Paying employees by the hour is basically writing a blank check...

**sledge** · 04-29-2014, 05:53 PM

Burly-
I feel for you man.. Over the last 3 years of running my own contracting company I have tried in vein to find guys to work FOR me.. and get all kinds of offers of people wanting to do what I do.. but then none have the work ethic and drive. I got into contracting because I knew that if I did 2 simple things. I would be ahead of 90% of contractors:
1. Return a Phone Call
2. Show up when I say I will

In 3 years I have yet to find anyone who fits into my camp of "hungry, driven, and passionate" So many people want to "do their 8 hours and then hit the showers" They are satisfied with "Good Enough" They work to make enough money to "Survive" instead of "THRIVE" and I've come to realize that good help is really harder to find than I ever anticipated! I wish you well with your situation.. and wish I had the answer to give you!

**1956** · 04-29-2014, 06:39 PM

I was hoping this tread went on also, I also do trash hauling and I wanted to share what has worked for me, When I started doing trash removals we used a landscapers trailer 16 feet long no dump hard work especially in the tropical heat, I always tried to have two jobs a day booked one in the morning one in the afternoon. Some days we could not finish the two jobs with a three man crew. I went to a auction and bought a real trash truck.here is a picture of the truck we use now, it looks like it cost more than it did it's a peter-built with a/c. The trash hauling business is good in this area anyway I am very lucky in that I have two very dependable men that work the trash hauling business. Since buying this truck we are more efficient and I make more money. I pay them 125.00 a day if they get done in six hours or eight and I also split the scrap metal money with them from there trash jobs. I believe in that fact that you are as good as your people, I can only drive one truck at a time.

**mikeinreco** · 04-29-2014, 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by 1956

I was hoping this tread went on also, I also do trash hauling and I wanted to share what has worked for me, When I started doing trash removals we used a landscapers trailer 16 feet long no dump hard work especially in the tropical heat, I always tried to have two jobs a day booked one in the morning one in the afternoon. Some days we could not finish the two jobs with a three man crew. I went to a auction and bought a real trash truck.here is a picture of the truck we use now, it looks like it cost more than it did it's a peter-built with a/c. The trash hauling business is good in this area anyway I am very lucky in that I have two very dependable men that work the trash hauling business. Since buying this truck we are more efficient and I make more money. I pay them 125.00 a day if they get done in six hours or eight and I also split the scrap metal money with them from there trash jobs. I believe in that fact that you are as good as your people, I can only drive one truck at a time.

That's the coolest upside down trash truck I have ever seen LOL..........Wow I could only imagine pulling up on some of my old trash outs with that monster........We talked about a dump truck when I was in Nashville (floods generated lots of trash) but we never did because commercial dump rates were so high........Either way cool truck!!!