I'm in Michigan near Detroit making a list of what to buy for my own mobile welding. 11 yrs welding. Excited but nervous. Thanks for the tips it's much appreciated!
Thank you Welder Beast ! I really appreciate your video ! I also am a mobile welding service company who deals mostly with B- C and a few B- B customers. What I’ve learned after 9 years doin Mobile repair on home and business and a 5 star customer rating my service allows me to charge more money and my Tag logo is “I do Small Jobs Nobody Wants” Nobody in my area will drive an hour round trip to do a 5 min welding repair. “There Killer dog is getting out of the gate and I can’t have Cujo kill someone “ ok I have $100 service fee and 100 per hour rate . I have over 15 5 star reviews on Google ,Yelp and my Facebook page .. thank you so much for helping me with this Crucial question
Great video. Some advice that a couple different independent business owners (in a few different trades) have told me regarding bidding jobs: There are 3 types of customers to consider. Those that can't afford it, those that can but are too cheap to pay it, and those that know the value of your work and are willing to pay it. When bidding jobs, if you're always bidding low, you're cutting your own throat. Bid honest, don't be afraid to lose a job (ie: cheap people), but also learn from your own history. If everyone always accepts your rate, you're not charging enough.
I charge between $60-150 per hour depending on what I'm welding and the conditions. Irrigation welding $60 plus materials tig welded stainless pipe $100 plus materials. If its miserable, nasty, wet etc. Up to $150 per hour.
Northern Canada we charge $150/hr for rig welding/pipe/whatever you want a decked out truck to come fix. Pipelines will pay $100-$180 /hr depending on what it is and who is contracting it out. General repairs and fabrication outside the oil patch used to be $70-80/hr. A lot of times when I'm doing some small jobs or whatever, ill just shoot a price on it that I'm happy with and i think the customer will be happy with. Total cost= Consumables+Materials+operating costs+(target wage x hours) then deduct down to a number that everyone can live with....thats my formula. No one wants to pay for welding, its always more expensive and time consuming than people think so i just aim to do the best job possible. They can complain about the price but never the quality.
I'm watching this as im knowledgeable enough now to do my own thing. I can do structural, pipe, horizontal, vertical up/down. I can learn anything and everything.
I do $90/hr with a $300 minimum on mobile jobs for commercial work, plus $4/mile to and from the shop, plus materials. This covers welding, fabrication, and repair work. Having everything the same simplifies the invoicing and pricing work, which lets me focus more on actually working. Having it a little high for my area also tends to ensure that the small talkers aren't sent my way when I get there; I get somebody higher up, with the best idea of what needs to be done, and the highest likelihood of making sure it's not an issue if I need to borrow a forklift or a few of their guys for a few minutes throughout the process. Most factory guys love seeing a puddle for the first time with my spare passive hood while I have them help me hold something down, or pick up that end just a smidge while I get this tack on it, too. THAT makes sure that when I tell them things, they listen, and I'm at the point now where I'm comfortable enough while I'm working that I can explain to them what I'm doing, what's happening to the metal, why the prep took so long, or answering the endless questions most of them have. Almost like getting prepaid helpers sometimes; it's great, especially when one of them already knows their way around a grinder, combination square, and
Great video and great advice. It really depends on the job. Just a bottle of gas or can of welding rods the consumables matter on that HR rate as well. If they supply all that then the labor and skill is all you charge for but if you have to supply everything that has to come into the factor.
Just wanted to throw my two cents in here! Each job is a-little different than the last first you got to understand what the customer wants done. Next estimate material that’s going to be used this in it self will vary greatly from one place to the next. Then get a base pay for your self also this will change from east coast to the west coast And any place in between. Now I have never pipeline or worked for a corporation, I have gotten work throw word of mouth . So always do your best an the rest will come
Your right, my rates are at 150 hr they have to be because of the expense, plus insurance plus state of the art equipment plus state of the art skill set
I think it really depends on the precision and complications of the welding required, travel time and materials. Typically you'd charge a flat rate travel time. Then based on job.
Some people charge by the inch,foot,cubic square in/ft ,by the hour, by the job, by the materials , by experience, by the type of welding process, if it is indoor/outdoor, whether your on a boat that is moving and rocking around, by terrain conditions,weather conditions, is it an industrial client, a homeowner ,etc.. See where this is going? It really depends on many factors.
I'm in Michigan near Detroit making a list of what to buy for my own mobile welding. 11 yrs welding. Excited but nervous. Thanks for the tips it's much appreciated!
Thank you Welder Beast ! I really appreciate your video ! I also am a mobile welding service company who deals mostly with B- C and a few B- B customers. What I’ve learned after 9 years doin Mobile repair on home and business and a 5 star customer rating my service allows me to charge more money and my Tag logo is “I do Small Jobs Nobody Wants” Nobody in my area will drive an hour round trip to do a 5 min welding repair. “There Killer dog is getting out of the gate and I can’t have Cujo kill someone “ ok I have $100 service fee and 100 per hour rate . I have over 15 5 star reviews on Google ,Yelp and my Facebook page .. thank you so much for helping me with this Crucial question
Great video. Some advice that a couple different independent business owners (in a few different trades) have told me regarding bidding jobs: There are 3 types of customers to consider. Those that can't afford it, those that can but are too cheap to pay it, and those that know the value of your work and are willing to pay it. When bidding jobs, if you're always bidding low, you're cutting your own throat. Bid honest, don't be afraid to lose a job (ie: cheap people), but also learn from your own history. If everyone always accepts your rate, you're not charging enough.
I charge between $60-150 per hour depending on what I'm welding and the conditions. Irrigation welding $60 plus materials tig welded stainless pipe $100 plus materials. If its miserable, nasty, wet etc. Up to $150 per hour.
Northern Canada we charge $150/hr for rig welding/pipe/whatever you want a decked out truck to come fix. Pipelines will pay $100-$180 /hr depending on what it is and who is contracting it out. General repairs and fabrication outside the oil patch used to be $70-80/hr. A lot of times when I'm doing some small jobs or whatever, ill just shoot a price on it that I'm happy with and i think the customer will be happy with. Total cost= Consumables+Materials+operating costs+(target wage x hours) then deduct down to a number that everyone can live with....thats my formula. No one wants to pay for welding, its always more expensive and time consuming than people think so i just aim to do the best job possible. They can complain about the price but never the quality.
You have great info here Brother!! The problem I have found my self is the way people think about welding jobs,
Thank you. This has been the best advice iv found yet on bidding jobs.
I'm watching this as im knowledgeable enough now to do my own thing. I can do structural, pipe, horizontal, vertical up/down. I can learn anything and everything.
Hit the nail on the head awesome motivation great point be safe
I do $90/hr with a $300 minimum on mobile jobs for commercial work, plus $4/mile to and from the shop, plus materials. This covers welding, fabrication, and repair work. Having everything the same simplifies the invoicing and pricing work, which lets me focus more on actually working. Having it a little high for my area also tends to ensure that the small talkers aren't sent my way when I get there; I get somebody higher up, with the best idea of what needs to be done, and the highest likelihood of making sure it's not an issue if I need to borrow a forklift or a few of their guys for a few minutes throughout the process. Most factory guys love seeing a puddle for the first time with my spare passive hood while I have them help me hold something down, or pick up that end just a smidge while I get this tack on it, too. THAT makes sure that when I tell them things, they listen, and I'm at the point now where I'm comfortable enough while I'm working that I can explain to them what I'm doing, what's happening to the metal, why the prep took so long, or answering the endless questions most of them have. Almost like getting prepaid helpers sometimes; it's great, especially when one of them already knows their way around a grinder, combination square, and
$160.00 minimum charge. That includes the first hour.
Great video and great advice. It really depends on the job. Just a bottle of gas or can of welding rods the consumables matter on that HR rate as well. If they supply all that then the labor and skill is all you charge for but if you have to supply everything that has to come into the factor.
Good one! And your right there are WAY too many variables that enters into this to pin down a fixed cost across the board.
Love your humility bro
Just wanted to throw my two cents in here! Each job is a-little different than the last first you got to understand what the customer wants done. Next estimate material that’s going to be used this in it self will vary greatly from one place to the next. Then get a base pay for your self also this will change from east coast to the west coast And any place in between. Now I have never pipeline or worked for a corporation, I have gotten work throw word of mouth . So always do your best an the rest will come
Your right, my rates are at 150 hr they have to be because of the expense, plus insurance plus state of the art equipment plus state of the art skill set
I think it really depends on the precision and complications of the welding required, travel time and materials. Typically you'd charge a flat rate travel time. Then based on job.
I also have a resume setup to show potential clients as well. That's another thing you can do
Some people charge by the inch,foot,cubic square in/ft ,by the hour, by the job, by the materials , by experience, by the type of welding process, if it is indoor/outdoor, whether your on a boat that is moving and rocking around, by terrain conditions,weather conditions, is it an industrial client, a homeowner ,etc.. See where this is going? It really depends on many factors.
Great topic!