It's definitely out there. Been there made that. But welders learning this trade need to realize you can make 6 figures. And all at once it's gone. That job is over or the bust hit the oil field, for example. Self employed rig welder= you are responsible for finding your own jobs/next jobs. One can never assume that 6 figure job is going to be there tomorrow. Always be thinking of work you can do.
I've been welding for 15 year's. I spent 13 year's in a fab shop and I survived. I went to the pipeline and and everything in this video became a reality!!! The money is in the effort put out by the individual and their drive for more. A skilled well rounded welder can make 6 figures in 8 months of work. You may work 80-90 hours a week but the cash will flow into your bank account!!!
@@fastdeliveryl708 Word of mouth is how you usually find work. Right now it's ruff finding work. If you see a job yard or a rig at a gas station stop and talk to someone.
@@kevinkelly5430 ive in a company and they recently open a welding shop . i hope when i finish school they give me the opportunity to train and work there, they do mig welding and tig welding .
@@fastdeliveryl708 tig welding can pay more but it's also really hard. Mig welding is basis of welding. Even flux core is harder than gas welding. Stick welding is probably the hardest tbh. I run aluminum, steel, galvanized, stainless. I have my own welder and generator. Next piece I need is a straight generator stick/tig welder. The key is also short circuit transfering if your box is less that required. You can go with a lower powered box if you do this or if the job requirements only require it sometimes as it can save you alot of money. I have a Miller unit that cost me 2k. It runs all the way up to half inch. But I can short circuit transfer and run dual core for outside and solid core for inside. Or I can just stick it with 6010 root and 7018 fill and cover. But that depends on the job. Read up on it. There are alot of things to understand.
Great video just sent it to my grandson, been trying to explain it to him . You have to be on top and work for it , I have to fight him for the torch now 😬👍. Good job explaining it. Terry the welder
I make about 10k a month doing what I do. But I also pay for my own lodging and gas. But I bought a truck and camper. Which I can use about 9 months of the year. I been welding for 9 years and have been doing alot better than most people.
Love your channel. I've been working as a heavy equipment operator for the past 10 months. We operate under MSHA, I've noticed a lot of welding and repair happens. We have to move the main plant next year. I am learning to weld now, in hopes to get of off the "comfortable' CAT 6×6 💪
I’m an ironworker welder, we make 80-90k working 40 hours a week with a few months of 30 hour weeks. Screw making 100k I want to make 200k next year as an independent welder/iron worker. Some advice bro, find tilt ups and see if u can do the footings and panel joints quick easy and you can charge contractors a very competitive price!
Can you explain this? What is a tilt-up/footing/panel. Can you direct to a video? My son is about to break-out on his own soon and we are looking for ideas. Thanks
I'm just a production mig monkey. With overtime we make around 70k might be able to hit around 85k if you take all that's possible. Been thinking about side welding stuff so bought a light travel stick welder to kinda get started with. My problem is finding stuff to weld or finding a repeatable product to weld. Thought about fire rings but you can buy em cheaper than you can make em... Will last alot longer but I don't see alot of business from a overpriced fire ring. Saw another guy making trailer ramps seemed simple but would like an easy idea that I know will sell... limited garage welding projects obviously. Thought about getting a generator for welding in the field but want to buy things with money I make so I don't throw a bunch of money at it without making anything out of it. Got any ideas to start with using a small stick welder lol
This guy is spot on. I picture it like this and I know analogies are bad but, think of a car salesman. The big money and bonuses and promotions are there if you make the sale and hustle like crazy. How many people are willing to do that? Very few. It's hard work, physically but specially mentally to get to the top. Welding for six figures is the same, most people due to age, family ties or comfort zone can not and will not do it then say it can't be done. Anything is possible but being uncomfortable is key. How many people don't take the promotion and the raise because it means bossing around your former co-workers? Too much hassle, so they stay in their lane and then years into the same job complain they never were given the chance.
I definitely lean towards starting my own welding business. I have always wanted to live at the woods, but the big thing is making a living out there. I think this could be the way to do it.
Hey man, I’m at Tulsa Welding School and I’m looking for some connections and wanted to talk to you about how to get the high numbers, plus the steps to make it.
There is definite money out there for the taking. Just got to go to it. Feel I'm in that 10%. Just wish I had balls to chase those numbers. I'm trying without moving. Trying to tap in to local good money. It's there. I'm almost there. Great vid thank u.
while I do not believe it is possible in my general area, I do agree it may be possible once I open territory up to a decent range, 75 up to 100 mile radius of my primary area, but time will tell.
That’s the key, it might not be possible in your area. But if making money was the point for you, you would not stay living where you are. You would be traveling or moved to where the big money is;)
Practice. If you have a choice, learn stick first, then TIG, *THEN* MIG. Once you can run a bead with stick, learn 7018 and get good with it. Then 6010. If you meant 'basic' tips, pay attention to your body while you're welding. You don't want or need a death grip on the stinger, you don't want your shoulders tight, and you want to be comfortable. Brace on the table, the work, or whatever's handy so that you can focus on moving the torch/stinger/nozzle smoothly and evenly. Lastly, pay attention. Watch the puddle. Don't look behind it or in front of it while you're practicing, just watch what you're doing right then. If it looks like crap, make an adjustment and try again. Padding beads will be a big help, run them on scrap pieces or coupons whenever you can. Watch Jody Collier over at Welding Tips & Tricks, and Lanse Edwards' earlier videos at ChuckE2009 to see and learn the principles of what I've said here, and then practice. Don't worry about getting cheaper tools at first if you decide to try doing this stuff at home. An angle grinder with cutoff wheels, a wire wheel, & flap discs, a drill with bits and some thread cutting oil, a 6" or 12" combination square, a wire brush, and a chipping hammer will get you off to a good start.
@@cavemanjoe7972 Thank you for the advice....Yea I'm working on stick, later tig...finally mig since it's the easiest...but stick is my first priority...And I really truly love welding
@@brookstomas-vejar5660 Good! I'm glad you're getting into it early in life. If you're good at it, you'll never stop learning. The next thing to consider along the way is whether or not you *ONLY* want to weld, or if you also like the fabricating/machining/manufacturing side of things. Not all of it is always fun, like drilling holes by hand or grinding, but the process sure can be fun.
I think I remember some guys saying you need to work 12 hours 6 days a week on the pipeline, being a mobile welder, etc. getting 50 100 and more an hour
The long hours and working 7 days a week gets you a lot of overtime and that is the trick to making big money. No life, lots of overtime and you'll be living the dream lol
Well hell being w commercial diver 100k is pretty normal at least on rigs cause its usually a little deeper and you get paid by the foot anything deeper than 100ft i used to be in pipe until i got the opportunity to take a commercial dive class. I recommend it
@@409_DUDE an AWS certificate.. which means "your a qualified" welder and a commercial diving license thats it some jobs might require other special certifications. but my job is just mostly moving stuff underwater and tacking it together.... some jobs might make you be a specialist in electrical or some other stuff i wouldnt know
Im currently a contractor in Iraq and was thinking of going underwater. Is it worth it. I only want to do it if I make huge money. I have 9 AWS certs and 18 years weld experience.
@@TIG2MAN0 do it unless you have medical limitations for diving... go ahead and on your off time get a diving cert and then go for a commercial diving cert
I just got done fixing a monkey board 120' up on a drilling rig in -40 temps, 3000 miles from home...how bad do you want that money? more than me? doubt it. But if you do you better be willing to do everything I do and more.
@@Welderbeast People don't want to work is the real problem. A certain percentage of people will never be able to attain and perfect the skills necessary to get the highest paying jobs, but even if you learn how to weld pipe(which isn't that hard) you still have to go where the work is and then put in the hours expected by those companies. Most people don't want to work in the hottest and coldest temperatures, they don't want to work in the snow and rain. I make my money just like a whore, on my knees or on my back and you better have that mindset because its all about money in the end. People only see what you have, not what you had to do to get it. Time=Money and you only have a set amount of time in this life, make the most of it.
@@ryanstone7757 you started studying to be a welder at 23 or work as a welder at 23? & yeah, im looking into different trades but im being told by family to go out & be a kid but i don’t have that mindset or feel the urge to do any of that except looking into a beneficial future.
Ive made over six figures for alittle over 11yrs. Straight now. I believe 10% of welders will make a 6 figure income. More than likely only do it once. I alsp believe only the top 1% can do it consistenly like I have 10 plus years. Im 51yrs old and I believe also I can do it for another 15 yrs. As long as my eyes hold up.
Genuinely surprised an that is sad to learn. Every single dude I met in college football who welded were hardworkers and understood grinding their skills into instinct an burned correct form into their muscle memory near almost every day to complete exhaustion. Travis was the one I hung with the most an he'd complain at most a few words but always took his faults as his own.
If every welder was like your friends we would have an entirely different trade than we do now. But there are a lot of great welders and craftsman that don’t make six figures and never want to. Some just aren’t making it that think they deserve it without working for it and blame it on something else other than themselves or say it isn’t possible in the first place.
Well bub, where I come from you take welding tests to get on the job. I don't lnow a pipewelder that don't take a pipe test are multiple tests.if you bust it your going to.e without a job. It don't matter if you drove 1500 miles to take it either. Your fixing to drive 1500 miles back without a job. That's why pipewelders hold there selves to a higher standard than shop maggots.
There is a lot going on behind my truck. You are seeing lumber trucks drive by and the person that walked past was just crossing over to the lumber mill
Way less than 10 percent make 100k. I would say only 10 percent make a good living and 90 percent work for someone that don't pay well. Do not go into welding if you don't want to travel or run a business
I would say don’t get into welding if you don’t want to work, it takes effort and grit but is a very fulfilling and awesome life. I am very glad I became a welder and the opportunity it has afforded me. Maybe your right and only 10% make 100k, my point is become that 10% if 100k is important to you. Being like the 90% in anything in life will not afford you very much opportunity especially 100k a year income.
Took me about 5 years and my alot of supers know my name because of my work ethic an 6 figures is definitely possible. I guess I'm a 10%or. It possible very possible.
Protected Profile I didn’t know that, I actually don’t know anything about him at all other than a lot of people have subscribed to him. I have watched maybe one video of his
This video was not helpful at all. We know it's possible, we know to put in the work. What we don't know is where is the path?? I'm more than willing to hike it, hell I'll run it! But where is it!? Many of us are lost. Just need the direction to go.
Beastie, this is not an attack on you personally though you may think it is, i promise you its not! It is however on the words you are passing along! And it is not just you, I'm hearing the same nonsense today from multitudes of people who were mis informed as children just as I was, when I was a kid, "work hard and sacrifice and you'll get what you want!" That is such bullshit! Who started this scam idea anyway? Anyone know? (From this point the word 'you' is meant in the general sense, ok?) First off, we get the very life God has planned for each of us, so just sit back and enjoy the ride! Even if your ride sucks, be thankful it isn't worse! But even if you don't believe in God, let's break this bullshit down. 'Work hard and sacrifice'; what happens to the body if it is constantly working hard? It gets damaged! Often to the point where it cannot be repaired to the way it was before we fucked it up! Sacrifice. Sacrifice means to give up something you hold very dearly. It isn't a sacrifice to get rid of shit you don't want, it's only a sacrifice to get rid of shit you want to keep forever and ever! Sacrifice is just a clever way to say trade or compromise. What are you willing to trade or compromise for alot of money? You time, your wife, your kids, family, friends, or their love? How about your self respect, pride (the good kind) or how bout your soul? And how much money are any of these worth? 5,6,7,8 figures? 'You'll get what you want!" Really? Well if that's so, you must have really wanted poor health and a trail of misery and fucked up relationships! But hey, I hope you at least got 6 figures to keep you compay so you can have the best friends money can buy. Just as long as you're buying! Some carpenter from Nazareth once made a counter offer to the "work hard" thing. He said " Come to me all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn, for I am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." ( Matt. 11:28-30) Jesus said this. He says nothing about working hard or sacrifice and, in return offers more than any of our imaginations could conjure up. But hey, if money is your thing, good luck to ya! You can have my share. God knows I have left plenty on tables all around the world. It just doesn't mean that much to me.
Brother I don’t feel attacked at all, I knew the can of worms I was opening by posting this video;) I respect your opinion and perspective but do not agree with it and stand firmly by my words. I explained myself very thoroughly so I have to ask did you watch the entire video? This whole video was for the benefit of all those that don’t believe it’s possible and are angry they aren’t making the big money. The very heart of it was explaining how much must be sacrificed to make that much money, to bring light to the very question that must be asked. Is what must be sacrificed worth the money to them, is money really what they want? Cause they can have it, true, but could possibly lose everything else. I understand you’re preaching your truth and what you believe and I believe you truly believe what you do based off your experiences but this video is my truth based of my experiences and I stand by it. Nothing great comes to those who do not work. Since you brought God into it I will make a few comments I believe whole heartedly. God provides opportunity and opens doors but you have to work to fulfill the opportunity and to walk through the door. Everything happens for a reason(God planned or designed) where we are at in life is 100% on us(our choices to take or not take the opportunity and how we react to events that happen) You can be thankful in everything with your attitude or blame God and anything else for your situation. To say God will do it all for you or that it’s all Gods fault you are unhappy with your life removes all responsibility from yourself and puts it on an external thing. That defies what I believe in, if you don’t like something you have the power to change it, therefore your life is 100% your making or what you make of it. To me sacrifice means self discipline, without self discipline finance, health and relationships will all slip from your fingers no matter what your career is. Finally to my last point, no man knows what he truly wants in life he only thinks he does until he achieves it and finds it was not the thing he was seeking after all. That is what life is all about to seek for what your heart desires until you find what it truly is you want. I thought it was money and it wasn’t so I’m chasing after time with my family now but would have never known the lack of fulfillment money would bring me personally without first having it and experiencing it for myself. Truth lies in experience, how you perceive your experience is your truth. Some may agree and most may not but that does not change the fact it is a truth to you. My truth is mine and can’t be changed unless I experience something personally to make me understand differently;) My passion is in the seeking of truth and experiencing life to the fullest. Thank you for taking the time to comment and watch my video I truly enjoy seeing where everyone stands in their person journey.
let me chime in, if it wasn't for sacrifice you wouldn't have the life you enjoy right now, thanks to truckers sacrificing, you are able to buy groceries hardware, anything you purchase, most were brought by truckers, next look at the linemen if not for them, you would be in dark ages, many risk their lives daily, to make sure others have electricity, replacing or maintaining electric lines while they are still live. if Farmers didn't work long hours, and make sacrifices, you would have to be responsible for raising & gathering your own food. I can go on, but the good life you live is due to other peoples sacrifices. so if people didn't make sacrifices, YOU would be responsible for your whole life, finding ways to heat your dwelling, no air, & hunting, trapping, fishing farming for food, but you wouldn't be making any sacrifices.
@@randymack1782 you find being self sufficient objectionable? I dont. As I was reading the last few lines of your comment I was thinking how cool it must have been for those folks living prior to the industrial revolution.
actually I love the old ways, all 4 of my grandparents were born before 1910, wish were still here, but I learned a lot from them. but think of it this way, you are helping people, one way or another, as most of society cant or don't want to, but have no problem working to buy goods, I do see things in a strange light. I believe in working on holidays, it isn't about the money, its about helping others, growing up here, junkyards & gun shops would be open on holidays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc, & it wasn't about the money, it was so people in need could get what they needed, if car broke down, could find a part, & gun shops wasn't about selling guns, but was more for selling ammo & fishing supplies, or bait, for youngsters to go have fun. now everyone uses it as an excuse to get a day off. I grew up with old attitudes, that people today call scrooge, but it was for helping, not to line pockets. I actually make a point to shop at a rural "country" grocery store for majority of my groceries, 25 miles away, but when we work in that town, why? every other week, because of attitudes, & they are always there with a smile, friendly, & honestly nice, & even if raining, the bagger wants to take groceries to car and help load, basically same prices as big chain store. when was last time you actually got waited on & knew person was genuinely friendly & sincere?
@@Welderbeast hey man first off, thank you! Thanks for not taking my comment as a personal afront and for your heartfelt response. This is a side of yourself you may be reluctant to expose online and I apologize if my remarks caused you to go places you would have rather not gone. Yes I did watch the whole video. There was a time in my younger days when I would have taken all these motivational videos on CZcams as Gospel and absolutely said you were so right! Good thing for me youtube wasnt around 45 years ago! I may have made videos too saying "Work hard, take chances, invest in yourself and your tools. Don't get married so you can focus completely on yourself and what ever you are chasing after!" Oh yeah dude, I was you and then some! I was in the IATSE (Stagehand union), Teamsters, and Millwrights Union. Always hustling, playing in a band, doing almost anything to turn a profit. I never had just one job other than while I was in the Army. Didn't get married til I was 37 and never had kids of my own but I do have two step-children. Yeah man I was always making money and spending it too, fast bikes, faster women and lotsa whiskey! The rest I squandered. Yeah, I was you and then some. Until I wasnt! When I had a work related multi level broken back 9 years ago that has taken my out of the game. If that wasn't bad enough, 7 years ago my wife was diagnosed with 2 separate types of cancer for which she is still receiving treatments. So, just as you stand by your words and beliefs, so I stand by mine! None of us know for sure what life has instore for us from one minute to the next until it happens. Just like Jan.4, 2010 at 7:14 AM I was working and had no idea at 7:15 I would never work again! And lastly, so you wont suffer any further anxiety while reading future video comments, from this point on I will refrain from commenting on your videos. You're welcome! I'll remove the ones from this video if you wish. God bless you and your family and I pray for your great success!
It's definitely out there. Been there made that. But welders learning this trade need to realize you can make 6 figures. And all at once it's gone. That job is over or the bust hit the oil field, for example. Self employed rig welder= you are responsible for finding your own jobs/next jobs. One can never assume that 6 figure job is going to be there tomorrow. Always be thinking of work you can do.
Excellent point!
@Will Swift same here. Good luck. Apparently you're on your own. Only thing these guys will ever tell you, "good luck kid!" ....yeah thanks....
I've been welding for 15 year's. I spent 13 year's in a fab shop and I survived. I went to the pipeline and and everything in this video became a reality!!! The money is in the effort put out by the individual and their drive for more. A skilled well rounded welder can make 6 figures in 8 months of work. You may work 80-90 hours a week but the cash will flow into your bank account!!!
Im a school right now, how a get inf abt this pipe lines companies?
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Word of mouth is how you usually find work. Right now it's ruff finding work. If you see a job yard or a rig at a gas station stop and talk to someone.
@@kevinkelly5430 ive in a company and they recently open a welding shop . i hope when i finish school they give me the opportunity to train and work there, they do mig welding and tig welding .
@@fastdeliveryl708 tig welding can pay more but it's also really hard. Mig welding is basis of welding. Even flux core is harder than gas welding. Stick welding is probably the hardest tbh. I run aluminum, steel, galvanized, stainless. I have my own welder and generator. Next piece I need is a straight generator stick/tig welder. The key is also short circuit transfering if your box is less that required. You can go with a lower powered box if you do this or if the job requirements only require it sometimes as it can save you alot of money. I have a Miller unit that cost me 2k. It runs all the way up to half inch. But I can short circuit transfer and run dual core for outside and solid core for inside. Or I can just stick it with 6010 root and 7018 fill and cover. But that depends on the job. Read up on it. There are alot of things to understand.
Great video just sent it to my grandson, been trying to explain it to him . You have to be on top and work for it , I have to fight him for the torch now 😬👍. Good job explaining it. Terry the welder
Thanks for sharing my video!
I make about 10k a month doing what I do. But I also pay for my own lodging and gas. But I bought a truck and camper. Which I can use about 9 months of the year. I been welding for 9 years and have been doing alot better than most people.
Love your channel. I've been working as a heavy equipment operator for the past 10 months. We operate under MSHA, I've noticed a lot of welding and repair happens. We have to move the main plant next year. I am learning to weld now, in hopes to get of off the "comfortable' CAT 6×6 💪
I’m an ironworker welder, we make 80-90k working 40 hours a week with a few months of 30 hour weeks. Screw making 100k I want to make 200k next year as an independent welder/iron worker. Some advice bro, find tilt ups and see if u can do the footings and panel joints quick easy and you can charge contractors a very competitive price!
Can you explain this? What is a tilt-up/footing/panel. Can you direct to a video? My son is about to break-out on his own soon and we are looking for ideas. Thanks
Thanks for the knowledge 🤝
Great video, I just made 6 figures on first trade markets platform on the web.
I'm just a production mig monkey. With overtime we make around 70k might be able to hit around 85k if you take all that's possible. Been thinking about side welding stuff so bought a light travel stick welder to kinda get started with. My problem is finding stuff to weld or finding a repeatable product to weld. Thought about fire rings but you can buy em cheaper than you can make em... Will last alot longer but I don't see alot of business from a overpriced fire ring. Saw another guy making trailer ramps seemed simple but would like an easy idea that I know will sell... limited garage welding projects obviously. Thought about getting a generator for welding in the field but want to buy things with money I make so I don't throw a bunch of money at it without making anything out of it. Got any ideas to start with using a small stick welder lol
This guy is spot on. I picture it like this and I know analogies are bad but, think of a car salesman. The big money and bonuses and promotions are there if you make the sale and hustle like crazy. How many people are willing to do that? Very few. It's hard work, physically but specially mentally to get to the top. Welding for six figures is the same, most people due to age, family ties or comfort zone can not and will not do it then say it can't be done. Anything is possible but being uncomfortable is key. How many people don't take the promotion and the raise because it means bossing around your former co-workers? Too much hassle, so they stay in their lane and then years into the same job complain they never were given the chance.
I definitely lean towards starting my own welding business. I have always wanted to live at the woods, but the big thing is making a living out there. I think this could be the way to do it.
Great video, thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Hey man, I’m at Tulsa Welding School and I’m looking for some connections and wanted to talk to you about how to get the high numbers, plus the steps to make it.
Great video 👍
Thank you sir
What if I wanna do it as a side job, because I’m going to school for aircraft maintenance right now
There is definite money out there for the taking. Just got to go to it. Feel I'm in that 10%. Just wish I had balls to chase those numbers. I'm trying without moving. Trying to tap in to local good money. It's there. I'm almost there. Great vid thank u.
You got it, keep looking and striving!
@@Welderbeast you to. Keep up the great work. Your vids help me stay focussed on my end goal. Can't thank you enough. Thanks again.
w.c.m.w and fab I’m glad to hear it brother
I earned 6 figures using first trade markets platform on the web. They are very good
while I do not believe it is possible in my general area, I do agree it may be possible once I open territory up to a decent range, 75 up to 100 mile radius of my primary area, but time will tell.
That’s the key, it might not be possible in your area. But if making money was the point for you, you would not stay living where you are. You would be traveling or moved to where the big money is;)
i wanna get started in welding what should i get started in first should I go to a school or just start welding how can I make decent money??
Go to uti welding school
Any tips for young welders (I'm at my first year in welding class in highschool )
Go out into the field and see if you really enjoy welding before spending a dime at a welding school is my best advice;)
Practice. If you have a choice, learn stick first, then TIG, *THEN* MIG. Once you can run a bead with stick, learn 7018 and get good with it. Then 6010.
If you meant 'basic' tips, pay attention to your body while you're welding. You don't want or need a death grip on the stinger, you don't want your shoulders tight, and you want to be comfortable. Brace on the table, the work, or whatever's handy so that you can focus on moving the torch/stinger/nozzle smoothly and evenly.
Lastly, pay attention. Watch the puddle. Don't look behind it or in front of it while you're practicing, just watch what you're doing right then. If it looks like crap, make an adjustment and try again. Padding beads will be a big help, run them on scrap pieces or coupons whenever you can. Watch Jody Collier over at Welding Tips & Tricks, and Lanse Edwards' earlier videos at ChuckE2009 to see and learn the principles of what I've said here, and then practice.
Don't worry about getting cheaper tools at first if you decide to try doing this stuff at home. An angle grinder with cutoff wheels, a wire wheel, & flap discs, a drill with bits and some thread cutting oil, a 6" or 12" combination square, a wire brush, and a chipping hammer will get you off to a good start.
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He's in high school, so I gave him more the part time fab-talk, rather than running & gunning right out of the gate.
@@cavemanjoe7972 Thank you for the advice....Yea I'm working on stick, later tig...finally mig since it's the easiest...but stick is my first priority...And I really truly love welding
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Good! I'm glad you're getting into it early in life. If you're good at it, you'll never stop learning. The next thing to consider along the way is whether or not you *ONLY* want to weld, or if you also like the fabricating/machining/manufacturing side of things. Not all of it is always fun, like drilling holes by hand or grinding, but the process sure can be fun.
I think I remember some guys saying you need to work 12 hours 6 days a week on the pipeline, being a mobile welder, etc. getting 50 100 and more an hour
The long hours and working 7 days a week gets you a lot of overtime and that is the trick to making big money. No life, lots of overtime and you'll be living the dream lol
Well hell being w commercial diver 100k is pretty normal at least on rigs cause its usually a little deeper and you get paid by the foot anything deeper than 100ft i used to be in pipe until i got the opportunity to take a commercial dive class. I recommend it
What qualifications I need to be an underwater welder
@@409_DUDE an AWS certificate.. which means "your a qualified" welder and a commercial diving license thats it some jobs might require other special certifications. but my job is just mostly moving stuff underwater and tacking it together.... some jobs might make you be a specialist in electrical or some other stuff i wouldnt know
Im currently a contractor in Iraq and was thinking of going underwater. Is it worth it. I only want to do it if I make huge money. I have 9 AWS certs and 18 years weld experience.
@@TIG2MAN0 do it unless you have medical limitations for diving... go ahead and on your off time get a diving cert and then go for a commercial diving cert
@@robertdrawdy3749 thanks for the advice. Do you make huge money? What are and how do you get jobs like that?
I just got done fixing a monkey board 120' up on a drilling rig in -40 temps, 3000 miles from home...how bad do you want that money? more than me? doubt it. But if you do you better be willing to do everything I do and more.
Boom! Thanks for making my point crystal clear!
@@Welderbeast People don't want to work is the real problem. A certain percentage of people will never be able to attain and perfect the skills necessary to get the highest paying jobs, but even if you learn how to weld pipe(which isn't that hard) you still have to go where the work is and then put in the hours expected by those companies. Most people don't want to work in the hottest and coldest temperatures, they don't want to work in the snow and rain. I make my money just like a whore, on my knees or on my back and you better have that mindset because its all about money in the end. People only see what you have, not what you had to do to get it. Time=Money and you only have a set amount of time in this life, make the most of it.
Applied at Boss snowplow and they said I was over qualified. They had to pay a certain pay.
6 figures here... Many weeks 7 days a week or OT but I even do it indoors and it’s easy welding. Also never had debt which is even a bigger deal...
What type of job is it, what are you welding?
@@CoD_Maj3st1k welding in a steel mill, the hammer in the forge, take them out, cut them down and weld repair them. 3/32 stainless alloy Mig.
How long have you been doing it & when was your first experience with welding? Im thinking about doing it. Currently a junior in highschool.
@@adrian_c-pd5od i have been doing it now for 10yrs but started at 23 yr old. Would def recommend it for a great trade and always work available.
@@ryanstone7757 you started studying to be a welder at 23 or work as a welder at 23? & yeah, im looking into different trades but im being told by family to go out & be a kid but i don’t have that mindset or feel the urge to do any of that except looking into a beneficial future.
Good video... correction though only 10% will make 60k a year... way less than 10% make six figures.
Ive made over six figures for alittle over 11yrs. Straight now. I believe 10% of welders will make a 6 figure income. More than likely only do it once. I alsp believe only the top 1% can do it consistenly like I have 10 plus years. Im 51yrs old and I believe also I can do it for another 15 yrs. As long as my eyes hold up.
👍conflict zone👍
I'll take those odds
Are there a lot of people who blame the trade an other welders instead of their own skills an hustle?
Sadly yes there are...
Genuinely surprised an that is sad to learn. Every single dude I met in college football who welded were hardworkers and understood grinding their skills into instinct an burned correct form into their muscle memory near almost every day to complete exhaustion. Travis was the one I hung with the most an he'd complain at most a few words but always took his faults as his own.
If every welder was like your friends we would have an entirely different trade than we do now. But there are a lot of great welders and craftsman that don’t make six figures and never want to. Some just aren’t making it that think they deserve it without working for it and blame it on something else other than themselves or say it isn’t possible in the first place.
Well bub, where I come from you take welding tests to get on the job. I don't lnow a pipewelder that don't take a pipe test are multiple tests.if you bust it your going to.e without a job. It don't matter if you drove 1500 miles to take it either. Your fixing to drive 1500 miles back without a job. That's why pipewelders hold there selves to a higher standard than shop maggots.
There is someone behind your car. then they ran away. green screen? Watch this video and tell me you didn't see the same. #Brandon
There is a lot going on behind my truck. You are seeing lumber trucks drive by and the person that walked past was just crossing over to the lumber mill
Way less than 10 percent make 100k. I would say only 10 percent make a good living and 90 percent work for someone that don't pay well. Do not go into welding if you don't want to travel or run a business
I would say don’t get into welding if you don’t want to work, it takes effort and grit but is a very fulfilling and awesome life. I am very glad I became a welder and the opportunity it has afforded me. Maybe your right and only 10% make 100k, my point is become that 10% if 100k is important to you. Being like the 90% in anything in life will not afford you very much opportunity especially 100k a year income.
Getting interested in welding I have a uncle making around 80k
Go union
Unions = democrat run labor scams that are funded through extortion of americans.
6 figures? like 123,456 figures? im interested...
Haha most people are, but not very many do what it takes to make that kind of money in welding
I’m definitely not comfortable, I hate the factory welding job. Im going to moving on from it in October.
I believe about 95% of rigwelders make 6 figures
I guess the question then begs, out of all welders how many of them are rig welders
Took me about 5 years and my alot of supers know my name because of my work ethic an 6 figures is definitely possible. I guess I'm a 10%or. It possible very possible.
ChuckE has been making $250,000/yr. since High School just from making youtube videos.
Where did you get those numbers from? I feel that is a bit of a stretch
@@Welderbeast that was from memory, check this video. czcams.com/video/WXDdj2MS7cw/video.html
Awesome thanks for sharing!
@@Welderbeast You know ChuckE's nickname is Stretch. He's like a Gumby.
Protected Profile I didn’t know that, I actually don’t know anything about him at all other than a lot of people have subscribed to him. I have watched maybe one video of his
This video was not helpful at all. We know it's possible, we know to put in the work. What we don't know is where is the path?? I'm more than willing to hike it, hell I'll run it! But where is it!?
Many of us are lost. Just need the direction to go.
Beastie, this is not an attack on you personally though you may think it is, i promise you its not! It is however on the words you are passing along! And it is not just you, I'm hearing the same nonsense today from multitudes of people who were mis informed as children just as I was, when I was a kid, "work hard and sacrifice and you'll get what you want!"
That is such bullshit! Who started this scam idea anyway? Anyone know?
(From this point the word 'you' is meant in the general sense, ok?)
First off, we get the very life God has planned for each of us, so just sit back and enjoy the ride! Even if your ride sucks, be thankful it isn't worse!
But even if you don't believe in God, let's break this bullshit down. 'Work hard and sacrifice'; what happens to the body if it is constantly working hard? It gets damaged! Often to the point where it cannot be repaired to the way it was before we fucked it up!
Sacrifice. Sacrifice means to give up something you hold very dearly. It isn't a sacrifice to get rid of shit you don't want, it's only a sacrifice to get rid of shit you want to keep forever and ever! Sacrifice is just a clever way to say trade or compromise.
What are you willing to trade or compromise for alot of money? You time, your wife, your kids, family, friends, or their love? How about your self respect, pride (the good kind) or how bout your soul? And how much money are any of these worth? 5,6,7,8 figures?
'You'll get what you want!" Really? Well if that's so, you must have really wanted poor health and a trail of misery and fucked up relationships! But hey, I hope you at least got 6 figures to keep you compay so you can have the best friends money can buy.
Just as long as you're buying!
Some carpenter from Nazareth once made a counter offer to the "work hard" thing. He said " Come to me all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn, for I am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." ( Matt. 11:28-30)
Jesus said this. He says nothing about working hard or sacrifice and, in return offers more than any of our imaginations could conjure up.
But hey, if money is your thing, good luck to ya! You can have my share. God knows I have left plenty on tables all around the world. It just doesn't mean that much to me.
Brother I don’t feel attacked at all, I knew the can of worms I was opening by posting this video;) I respect your opinion and perspective but do not agree with it and stand firmly by my words. I explained myself very thoroughly so I have to ask did you watch the entire video? This whole video was for the benefit of all those that don’t believe it’s possible and are angry they aren’t making the big money. The very heart of it was explaining how much must be sacrificed to make that much money, to bring light to the very question that must be asked. Is what must be sacrificed worth the money to them, is money really what they want? Cause they can have it, true, but could possibly lose everything else. I understand you’re preaching your truth and what you believe and I believe you truly believe what you do based off your experiences but this video is my truth based of my experiences and I stand by it. Nothing great comes to those who do not work. Since you brought God into it I will make a few comments I believe whole heartedly. God provides opportunity and opens doors but you have to work to fulfill the opportunity and to walk through the door. Everything happens for a reason(God planned or designed) where we are at in life is 100% on us(our choices to take or not take the opportunity and how we react to events that happen) You can be thankful in everything with your attitude or blame God and anything else for your situation. To say God will do it all for you or that it’s all Gods fault you are unhappy with your life removes all responsibility from yourself and puts it on an external thing. That defies what I believe in, if you don’t like something you have the power to change it, therefore your life is 100% your making or what you make of it. To me sacrifice means self discipline, without self discipline finance, health and relationships will all slip from your fingers no matter what your career is. Finally to my last point, no man knows what he truly wants in life he only thinks he does until he achieves it and finds it was not the thing he was seeking after all. That is what life is all about to seek for what your heart desires until you find what it truly is you want. I thought it was money and it wasn’t so I’m chasing after time with my family now but would have never known the lack of fulfillment money would bring me personally without first having it and experiencing it for myself. Truth lies in experience, how you perceive your experience is your truth. Some may agree and most may not but that does not change the fact it is a truth to you. My truth is mine and can’t be changed unless I experience something personally to make me understand differently;) My passion is in the seeking of truth and experiencing life to the fullest. Thank you for taking the time to comment and watch my video I truly enjoy seeing where everyone stands in their person journey.
let me chime in, if it wasn't for sacrifice you wouldn't have the life you enjoy right now, thanks to truckers sacrificing, you are able to buy groceries hardware, anything you purchase, most were brought by truckers, next look at the linemen if not for them, you would be in dark ages, many risk their lives daily, to make sure others have electricity, replacing or maintaining electric lines while they are still live. if Farmers didn't work long hours, and make sacrifices, you would have to be responsible for raising & gathering your own food. I can go on, but the good life you live is due to other peoples sacrifices. so if people didn't make sacrifices, YOU would be responsible for your whole life, finding ways to heat your dwelling, no air, & hunting, trapping, fishing farming for food, but you wouldn't be making any sacrifices.
@@randymack1782 you find being self sufficient objectionable? I dont. As I was reading the last few lines of your comment I was thinking how cool it must have been for those folks living prior to the industrial revolution.
actually I love the old ways, all 4 of my grandparents were born before 1910, wish were still here, but I learned a lot from them. but think of it this way, you are helping people, one way or another, as most of society cant or don't want to, but have no problem working to buy goods, I do see things in a strange light. I believe in working on holidays, it isn't about the money, its about helping others, growing up here, junkyards & gun shops would be open on holidays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc, & it wasn't about the money, it was so people in need could get what they needed, if car broke down, could find a part, & gun shops wasn't about selling guns, but was more for selling ammo & fishing supplies, or bait, for youngsters to go have fun. now everyone uses it as an excuse to get a day off. I grew up with old attitudes, that people today call scrooge, but it was for helping, not to line pockets.
I actually make a point to shop at a rural "country" grocery store for majority of my groceries, 25 miles away, but when we work in that town, why? every other week, because of attitudes, & they are always there with a smile, friendly, & honestly nice, & even if raining, the bagger wants to take groceries to car and help load, basically same prices as big chain store. when was last time you actually got waited on & knew person was genuinely friendly & sincere?
@@Welderbeast hey man first off, thank you! Thanks for not taking my comment as a personal afront and for your heartfelt response. This is a side of yourself you may be reluctant to expose online and I apologize if my remarks caused you to go places you would have rather not gone.
Yes I did watch the whole video. There was a time in my younger days when I would have taken all these motivational videos on CZcams as Gospel and absolutely said you were so right! Good thing for me youtube wasnt around 45 years ago! I may have made videos too saying "Work hard, take chances, invest in yourself and your tools. Don't get married so you can focus completely on yourself and what ever you are chasing after!" Oh yeah dude, I was you and then some! I was in the IATSE (Stagehand union), Teamsters, and Millwrights Union. Always hustling, playing in a band, doing almost anything to turn a profit.
I never had just one job other than while I was in the Army. Didn't get married til I was 37 and never had kids of my own but I do have two step-children.
Yeah man I was always making money and spending it too, fast bikes, faster women and lotsa whiskey! The rest I squandered.
Yeah, I was you and then some. Until I wasnt!
When I had a work related multi level broken back 9 years ago that has taken my out of the game. If that wasn't bad enough, 7 years ago my wife was diagnosed with 2 separate types of cancer for which she is still receiving treatments.
So, just as you stand by your words and beliefs, so I stand by mine! None of us know for sure what life has instore for us from one minute to the next until it happens. Just like Jan.4, 2010 at 7:14 AM I was working and had no idea at 7:15 I would never work again!
And lastly, so you wont suffer any further anxiety while reading future video comments, from this point on I will refrain from commenting on your videos. You're welcome! I'll remove the ones from this video if you wish.
God bless you and your family and I pray for your great success!