Hot Dog Cart News reader Jamie Hunter emailed me these pictures – and I when I looked at them I just about dropped my mouse. And yes, it was built from my E-Z Built Hot Dog Cart Plans. Get yours by clicking here. *Before you go charging off to look at the stunning photos below, I have a truly special (and free) offer for you at the end of this article. Believe me – you just can’t afford to miss out on this. […]
I just got a sad email from one of our brother doggers, Larry Helveston… Steve, with great reluctance I must sell my cart that I put so much of my life into. I recently was in the hospital with congestive heart failure, a collapsed right lung and diabetes out of control. I’m doing better but have a ways to go. I won’t be able to sling dogs anymore and run the business. I’m asking $2800.00 for the cart. I’m in Andersonville, Tennessee, which is 20 miles north of Knoxville. Phone is 865-806-5951. E-mail helveston@comcast.net . I built the cart this year and went into business in July. The cart is still like new. Please find attached pictures. Thanks, Larry Helveston *********************************** You’ll remember Larry from an article in Hot Dog Cart News last July. Larry is the former chiropractor who built a highly modified, totally pro quality E-Z Built and used it to start his own business at the local ball fields. This has to be the deal of the year. If you want this cart you better […]
Another Thanksgiving Day is upon us, and with it comes a time to reflect on my many blessings. I want to say a personal “thank you” to all of you who have helped make HotDogProfits.com and our newsletter Hot Dog Cart News such a success over the years. You have given us much to be thankful for by your support and your contributions to this wonderful community of hot doggers. We literally couldn’t have done it without you. Your comments and emails are truly inspiring to me and all who read them here. I have the best readers of any blogger in the blogosphere! I’m serious about that. You people are the nicest, most helpful bunch that I have ever had the opportunity to be involved with. This is where the cool people hang out. That means you. […]
I have a prize available for everyone reading this – even if you didn’t enter the contest. Find out what it is at the end of this article! I had a really hard time choosing the winner of our AdvertisingWrap Theme contest. Just to refresh your memory, we asked you to tell us what your “‘theme” would be if you were going to do a vinyl advertising wrap on a hot dog cart. The prize is a start up kit consisting of a dog sled, a pair of chip clips, a cash apron, and a pair of serving tongs. That’s a $110 dollar value, folks. We got 44 entries and they were all super creative and well thought out. I liked the “tribute” entries where the wrap would honor first responders and soldiers. They certainly deserve it and I think it would resonate well with customers too. We had quite a few of those. There were also a lot of […]
Susan Provenzano has a very unique hot dog cart that looks like a fire truck. Not a toy firetruck, but a REALLY REAL looking fire truck. This rig is an attention getter. Susan writes... Here is some info on the Fire truck Hot Dog Cart/Kiosk. It is one of only four ever built two are [...]
Hi Steve, My name is Glen and I ordered your books awhile back and began my trip to a new land. The land of hot dogs, freedom, and happiness owning my very own hot dog cart. It’s going to be quite the change for me. I’m 37 yrs old and worked my whole life in the Pool and Spa business. Starting out in a wholesale supply warehouse to a Factory Sales Rep. for a major spa manufacturer. I was making great money and traveled all over the world. I was never home. Living in hotels with very bad eating habits. I got sick. Real sick! I had to quit and […]
First let me say a big "Thank You!" to all you veterans out there. We owe you everything. Sandi Wasteny of Bubbadogz writes: Hey Steve: Matt and Sandi again from "Bubbadogz". First of all thank you for the wonderful post on our question last week as the response was a tremendous help. In addition to [...]
Steve, Back in your September 23 blog you talked about getting into the haunted house scene. I sent you an email thanking you for the great idea because after contacting every Halloween gig in the Wilmington NC area, I landed one where these two young men invested more than $500,000. They had 11,000 square feet [...]
I feel like we’re missing the ship on this one Steve, and want to fix it now as we are becomingly rapidly popular here in the few short months we been dogging! We need some of your savvy advice. We have 2 pretty good locations which we were originally invited to when we first started last summer. We frequent one more often than the other, and that is the training school for the Paul Mitchell hair salons. The 2nd is in front of our local waste/recycling facility here which is actually my personal favorite activity wise because it’s on a dead end circle in a large industrial area with Kaiser Aluminum, Honeywell, etc. We typically start at about 11am and occasionally run to about 3 or so, and an occasional weekend. There have been times when customers roll up around 10:30 or so which is about the time I throw the dogs in. We’ve been struggling with pinning down our […]