$30,000 Per Month | 1st Year Auto Shop | How I Started
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- I talk about how I transitioned from my full time job to running my own business with only $2,000-$3,000. We walk through the process of how I started my own business repairing vehicles. I explain the process and some of the logic I approached this with.
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Wish you nothing but success! Always inspiring to see a fellow heavy equipment mechanic move onto bigger and better things
I'd love to see ChrisFix style content in a shop environment with different cars everyday. Good Luck with the business!
The way I started my auto repair business is somewhat similar except I repair Hybrid and Electric cars. I started with 4 thousand dollars just enough for the first month rent and deposit. I was driving semi but I figured that won’t work since I would mostly be hundreds of miles away from my business so I quit and signed up for Uber. Came to find out I could make almost same amount of money and don’t have to drive a big vehicle plus the flexibility of Uber allowed me to manage my shop. I had it set up by appointment so when a customer calls I can log off Uber and head to my shop. I opened Dec of 2022. Ifs almost one year now and I have not Uber in a long time that I am beginning to miss it. In fact I still love doing Uber. I might hire someone who can work on electric car so I can continue driving for Uber, I miss chatting with a passenger and realized driving is what makes me happy.
I saw a lot of haters talk mess about your tool box video and I’m thinking in my head it’s your money you spend it how you want and it’s is so cool to see you successful running your own business. Keep up the good work and keep the content coming!
Love it bro. The process and the vision. Glas you started slow and grew with customer service. The way I have done everything. Much blessings and success going forward
Wish you the best buddy. You’ve got a great attitude, work ethic, and skill set. Looking forward to see you build this business!
Good for you man. Starting a business is like having a baby, you're never gonna be ready for it, you have to just jump in and go for it.
This is my goal here. I graduated from community tech school 2 years ago. Hoping to get this started in about 2 to 3 years. Just need more experience.
That’s all you need to do and learn the business side of the automotive industry
Wish you all the best in your new endeavor! Hard work and perseverance will always pay off and your doing great! Thanks for sharing take care now!👍
Good video bro I hope you make it big and I pray that your blessed with your new shop.
Congrats man blessings to you and much success for making the jump!!!!!!!!
Man this is super inspiring! I didn’t grow up with many men around and didn’t learn anything when it came to vehicles. I was screwed over by a transmission shop with my first truck which cost me thousands and at that time being 19 I ended up losing my truck and forever regret. Since then I have taught myself anything and everything I can. Purchased a forester XT and built it to run 0-60 in 4.8 seconds from the stock 7 second 0-60 and then bought a 95 Astro van and completely restored that, bought a Chevy express 1500, ford ranger and now building a 12v Cummins to be my tow pig/ work horse for all other vehicles. I come from more of a sales and customer service background than mechanical but see it more as the service provided. I’m the oldest of 7 and to be able to help my siblings, give them a vehicle or help a family or individual in need it seems so very rewarding.
I’m currently doing the exact same thing trying to make the jump with very little customer base and money it’s scary business but has to be done 👍🏻 good luck mate wish you all the best
Dude, its 2 am, i watched your snap on video...and now im here. Congrats!
Im currently working out of a box van doing mobile repairs. And have a commercial zoned 20x60 storage unit I do bigger jobs in. Just a stepping stone towards a more professional shop.
Congrats man best of luck to you!
Best of luck with the new shop
Congrats bud, I’m currently trying to start my own thing while working another job
Glad you are doing good with your new business'.
Good video buddy and best of luck to you!!!
Good for you man that's awesome, give us a shop tour and repair videos
Absolutely!
I had started my own auto body shop in Fredonia, WI 40 mins from Milwaukee where I reside..I helped up for a good 7 months at 1500 a month for rent. Was a nice small shop but since I was not registered yet or knowed in Fredonia it was very hard to keep getting work since only a few of Milwaukee customers followed me. Also I am better prepare now since now I know how to run QuickBooks and Excel to keep up with expenses in a more organize way. Best of luck to you bud!
Cool, I look forward to where you take this. :)
id like to see you buy an auction skid steer to fix and make a profit. Episode 1 can be finding the right one to purchase, episode 2 can be identifying the problems with it, then each further episode can be a vlog of you fixing each component.
I am learning work from 5 year i am going to do same thank you man
Dope congrats more wins ahead bro
I’ve contemplated starting my own small auto business for years. At this point it’s kind of not really in the cards. However, I’ve often thought about electrical diag for individuals and shops. My biggest fear is messing up on a diag and having to deal with an angry customer. I’m also not good at selling my skill set so I tend to not charge enough for my services. Once you gain a larger customer base it would be interesting to know about the various customer interactions both good and bad.
Dude, this is my same story. Except I’m going through it now. I would be really grateful if I could sit down with you on a video call to ask some questions
Owning a shop is my dream as well, the only way to become rich in the automotive industry is to sell and own your own shop. How many employees do you have?
Hard to own ur own shop in California
@@jackdaniels2657 It’s hard to open a shop anywhere in general
@samuelberry3330 super easy to open your own shop in the south
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You have done great, working in two places at once is really tough, but as you say it lowered the financial risk for you and allowed you to kit the shop out.
👏👏👏👏👏
Congratulations, I guess...
It's not like your hardwork doesn't deserve to be rewarded...
...even if it's with more hard work. But at least now you're calling the shots.
The only thing I guess Id wanna see is a discussion on the back-of-the-store issues from an owner that's also a wrench turner (kinda like #rainman)
Best of luck dude.
It looks good on you!👍
Good lad my man!! You seem a lot more relaxed in your own shop. All the success brother!!
Maybe a shop and tooling tour? That would be cool 😎 👌
Hell yea! 100%
Much success ! ....you re making all the right moves man....Strong Moves !... thats what i did 37 years ago in the car wash biz...i moved on made bank and now im retired wanna get back in biz again..Car Repair Biz !
We need you out of retirement. Let’s go champ!
Thank you for the inspiration and great content. Still working for a dealership as Foreman but doing side jobs here n there and also working from home. Using this route to build customer base and build relations then possible build and open a shop on home property to start off.
Would like to get details/content bout tool set up, necessity vs get later equipments, building relations with parts stores, and anything that myt help us beginners
I believe that because a shop owner friend I know makes twice that or more. He probably makes around 70k per month. The key is to charge more and do outstanding job and throw in a few tweets here and there. For example he has a nationwide warranty of two years for customers. He also weed out the customers who are cheap and keeps those who have money to pay.
You got this bro.
Good for you man! I remember chattin on Instagram a few years ago. I’m in the process of building a 40x100 to do the same!
Good luck to you, there is always a risk in starting a new business, and the new shop looks a lot better for customers than the free place. You keep saying "we". Are you starting on your own, or do you have a business partner or employee involved?
that's awesome hope it goes well
Boot strapping your business. Way to go.
Awesome Video
Great video🙏🏽💯
Best of luck
How did you feel going from cat heavy equipment to light vehicle/automotive? I’m guessing most of your experience is with diesel and heavy vehicle.
"Fu** let's go for it" I like that attitude hahaha.
All the best big man you could get a few trucks and trailers as well as cars in that yard don’t rely on cars only
I stumbled on ur video by accident because I’m hardly ever on TH-cam lol. Crazy thing is that I’m just like u. I’ve been working after hours doing side jobs on cars for about a year. I’ve gained a pretty good customer base and I’m wanting to go on my own like yesterday. But I understand the difficulties finding a place because I’m finding nada. Keep posting the videos man. Would love to see what resources you use for pricing jobs and organization and how you get parts and offer warranties. These are all things I’m trying to learn. Let me know if there is anything I might be able to help u with I would love to offer whatever I can for u. I’m a senior master ford tech, mainly diesel but I do everything. Congrats man keep it going
100%. Keep after it! It is worth it!
@@ValleyCityAutoYT I sure hope so. Things are kinda hitting a boiling point. I work at a dealer so they found out I was doing side work and it hit the fan. Real bummer but videos like this give me hope. Thanks for posting
@@broncoracer12 why does it matter what you do on your own time? The dealer shouldn’t care as long as you have a business license or something to prove that you’re paying taxes or something when you’re getting paid on your side hustle.
@@gabrielfranco9786 because they think I’m stealing their customers, which I would never do. They really try to split frog hairs. I have morals and I wouldn’t steal customers from the place I work but they don’t care. Just do their best to shut me down. I’ve done everything right and legal. But at the end of the day I’m the top guy they have and they know it would be bad if I left, and although I’ve never taken a customer there would be a good bit of customers they would loose. I understand to a point but it’s just business and it happens and I don’t see how u can fault someone for trying to better themselves
@@gabrielfranco9786 because it could reflect poorly on the dealer if a job goes south
Will you post videos of you working on cars from your shop or do a day in the life of running your shop? Love the content
Absolutely!
So awesome to hear your story and great to see you succeed with your hard work.
I have been thinking of starting my own gig for a while. Being a customer of the auto service repair industry myself, I first hand know the pains of someone going to a dealer/shop for repairs or even preventative maintenance. So, I have been thinking on starting a small auto-repair business and then try to grow it.
However, with no knowledge or experience in fixing cars (apart from being technically inclined), would it be suicide to start such a business, especially with today's shortage of labor in general and of skilled labor in particular?
Thanks!
Well I’m not sure I have that answer for you yet, but I’m in the process of finding out! 😅
Smart buying as you go. How much are the ads on Facebook
Nice!
Need your coaching on starting here in Albany GA. Trucks , Custom cars, and (Race Cars)
Dang dude. How did you survive working so hard in the beginning?
Good for you
Put all your links on description.
Curious, who are you referring to when you mention "we"? You didn't mention having any employees. Maybe I missed something
Don't give up
I was wanting to open my own shop for heavy diesel I’m going to school for heavy diesel mechanic
Did you start with a R134 machine or one that could do 1234 and 134?
R134.
I own a mobile mechanic company and looking to lease a shop for a couple years and then buy a shop. Your viewers are looking for full disclosure...how much is your lease? Who is "we"?...do you have a partner? If so, how do you split profits and what are both of your responsibilities? Thank You Very Much.
I wouldn’t have a partner something as simple as changing something at the bank requires both of you to be there and sign everything it’s a pain then if you want to buy a piece of shop equipment but ur partner doesn’t its just a disaster unless it’s like a silent partner that is funding it. If you do any type of partnership you need to have a lawyer make up a partnership agreement to protect urself like if the partner wants out or if they die or any number of things that could happen so like if one partner wants out you have it set in stone what happens like if you have to buy them out you have it agreed what will be paid, how the numbers will be calculated like if you spent 100k on equipment 5 years ago ur not gonna pay him 50k for that equipment it’s not worth that and he also has been using too so all kinds of stuff like that and how long you have to pay or payment plan if you do it like this then if ur taken to court he can spend all the money he wants on lawyers you have a legal document stating what he’s entitled to or not entitled to. If u have a silent partner because he’s funding you don’t want him to have a piece of ur business forever and many more things to it. If ur shop is very successful you will regret not having a lawyer make an agreement up when the money arguments, I did 2 big engine jobs this week you only did brake jobs, you have a big job or appointment for something that you both agreed on then ur partner can’t stay late because he’s got a family thing going on or whatever. I’m not saying partnerships can’t work I’m just saying they can be an absolute disaster so protect urself.
As far as what shop do you lease well if ur goal is to be a real repair shop that’s always growing then don’t make the mistake of renting a shop because it’s the cheapest if there is a shop for 1500 on a side street or business park or just low traffic area in general but there is a shop on a main busy road for 3,000 you want to spend the extra money that 1500 bucks more per month will make you way more money from street traffic alone I mean one extra car per month covers the 1500. I thought small when I was looking as shops I didn’t think I needed a good location because I have a huge customer base but you gotta think growth and you can’t count on any one customer you can have a used car lot that you do 10k in work a month then they go out of business just anything. It really boils down to do you want to start a business or have a job? Businesses grow jobs don’t. I recommend having money saved up and paying off debts before opening don’t use debt to start.
As someone starting a mechanics business, I’m curious to see more updates as you go maybe how marketing changes, developing recurring customers, commercial accounts with vendors, fleet maintenance, whether you prefer markets of the general public or business accounts, etc. Whether or not demographics for the area you are in may affect the business you receive. As someone who’s just stepping into running a business but has the hands on skill it takes to do the work, I’m curious whether and how soon you plan for things like a secretary, other employees, sales/service advisors, etc. this market can definitely have its ups and downs but people will always have a need for mechanics as long as they’re driving and I don’t see that changing a whole lot anytime soon. Great video, looking forward to hearing more as you go along
Facebook ad strategy Video please !
Fuck yea!
You have experiance in the hd world. Im doing kind of the same thing in bush ak. Like me you have hd experiance you should capitolize on it what i have found is the guy with the 30k car has a much more difficult time paying for repairs and payments than tbe guy that has half million dollar 12:29 piece of equipment holding up a 30 million dollar project. 😊 12:29 12:29 12:29
Do you recommend going to a automotive college like UTI or community college to get into working on Heavy Diesel Engines? I want to be like you and work at a Cat dealership eventually to help build my resume.
I’m sure the diesel training would benefit you the most if you wanna get into a heavy equipment career.
Go to SIU
Look into an intership from a heavy equipment company. I got my start from ThinkBig from Caterpillar. Its a intership where you do on-site training for 8 weeks. Then go to college for 8 weeks. Keep doing that rotation for 2 years.
Look into an intership from a heavy equipment company. I got my start from ThinkBig from Caterpillar. Its a intership where you do on-site training for 8 weeks. Then go to college for 8 weeks. Keep doing that rotation for 2 years.
Look into an intership from a heavy equipment company. I got my start from ThinkBig from Caterpillar. Its a intership where you do on-site training for 8 weeks. Then go to college for 8 weeks. Keep doing that rotation for 2 years.
Eets and what's both
Tool unboxings
Be cool to to see some repairs and not just tool hauls I see a lot of channel start out with repairs then just do tool hauls I enjoy them the same but learning something I might be able to use is also nice but you do you and what you want and I am sure I will still watch regardless
Sure thing!
Do you still work for caterpillar
He said in video he quit
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Eau Claire WI
@@ValleyCityAutoYT Cool. Minneapolis MN here.
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