Have a van, and spare time, how do I earn money?
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desolate said:
In terms of insurance if you avoid courier work it's pretty affordable.
Good thinking, I was thinking about getting into dog walking but the income seems to be a bit limited to 11-2 and the number of dogs you can walk. I have seen a SWB Transit, I hired one the other week and kept catching the rear wheels on the kerb when turning. If I went for a MWB do you think I would learn to turn without doing this?
lost in espace said:
Good thinking, I was thinking about getting into dog walking but the income seems to be a bit limited to 11-2 and the number of dogs you can walk.
I have seen a SWB Transit, I hired one the other week and kept catching the rear wheels on the kerb when turning. If I went for a MWB do you think I would learn to turn without doing this?
No idea - I'm ok at insurance, not so hot on driving a van.I have seen a SWB Transit, I hired one the other week and kept catching the rear wheels on the kerb when turning. If I went for a MWB do you think I would learn to turn without doing this?
Some courier companies offer a full franchise so all you do is provide the van and yourself. Don't think you will get rich that way, but it will be an income.
House clearances are a bit of an issue with haulage insurance (necessary I am told) and waste carriers licences. So that is a no.
I have changed my mind slightly looks like a Transit rather than a Custom is on the cards. L2H2. The annual investment allowance makes a more expensive van look good value against a million mile 10 year old £4k one.
I have changed my mind slightly looks like a Transit rather than a Custom is on the cards. L2H2. The annual investment allowance makes a more expensive van look good value against a million mile 10 year old £4k one.
You won't make more than buttons doing 'man with van' work and courier work is about the same.
A recent 'man with van' example from myself : I needed to move the contents of a flat to another one 15 miles away and required some assistance with the larger stuff. Took around 45 mins at each end to load/unload and approx 35 mins drive between the 2 places. How much? £35. Other quotes were only £5-10 more.
A recent 'man with van' example from myself : I needed to move the contents of a flat to another one 15 miles away and required some assistance with the larger stuff. Took around 45 mins at each end to load/unload and approx 35 mins drive between the 2 places. How much? £35. Other quotes were only £5-10 more.
You're buying a van for a business that only needs it one day a week?
That's either a very lucrative business, or a complete waste of money.
I'm assuming the latter, otherwise you wouldn't be asking how to generate an income from the van. Why does the business need to buy the van? Can it lease instead? Or better still, rent by the day? Surely that's the problem you need to be solving, not how to generate an income on the days the business doesn't need it?
That's either a very lucrative business, or a complete waste of money.
I'm assuming the latter, otherwise you wouldn't be asking how to generate an income from the van. Why does the business need to buy the van? Can it lease instead? Or better still, rent by the day? Surely that's the problem you need to be solving, not how to generate an income on the days the business doesn't need it?
My B-I-L has a company with vans and drivers that are idle a % of the time. He has a contract with Howdens to do their deliveries, he has now leased a couple more vans just to cover them. They pay a stupid amount as I suspect others do as well. One example £90 to send a single kitchen door 40 miles which was in a van full of other deliveries for them and stuff of his own.
21TonyK said:
My B-I-L has a company with vans and drivers that are idle a % of the time. He has a contract with Howdens to do their deliveries, he has now leased a couple more vans just to cover them. They pay a stupid amount as I suspect others do as well. One example £90 to send a single kitchen door 40 miles which was in a van full of other deliveries for them and stuff of his own.
If I hire a van I have to drive, pick it up, leave my car on some sidestreet, drive home, load van, get to site, unload van, finish job, load van, unload into garage at home, drive to the hire place the next day and drop off, walk to vandelised car and drive home.If I buy a "L2H2" van we can use it as a mobile office, keep the kit in it (maybe) and not forget anything when we go to site, and save myself about 2 weeks a year in picking up and unpacking the van. Crazy as it might seem, over 5 years it will earn its keep. And I keep dropping stuff like printers, my tent fell over and the table and laptop went with it, as opposed to arriving on site with all the kit in one place.
I get the AIA against my tax, and can claim the running expenses as well. I will be paying about £250 a month hiring vans, and that is just for a Caddy.
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