I do $90/hr with a $300 minimum on mobile jobs for commercial work, plus $4/mile to and from the shop, plus materials. This covers welding, fabrication, and repair work. Having everything the same simplifies the invoicing and pricing work, which lets me focus more on actually working. Having it a little high for my area also tends to ensure that the small talkers aren't sent my way when I get there; I get somebody higher up, with the best idea of what needs to be done, and the highest likelihood of making sure it's not an issue if I need to borrow a forklift or a few of their guys for a few minutes throughout the process. Most factory guys love seeing a puddle for the first time with my spare passive hood while I have them help me hold something down, or pick up that end just a smidge while I get this tack on it, too. THAT makes sure that when I tell them things, they listen, and I'm at the point now where I'm comfortable enough while I'm working that I can explain to them what I'm doing, what's happening to the metal, why the prep took so long, or answering the endless questions most of them have. Almost like getting prepaid helpers sometimes; it's great, especially when one of them already knows their way around a grinder, combination square, and *gasp!* even a tape measure!😂 For simple residential things, I have a formula for figuring the pricing. Three tacks, a 6" bead , and a quick hit with the wire wheel on my cordless angle grinder on the ramp of your beat-up old scrap hauling trailer in the Home Depot parking lot? $40. Cheap enough that you might as well do it right now when you need it for the sake of convenience, but not SO cheap that you end up calling me expecting me to do your little 'emergency' exhaust hanger job for $25. Plus it's enough to be worth me setting up my gear and firing up the little generator for ten minutes when I was already on the way home from a contract job, anyway. Some people don't like little 'B.S.' jobs; non-multi-thousand dollar customers, but people appreciate it when you take the time to help them, and one day one of them who remembers that great job you did will have your card on them at work when the operations manager comes in over a broken piece of equipment asking if anybody knows a good welder/machinist/mechanic/fabricator because the replacement part won't be there for three weeks. Suddenly you get a call for an emergency job, and you've got a purchase order & the go ahead to do whatever you need to do because that machine is costing them $5,000 every day that it's down. Sweet deal right there. Geez, I need to start keeping these short, eh?
That was one of the best explanations of playing the long game in business I’ve ever heard! Take care of people and in the long run they will take care of you, thanks for sharing brother
Wish I was in a big city. People refuse to pay the going rates. Theyll pay plumbers and electricians tons of money but they feel welders dont deserve more than minimum pay. No chance of me ever getting travel pay or money to replace my consumables. These ppl wont have none of it. One guy asked me to do some welding for him, "Just up that road." I followed him on a dirt rocky road that was no more than an animal trail for over 15 miles before we got to his ranch. All he wanted was a few broken railings to be welded back in place and he turned to me and said, "See? Nothing to it. You can't charge me much for that" after my truck had suffered a ride up Mount Everest!
I charge between $60-150 per hour depending on what I'm welding and the conditions. Irrigation welding $60 plus materials tig welded stainless pipe $100 plus materials. If its miserable, nasty, wet etc. Up to $150 per hour.
I'm in Michigan near Detroit making a list of what to buy for my own mobile welding. 11 yrs welding. Excited but nervous. Thanks for the tips it's much appreciated!
Great video. Some advice that a couple different independent business owners (in a few different trades) have told me regarding bidding jobs: There are 3 types of customers to consider. Those that can't afford it, those that can but are too cheap to pay it, and those that know the value of your work and are willing to pay it. When bidding jobs, if you're always bidding low, you're cutting your own throat. Bid honest, don't be afraid to lose a job (ie: cheap people), but also learn from your own history. If everyone always accepts your rate, you're not charging enough.
$160.00 minimum charge. That includes the first hour. $80.00 per hour after that. Straight weld only jobs, I.e. non stop welding: $100.00/hour. Aluminum mobile rates: 250.00 first hour $125.00 per hour after that. These rates will make you a good living. If you're looking to get rich, invest your money instead of drinking or partying.
@@psycho-nutkase9233 bro I literally feel like a slave at my union job, i get paid well and i was and am gratefull, however is see the benefits and annuities are just golden handcuffs i commend anyone gling out, learning a skill and creating a business, it takes alot of work
Thank you Welder Beast ! I really appreciate your video ! I also am a mobile welding service company who deals mostly with B- C and a few B- B customers. What I’ve learned after 9 years doin Mobile repair on home and business and a 5 star customer rating my service allows me to charge more money and my Tag logo is “I do Small Jobs Nobody Wants” Nobody in my area will drive an hour round trip to do a 5 min welding repair. “There Killer dog is getting out of the gate and I can’t have Cujo kill someone “ ok I have $100 service fee and 100 per hour rate . I have over 15 5 star reviews on Google ,Yelp and my Facebook page .. thank you so much for helping me with this Crucial question
Northern Canada we charge $150/hr for rig welding/pipe/whatever you want a decked out truck to come fix. Pipelines will pay $100-$180 /hr depending on what it is and who is contracting it out. General repairs and fabrication outside the oil patch used to be $70-80/hr. A lot of times when I'm doing some small jobs or whatever, ill just shoot a price on it that I'm happy with and i think the customer will be happy with. Total cost= Consumables+Materials+operating costs+(target wage x hours) then deduct down to a number that everyone can live with....thats my formula. No one wants to pay for welding, its always more expensive and time consuming than people think so i just aim to do the best job possible. They can complain about the price but never the quality.
You have great info here Brother!! The problem I have found my self is the way people think about welding jobs, Many believe that is cheap and they want a job done cheap I been learning to stick to my rate o matter what!!!
I'm watching this as im knowledgeable enough now to do my own thing. I can do structural, pipe, horizontal, vertical up/down. I can learn anything and everything.
$100/hour for big pipe/oil companies, $50-75 for not so big companies or jobs for people who can afford it, $35/hour for everyday folks. Then for poor folks throw them freebies or whatever they can afford.
Just wanted to throw my two cents in here! Each job is a-little different than the last first you got to understand what the customer wants done. Next estimate material that’s going to be used this in it self will vary greatly from one place to the next. Then get a base pay for your self also this will change from east coast to the west coast And any place in between. Now I have never pipeline or worked for a corporation, I have gotten work throw word of mouth . So always do your best an the rest will come
Some people charge by the inch,foot,cubic square in/ft ,by the hour, by the job, by the materials , by experience, by the type of welding process, if it is indoor/outdoor, whether your on a boat that is moving and rocking around, by terrain conditions,weather conditions, is it an industrial client, a homeowner ,etc.. See where this is going? It really depends on many factors.
I think it really depends on the precision and complications of the welding required, travel time and materials. Typically you'd charge a flat rate travel time. Then based on job.
Your right, my rates are at 150 hr they have to be because of the expense, plus insurance plus state of the art equipment plus state of the art skill set
In my area 65-85 a hour is average for mobile repair work. With a minimum 2 hour charge for a service call. I charge 35.00 a hour for projects brought to my home shop.
It is a question in my mind and feels a bit guilty when you set a rate. I usually end up way underbidding any kind of work I do and the regret the amount of time I had to put into it. You make a good point about bring good at what you do otherwise you may be asking to much and not worth much. I think once you get good at the entire business then those higher rates are justified.
Great video and great advice. It really depends on the job. Just a bottle of gas or can of welding rods the consumables matter on that HR rate as well. If they supply all that then the labor and skill is all you charge for but if you have to supply everything that has to come into the factor.
I live in a small town of 1,700 people as well. I do mobile welding repair and charge a minimum of $100 and 25/hr. Gotta pay attention to what your worth and what kinda of welder you are.
You going to have to go out and beat the bushes in your area to see what the pay scale is dim the just your rates accordingly and always be fair to your customers
Been doing shop work on the side for awhile now and getting my name out there. Going for my first mobile job tomorrow, told my client it’s a $45 travel fee. And $50 an hour starting when I hop in my truck to head that way. Almost thinking I didn’t charge him enough. But we’ll see.
East Texas in side work I do $150 for the first hour $50 after that. And of course like everyone said depending on difficulty and skill level needed tools required etc.
If someone just needs something simple repaired for cash and it cost me nothing but time a bit of fuel or electricity and a few rods or wire and gas at home I'll generally do it for $50/hr or even a flat rate. If you need a receipt it's going to $102/hr. If I have to load up and come to you I'm charging mileage, if you need another process other than stick the price goes up because the cost goes up and so on and so forth. Now that's just me on the side. When I go out through the union for someone else I make the same wage plus the rest of my package (pension and benefits etc.) but the company will bill us out either as per their maintenance contract or cost plus on emergency jobs. Now those can get really pricey because they're always for industrial clients who are usually loosing tens, hundreds of thousands of more and hour that they're not in operation. The welder needs 2 weeks worth of passes and indoctrinations just to get on site, and then they have to have all the right welding tickets/certifications and sometimes in both CWB and T.S.S.A, also they're not going to be paid for 90 days after the invoice is signed. So they'll bill us out at $150-$300+/hr.
Yeah Agreed,totally depends on your/their area,and the competition s hourly rates,I use the same rate across the board though,unless it's a small part repair, my area has so many shops and " Wahoos " with welding rigs,and there's still a demand, but charge as much as a damn plumber!or electrician, or auto mechanic....but,DO A HIGH QUALITY JOB ,the money will come...
@@Welderbeast I just don't feel obligated to back off my price,(south west Ga., $65 per hr. Add $26 if there's a helper involved)$2 per mile over 15 miles both ways,and a two hour minimum at that distance, 1 hour on lesser distance..,1.5%Mark up on material/consumables,...realize THAT YOU AIN'T THE ONLY SHOW IN TOWN,let your customers know that,be upfront!I know there's competition around ,and my argument is,"Go get one!"most of em either don't have a well rounded skill set, are under tooled,complacent ,cocky, or if they do have most of that...THEIR TOO DAMN BUSY TO GET TO NEW CUSTOMERS IN A DECENT TIME FRAME!
Great information! Just found you page, lots of great videos! I currently work for a weld shop, but I also do some side jobs. I have one question, does your state require you to have a welding contractors license? Thanks again for the great info!
Dude, structural often need xray. Most pipe xray companies got their start in structural. I stay away from B to C, most home owners have no idea what it takes to put a welding truck together. B to B is the way to go and I love yellow iron. Operators LOVE to tear shit up.
The problem you run into in my area is it's very cutthroat and you have more welders than actual work. You can find mobile welders around here for $25 an hr. What I have found that's works around here is not to charge an hourly rate. I charge X per cut and Y per inch of weld and focus more on product based jobs, brackets braces rebuilt buckets hardfacing augers
Maybe just me. But the proper rate for one's skill seems to line up with losing at least ⅓ of your jobs due to "seeming" to expensive. The other ⅔ will cover what you thought you lost. You'll make the same amount of money in the end, but work ⅓ less of the time. Remember, if you learn how to master taking a 1 hour job and complete it 30 minutes due to experience, that doesn't mean you charge for 30 minutes. You "earned" the experience the hard way to earn money the easier way.
charge about what equipment repair shops charge in your area and offer discounts for cash if you get too piggy a new guy will show up and under cut you
@@Welderbeast true, competition can kill you sometimes and i have seen people hire the most expensive guy because they think the work is better but it wasnt.
mike cubes at the end of the day I'm not sure price matters as much as our reputations, with a good reputation people won't care too much about your cost when they know the job will be done right. Just my thouhts
You are right, if you keep getting lots of work even too much work, you can up your rates to throttle the work and be making more for less of your time.
I’ve been welding and fabricating in a shop for a little over a year now and want to start a little side job doing it, does anyone think buying some signs to find business would be a good idea?
Thanks and I personally wouldn’t put up signs cause I feel like no one reads those anymore(everyone is always on their phones on social media anymore lol) but that doesn’t mean it won’t work at all. If it’s no big cost to you I say try it and see what happens
I do $90/hr with a $300 minimum on mobile jobs for commercial work, plus $4/mile to and from the shop, plus materials. This covers welding, fabrication, and repair work. Having everything the same simplifies the invoicing and pricing work, which lets me focus more on actually working. Having it a little high for my area also tends to ensure that the small talkers aren't sent my way when I get there; I get somebody higher up, with the best idea of what needs to be done, and the highest likelihood of making sure it's not an issue if I need to borrow a forklift or a few of their guys for a few minutes throughout the process. Most factory guys love seeing a puddle for the first time with my spare passive hood while I have them help me hold something down, or pick up that end just a smidge while I get this tack on it, too. THAT makes sure that when I tell them things, they listen, and I'm at the point now where I'm comfortable enough while I'm working that I can explain to them what I'm doing, what's happening to the metal, why the prep took so long, or answering the endless questions most of them have. Almost like getting prepaid helpers sometimes; it's great, especially when one of them already knows their way around a grinder, combination square, and *gasp!* even a tape measure!😂
For simple residential things, I have a formula for figuring the pricing.
Three tacks, a 6" bead , and a quick hit with the wire wheel on my cordless angle grinder on the ramp of your beat-up old scrap hauling trailer in the Home Depot parking lot? $40. Cheap enough that you might as well do it right now when you need it for the sake of convenience, but not SO cheap that you end up calling me expecting me to do your little 'emergency' exhaust hanger job for $25. Plus it's enough to be worth me setting up my gear and firing up the little generator for ten minutes when I was already on the way home from a contract job, anyway.
Some people don't like little 'B.S.' jobs; non-multi-thousand dollar customers, but people appreciate it when you take the time to help them, and one day one of them who remembers that great job you did will have your card on them at work when the operations manager comes in over a broken piece of equipment asking if anybody knows a good welder/machinist/mechanic/fabricator because the replacement part won't be there for three weeks. Suddenly you get a call for an emergency job, and you've got a purchase order & the go ahead to do whatever you need to do because that machine is costing them $5,000 every day that it's down. Sweet deal right there.
Geez, I need to start keeping these short, eh?
That was one of the best explanations of playing the long game in business I’ve ever heard! Take care of people and in the long run they will take care of you, thanks for sharing brother
Wish I was in a big city. People refuse to pay the going rates. Theyll pay plumbers and electricians tons of money but they feel welders dont deserve more than minimum pay. No chance of me ever getting travel pay or money to replace my consumables. These ppl wont have none of it. One guy asked me to do some welding for him, "Just up that road." I followed him on a dirt rocky road that was no more than an animal trail for over 15 miles before we got to his ranch. All he wanted was a few broken railings to be welded back in place and he turned to me and said, "See? Nothing to it. You can't charge me much for that" after my truck had suffered a ride up Mount Everest!
Much respect for this great reply; Thank you!
I charge between $60-150 per hour depending on what I'm welding and the conditions. Irrigation welding $60 plus materials tig welded stainless pipe $100 plus materials. If its miserable, nasty, wet etc. Up to $150 per hour.
Right on!
How’s that going for you?Im trying to get into to it and started.How much do you make a week depending on how much hours your working?
I'm in Michigan near Detroit making a list of what to buy for my own mobile welding. 11 yrs welding. Excited but nervous. Thanks for the tips it's much appreciated!
Great video. Some advice that a couple different independent business owners (in a few different trades) have told me regarding bidding jobs: There are 3 types of customers to consider. Those that can't afford it, those that can but are too cheap to pay it, and those that know the value of your work and are willing to pay it. When bidding jobs, if you're always bidding low, you're cutting your own throat. Bid honest, don't be afraid to lose a job (ie: cheap people), but also learn from your own history. If everyone always accepts your rate, you're not charging enough.
Excellent advice, thanks for sharing!
$160.00 minimum charge. That includes the first hour.
$80.00 per hour after that.
Straight weld only jobs, I.e. non stop welding: $100.00/hour.
Aluminum mobile rates:
250.00 first hour $125.00 per hour after that.
These rates will make you a good living.
If you're looking to get rich, invest your money instead of drinking or partying.
Where are you located?
@@Welderbeast I'm out of montreal, canada.
j paps right on!
@@psycho-nutkase9233 bro I literally feel like a slave at my union job, i get paid well and i was and am gratefull, however is see the benefits and annuities are just golden handcuffs i commend anyone gling out, learning a skill and creating a business, it takes alot of work
Thank you Welder Beast ! I really appreciate your video ! I also am a mobile welding service company who deals mostly with B- C and a few B- B customers. What I’ve learned after 9 years doin Mobile repair on home and business and a 5 star customer rating my service allows me to charge more money and my Tag logo is “I do Small Jobs Nobody Wants” Nobody in my area will drive an hour round trip to do a 5 min welding repair. “There Killer dog is getting out of the gate and I can’t have Cujo kill someone “ ok I have $100 service fee and 100 per hour rate . I have over 15 5 star reviews on Google ,Yelp and my Facebook page .. thank you so much for helping me with this Crucial question
Sounds like you’ve got it figured out man, thanks for watching
Northern Canada we charge $150/hr for rig welding/pipe/whatever you want a decked out truck to come fix. Pipelines will pay $100-$180 /hr depending on what it is and who is contracting it out. General repairs and fabrication outside the oil patch used to be $70-80/hr. A lot of times when I'm doing some small jobs or whatever, ill just shoot a price on it that I'm happy with and i think the customer will be happy with. Total cost= Consumables+Materials+operating costs+(target wage x hours) then deduct down to a number that everyone can live with....thats my formula. No one wants to pay for welding, its always more expensive and time consuming than people think so i just aim to do the best job possible. They can complain about the price but never the quality.
Great point, never give them a chance to complain about the quality
You have great info here Brother!! The problem I have found my self is the way people think about welding jobs,
Many believe that is cheap and they want a job done cheap I been learning to stick to my rate o matter what!!!
That is a very good lesson to learn and a great point to bring up for others, thanks for sharing
I'm watching this as im knowledgeable enough now to do my own thing. I can do structural, pipe, horizontal, vertical up/down. I can learn anything and everything.
Hit the nail on the head awesome motivation great point be safe
Thanks brother, you do the same
$100/hour for big pipe/oil companies, $50-75 for not so big companies or jobs for people who can afford it, $35/hour for everyday folks. Then for poor folks throw them freebies or whatever they can afford.
@@psycho-nutkase9233 out where I'm at no one will pay big money
Thank you. This has been the best advice iv found yet on bidding jobs.
I’m glad I was able to be helpful
Good one! And your right there are WAY too many variables that enters into this to pin down a fixed cost across the board.
When someone asks me for a simple number answer it tells me a lot about where they are coming at with their weld business idea
Just wanted to throw my two cents in here! Each job is a-little different than the last first you got to understand what the customer wants done. Next estimate material that’s going to be used this in it self will vary greatly from one place to the next. Then get a base pay for your self also this will change from east coast to the west coast And any place in between. Now I have never pipeline or worked for a corporation, I have gotten work throw word of mouth . So always do your best an the rest will come
Excellent point, thanks for taking the time to add your 2 cents!
Some people charge by the inch,foot,cubic square in/ft ,by the hour, by the job, by the materials , by experience, by the type of welding process, if it is indoor/outdoor, whether your on a boat that is moving and rocking around, by terrain conditions,weather conditions, is it an industrial client, a homeowner ,etc.. See where this is going? It really depends on many factors.
You’re 100% correct
Good advice: depends where you are and you should look into what others are charging so you get a chance to sell yourself and your work...
Absolutely
I also have a resume setup to show potential clients as well. That's another thing you can do
Love your humility bro
I appreciate that!
I think it really depends on the precision and complications of the welding required, travel time and materials. Typically you'd charge a flat rate travel time. Then based on job.
I agree
Your right, my rates are at 150 hr they have to be because of the expense, plus insurance plus state of the art equipment plus state of the art skill set
In my area 65-85 a hour is average for mobile repair work. With a minimum 2 hour charge for a service call. I charge 35.00 a hour for projects brought to my home shop.
What is your area?
Indiana
Ace #1 right on thanks for sharing brother
It is a question in my mind and feels a bit guilty when you set a rate. I usually end up way underbidding any kind of work I do and the regret the amount of time I had to put into it. You make a good point about bring good at what you do otherwise you may be asking to much and not worth much. I think once you get good at the entire business then those higher rates are justified.
Absolutely
Great video and great advice. It really depends on the job. Just a bottle of gas or can of welding rods the consumables matter on that HR rate as well. If they supply all that then the labor and skill is all you charge for but if you have to supply everything that has to come into the factor.
Absolutely
I live in a small town of 1,700 people as well. I do mobile welding repair and charge a minimum of $100 and 25/hr. Gotta pay attention to what your worth and what kinda of welder you are.
You going to have to go out and beat the bushes in your area to see what the pay scale is dim the just your rates accordingly and always be fair to your customers
You are 100% right!
Been doing shop work on the side for awhile now and getting my name out there.
Going for my first mobile job tomorrow, told my client it’s a $45 travel fee. And $50 an hour starting when I hop in my truck to head that way. Almost thinking I didn’t charge him enough. But we’ll see.
East Texas in side work I do $150 for the first hour $50 after that. And of course like everyone said depending on difficulty and skill level needed tools required etc.
That's great!
If someone just needs something simple repaired for cash and it cost me nothing but time a bit of fuel or electricity and a few rods or wire and gas at home I'll generally do it for $50/hr or even a flat rate. If you need a receipt it's going to $102/hr. If I have to load up and come to you I'm charging mileage, if you need another process other than stick the price goes up because the cost goes up and so on and so forth. Now that's just me on the side.
When I go out through the union for someone else I make the same wage plus the rest of my package (pension and benefits etc.) but the company will bill us out either as per their maintenance contract or cost plus on emergency jobs. Now those can get really pricey because they're always for industrial clients who are usually loosing tens, hundreds of thousands of more and hour that they're not in operation. The welder needs 2 weeks worth of passes and indoctrinations just to get on site, and then they have to have all the right welding tickets/certifications and sometimes in both CWB and T.S.S.A, also they're not going to be paid for 90 days after the invoice is signed. So they'll bill us out at $150-$300+/hr.
The more critical the requirements, the higher the pay!
@@Welderbeast you know it.
charge per hour and $3 to $10 per inch 250 dollar minimums on the job, supplies times 3
I’ve not charged per inch myself, just goes to show there are multiple ways to charge for a job
Yeah Agreed,totally depends on your/their area,and the competition s hourly rates,I use the same rate across the board though,unless it's a small part repair, my area has so many shops and " Wahoos " with welding rigs,and there's still a demand, but charge as much as a damn plumber!or electrician, or auto mechanic....but,DO A HIGH QUALITY JOB ,the money will come...
I agree 100%, it’s the same in my area as far as just about everyone is “rigged” out
@@Welderbeast I just don't feel obligated to back off my price,(south west Ga., $65 per hr. Add $26 if there's a helper involved)$2 per mile over 15 miles both ways,and a two hour minimum at that distance, 1 hour on lesser distance..,1.5%Mark up on material/consumables,...realize THAT YOU AIN'T THE ONLY SHOW IN TOWN,let your customers know that,be upfront!I know there's competition around ,and my argument is,"Go get one!"most of em either don't have a well rounded skill set, are under tooled,complacent ,cocky, or if they do have most of that...THEIR TOO DAMN BUSY TO GET TO NEW CUSTOMERS IN A DECENT TIME FRAME!
Moe Dammit you got to do what’s right by you
@@Welderbeast gotta go outside now and get going
Great information! Just found you page, lots of great videos! I currently work for a weld shop, but I also do some side jobs. I have one question, does your state require you to have a welding contractors license? Thanks again for the great info!
My state doesn’t require it until I hit certain dollar amounts per job but every state is different for sure
Thanks for the info!
ScottH thanks for your time brother
Great topic!
I’m glad you liked it
Dude, structural often need xray. Most pipe xray companies got their start in structural.
I stay away from B to C, most home owners have no idea what it takes to put a welding truck together. B to B is the way to go and I love yellow iron. Operators LOVE to tear shit up.
The problem you run into in my area is it's very cutthroat and you have more welders than actual work. You can find mobile welders around here for $25 an hr. What I have found that's works around here is not to charge an hourly rate. I charge X per cut and Y per inch of weld and focus more on product based jobs, brackets braces rebuilt buckets hardfacing augers
That is an excellent work around when the supply of welders out weighs the demand
When you did paperwork to open the business, what business code you used for mobile welding business?
Are you asking for tax code reasons or a business code?
@@Welderbeast he asks - what business code
I charge 150 per hour if they want a chipper price they can look for someone else who give away their work time
This is when I do repairs
Would u say or recommend to work with a contract or independent welder ?? As a beginner.
You don't have to change by the hr.
it dpands on income thats in your aear
Good information
Thanks brother
Wait... you’re in Arkansas too?
Sure am, I’m available for all work in North West Arkansas
Are you a former pipefitter/pipeliner that became self employed?
Yes I am
Maybe just me. But the proper rate for one's skill seems to line up with losing at least ⅓ of your jobs due to "seeming" to expensive. The other ⅔ will cover what you thought you lost. You'll make the same amount of money in the end, but work ⅓ less of the time. Remember, if you learn how to master taking a 1 hour job and complete it 30 minutes due to experience, that doesn't mean you charge for 30 minutes. You "earned" the experience the hard way to earn money the easier way.
How do you get payed?hourly?
Welderbeast what certs do you have
charge about what equipment repair shops charge in your area and offer discounts for cash
if you get too piggy a new guy will show up and under cut you
A race to the bottom price wise is never a good race to be in, no contractor wins in that race ha
@@Welderbeast true, competition can kill you sometimes and i have seen people hire the most expensive guy because they think the work is better but it wasnt.
mike cubes at the end of the day I'm not sure price matters as much as our reputations, with a good reputation people won't care too much about your cost when they know the job will be done right. Just my thouhts
My first boss taught and told me many years ago to always do a good job because good news travels fast but bad news travels twice as fast.
Why not charge as much as you can if you are still busy? It seems silly to leave money on the table.
You are right, if you keep getting lots of work even too much work, you can up your rates to throttle the work and be making more for less of your time.
Where you at in Arkansas?
Johnson county
110 a hour ! 110 a foot on rail ! Calirado 🙄
Were you a union fitter? If so, how are you able to solicit your own work?
How do you charge for wire and gas.
Based off how much they cost in total divided by how much typical wire and gas I think I will use in an hour
First!
haha good :D
I’ve been welding and fabricating in a shop for a little over a year now and want to start a little side job doing it, does anyone think buying some signs to find business would be a good idea?
I’m sorry I’m not following along, what signs do you intent to buy to find work?
I was thinking like physical signs I could put up around town? Also thanks for the reply, love your videos 🤟
Thanks and I personally wouldn’t put up signs cause I feel like no one reads those anymore(everyone is always on their phones on social media anymore lol) but that doesn’t mean it won’t work at all. If it’s no big cost to you I say try it and see what happens
Thanks man, I’ll give it some more thought!
FuckFuckmcgee69 Fuckfuckmcgee96 good luck!