Worked for me...probably gonna try it again next year if I have the time.

 

I personally fix my friends cars or trucks. I work at a garage, so I always have access to a lift and tools.

If you have some basic tools, you could offer to do brakes or oil changes or whatnot for people. Have local buisness owners mention it to people as they walk in.

Or if you have a trailer, advertise in the paper as a you call-we haul service.

Good luck, with whatever you do.

 

cosntruction when im between jobs, unclogged a shower and sink for $50 today, that was about 1 1/2 hours work, starting on 40 foot of screen porch tomorrow for 500 bucks, then the floor of the porch in 4x8 brick pavers, the floor is 360 sqft, i will make probably 300 off that job.....

 

there is a guy around here that has a company called "honey-do" he jsut bascially does side jobs putting up fences things like that. You would be suprised at how many people cant or dont want to do things like that. Or even better if you can weld do some fencing there is some good money in that.

My husband looks for things on craig's list. He found a guy needing work done to his 02 cummins, 97 p-stroke, tractors and 4 wheelers which he has experience in all. The guy pays good money and hands his number out to everyone he knows. Basically he does small jobs like oil changes, brake jobs, some performace stuff and has made some good extra cash doing it.

 

side work is kinda slim around here, thats why i bid that job so cheap, just to make some money and have some work, i would of normally bid the job almost twice that......

 

I turn wrenches after hours and make pretty good cash right out of my home garage

 

how do you charge?

 

i buy an resell auto parts on ebay.
i do sell other stuff also. some times i sell stuff i get at yard sales i the summer also..
also people give us junk cars and we take the to the salvage yard they pay us 200 ea
i help my aunt at her diner nights tuesday-friday

my maine job is lobstering but i have a ton of spare time i only work 4 or 5 days a week in the summer and in the winter i hardly work at all january-june
so i'm always looking for ways to make extra.

i have a friend who does small engine repair in his spare time. seems to work out pretty well for him.

 

Usually an educated guess format.

Go look at the stuff, if it's all just junk then quote about 3x what the disposal fees are. If I can get $25-30 an hour on average it works...not trying to get rich...if they just have garbage then I call the disposal place and find out what a dumpster would run, then add 25% to it and then my labor is quoted accordingly.

If they have a bunch of useful items, then I'll take less.

Cars, machinery, etc I take for free.

One guy had 25 bundles of 1" 'heavy' cedar shakes......I paid him $200 for the shakes, he was super duper happy, and I sold them to the broker for just under $1,000......cost me about 2 hours of my time and $50 in fuel......

I look at it like this---I can get exercise, meet people (networking--ya never know who will call), be entertained, help out people who otherwise would be over-run by crap, plus the opportunity to make a mini-fortune if I ever find that old picture with a copy of the Declaration of Independence hidden in the frame....


I sell on eBay a lot, too.

 

do you have a trailer for the vehicles? or do you contact someone with a roll back or something