crane operator
Senior Member
The problem is I want to much money for the knowledge and skills that I have.
In my area, the $30/ hr would be at the top of the pay scale, but I live in a lower wage area. Union guys in Kansas City and Chicago make $45-50. But it costs a lot more to live in Chicago.
The only way you are going to make more money, would likely be on your own. That adds a whole different complexity to having your own truck, insurance, liability, call backs on previous repairs (justified or not- customers always complain- and those calls now come to you). You will have to deal with a lot of paperwork that you don't have now.
I'm surprised that if you have been off on fridays and saturdays all this time, that if you want to work and make more $$, why you aren't doing work on the side, unless your dealership prohibits you from that.
Otherwise, there's nothing stopping you from more work except you.