Central ND | fastline1 - 1/19/2025 17:15
Appreciate. Get a job, abandon path is what I got. I realize I need to still rinse and swallow the additional 6 figures in equipment.
As for bld materials. 2x6s in my area went from $5 to $24. OSB went from $7 to 48$. I went so far as trying to buy direct from mills in TX before I stopped. Even at 2x the cost, I could not eat the additional cost.
It doesn't matter. Sounds like I need to eat my dream, admit I lost, and move on. Something I will just have to deal with. Probably continue to kick the can.
I see the comment questioning income in manufacturing. I realize no one where understands the biz, but that is why I chose that path. Yes indeed, I have stood with a stop watch and counted $800/hr on one machine. That is GROSS, so don't twist that, but even my j.o.b. will be gross. The best I will ever get in a job, if I work hard for many years, is near 6figs. I think I am most annoyed that I wasted over 20years for nothing. No family or even a home. I guess some live on the street and I still have my camper and dog.
If you can honestly defend/prove that one machine can consistently make you $800/hour, and you have 3 machines....... it wouldn't be hard to find an investor/lender to back you. But, already in the replies you have eluded to the fact that you are smarter than everyone here and noone understands. That won't get you far with an investor, or lender, or employer....... I mean, if your machines and talent are that valuable why wouldn't one of your buyers be jumping at the chance to help you get up and running? |
Personal...."go fund me"...I need to fix my path.
