Upgrading Vehicle for Vending Route

With a new baby on the way, we need a larger vehicle. I have been running my soda route with my three kids, all in car seats, in my 2005 Chevy Malibu. That car has amazing trunk capacity. I can get at least 23 cases of soda in it. Now that we have a fourth child on the way, we need something that can handle four car seats and 20-plus cases of soda. We have decided on a minivan, but most of the minivans do not have much storage capacity. The best American minivans that we have found are the Chrysler Town and Country LX or higher with fold-away third row seats and Ford. The Chrysler has to have the fold-away seats to allow more storage. When the seats are up, which they will have to be for the four kids, there is a well that will hold about 8 extra cases of soda compared to the Town and Country without fold-away seating. We have located a used 2008 minivan. Now onto the joys of buying a used car.



I am so glad that is it hot and dry. That is really great for soda sales. I have several machines at apartment complexes. They are located close to the pools. They do really great during the summer. Although, my best machine was a little down this weekend because the apartment pool was closed. It is interesting to learn what factors contribute to sales. I will show you some sales graph in the future. My next project is to see if I can get some pictures of some of my machines and the children up on this blog.