How much should I pay this feller?

Bin some time out of the fab. market places. But the guys welding in the market place around here in a shop lucky to see 15/Hr just too many from the steel mills in western PA. If he is using his own equipment look to pay 25/30 an hour for one day worth of work, if lite welding like a small mig. and close 25-30 would be fair, for two hours. Prep is the timly thing not just welding, may take hour to make something right and mins to weld it.

If one of may friends call me up said hey, get over and weld this. I would say when!! But would look for a nice lunch, dinner, if I was cold or hot something to drink. Nothing worse than whatching a friends wife set in the nice warm house and your outside, in the weather!! No drinks and or even ask if you were in need of anything. If he is a friend make him feel like one, he not looking to get rich off of you, for helping you out that why he not willing to charge you big bucks.

Have A Good With your friends Good One Are Hard to Come By , Help each Other out if you Can

Teddy

A few months back my neighbor drove up with his Massey 135 and a bushog with a busted up (cracked and torn) rear housing. (This is a neighbor who has spoken to me about twice in 8 years.) He asked me if I could fix up the bushog and that he would pay me. I ended up doing the job--it took over 2 hours of heating, cutting, banging and welding and I also wire-brushed/painted the repaired areas. When he came back to pick it up the next day, he asked me how much he owed and I told him $50. He told that was too low and insisted I take another $25. Eventually he convinced me to take an extra $20 and explained how much he appreciated the work and my being so fair on the price. He had called a welding shop in town and they quoted him $150 plus materials and he would have to load the tractor and trailer it into town. Bottom line--he was happy to pay for the work even though we were "neighbors"....