Demo of a big commercial watertube boiler (15' tall) - Page 2

Originally Posted by hills

I get what you're saying. I was in the building trades for 30 + years. Self employed carpenter for 16 of those years.

Most of my work was time and material. I might have made more money doing bid jobs but i just didn't have the appetite for risk. Was always very prudent in the way i ran the business. Maine is one of the worst states in the union in which to run a business. Over 90% of the new business startups fail within the first five years. It only takes one or two bad decisions put you under.

I remember when the recession of 07-08 hit. Net profits dropped by 48 % that year. Construction really didn't start to pick back up for another ten years after that.

I've kinda been through the mill .... ya know ? It makes a fulla cautious.

I dunno man ... i wouldn't recommend bidding a job that far out. Not with the way the economy is these days. History repeats itself.

I get what you're saying; I've been in business since '06 myself and well remember the downturn. However, this is only 2 weeks of work for me, and my business won't live or die on 2 weeks' worth of work....so I took the chance on it at a rate that's plenty fair to me. Watched a few youtube vids on how they're put together, and there's no rocket science going on. You just have to be really aware that those water tubes are supporting a huge overhead tank that weighs thousands of lbs, so you've got to support it before cutting them all away. The outer frame doesn't do anything except support the insulation and the burner.

Shouldn't be a big deal, and if the GC I'm bidding under gets the job, I don't think I'll have any trouble getting it taken care of in the allotted time. I think I can even transport it myself in a few loads on my tri-axle trailer.

Originally Posted by Welder

I get what you're saying; I've been in business since '06 myself and well remember the downturn. However, this is only 2 weeks of work for me, and my business won't live or die on 2 weeks' worth of work....so I took the chance on it at a rate that's plenty fair to me. Watched a few youtube vids on how they're put together, and there's no rocket science going on. You just have to be really aware that those water tubes are supporting a huge overhead tank that weighs thousands of lbs, so you've got to support it before cutting them all away. The outer frame doesn't do anything except support the insulation and the burner.

Shouldn't be a big deal, and if the GC I'm bidding under gets the job, I don't think I'll have any trouble getting it taken care of in the allotted time. I think I can even transport it myself in a few loads on my tri-axle trailer.

Ahh .... not a terrible risk if it's only a two week job.

Best of luck !