Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Normal
I know I'm late but I'd like to give my input on this. I may be a minority here but I own my business and I started it because it was an opportunity to do what I loved and make a living. I like all aspects of creating from scratch. I enjoy wiring, tin work, tube work, all of it literally. Well.... except for gears I hate gears lol. For that reason alone I don't want to contract out any part of my work. I take a lot of pride in what I do and being paid to do it is just a bonus to the satisfaction of being able to go to work every day and enjoy it. I also take pride in the fact that I'm able to be a turn key shop who can handle pretty much every aspect of a build. Why would I want to build something that I can't take 100% credit for? The things I cant or don't like to do like shock tuning or gears are things that can be done by other shops or people after my part of the build is complete. Leaving no need for me to middle man the work and up the end cost for the customer. They can handle those things on their own and eliminate the liability for me. With that being said I'm currently so backed up with work that bringing in someone to work for me that can also handle these things would be beneficial. The problem with that is finding someone capable of handling these tasks. There are a lot of guys out there who want to work and "claim" to be able to do the caliber of work I'd be looking for but bringing in a "contractor" drives the build cost up and cuts into my profit. Hiring someone full time at 25.00 an hour to do it makes much more sense than paying a "contractor" 60.00 an hour to cover his overhead. If I don't know how to do it, I'll learn and I'll learn to do it as good or better than him. Make sense?I've been called on by a couple buggy builders do dashes and tinwork work in the past. Unfortunately for them though all my sheet metal equipment isn't so mobile so they have to bring it to me. I have no problem doing it but I have one request. I want credit for what I do. Maybe I'm selfish but I don't like giving the same credit to someone else for doing work on something I've built most of which is exactly why I don't contract out. I think most shops probably feel the same way.
I know I'm late but I'd like to give my input on this.
I may be a minority here but I own my business and I started it because it was an opportunity to do what I loved and make a living. I like all aspects of creating from scratch. I enjoy wiring, tin work, tube work, all of it literally. Well.... except for gears I hate gears lol. For that reason alone I don't want to contract out any part of my work. I take a lot of pride in what I do and being paid to do it is just a bonus to the satisfaction of being able to go to work every day and enjoy it. I also take pride in the fact that I'm able to be a turn key shop who can handle pretty much every aspect of a build. Why would I want to build something that I can't take 100% credit for? The things I cant or don't like to do like shock tuning or gears are things that can be done by other shops or people after my part of the build is complete. Leaving no need for me to middle man the work and up the end cost for the customer. They can handle those things on their own and eliminate the liability for me.
With that being said I'm currently so backed up with work that bringing in someone to work for me that can also handle these things would be beneficial. The problem with that is finding someone capable of handling these tasks. There are a lot of guys out there who want to work and "claim" to be able to do the caliber of work I'd be looking for but bringing in a "contractor" drives the build cost up and cuts into my profit. Hiring someone full time at 25.00 an hour to do it makes much more sense than paying a "contractor" 60.00 an hour to cover his overhead. If I don't know how to do it, I'll learn and I'll learn to do it as good or better than him. Make sense?
I've been called on by a couple buggy builders do dashes and tinwork work in the past. Unfortunately for them though all my sheet metal equipment isn't so mobile so they have to bring it to me. I have no problem doing it but I have one request. I want credit for what I do. Maybe I'm selfish but I don't like giving the same credit to someone else for doing work on something I've built most of which is exactly why I don't contract out. I think most shops probably feel the same way.
