Hey all, I'm needing some guidance on how to do "Market Research" for a service. I have a personal skid loader for projects around my place. I am wanting to start doing some side work but I'm not sure where the need is at? We have several excavation and smaller owner/ ops in the area. I live in a rural/ ag led area where everyone has a tractor and bucket. I'm wanting to get specific. Nearest rental is over 30 minutes away one way so I'd like to invest in the attachments as needed so I can start promoting the service. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Specific to CTL Forestry Mulchers: I realize this is a long post however, I certainly can’t be the one asking these things. Here just a few costs I thought of when forecasting expenditures: Purchasing equipment, proper and legal transport, storage or building facilities, initial marketing, branding, logo, website etc., licenses, permits, and insurance to operate legally just to name a few. I think it’s safe to say most of us can forecast the cost of machines and transport however, If anyone can list anything I overlooked and $$$ amounts for the other items it would help greatly. 1. Where/How did you get money for start up costs? Savings, family, friends, sell another company, available grants, SBA, finance through a dealership (did they have a credit score threshold)? Etc. 2. Rent for a while or buy? For me, I’m leaning towards buying because of the warranty and service. Seems to be more potential cost and downtime with used equipment. However, if a purchased machine is NOT working on a job, you’re losing money. 3. I heard on one of Austin’s videos that when you purchase a machine and it has to go in for warranty work they will bring out replacement machine for you to use while the other one is in the shop. However, you HAVE  to negotiate for this and get it in writing. Please chime in if you have personal experience with any of this. Edit: A lot of this is covered here - https://landclearingbusiness.com/how-to-start-land-clearing-business

I am all ears and ready to start