From finding a great location with a chain hoist trolley in mind, to creating a start up budget, to coming up with creative advertising, starting a new business from the ground up is a lot of work. This is true for most new businesses, but especially true for those who are starting their own auto body or auto repair business. Why is it more work with these types of businesses? Because of the amount of capital required to set up a shop like this, and the competitive and sometimes fickle nature of the business.

While there's no cheap way to go about setting up an auto body or repair shop, there are ways of cutting down the cost for equipment. For example, you can save money by buying some of the equipment you need second hand. Let's take a look at some of the various chain hoist trolley systems you can buy second hand. Our resource is an online auction website, but second hand trolley systems can be found from a variety of other places as well.

CM Lodestar Electric Chain Hoist 5 ton power trolleys can be found second hand for around $4,900, plus freight costs. The online auction we found noted that this chain hoist trolley came from a power house that was being torn down, and that it had been very well maintained. No matter where you find second hand trolleys, it's important to find out their history. If the owner can't tell you where it came from or how it was used, you have no idea of how safe or well functioning it is.

For example, we also found a Harrington 3 ton chain hoist trolley. While an excellent brand listed at a great price of around $4,200, the auction listing didn't describe where it came from. With so many options for buying second hand chain hoist trolleys, there's no need to buy one that you don't know the history on. After all, money saved on equipment isn't actually saved if your equipment breaks down and needs repair or replacement anyway.

How to go about making your auto business successful given the capitol you put into it, that's something we can't answer. But hopefully these suggestions for a chain hoist trolley can help you save some of that capitol by finding previously owned equipment at a great price.