{"id":3489,"date":"2014-01-21T06:43:31","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T20:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.privatefleet.com.au\/?p=3489"},"modified":"2020-06-20T01:29:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T15:29:05","slug":"tips-for-tradies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/home\/tips-for-tradies\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Tradies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tradies. Contractors. Those vital people who come around to your place to do something practical that you can\u2019t do for yourself. They come in all flavours \u2013 gardeners, electricians, cleaners, plasterers, carpenters, builders, interior decorators, etc. etc. Perhaps you\u2019re one of them.<\/p>\n<p>Now, one thing that every tradie needs is a decent vehicle.\u00a0 There are some jobs that you just can\u2019t do using public transport or on a bicycle.\u00a0 But what do you need to look for in a set of wheels if you are a tradie?\u00a0 What do you need to keep in mind before you head over to our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/car-reviews\/ \">car review<\/a>s to pick yourself the right car for your work?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What tools do you need?\u00a0 You are going to have to carry everything you need with you to every job.\u00a0 This means that you\u2019re going to have to put it somewhere in your vehicle.\u00a0 This doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that a van is a must, in spite of the popularity of vans with tradies.\u00a0 Anything with a decent dollop of luggage space will do the trick \u2013 even a ute will do if you carry gear that can stand getting wet.\u00a0 MPVs, 4x4s and station wagons are other options. If your business is less tool-intensive (e.g. mobile computer whizzes, pet groomers or piano tuners) then something smaller can work \u2013 a hatchback allows easy access to the few tools that you do have.<\/li>\n<li>Do you need to pull a trailer?\u00a0 Builders, gardeners and carpenters often have to haul around a trailer, either to take large amounts of stuff to the clients\u2019 places (builders, carpenters) or to take stuff away (gardeners).\u00a0 You\u2019re going to have to consider engine size and type in this case.<\/li>\n<li>Ground clearance.\u00a0 Some jobs need a decent bit of ground clearance, especially if you\u2019re going to have to take the vehicle over rougher ground to get your gear right where you want it.\u00a0 Others don\u2019t so much.\u00a0 Utes and 4x4s have good ground clearance, which is why they\u2019re popular choices for most tradies.\u00a0 However, a lot of contractors just run around on regular roads in the suburbs and can park on the street or in the driveway, so ground clearance isn\u2019t always necessary.<\/li>\n<li>Signage.\u00a0 Are you planning on putting your business logo and contact details on your vehicle?\u00a0 It\u2019s a good way of attracting new business.\u00a0 In this case, you may have to consider the colour of your vehicle. If your usual logo is plain black, it\u2019s not going to show up on a dark coloured van or 4&#215;4.\u00a0 If you have more than one vehicle for your business, it\u2019s good if the vehicles match.\u00a0 However, if you\u2019re a sole trader or owner\/operator and you only need the one, then you can be a bit flexible when it comes to colour.\u00a0 White isn\u2019t the only colour for a van or work vehicle.\u00a0 I knew a tradie once who scored a van cheap because the previous owner had given it a metallic pink paint job.\u00a0 One quirky logo later and he had a very eye-catching work vehicle that stood out among the fleets of white ones.\u00a0 Similarly, there is no rule that says that gardening\/landscaping contractors have to have dark green 4x4s in spite of the \u201cclose to nature and good in the bush\u201d image these tend to have.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/credit-n.ru\/offers-zaim\/oneclickmoney-zaim-na-kartu.html\" style=\"visibility: hidden;\">http:\/\/credit-n.ru\/offers-zaim\/oneclickmoney-zaim-na-kartu.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tradies. Contractors. Those vital people who come around to your place to do something practical that you can\u2019t do for yourself. They come in all flavours \u2013 gardeners, electricians, cleaners, plasterers, carpenters, builders, interior decorators, etc. etc. Perhaps you\u2019re one of them. Now, one thing that every tradie needs is a decent vehicle.\u00a0 There are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3489"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12034,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3489\/revisions\/12034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}