Gav836 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Was that not our McMad friend's post I 'translated' there? He's from Norfolk as far as I remember, it used to be his reason in the old days, "Don't mind my spelling, I'm from Norfolk" or something to that effect :D It was but I'm from Norfolk and you don't have to translate my posts :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakescot Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 As per the above comments re cautionary tales for people entering contracting. I do know of several people who have tried and failed. I also do know of a couple of people who have made it work, but it has to be said the only way they made it work was by being specialists in doing work for stables and small holders. I also know both had to branch out into equipment hire as well to make equipment pay for itself. I admit this was in Surrey which is the horse capital of the UK, and you have to adapt to the work prevelent in your area but if i was a young man starting out in this business this is the way i would look at starting off. yes well my post was along similar lines,I know folks who`ve failed, failed big time , gone bankrupt and lost everything they had.........others who go from strength to strength buying the best of kit and regularily,taking holidays emplying teams of guys to do the dirty work............. What would be wrong with you working for someone else.......possibly a contractor,using and learning on their equipment, getting tips n stuff off the other guys in the team, saving some money , cos these interest rates are gonna cripple us shortly....you`d have no HP payments to make, diesel bills, repair bills ,you`d get a wage and know what you`d be taking home each week, no worries of folks not payin their bills.For instance last year the guy that works for us took home DOUBLE what I ended up with and he worked HALF the hours , none at weekend and he wasnt up half the night or the whole night in some occasions well for work at least and he had no paperwork!!! think of all the admin involved of bein yr own boss .My cousin is a plumber, the guys he worked with folded up and he started on his own..........he said "ah nothing like bein yr own boss" he ended up doin so much paperwork, pricing jobs ,sending bills,looking a tjobs , chasing up reps he had hardly any time to do the job he actually started up in business to do .He`s now back plumbing for someone else! I admire your enthusiasm and please dont think it`s all negative, you`ve probabaly however , as we ALL do when it`s something we want to do,looked at the job through rose coloured spectacles .I`m sure if you give yourself a few yrs learning and building up some capital then you`ll be in a better position to make a considered, objective decision based on more than just "because you want to" I hope this helps you........just my two penny worth! All the best to you in whatever you eventually decide to do. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fendt-man-matty Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 thanks very much mate, great advice their, i just really dont know what im going to do because thats probly one of my only ways of getting into farming and theirs no other job ide want to do apart from farming or maybe lorry driving, but definitly a job with machines wether it be working with them or driving them cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 if its working with machines you dont have to be stuck with farming or lorry driving theres lots of other things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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