21 year old drill, old parts, some frame cracks, water pump issues, etc. Labor wasnt that bad. I figure future repairs will be me, but to get this thing out the door and making money, I had vermeer do everything.
On Sat, May 21, 2022, 4:45 PM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote: > What cost the $12K? > > I do all the work on my drills, and I became quite an expert on the > Vermeer we had. I quit using strike finders. They break down all the > freaking time. > > I just have a ground stake that I sometime use. Should use it all the > time but if you get out around a bunch of drillers, they frequently don’t > ground either. That drill rod is a pretty good ground. But if you hit > primary all bets are off. If you hit secondary you will probably not get > fried. With or without strike finders and ground stakes. > > *From:* Steve Jones > *Sent:* Saturday, May 21, 2022 3:22 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* [AFMUG] Ot: my adventure > > So for the last three months I've been creating my company, getting all > that stuff in order, spending a shit ton of money (for me). But the last > pieces are falling in place on monday. I pick my drill back up from vermeer > (12,300 dollar repair quote, but they managed to fix my strike alert and > saved me 3000 bucks). Probably not a good business decision to put that > much into an old drill when the drill is worth less than the repair, but it > gets me in a drill. > I have a contract that's local for around 2 years work, fairly low rate > per foot compared to what's out there, but its local and all I can eat when > I want to eat it, so I can keep my fulltime job while I transition. I > figure spend this year and maybe next building experience with my son, then > chase the bigger dough. > The underground industry seems a whole lot like the wisp industry, where > theres a whole bunch of strangers willing to help strangers succeed with > good advice. Theres some assholes, but same here. > Once I get operational and have the toolset refined with some experience > I'll be heavily pimping to the wisp degenerates turning fisp, I think > theres a good number that a guy can operate at to be affordable to small > outfits and still get a little money in the wallet. > My kid operated a mini ex for the first time, the video games actually > paid off, he got the feather concept of the controls down, so he may leave > me to go do that after some experience, dont blame him a bit if he does, > equipment operators get the best cushions in the seats and the best > paychecks. > Just need to hand over the workmans comp certificate when I have the drill > back in hand and I start making the millions. > God is good, even if I'm not. > > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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