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Dig0119 Shop Talk
There are two questions a contractor should ask when deciding if they should hire a mechanic for their shop. The first is, how large is the fleet? The owner of the company also needs to consider how old it is on average. The older the equipment, the more demand there likely is to be for a mechanic’s services, whether you contract out for the work or do it in-house.
There are several essentials in your underground utility construction business — skilled workers, appropriate licenses, a sharp front office staff. And then there’s your heavy equipment. You have at least one truck, and chances are you’ve got several — vacuum trucks, directional drills, service vans and pickups, perhaps a backhoe or other excavating machine, and more. If yours is a small operation, you probably take equipment to an outside shop for maintenance and repairs. But at what point is it a better deal to staff up and hire a full-time mechanic as your direct employee? COMPLEX DECISION It’s not a simple decision,
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