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Jan 19, 2011 | 06:05 PM

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Nine Ball

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LOL at people thinking welders can afford a few hundred thousand in cars, all at the same time.

I paid for college as a welder/pipefitter.

Jan 19, 2011 | 06:11 PM

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Frans96SS

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Nine Ball

LOL at people thinking welders can afford a few hundred thousand in cars, all at the same time.

I paid for college as a welder/pipefitter.

Kelly Bise could haha. His company is a bit diff though.

Jan 19, 2011 | 07:23 PM

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carlos sauceda

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top welders pay is like 250k a year...

Jan 19, 2011 | 07:51 PM

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top welders pay is like 250k a year...

Really, doing what? I know a couple guys that do offshore underwater work, and they are the highest paid weldors I know and make 180k or so. I have been in this trade for a while and must be aloof to a niche position.

Jan 19, 2011 | 09:50 PM

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If you earn rig welders top pay and work all year lmao.. Alot of guys do it..

Jan 19, 2011 | 09:55 PM

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oops sorry for being curious. didnt know if he was being sarcastic or not. welders do make good money though. seen some guys taking home over 4k a week. thats damn good especially if your married.

Jan 20, 2011 | 08:18 AM

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If you earn rig welders top pay and work all year lmao.. Alot of guys do it..

Lmao huh..........I used to be a rig weldor. And know dozens of guys that still are. In colorado we made up to $70 per hour, in Texas never over $60. Many times we had to work for $45 when it got slow, if there was work at all. You provide your own truck, tools, rods, consumables, etc. At $60 per hour you would have to work 80 hours per week every week of the year to make $250K. That doesn't nearly happen, and even if it did, the amount of overhead you have on yourself cuts that number down dramatically. There is a reason I now own a fab. shop and dont do that anymore. So dont talk out of your ***.

Jan 20, 2011 | 08:22 AM

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oops sorry for being curious. didnt know if he was being sarcastic or not. welders do make good money though. seen some guys taking home over 4k a week. thats damn good especially if your married.

Not really being to sarcastic, welding and hard labor got me to where I am today. I still throw on my hood from time to time.

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Jan 20, 2011 | 08:31 AM

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Sick!

Jan 20, 2011 | 09:06 AM

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DAMN!

Your going to get TONs of Pune now!

What. I'm just saying.

Jan 20, 2011 | 09:30 AM

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I knew it......

Jan 20, 2011 | 09:37 AM

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Jan 20, 2011 | 09:46 AM

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nassty00

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Very nice man isn't it your second merci? Thought I have seen one in your sig before..

Would love to own something like that one day.. Shows hard work pays off. Congrats on the new ride she's a beauty

Jan 20, 2011 | 10:07 AM

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Damn G, that one already needs service?

Jan 20, 2011 | 10:22 AM

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Lol, of course it does....the service of a performance shop that is!

Jan 20, 2011 | 12:04 PM

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carlos sauceda

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Dude 70$ n hour isnt top pay for a rig welder lol. 45 is the low. N theres several companies out there that pay for ur consumables but u pay ur own tools. But the rig welding business is going out the window.

Jan 20, 2011 | 01:05 PM

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Damn G, that one already needs service?

lol.

It actually is getting serviced and getting everything "checked" out before I pick it up.

I am going to drop it off to get ....tint done....

I should have it back in 6-8weeks

Jan 20, 2011 | 01:12 PM

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what happened to the murc you already had?

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