, and word of mouth to haul away junk and set a flat rate minimum of $100 or less to fill up your truck. You should have an idea of how much your truck can hold and how willing you are to drive. Charge an extra fee for anyone who lives more than 10 miles away from you to make it worth your while.
Flip Appliances
There’s a demand for used appliances to save money and find older models people love at a discount. There are also plenty of people who want to get rid of their old appliances to make way for something new. You can either teach yourself how to fix specific appliances, like washer and dryers, that you can fit into your truck. Team up with someone side hustling appliance repair or learn it yourself. Once you fix up those old appliances, you can resell them at a profit.
Pro tip: Make sure to look into any special outlets you may need before you get started. For example, you don’t want to plug a dryer directly into your garage wall outlet and blow a fuse or worse.
Garage Clean Outs
When people are ready to move or get rid of their junk they want it gone—NOW. Give them what they want and make a bundle with a flat fee garage clean out. You may need to rent a small U-Haul trailer, so factor in any extras into your fee. Some areas charge as much as $400 to clear away junk. You should have a fee for a single, double, or triple garage and a clause for an extra fee after X number of hours. In other words, you want to protect yourself from cleaning out a hoarder’s paradise.
Pro tip: Factor in some extra time in case you need to make a quick trip home or to a storage facility before returning to do the rest. It’s also wise to have something in your service contract that says you can dispose of the items as you see fit. In other words, you may be able to flip some of the items for a profit.Â
Get started launching a side hustle with a truck to earn a few hundred dollars a week or turn it into a full-time job. Need more ideas? Learn more about easy job ideas that pay well.