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they got one of these in mobile al. and its being run out town. the city says its a distraction. www.admobile.com
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I saw a few of those when I was in Denmark. The really distracting ones were the ones with neon lights, strobe lights, led screens and giant loudspeakers.
-------------------- Pat Whatley Montgomery, AL (334) 262-7446 office (334) 324-8465 cell Posts: 1306 | From: Wetumpka, AL USA | Registered: Mar 2001
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Not so fast! Only one particulary aggressive city attorney with nothing better to do wants to run us out of town. Most everyone else likes what we're doing.
We already won our appeal before the local zoning board which said that we violate no sign ordinance.
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i only knows what the news media tells me....sorry....
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I think those have lots of untapped applications besides running down the street.
Think of car dealership sales, radio station promotions, high school..any school events, fund rasing activities,....point is, there are tons of uses for this type of advertising besides crusing down the street...even parades!
I like this Idea.....how much? I want one!
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Glad to see we're not the only ones that think this is good idea (we'd be in real trouble if we were).
Our Series 2 truck (the one on TV and shown on the web site) was designed for daily route cruising to provide an inexpensive (and more effective) alternative to traditional outdoor media.
We are getting ready to introduce a couple of new products next quarter that are more geared to special events, parades, grand openings, etc. Doesn't mean you can't use the existing trucks for those functions, but that's just not their specific purpose.
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bob ...since you decided to post, a couple questions if ya dont mind. 1. who does the graphics for your trucks or are you also a printer/hanger? 2.are you a sign maker in this business or a business man doin signs?
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Bob, I like it!! Looks like a comparatively economical way to get into the billboard business. The only thing that irritated me about the changing billboards in Phoenix was they didn't change fast enough to see all 3 images if traffic was running at a good speed. In slow traffic, it was a nice change of pace compared to staring at stationary boards. Enjoyed your web site & have emailed you for more info.
Joe, I got a grin out of your comment above about only knowing what the news media tells you. Maybe that explains some of your theories about politics!
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hehehehe and yours chris...since you are hard wired to lintbag and FOX.......HEHEHEHEHEHHE always remember this...A MIND IS LIKE A PARACHUTE......ONLY FUNCTIONS IN THE OPEN POSTION.
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I think it would be cool not only as a rolling billboard, but also as some other sort of service truck so you arent out driving around just for the sake of driving, and picking up more $$$ while you're at it.
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Mike Pipes stickerpimp.com Lake Havasu, AZ mike@stickerpimp.com Posts: 8746 | From: Lake Havasu, AZ USA | Registered: Jun 2000
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The type of advertising your talking about is done on a regular basis and has been done for ages. corporations pay money to trucking companies to haul trailers cross country or in a specific market, with their product advertised on the side. This makes the trailer more cost effective for the trucker and gets the word out for the advertiser. 3m is a big user of that as well as a few other large companies that I cant think of right now. If you ever notice a trailer at a Lumber Yard and its advertising hair shampoo you would see what I'm talking about.
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I just got back from Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago and saw this type of advertising for the first time. The only difference is it was just a flat billboard set on the middle of the bed of the truck. I would say it was about a good 30 feet long and about 15 feet high. It drove up and down the strip all day/all night advertising "Cheetahs" an all nude strip joint in Vegas. It was just a giant picture of a gorgeous woman from the waist up covering up her breasts, the name Cheetahs, a small tagline saying something about it being a Gentlemans Club and directions. It was the same on both sides. It sure got everybody's attention. When it passed lots of folks would point at it and talk about it. I guess it's working for them.
-------------------- John Cordova Gitano Design Studio Albuquerque, NM Posts: 268 | From: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Everybody wants to know what's in the back. The answer is: a bucket, a sponge, a brush, and a hose. The black truck looks best when clean. There's nothing else back there.
Not a day goes by when someone doesn't suggest that we're leaving money on the table by not hauling something for someone. We have a different opinion. Deliveries would take our trucks off their regular advertising route service. Since the trucks earn around $100 per hour (a fifty hour week), we'd have to charge about ten times the price that FedEx gets for a envelope to make it worth our while. And that's not including the extra cost of insurance.
We'd just rather keep it visible on the route, working for our advertisers.
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