Im in the garden landscape and construction indusry and things are generally quiet . I dont want to lay men off and Ill have to pay the overheads on vehicles anyway.
2006-11-20 03:54:21 · 13 answers · asked by THOMAS 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Offer your services to local DIY centres as people often want "immediate" home delivery of bulky items - xmas trees / furniture etc.
2006-11-20 03:57:28 · answer #1 · answered by Robert W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact local breakdown recovery companies especially police contractors. Try van hire companies as well that deal with businesses and delivery of vehicles to client. Chances are that they are struggling at this time of year due to weather and are always on the look out for drivers short term.
2006-11-20 04:02:57 · answer #2 · answered by EACANCER 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Delivery service for Thanksgiving dinners; you could offer to pick up last minute items and deliver them to homes for a fee (Oh No! I forgot the cranberries!!!);
You can pick up peoples packages to be mailed at UPS or the Post OFfice, or for people who don't have vehicles, you can take them AND their packages to be mailed (since you have plenty of room). If you can't find a way to make some money, consider delivering meals on wheels and that sort of thing. You can also offer rides to nearby towns or cities, aka taxi rides, for groups. You can be hired in the evenings for parties of drinking passengers and be an DD escort around town.
2006-11-20 04:00:15 · answer #3 · answered by A.C.Girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to your local transport company,City Link,DHL,TNT etc,from now to Christmas they are all flat out,I have two friends working for them at the minute and they get about £150 a day for using their own van,it wont make you a fortune but it would help pay the vans and wages rather than pay men for sitting idle !
Good luck !
2006-11-20 04:19:07 · answer #4 · answered by any 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Mr S Claus, The North Pole. I hear he's had to lay off the elves cos they were demanding healthcare and pension rights.
2006-11-20 03:56:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Contact local supemarkets and offer to do a home delivery service with 10% paid to a charity - FAREPACK - CHILDREN in NEED etc
2006-11-20 04:00:29 · answer #6 · answered by JAYFIRE 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
house removals
furniture delivery
taking rubbish to the dump
why don't you specialise in those outdoor heaters? People still like to sit in the garden in winter, its just too cold! You can even get those reallly good infra red heaters that you fit to the side of your house....
2006-11-20 04:05:05 · answer #7 · answered by billy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Collect seaweed and good looking stones from the nearest bit of coast. Sell them to gardeners.
Buy bulk wood, saw it into logs, deliver to people for Christmas.
2006-11-20 03:59:32 · answer #8 · answered by Demie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Advertise a 'tidying service'.
Lots of people want their grass cut and leaves tidied up before winter sets in properly.
2006-11-20 03:57:59 · answer #9 · answered by le_coupe 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
could you bid on snow removal contracts for local municipalities? Otherwise, what about delivering heating oil, etc.?
2006-11-20 06:19:32 · answer #10 · answered by WJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋