Small boys and kindling

[winchman]

Hello forgive me if this is stupid as I am new.

My son aged 12 has a small idea to pay for bits for his bike.

He wants me to collect wood and pallets, ( skip at works full of it)

He will cut them up and sell to shops that sell kindling.

They seam to sell a carrier bag size for £1.50 so is it a none starter, how much would he sell and what should we ask?

[WorcsWuss]

Sounds like a great little enterprise... take him round the local petrols stations, if they don't have it ask them if they want to stock it.... if they do have it, see what they're charging and find out what they pay....

Good on him!

[farmer_ben]

can you buy say 100 nets already made for him, he sells them on and you go 50/50 on profits? i use to make kindling out of pallets when i was at school but was slow and dangerous!

 

hats off to him though for wanting to earn some doe himself

[eddthesawman]

i think its great idea chap me and bro did this when we were his age. i think you could get 1.75 but he needs to make them very presentable i.e. nets or good equivalent.

[Littletree]

Good on your lad it's a great idear

[kernowstu]

good on the boy,this country needs more youngsters like him

[benedmonds]

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/24422-axes-kids.html

[winchman]

Thanks

I think he gets it from me as I have bought and sold some S**te over the years to buy our caravan and pay for the holidays etc

Were would we buy the nets ready made, the big killer is fuel, I go to work and drive weekly past a place that throws pallets away so its just a matter of filling the trailer and he can cut them up in the garage.

What should we charge? what would you do with the wooden pallet blocks?

[davey_b]

Good on the lad and for you for the encouragement. If you search ebay for net bags you should get some cheap. Might struggle to get small ones from the quick look i just had but if they're bigger you just sell them for more.

 

All the best

 

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[gensetsteve]

I think we are too far away to be any help. We sell to arb talk members for £1.60 a bag, some sell onto garages for £2.50 they then retail for around £3.95 maybe you could find a member near you in the directory. Pallets are not a great idea as alot have chemicals and paint on which your not supposed to use.