What Are People REALLY Making Doing Hurricane Work??

bew102

Hope this doesn't tick anyone off but what are workers getting paid to do stuff like blue roofs,tree cutting, clean up etc? I am trying to get some work but I am getting figures from $2000.00 per 7day week (includes o/t) down to $10 per hour + time 1/2 70- 80 hrs guaranteed.

I just want to know what I should really be looking for as far as gross. Not looking for perfection just a +/- amount. Any help would be appreciated!

rbsremodeling

I was making 10k a day or so but got tire of counting my money and came back home it was such a pain in the arse. Broke two money counting machines

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bew102

When you get done finding hiding places for all of your loot and decide to go back for more "just keep room for me!!" I want no, no, no... I NEED to feel your pain!

The_Game

Hey RBSRemodeling next time bring a 4 men crew to double to 20Gs a day

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concretemasonry

If you are just working for wages, the costs will eat you alive if you think about.

1. Transportation (fuel, wear and tear) to the general area.

2. Housing, if not provided.

3. Eating out or cooking your own.

4. Miscellaneous extra costs.

5. The higher wages will go away when the lower priced locals and other willing to work cheap move in.

I worked for the government for 5 months after Katrina/Rita/Wilma and many things come and go and many changes during the process. I was fortunate to get a reasonablr hourly rate and 60 to 70 hours per week. I also had a decent hotel room (required for computer access and repots) the government paid low rates on. I had a rental car and averaged 150-200 miles per day because of the locations. I got a per diem for food and incidentals, but often I could not buy a Mac & Dons because of the lines and was forced to eat at more expensive places that could pay the premium or get help.

I ran into a group of roofers from the north that came down about two months after Katrina. It was good winter work. They stayed 75 miles away and left one man at the hotel to watch to shingles and run a fork lift they brought. Thay had 4 new crew cabs with heavy duty trailers, conveyors and all necessary equipment. Because they bought and guaranteed payment from the northern supplier, they got the good shingles delivered to the motel for unloading and loading on to the trailers behing the crew cabs. Up at 4:00 AM every morning and off to a 75 mile drive to work together in a upscale area (quality arhitectural shingles only) within a severlal block area at a time. - They worked closely and had the back-up. They got back to the motel about 8:00 PM.

They avoided insurance work unless they were guaranteed their price and quick payment. The key was that they had the quality shingles and the ability to do a good job quickly, with the home owner picking up the cost difference if the insurance company was not covering everything.

They spent about 2 months there and made good money, used up a lot of equipment, paid hotel rates and headed home where ther was better money to be made then. - I spent my time and came home after enjoying the work, people and hours working, but really did not make a lot. I did not make a mark in history and I learned that I would not be respected as much as Dick Cheny was is Mississipi because of what he did personally there.

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Dick

Engineer, designer and consultant recently active domestically and internationally on construction and design in about 35 countries.

Double-A

He didn't shoot somebody again, did he?

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"My clients’ wishes are the center of my attention." -- David Guido, a contractor in Woodstock, N.Y.
New York Times, July 20, 2006

rbsremodeling

lol

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Ironman

The only people making money in TX is the prime contractors every one else is sucking wind, dont let them tell you all the BS to many people looking for work in the same area just drove the prices down to nothing and the work to . These companys tell you to come out they have plenty of work, so you get your ins. wc. and all together and load up a crew and equip. get out there and no contracts or the ones they have arent worth having. remember these guys have their own equip. and crews, Who do you think is gonna get the good work on the contract and whos gonna get the crap. Ive seen this first hand , from houston to galveston its all the same. Big contractors come in suck up all the work you have to be hooked up with them before the storm to get a decent contract, so your left subbing to some bottom feeders that dont do any thing but make ph. calls and run you around for your money. Not worth making the trip for chump change , at best. Stay at home and go broke it will at least take longer than blowing it on a hope and a promiss.