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Can say I've been on both ends of this too, hiring and employed more recently. It's hard to find people that will do these jobs, though with benefits it helps, I've seen this same scenario with labor for our horse farm, it can be a real pain in the arse, well at times, no it don't pay a lot, but you're one your own, you know what needs to be done and if you are doing something productive without being told, most of the time your doing a pretty good job, and it's appreciated, I've seen a lot worse. I just recently helped my friend a long time farmer $12 cash, -1/2 for lunch and any significant down time etc. No way I would ask for more, with me you get an experienced equipment operator, just did some dozer work for him, and still am darned good at that too, I can weld pretty good, not a pro, but I know my limits, I bring my machine and supplies, you fill my tank and buy my electrodes, meaning you keep me stocked, I'll do what needs to be done. I've got a clean class A CDL too. I did some hard work, cultipacking with a lot of rock picking by hand, greasing and maintaining equipment, some repairs so far, and some extra work on the barter for tractor time and some standing hardwood to be cleared, as well as clean up, we had an ice storm here too, I supply my own saw, gas, tools etc. Ideally, I'd like to make upwards of $15$-$18 cash for this, but You have to realize, there aint a lot of money in this to start, + for someone you have known a long time, better to keep it lower anyway. His wife brought us lunch and had me over for dinner many times after a long one, darned appreciated too ! Now, if you have a family to feed and strive for a career, this may not be for you, maybe fill in work, you should still bring your game face and work hard til you're getting to where you're going. For me, anything to keep busy lately, I can survive without it, but earning something is the right thing to do, but it is just plain and simple, nothing like putting in a hard days work, will keep you in shape, heck I lost a little more aside from my diet, never been heavy, but like to stay fit, clothes fit better, just feels good to work hard, though with old injury type aches and pains, takes 2 days off to recover sometimes, I dunno, don't mind the work if I'm appreciated, and I've made a lot more money in my career, but sometimes it's not so much about the money now, 20's-30's you should work hard, find that good paying job if you can, 40's and onward, if you got ahead earlier, you won't worry so much about the pay, more about the benefits, and you can still put in a hard days work. Maybe it's just me, but there are lots of people that don't want to work at all, I like to work at things I enjoy and know I am appreciated for, but won't get out of bed to work for a jerk for even much higher pay. That is a decent wage for this work + benny's, people don't appreciate it I guess, I'd be happy with it right now, but also know I could go out and get back into my career, or many other things if more money was needed, sometimes the excess hours, stress and associated crap when you work a rat race job is not worth any pay, rather do the kind of work we are talking about here.
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