Putting a large van to work

[Shrimper]

The nature of one of my businesses is such that I have a large van (LWB Citroen Relay) sitting around for 6-8 months over the winter period. Its paid for and has just set empty for this winter, other than being loaned to a friend to help with his start up for the last few months.

Moving into next winter does anyone have any innovative ideas as to what I could do with it for that time to generate some income by putting it to work?

I've looked at courier work, but its not worth it as it takes me away from my other businesses. There may be an empty 20ft container to use with it next winter as well so I'm considering some kind of niche buying/selling of relatively large items but open to other ideas. Someone mentioned probate storage and movements, but I don't know anything about this area...

[Shrimper]

Some interesting replies thanks. I agree with the cheap long term rental but I'm not sure what the insurance costs involved will be - I'd imagine fairly high, which in turn will make turning a profit harder....