turbochild

There is no one cleans wheelie bins round here and from other places i've lived it seems quite a worthwhile venture.

Was thinking about starting this up and charging from £2 a bin.

Does anyone use a service like this?

I'd oviously need a pressure washer that can draw it's own water and a water tank but anyone any idea if i'd need anything else? And what kinda size tank would go in the back of a transit i was looking at 2 650 litre tanks but then i thought the weight when full

but i have no idea how far that would go anyone able to help?

EIL132

If you think you can make it work then fair enough, however I know someone that was making a massive £70 a week from it

http://edinburgh.gumtree.com/edinburgh/39/74262739.html

MadMac

Mate you want to get into pressure washing peoples walls Particularly the property maintenance companies that look after big blocks of flats. One of the will keep you busy for a couple of weeks.

coswurv

iTrader: (8)

I use a ebc water tank in the back of my swb transit and thats a 100ltr with baffles, i dont fill it up due to the weight so there's no way you will be able to put two 650's in there mate.

focusv8

If it was very profitable you'd see vans on every street corner.

But if you must even think about it then,

You'll need a van, of course.
You'll need a generator to power everything.
A water tank with boost pump to push the water out to the jet wash.
A jet wash, obviously.
A metered standpipe to get water from street hyrdrants, unless you can find a helpfull customer along the round who will let you refill the tank.

The trick would be to use as liitle water as possible which means you'd be at the bin for the shortest time possible.

And watch out for the Environment Agency and the local Environmental Health officers, they may want to speak to you about discharging what is effectively foul water down surface drains.

Now think about what's involved in servicing one customer.
Drive to house, find bin (when I've seen it done they follow the bin men around to catch the bin still on the street)
Start up genny, jetwash bin, find customer, get cash.
If customer not in, return later to collect, and again and again,,for £2??
Obviously some will pay up immediately.


Good luck, you'll need it.
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tabetha

There was a company in Norfolk called VIP BIN cleaning that did my estate, always had my bin done, but in these super tough times I think a clean bin will be very low down on the list of things to spend money on, plus all the hassle.
I used to pay £3.50 6-7 years ago, so you'd certainly need to rethink prices.
If you want to earn money and get fit at same time, seriously consider dog walking, people will pay a lot more for dog walking than bin cleaning, can do multiple dogs at a time, a lot are too lazy, mate did it around 10 years ago now emigrated to a land where they have this big yellow thing in the sky and he doesn't have to wear thermal socks etc.
He was raking it in, and having to turn work away, within 6 months his pug 106 turned into a new M3, but 2 years after he left, he did this for around 2 years, wifey stopped working as well.
tabetha

turbochild

I see some of the above input and also some valid points i see the average price from asking people was between £8 and £10 a month and some even had to direct debit it. i'm also thinking it's not a great idea also.

Tbh i just wanna make some cash during the school time were i have nothing to do there is more window cleaners than you can shake a stick at. Just basically want to do some manual kind of work instead of driving a bus part time it's an un healthy occupation and hopefully find something that will give me an oppertunity to go self employed i used to do decorating but to be honest when there was work it's good but the dry spells killed me and forced me into bus driving lol

tabetha

Best of luck with whatever you decide to do, I know times are hard, and feel for you, esp if you have kids.
tabetha

turbochild

I'm a single parent working parttime shifts also tbh it's more to curb the boredom than anything and oviously to try provide a better standard of lie like holidays etc as i can afford to live but when it comes to things like holidays and silly things like days away times are hard

orionmojo

iTrader: (1)

why not try gardening?

i reckon you'd get a fair amount of people looking for someone to cut their lawn and trim hedges for an hour or so a fortnight, plus even if they're out at work etc they can leave the gates unlocked etc.

tools wouldn't be too expensive either.

tabetha

The beauty of dog walking is no overheads, no tools unless you're lucky with some dog owning people!!
tabetha

turbochild

I've never really thought about dog walking i assume this happens mainly when people are at work so how do you get the dog. Do they leave you with a key etc that could open a big can of worms potentially but it's a thought

turbochild

most places round my way are yards etc i suppose i could canvass further a field i know there has been a thread on here recently from someone struggling to find work landscaping or gardening i'd need to research before investing as i don't havea garden i've got a yard so the tools wouldn't be handy to me if all was quiet

Psycho Warren

iTrader: (5)

gardening for older folk/middle class folk.

only problem with any such business enterprise is in this day and age its unlikely youll find an area that doesnt already have such services covered so to get in youd have to offer something they dont/undercut them.

turbochild

that is why i thought of wheelie bins as i clean mine as no one has ever been round asking to do themigoogled it and there is on the net such a service here but i aint ever seen them and i've asked on facebook and no one i have on there has said they have been asked in blackpool but a few told me what they pay in other parts of the country some even getmade to set up a monthly direct debit

tabetha

They leave keys etc, my mate was a special or PCSO, as I called him Plastic Cop Specially Ordered!!
Quite a lot of his people were in but were too lazy/didn't have the time with babies/kids etc, a lot of animal lovers would rather go hungry themselves before their pets, just need to carry a poopa scoopa, he knew most of his before he started, he started as a way to get fit, got a few fit offers he told me as well when he went to get/return the dogs, he didn't actually like dogs before this but does now, has one himself now, a rhodesian ridgeback.
tabetha

foreigneRS

100 litres of water has a mass of 100kg. doesn't sound particularly heavy for a transit to me

even 2 x 650 = 1300kg is not much for one is it?

Csm

I had a 1000 ibc container in my transit, then reduced to a 600 ltr ibc was better

But it will take the 1000ltr no problem, just add the weight of the genny, washer and anything else you would carry i was a mobile valeter so my tranny was fookin heavy with all the cleaning materials lol

dreamer

On its own its not but with all the other gear you may find it borderline. Not sure wat the capacity if a transit is but id have thought less than 1500kgs

Gibbo87

there was a few companys near me that did wheelie bin cleaning..now the council have took the wheelie bins away an changed them for silly plastic storage containers like you use in the house...theres a couple vans that go round with tanks in the bank an clean windows..charge upto £10 a house..if not like someone else said outside walls on house refurbishments people have the moss blasted off the roofs an guttering if its all ok.