I don't care how far technology comes along and if AI takes over, Ice Cream trucks will still be magical. Early 2000s Ice Cream trucks are what I grew up with 😋 I would always save up a few quarters, and the Ice Cream truck man would always say the going rate for an Ice Cream cone that day was how many quarters I happened to have that day 😂
The kids reactions when I pull into the park with the music playing is priceless. You can hear the screams all across the park…so cool!! Thanks for the comment!!
Love your truck! I just started my ice cream truck business 5 months ago. And yes you're right, no one cares for the snacks. My favorite childhood memories is stopping the ice cream truck and paying with pennies 😅
I had my own ice cream truck back in the mid-70s. Actually the song I played on my ice cream truck was the one you were playing when the video first started. I'm old-school so I like the old music boxes from back in the 60s and 70s.
I like your ice cream truck. You have everything like the freezers and the design of the truck. I also like the Nichols Electronics Omni 2 music box you’ve got for the music, and most of all, I like how you converted the Ford Transit van into an ice cream truck.
@@moxiesicecreamtruck idk what these stupid hipsters are think writing these idiotic buzzfeed style "articles" next their going to say all retail is bad
Moxie, We are starting our business this summer and are looking for a good freezer. I see that you have close to about 30 choices +/-, You get all those choices in that freezer?? Wow, where do you keep your spare inventory?
I've got about 25 items I carry every day. I easily get them all in there. The more choices you give them, the longer they keep the line from moving. Then you just stare at them picking their nose while they decide. The freezer is the most important piece of the entire operation. It's a cold plate freezer from C. Nelson. Plug it in at night, and it keeps the ice cream perfectly frozen all day with no power needs. Not too hard, like a freezer with dry ice, but just right for eating. Don't be that company that uses dry ice. You are selling rocks that no one can even eat till they thaw out a little. Spend the cash and get the best the first time...trust me. You will learn a way to arrange the boxes so the biggest selling items are on top, and the slower ones on the bottom. I keep a spare chest freezer on wheels at home in the garage. I load it up into the van for the weekly re-up. Good luck with the business!!
I try and have something new every month…I’ll rotate some of the more popular items also, keeping the regular customers wondering what we have this week.
I feel like starting a ice cream truck. the music box I am going to use is probably one of the ones made by vixen horns because it has animal sounds, sirens, music, and a built in PA system.
How cool i have a younger brother with a disability. It's hard to find a job for him i thought about maybe a ice cream truck for us both. Pretty cool just doing some research thanks
I would love to get a truck put together. I have a buddy who does this on the lake with his pontoon boat. It's doing great and even better his second season. Best of luck to you brother. Good health and God bless
I built a "window" piece that fits in the space. It's held in with simple clasps. We take it out when we're doing business, and it goes back in when we travel...
I'm thinking about a Max Max I scream truck for the food deserts. Do you think a skull mask does deter the kids from approaching the truck? Hey, good luck!
It's not the kids that you have to worry about. The MOMS make the decision. Just because YOU like it, doesn't mean it will translate to sales. What will deter people in general, is making it look like something else, and not an ice cream truck. How many restaurants have you passed on, saying to yourself, "It looks weird". Something to think about...Give yourself every advantage you can. Keep it simple, and THAT will help you be successful.
Thank u very much sir gary for the reply, id bn thinking doing ice cream truck too since 2020, im here in chicago. Your still in the business sir? May u have a nice day.
You bet! Do it asap! It's the most positive job ever! Everyone is always glad you showed up! Plus the money is great! I'm still in the business, and will be for a long time...
@@moxiesicecreamtruck I did not last too long on the job, because I would give away free ice-cream to kids, so I would come back short to my boss. But the kids loved me!!
Talk about a loaded question. I have no idea what level you're on, but obviously it was for me. I know nothing about where you are, what you're like, how you work with people, what the competition is, etc...so I can't answer that. I don't have enough info...
We're in Texas! I see snow cone trucks but not ice cream. We live in a small town but there are bigger ones around. I'd say I work good with people, especially kids as I'm a teacher assistant
@@03ambertoby Well, I put 35K into a new van and built it out...It's been working for me. Start with the ice cream and see if you have a place to buy it...it don't matter if you can't supply it! If you have people skills and actually like them, you'll do fine. Watch more of our videos and you'll see...OBVIOUSLY I'm having a blast.
I remember eating choco tacos. I tried to get one and he said that they are discontinued. Why do they even have the sticker on their truck in the first place?
@@_Majoras Man, I would love one too. They were my biggest seller, and just out of the blue, they quit making them. No time to stock up on them either...
I don't care how far technology comes along and if AI takes over, Ice Cream trucks will still be magical. Early 2000s Ice Cream trucks are what I grew up with 😋 I would always save up a few quarters, and the Ice Cream truck man would always say the going rate for an Ice Cream cone that day was how many quarters I happened to have that day 😂
The kids reactions when I pull into the park with the music playing is priceless. You can hear the screams all across the park…so cool!! Thanks for the comment!!
Nice looking truck. The one I own is a 1978 chevy grumman ( ex-postal truck) Have to have those sliding open doors for those hot summer days.
Cool! The vintage ones are always my favorite. I just needed to roll farther away and wanted to make sure I didn’t break down…
Love your truck! I just started my ice cream truck business 5 months ago. And yes you're right, no one cares for the snacks.
My favorite childhood memories is stopping the ice cream truck and paying with pennies 😅
Nice! I wish you well!! Where do you take it? Or are you that far yet?
Have a truck myself. Real fun little business. Kids love it all, parents too. Brings back those memories! 🍦 😀👍
Yep! Every day someone says that!
I had my own ice cream truck back in the mid-70s. Actually the song I played on my ice cream truck was the one you were playing when the video first started. I'm old-school so I like the old music boxes from back in the 60s and 70s.
"i want the spongebob"
Moxie: "that will be a small payment of $4,000 cash."
We take cash ,check, and credit cards, baseball cards, stocks, bonds, and collectibles. Gold and silver work too! LOL
@@moxiesicecreamtruckI hope your business fails you if u change $4 for a SpongeBob popsicle. Thats my childhood
I like your ice cream truck. You have everything like the freezers and the design of the truck. I also like the Nichols Electronics Omni 2 music box you’ve got for the music, and most of all, I like how you converted the Ford Transit van into an ice cream truck.
Well thanks for the kind words! Happy Holidays!
You’re welcome!
im so glad you still keep on even though genus claims ice cream trucks like yours or others are racist
Thanks. Nope, not racist at all.
@@moxiesicecreamtruck idk what these stupid hipsters are think writing these idiotic buzzfeed style "articles" next their going to say all retail is bad
Moxie,
We are starting our business this summer and are looking for a good freezer. I see that you have close to about 30 choices +/-, You get all those choices in that freezer?? Wow, where do you keep your spare inventory?
I've got about 25 items I carry every day. I easily get them all in there. The more choices you give them, the longer they keep the line from moving. Then you just stare at them picking their nose while they decide. The freezer is the most important piece of the entire operation. It's a cold plate freezer from C. Nelson. Plug it in at night, and it keeps the ice cream perfectly frozen all day with no power needs. Not too hard, like a freezer with dry ice, but just right for eating. Don't be that company that uses dry ice. You are selling rocks that no one can even eat till they thaw out a little. Spend the cash and get the best the first time...trust me. You will learn a way to arrange the boxes so the biggest selling items are on top, and the slower ones on the bottom. I keep a spare chest freezer on wheels at home in the garage. I load it up into the van for the weekly re-up. Good luck with the business!!
Nice truck 😊 do you upgrade your truck with new different flavors from time to time?
I try and have something new every month…I’ll rotate some of the more popular items also, keeping the regular customers wondering what we have this week.
0:02 I seen a orange ice cream truck back in 2018-2019 playing this song and the song is called The Band Played On.
Good to know about the snacks
Love the truck!
Thank you for the kind words! I love it too!
I feel like starting a ice cream truck. the music box I am going to use is probably one of the ones made by vixen horns because it has animal sounds, sirens, music, and a built in PA system.
I'll have to check them out! Thanks!
@@moxiesicecreamtruck yeah they are also more affordable with some going around 50 dollars
Here is one i suggest
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I never found that in Oregon
Where were you looking? Are you in the Portland area?
How cool i have a younger brother with a disability. It's hard to find a job for him i thought about maybe a ice cream truck for us both. Pretty cool just doing some research thanks
Good luck bro hope you both end up doing it
Buy mine...search Craigslist in Eugene, OR
@@moxiesicecreamtruck i tried locating u on craigslist no luck
@@arthurvaldez2492 try UsedVending.com It's on there too...and it's on Craigslist all over Oregon, Seattle, Boise, etc...
i got to see inside mister softee it was cool anthonys workers and him are good
Pretty cool! You're almost an expert!
I would love to get a truck put together. I have a buddy who does this on the lake with his pontoon boat. It's doing great and even better his second season. Best of luck to you brother. Good health and God bless
Thanks for the kind words! The lake idea is awesome!
I really was thinking about having my own Ice cream truck having it a horror themed a different way to it . Yeah pretty cool stuff 🎉
Cool Idea! Watch out for the Moms though...they run the show. Thanks for watching!
🇺🇸 ❤️!!
Omni 2 music box the band and the picnic
Do you have that machine that makes ice cream on the spot like a sundae ice cream ?? Lots of those in nyc
Sorry, we don't. Only novelty pre-packaged ice cream. I'd LOVE to have a machine, but maybe next season?
@@moxiesicecreamtruck At earliest
Si ven un camión de helados por la noche en LATAM, corran ☠️☠️☠️☠️
You are so Nice! Keep it up!
Thank you! I have so much fun with the kids...Art Linkletter was right. Kids say the most amazing things!
Our ice cream is by the gas station😊
Do you work full time on the truck or just during the summer? I’m trying to get an ice cream truck but don’t know if full time or summer would be good
I work the summer only. It rains like hell here in Oregon for 6 months, so I can't work the winter...
If you go to Florida or Louisiana or a state with a lot of heat you can definitely do it full time.
How do you close the huge service window?
I built a "window" piece that fits in the space. It's held in with simple clasps. We take it out when we're doing business, and it goes back in when we travel...
Nichols Electronics OMNI 2 : A Band Played on & The Picnic
Can one make a decent profit selling ice cream these days?
What, you think we're all out here just picking up chicks?
This ice cream truck when we used to star is to go Warren Michigan with yaya
I'm thinking about a Max Max I scream truck for the food deserts.
Do you think a skull mask does deter the kids from approaching the truck?
Hey, good luck!
It's not the kids that you have to worry about. The MOMS make the decision. Just because YOU like it, doesn't mean it will translate to sales. What will deter people in general, is making it look like something else, and not an ice cream truck. How many restaurants have you passed on, saying to yourself, "It looks weird". Something to think about...Give yourself every advantage you can. Keep it simple, and THAT will help you be successful.
Where do you get the ice cream at?
I have it delivered from the manufacturer
Hello sir where can i buy the cold plate freezer. U have a very nice & cool ice cream truck. Hope to hear from u soon. Thank u
I bought mine at C. Nelson Manufacturing in Ohio. They are expensive but so worth it!
Thank u very much sir gary for the reply, id bn thinking doing ice cream truck too since 2020, im here in chicago. Your still in the business sir? May u have a nice day.
You bet! Do it asap! It's the most positive job ever! Everyone is always glad you showed up! Plus the money is great! I'm still in the business, and will be for a long time...
Thanks for all the info and the positive good vibes. Hpy thanksgiving
Would you come to my neighborhood
Maybe...where are you at?
Three out of four
i used to work for an ice-cream truck
Tell me about your experience..was it positive?
@@moxiesicecreamtruck I did not last too long on the job, because I would give away free ice-cream to kids, so I would come back short to my boss. But the kids loved me!!
Hello do you know where I can get the pay it forward stickers?
I had those made especially for me...so you'd have to go to a sign shop that does vinyl stickers and have them made for you...
Gary, it makes me inspired by what you did. what's the ice container brand?
The freezer is a C. Nelson made in Ohio, USA. I hope that is what you mean?
Kids love candy and ice cream!❤
Big and little kids too! lol
So what’s the total cost of everything ?
Sorry, but that isn't something I'd like to share on the internet.
the battery is constantly charging?
No, it's not. It powers the lights and MaxxFan. It charges when I plug it in at night...
What can you make with the ice cream truck
Lots of money...
Hello! Im thinking of doing this! Is it worth the investment money wise?
Talk about a loaded question. I have no idea what level you're on, but obviously it was for me. I know nothing about where you are, what you're like, how you work with people, what the competition is, etc...so I can't answer that. I don't have enough info...
We're in Texas! I see snow cone trucks but not ice cream. We live in a small town but there are bigger ones around. I'd say I work good with people, especially kids as I'm a teacher assistant
Not necessarily looking for a solid answer for me but maybe for you personally.
@@03ambertoby Well, I put 35K into a new van and built it out...It's been working for me. Start with the ice cream and see if you have a place to buy it...it don't matter if you can't supply it! If you have people skills and actually like them, you'll do fine. Watch more of our videos and you'll see...OBVIOUSLY I'm having a blast.
I remember eating choco tacos. I tried to get one and he said that they are discontinued. Why do they even have the sticker on their truck in the first place?
You know all ice cream trucks aren't the same company right? Who knows what they do...and why would you ask me? No more Choco Tacos forever...
@@moxiesicecreamtruck you know what would be good right about now? a choco taco
@@_Majoras Man, I would love one too. They were my biggest seller, and just out of the blue, they quit making them. No time to stock up on them either...
Good memories