Looking for ways to make money with a truck?
If you’re a truck owner, you’re in luck.
As long as you can lift heavy, there are many options for you to earn money loading and delivering items.
And if you can’t lift heavy, don’t worry.
You can still earn money delivering food, renting your truck, or offering roadside assistance.
If you’re ready to get started, here are the best legit ways to make money with a truck.
How to Make Money with a Truck
1. Haul Large Items for People
2. Cut and Deliver Firewood
3. Offer Moving Services
4. Deliver Food
5. Sign Up with UShip
6. Pickup and Charge Scooters
7. Offer Roadside Assistance
8. Rent Out Your Truck with Turo
9. Drive for Amazon Flex
10. Become a Junk Hauler
11. Collect Scrap Metal
12. Use Your Truck to Start a Service-Based Business
13. Plow Snow
14. Pick Up and Sell Wood Pallets
1. Haul Large Items for People
If you have Facebook, I’m willing to bet you’ve seen someone looking for a truck owner to haul a piece of furniture at least a time or two.
And because not everyone owns a truck, hauling services will always be in demand.
This means if you’re strong enough to lift heavy items and are okay with loading furniture in the back of your truck, you can make money as a hauler.
You can find jobs by advertising your services on Facebook, or you can sign up with a company like Dolly.
Dolly will connect you with people or businesses who need things moved. As long as you own a truck and can lift at least 75 lbs, you’ll earn about $35 per hour for your moving services.
Another company that will connect you with customers is GoShare.
With GoShare, you can earn about $46-$52 per hour with a large pickup truck.
But of course, if you go out and find jobs on your own, you may be able to earn even more – especially if you can find gigs within affluent neighborhoods.
2. Cut and Deliver Firewood
If you live in a rural area where people heat their homes with wood, you can cut and deliver firewood.
To do this, you’ll need access to fallen trees and need to be in good physical shape. You’ll also need to own a chainsaw and possibly a log splitter.
You can use your truck to haul the wood to your customers.
A typical cord of wood sells for $300 but varies depending on the region.
Since this service is so physically demanding, you may want to consider getting a partner to help with your wood cutting business.
3. Offer Moving Services
If you don’t mind helping move heavy items, you can offer moving services.
This works best when the person moving is local and isn’t moving too far. However, since it’s your business, you get to decide how far out you’re willing to go.
You can charge for moving the items or do a more full-service gig, helping to pack up, move, and unload.
4. Deliver Food
Not into moving heavy things? No problem.
You can still make money with your truck by picking up food and delivering it. And fortunately, you have a few different options.
DoorDash: With DoorDash, you get paid to pick up restaurant food and deliver it to customers. The amount you’ll earn depends on the size of the order and the tip the customer leaves you.
PostMates: With Postmates, you get paid to deliver food, drinks, and groceries. The pay varies by location and job. According to GlassDoor reports, the salary ranges from $7 to $54 per hour.
UberEats: UberEats is very similar to DoorDash. You can earn money picking up and delivering restaurant orders. Like with the rest, the pay varies depending on where you live and when you deliver.
5. Sign Up with UShip
Uship is like eBay for delivery drivers.
On it, drivers create a profile and bid on jobs in their areas. From there, customers can choose who they’d like to hire.
The items shipped with this company include everything from motorcycles to refrigerators.
So, of course, you’ll need to only bid on jobs that you can successfully complete with the type of truck you have.
Before bidding, you’ll be able to see the pickup and dropoff location and the type of item. Then, when you take a job, you’ll get paid on delivery.
6. Pickup and Charge Scooters
If you live in a city with Lime scooters for rent, you can get paid to pick them up, charge them, and return them the following day.
You’ll need a driver’s license and a pick-up truck to be eligible.
You can earn between $3-$12 per scooter per day.
If you’re interested in becoming a Lime Juicer, you can sign up here or download the app.
7. Offer Roadside Assistance
If your truck has towing capabilities, you can offer roadside assistance services. And even if your vehicle doesn’t have towing capabilities, you may still be able to provide services like jumpstarts, tire changes, and more.
Here are a couple of companies you can sign up with that will help you find towing and roadside assistance jobs:
8. Rent Out Your Truck with Turo
If you’re interested in a passive way to earn money with your truck, consider renting it out.
You can list your truck for rent with a service like Turo. Then, when someone needs it, they can come to pick it up and return it on the agreed-upon due date.
This works best when you live in a large city, but it can also work out if you live more rurally and there’s little to no competition.
If you enjoy renting out your truck, you can build an entire fleet of vehicles and turn this into a business.
9. Drive for Amazon Flex
Do you live close to an Amazon delivery station? If the answer is yes, you can pick up Amazon packages and deliver them to customers.
What I love about this job is that it’s completely flexible.
Here’s how it works:
First, you’ll sign up. Then, you’ll select what blocks of time you’d like to work.
During your scheduled blocks, you’ll pick up packages from an Amazon delivery station and deliver them to customers.
Most Amazon Flex drivers earn an average of $18 – $25 per hour.
To get this job, your truck will need a covered bed. Other requirements include a driver’s license and smartphone. You’ll also need to carry the required insurance in your area.
10. Become a Junk Hauler
It’s no secret – the average American household has far more goods than they’ll ever need or use.
Which inevitably leads to many items needing to go to the dump or junkyard.
If you have a truck, you can help solve this problem by hauling items to the junk.
To find customers locally, advertise your services on your Facebook page and marketplace. You can also sign up with a company like Curb It to find jobs.
11. Collect Scrap Metal
If your truck has a large bed, you can go around your town collecting scrap metal and cashing it in.
What’s great about this job is that since you pick up people’s scrap metal for free, they’re likely to contact you with the stuff they want to get rid of.
You can find scraps to cash in by driving around the city and seeing what people put out or by posting on Facebook to find items you can come collect.
12. Use Your Truck to Start a Service-Based Business
Pickup trucks are perfect for starting serviced-based businesses that require a lot of tools.
For example, you can use your truck to start a landscaping business as long as you have a mower, weed eater, and basic landscaping tools.
You can start small, mowing a yard or two around the neighborhood, and then slowly branch out.
Another idea is a handyman business. This works well if you already have the tools plus knowledge to do basic household jobs.
13. Plow Snow
If you have a snowplow that hooks to your truck, you can make A LOT of money in the wintertime plowing snow.
Many states and cities will hire extra snow plowers to work around the clock when the weather gets bad.
But you’re not limited to only doing government jobs. You can also plow business parking lots and residential driveways.
14. Pick Up and Sell Wood Pallets
If you have connections with local business owners, offer to pick up their wood pallets.
Most businesses have a ton of wood pallets lying around from deliveries.
If you have a truck, you can pick these up and sell them to community members who do crafts, make your own crafts out of them, or take them to the recycling center.
Here are a few more side hustles you can check out:
Final Thoughts
There are plenty of ways to make extra money if you have a pickup truck. These ideas can be used as a side hustle and potentially become a full-time income.
Of course, in the beginning, you may need to try out an idea or two before you find the one you like, so don’t be afraid to experiment.
And if you’re looking for more money-making ideas, check out our side hustle section.
