Gary Hill wrote:
Y'all up north of the Mason Dixon have it made! If I tried to charge $140. for kegs, I'd be swinging by my neck from the highest tree !I hate the COLD but if y'all are getting that kind of money I'm going to be your new neighbor! I WISH we could get away with prices like that for kegs. Now handmades and special shoes we can set our price high but still hear the crying--- last farrier only charged me $30.00! $95.00 for kegs is about as high as they will pay. My gaited clients, they are not a problem, they want them to gait so gait they will,no problem having enough ink in their pens! The rest of the horsesowning public all act like they are on foodstamps! When the gas went up I was able to slide a hike in but some decided to pull and trim for a while until they could catch up themselves! Hard to win the game like that? Best to all, P.S. Send me some photos of some places for sale near you Neighbor! Just kiddin, Gary
It's not all so easy. I drive a ways for most of my work (like 2 hours or more). There are guys closer to where I live still shoeing for $65 and some people go to the omish to get it done cheaper than that. I can work cheap close to home on rank horses and in lousy (even dangerous) working conditions or I can drive further and do broke horses in nice barns and get good money. I do the driving and I'm often gone overnight and sometimes longer.