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its a shame
Just picked up my bike after having some warr.work found out that the service manager is leaving, i.had a great relationship with him.alway treated me right,hes going to work at a car dealer to make more money.just sux that the bike industry pays so low to work on high priced bikes.it affects the quality of work that gets done.there should be a higher pay scale in the bike industry or aleast close to the car side
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When I was growing up in the auto repair industry, mechanics typically got flat rate for jobs @ approx 50% of the shops hourly rate. Then consider that, on average, a good mechanic could beat the flat rate by about 30%. That was pretty good money.
I wonder what these HD mechanics are getting paid as an hourly rate these days?
With the dealers charging anywhere from $75 and up, you'd think that in order to attract the best mechanics, the dealers ought to be paying in the neighborhood of $35 - $40 an hour. I really doubt that is the case.
I wonder what these HD mechanics are getting paid as an hourly rate these days?
With the dealers charging anywhere from $75 and up, you'd think that in order to attract the best mechanics, the dealers ought to be paying in the neighborhood of $35 - $40 an hour. I really doubt that is the case.
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they might be. but the mechanic isn't getting paid for the time that he's on the clock, he's getting paid for the clock hours of the jobs he's doing. so if he only gets one cam job for the week, then he's only gonna get about 6 hrs (or whatever the book rate is for that job) for the week. hard to support a family on that.
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I wonder what these HD mechanics are getting paid as an hourly rate these days?
With the dealers charging anywhere from $75 and up, you'd think that in order to attract the best mechanics, the dealers ought to be paying in the neighborhood of $35 - $40 an hour. I really doubt that is the case.
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Theres a lot more money to be made with a good auto dealer .Good service writers and techs can make some big bucks.
As a Chevy tech,my son was making $30 per hour(base)working flat rate.Now working as a union tech for public transit.$32.50 per hour starting pay,less work.
His friend is a SW for a well known Toyota dealership.Think he's making $90K plus.
As a Chevy tech,my son was making $30 per hour(base)working flat rate.Now working as a union tech for public transit.$32.50 per hour starting pay,less work.
His friend is a SW for a well known Toyota dealership.Think he's making $90K plus.
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When I was growing up in the auto repair industry, mechanics typically got flat rate for jobs @ approx 50% of the shops hourly rate. Then consider that, on average, a good mechanic could beat the flat rate by about 30%. That was pretty good money.
I wonder what these HD mechanics are getting paid as an hourly rate these days?
With the dealers charging anywhere from $75 and up, you'd think that in order to attract the best mechanics, the dealers ought to be paying in the neighborhood of $35 - $40 an hour. I really doubt that is the case.
I wonder what these HD mechanics are getting paid as an hourly rate these days?
With the dealers charging anywhere from $75 and up, you'd think that in order to attract the best mechanics, the dealers ought to be paying in the neighborhood of $35 - $40 an hour. I really doubt that is the case.
