Pete :
I'm not a professional welder, but $50/hr sounds cheap to me, especially if
the clock doesn't start until he gets to your car. The last time I went to
a professional for welding, it was $75/hour, one hour minimum, and I had to
take the work to him. I watched him weld up the shock mount for my motor
home & it took under a minute. (Probably because I watched him do it, he
agreed to take $50 for the job.)
If you've really done all the prep work, I wouldn't expect the entire job
to take over an hour. Of course, you need to check on who pays for travel
time (& how much). It might also be wise to ask the welder about things
like grinding the crack out, or any other preparation items you may have
overlooked, ahead of time.
Randall
On Tuesday, March 23, 1999 6:36 PM, Pete & Aprille Chadwell
[SMTP:dynamic@transport.com] wrote:
>
> Hi all.
>
> I contacted a couple of mobile welders here in the Bend area today to see
> about having them weld up my diff mount and add the reinforcement
bracket.
>
> Basically, these guys are saying $50 an hour. That sounds reasonable to
me
> for an hourly rate, but these guys haven't done this specific job before
> and obviously cannot be expected to know how long it would take.
>
> I'm wondering if anyone out there has any estimate of how long it should
> take assuming that all the metal is already cleaned up, all necessary
fuel
> lines are adequately protected and the diff, axles and exhaust removed.
In
> other words, all the welder would have to do is go straight to welding up
> the crack and then weld in the reinforcing plates.
>
> Is this a two hour job? 3 hours? 1 hour? Any guesses?
>
> I've talked to another guy here in Bend that does LBC restoration and HAS
> repaired these mounts before and therefore is familiar with them, and he
> says his best guess is that, assuming that all he had to do was weld, it
> might cost as much as $200.
>
> This seems high, but I'm not a welder so how the Hell do I know!??
>
> Thanks for all your input!
>
> Pete Chadwell
> 1973 TR6
>
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