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PhilC
06-22-2007 20:30:00
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Re: where to get painted in reply to B-maniac, 06-20-2007 18:19:22
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| B-maniac said: (quoted from post at 18:19:22 06/20/07) What they are telling you is that they DON'T want to do it unless you are crazy enough to give them $6000. Depending on the quallity you want and the amount of prep work it needs , you ere probably looking at a min. of $1500 and on up to $4000 or so for the "good" stuff. |
B-maniac is right on two counts, collision shops get paid to repair cars not tractors, and if you get quoted $6000 for a tractor paint job it is because they don't want to do it.
I'm a bodyman/estimator and work in a small shop in rural Eastern WA, and although I've never had anyone ever ask me to paint a tractor, I guarantee I've given outrageous quotes for complete paint jobs on cars purely because I didn't want the job.
All the money is in prep, because that's where all the labor is (don't tell a painter I said that ). Actually, it's on both sides of the job but the lion's share is in prep.
[quote="B-maniac"]Don't go to automotive shops that specialize in insursnce work. They get $50-$60 an hour from insursnce work and aren't gonna do your tractor for any less.[quote]
Automotive collision shops specialize in automotive collision repair, not necessarily insurance work. That just ahppens to be how most of our business comes in the door. As for $50 - $60/hr, I need to move somehwere else 'cause we only get $44-46/hr here in Eastern WA!!!! And you're right, we aren't gonna do a tractor for less hourly, probably more, just like RVs (I hate them), motorcycles, farm trucks, airplanes, BIG trucks, etc. Collision shops are not setup for that kind of work and it displaces our regular business flow.
If you must have a shop do the work, try and find a small shop that has some flexibility with their work load, but it might still be spendy!
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