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I am a small guy, and I just started out this year. So according to some of you guys because I am primarally doing resi I should only advertise resi on my truck? I guess Ill tell the small printing factory they need to get an " Industrial electrician to work on their buss system. Even though I have a good deal of experiance with this. And I guess that I should tell the Toyota dealer that they need to get a commercial guy for their work because its not what I do. Even though I know and understand that type of work. And I should tell them not to recommend me to anyone because I should stay with my bead and butter residential.
Honestly sometimes I think some of you guys make no sense at all. You are on this site constantly and run out of things to poke fun at. I am new and I am open to any kind of work that will pay my bills. Naturally If a job comes along that is to big and not within my skill sets I will recomend some of my previous employers that were good to me. And I have already done so. Why in the heck would I want to limit myself to residential when I spent most of my career doing all of the above? what kind of buisness sense is this? Thats like opening up a dinner and only serving breakfast because thats all you know.
 
I am a small guy, and I just started out this year. So according to some of you guys because I am primarally doing resi I should only advertise resi on my truck? I guess Ill tell the small printing factory they need to get an " Industrial electrician to work on their buss system. Even though I have a good deal of experiance with this. And I guess that I should tell the Toyota dealer that they need to get a commercial guy for their work because its not what I do. Even though I know and understand that type of work. And I should tell them not to recommend me to anyone because I should stay with my bead and butter residential.
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I do not think anybody is saying that, what we are saying is if you do not have the capability to do work, do not do it. There are many FINE industrial contractors that have no business wiring a basement and vice a versa. BUT if you have the knowledge than by all means go for.
 
my comment was aimed at the guys who.s only experience is 5-10 yrs doing resi tract....get their license...and slap "Industrial" on their truck....we all know those guys...
 
emahler said:
my comment was aimed at the guys who.s only experience is 5-10 yrs doing resi tract....get their license...and slap "Industrial" on their truck....we all know those guys...
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We have one such contractor around here, with the "resi/comm/ind" on the side of the trucks. I was interested in a job with their company a few years back, so I called the office and asked what kind of work they do. "95% new residential work." :roll:
 
there are too many egos here...somethig is said in general terms, and people think it's directed at them personally...and they get all defensive....
 
emahler said:
there are too many egos here...somethig is said in general terms, and people think it's directed at them personally...and they get all defensive....
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What do you mean by that??!! Was that directed at me??



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R Bob said:
In my area, I always notice that the vehicles of a very large, legit, global, well respected, and diversefied electrical contractor don't even have a phone number on their vehicles. In fact, they don't even tell you that they are an electrical contractor. Name/logo....nothing else.

Talk about brand recognition!
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That is how our trucks are. We are not a huge shop (approx 60 guy's) but my boss has been in business for 30 years and has built a pretty large commercial/industrial customer base and a good reputation with many of the GC's that do commercial/industrial construction.

Our trucks have the company name/logo and lic. numbers on them, that's it. No phone number. Any one that needs to call us already knows the number. We don't do any residential, so we are not interested in taking phone calls from people searching the yellow pages or writing down a phone number they see on the side of a truck.

There are deffinately huge differences in the way a one man operation needs to advertise to keep the calls coming in, and the way an established larger company operates.
 
Well here is my huge fleet.
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I guess I'm a hack then. Resi, Comm, lic, bond, insur. & phone number.

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Funny, though. One day I'm doing this:

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The next day I'm here:

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I like to stick my nose into a little bit of everything just to break the monotony. "I'll try anything once" and "fake it till you make it" are oft heard from me. Good or bad, that's how I roll. I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up.
 
bikeindy said:
No your not a hack but you might want to look into a Chevy.
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$2K for an E250, Adrian Steel inside & out. Have only put on new tires and regular maintainence. Can't beat it. You just can't see the Ford truck in the garage behind it. :grin:
 
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