![]() ![]() I repeated the process until the work load was where I wanted to be. Work dropped off a touch to a manageable level, then started swamping me again. It quickly became apparent that I was swamped, so I raised the rate. Then I took that number and and added 50% because otherwise you'll go broke. Īlthough not equipment work, what I've found satisfies my operating a machine shop (2nd income, no employees, no growth desired) was to figure what I thought for rough costs, what I wanted to make, and a little float money to keep things running/upgraded. He charges around $100-150 for a 20-30 mile move which isn't too bad considering the cost of owning a truck. Other option with bigger machine was getting a local road contractor to move the machine. I thought about a D6D when I bought mine but really wanted to be able to use my pick up and gooseneck to haul with. These guys are all about 4-6 weeks out on work. All that being said I think I could make money at $75 an hour but would really need $85-$90 to make it worth my time over the long run.Īverage cost around here for dozer work run $140 for a D6 and $100-$125 for a smaller 100hp dozer like mine. I know I wouldn't want a job I hired done to be held up 3 weeks while a weekend warrior found time to make repairs. Repairs would be my main concern working for the public. My repair bill would probably be at least triple if I had to hire the local dozer mechanic. The includes an operator, fuel, and repairs. With doing all my own repairs operating cost are right at $25 an hour. By the end of this week I'll have put 400 hrs on the dozer this year. I tend to think they are looking for a cheaper rate or they would just call somebody that doe's this stuff for a living. It's also hard to tell what people are thinking when they ask if you can do a job for them. I already have too many irons in the fire but it would be nice to have some income instead of just out going from the equipment. I just keep telling him wait until we're done around here. The guy working for me has a new job for us everyday it seems. I don't think I would be stealing work from the pros as they really don't like the smaller jobs I would be doing. I'm thinking about charging around $15-20 per hour less than going rate to start with or maybe even do some trading. I keep turning them down but as I find less and less to do for myself I'm starting to think more about it. I bought a dozer and skid steer for personal use around the ranch and like you have been getting asked to do work for other people. If I get to doing more dozer work, the license & insurance on the truck will be a good portion of my operating cost.ĭ6c10k I've been following this thread to see what kind of rates people throw out there. Did a few small repairs but otherwise it was in pretty good shape.tires were brand new. Said he's been doing it for years, but that's going to come back to bite him. Made me cringe a little though.did the whole thing, blasting & painting, without any type of respirator. I hate to sandblast and a local guy works pretty reasonable. ![]() Had a guy come and sandblast, prime & paint it last week. Had some standing dead burr oak trees so I sawed up enough to make new decking and had a cottonwood I'd pushed out that I used to make a couple of long planks for the outriggers. (two different connector sockets on neck) Reworked the lights & wiring so I can hook it to either a 12v civilian truck or 24v military without changing anything. Changed the dayton 15" wheels/tires over to 10R17.5's. It was kind of ugly, but the frame is in real good shape.no cracks or weld repairs. ![]() Picked up the trailer off craig's list pretty cheap. Some customers are either clueless or cheap. ![]() If there would have been no ice, it would have been cheaper. I think he somehow figured the job should be cheaper with a smaller machine. I did a premium job and didn't charge anymore than he had paid for a wheel loader in the past when there was no ice to deal with. The wheel loader couldn't have cleared the ice but to this day I still don't know what he was complaining about. He complained that he could have got it done for the same price by a wheel loader in half the time. I have a skid steer with a 5 1/2' snow bucket and did it after hours. I spent extra time to dig up all the hard packed snow and ice, they had to walk on, that had never been cleaned at the business and gave a bill for 2 1/2 hours. I remember one jerk of a customer I cleared snow for. It all comes down to the particular job and how confident you are with your operating skills and doing what the customer wants. You can have a new machine and a crappy operator. Older machine doesn't necessarily make a difference unless maybe it's from the 50's or in poor shape. ![]()
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