{
  "id": 8018847,
  "title": "Brothers started junk business with $4,000 truck; it later made $3.04m",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/brothers-started-junk-business-with-4-000-truck-it-later-made-3-04m",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-17T11:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/two-massachusetts-brothers-started-a-junk-removal-business-as-teenagers-with-a-4000-pickup-truck-four-years-later-it-made-3-04-million-in-2025-and-is-targeting-5-million-in-2026/articleshow/134308239.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Massachusetts brothers Kirk and Jacob McKinney started Junk Teens in 2021 with a used $4,000 pickup truck while they were still teenagers. What began as junk removal and reselling has grown into a business that generated $3.04 million in revenue from more than 5,500 jobs in 2025. The brothers are now targeting $5 million in revenue in 2026.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}