Do I seriously need to transport planks with that little putt-putt forklift?

[wyrdplace]

As in, all the way to the lumber retailer? ONE PALLET AT A TIME? I'll go insane!

So far, the only flatbed truck I've found is the one the entrepreneur lets me use when I do jobs for him. Unfortunately, I haven't seen him in a while.

[Goldi:AI]

You can also buy one at the car dealership.

[wyrdplace]

Originally posted by GoldiRie:

You can also buy one at the car dealership.

Yeah, I just found it. I suppose I can raise enough money, if I keep adding logs to the mill and selling the wood chips and bark...

[jfgelinas]

Early game one of the good way to make money is to visit the store around the map and buy all their raw food. The majority of them sells vegetable, fish, eggs and milk. You buy as much as you can daily and you combine that with your own eggs and milk and veggy from your own farm. After a week, you cook everything and you sell the prepared meal for a big chunk of money.

The 2 store west of the map are easily accessible by bus. For the other one, I'd recommend you move your old truck to the one of the store that has the most product for sale or to Lily's house and you use the teleport from old truck and to your fork lift at home every day to purchase the goods. Later on when you get rid of your old vehicle, you can move them to other stores to take advantage of the instant teleport to more different stores.

Go around the map, find out which store offer the most raw food before moving your old truck to that desired location.

Later on in the game you'll probably stop doing cooking all together because you'll make enough money with just the wood work. Last advice, buy the furniture factory first, pay your uncle after. You make money way way way way way way way way faster with the furniture factory.

[wyrdplace]

Thanks! In particular, I was wondering about the factory and whether it might be good to buy it first.

[wyrdplace]

I just bought the flatbed truck!

Though I'm not sure I can handle a vehicle with a cruising speed of 60 mph (kph?), a working speedometer, and no masking tape over the gas gauge. If it had a functioning radio, I think my mind would short circuit...

[cosmokramer5b]

Originally posted by wyrdplace:

Thanks! In particular, I was wondering about the factory and whether it might be good to buy it first.

Definitely - took me weeks to save enough money for the factory but then only a few days later I was able to pay off uncle and start buying better equipment. Just be sure to save 200k before buying the factory to unlock trader 2 skill.

I still cook since the unique recipes make it more worthwhile doing the daily shopping trips - hell its finally even worth buying honey. Although I suspect they’re selling me my own honey from my hives since I struggle to produce more than a few jars daily but some stores have upto 9 per day to sell!

[wyrdplace]

Are the unique recipes ones people give you or do you just combine ingredients or something?

[cosmokramer5b]

Originally posted by wyrdplace:

Are the unique recipes ones people give you or do you just combine ingredients or something?

I got given them by the aunt in chapter 3