First paid job for myself!

Not much of a job, but good job to get my feet wet working for myself. Guy needed three plates welded for his fence. I'm glad I did the job, I realized that I am terribly under powered for mobile welding. I have ordered a power arc 200 and a new 7,000 watt generator. Northern tool has a 5x8 trailer on sale for $329, I picked up one as well, it's a little difficult working our of a car, but it's all I got for now. I invested about $1,500.00 in a new generator, power arc 200, and trailer. If the jobs I have bid on work out, hopefully by next week I will have paid half of my investment back to savings. It was a good experience they guy was in business for himself and gave me some good advice. I realized that if you are going to do mobile welding you better have the right equipment or you can get into trouble fast.

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That's right my welding rig is a Scion XB! 30mpg!
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Congrats on the first job, things start to grow from here on and best wishes to you on your enterprize

Good on ya, Sean, and good luck with it! The guys I've known who have gone into business for themselves always talk about the discipline it takes, and how it's a mix of trying to find the next job while working on the current job.

Sometimes the jobs might seem to be drying up for a bit. If that happens, don't give up. Also, throw an ad on craigslist.com. They will come.

Best of luck and congrats...

Be careful of posting on CL if you aren't a bonified business and have insurance. I've heard of cops setting up stings to bust business that are screwing the IRS on taxes. Don't wanna get caught up in that