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Old 12-08-2023, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Kluthy View Post
You have to remember a contractor needs to earn a minimum amount to do a job. He has to answer calls to diagnose a problem, travel time to/from the job, truck/office expenses, etc etc etc
The days of the $100 service calls are over
Right. Throw in the rising cost of insurance and inflation on top of it. A bare-bone pick up truck is $35-40,000. Back in the mid 90s the same truck was $15,000.