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Post by Jarhead ☠ on Jul 5, 2019 15:19:05 GMT -5
Good afternoon group, I have a question I'd like to ask about fees for repairs and semi restoring saws. What would a reasonable fee be for a strip down of a saw, inspect and throughly clean it. Rebuild the carb w/ OEM kit after its been ultrasonicly cleaned? New fuel lines, assembled and tested. Do you guys feel $125 is fair, too cheap or too much? Just want to see where people are at.
Thanks, Al D.
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Post by dangercat on Jul 5, 2019 18:12:29 GMT -5
Good afternoon group, I have a question I'd like to ask about fees for repairs and semi restoring saws. What would a reasonable fee be for a strip down of a saw, inspect and throughly clean it. Rebuild the carb w/ OEM kit after its been ultrasonicly cleaned? New fuel lines, assembled and tested. Do you guys feel $125 is fair, too cheap or too much? Just want to see where people are at. Thanks, Al D. Thats a hard question to answer, repair cost typically are typically done by an hourly rate, usually $60-$80 per hour. The customer would have to make that choice for themselves. Carb repair, fuel line repair, etc are all relatively easy tasks, however not so for everyone. Personally that seems high to me but I do all that stuff for myself. For that kind of money I would expect maybe some piston or cylinder work but thats just me. Lets say you can do all that in under an hour I think a more reasonable charge would be $75-$100 including the parts for that type of repair. I could certainly be off base though! By the way I was in 3/8 WPNS CO., Semper Fi brother!
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Post by Jarhead ☠ on Jul 5, 2019 18:19:16 GMT -5
I was with 1/8 on Geiger in the mid 80's. Part of the post Beirut bombing rebuild.
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Post by onlyhomelites on Jul 5, 2019 22:57:25 GMT -5
Sadly I think the work you described would be all of $125 at most shops these days. I see labor rates in the $60-80 an hour range, so with parts.... But many shops won't even touch the older stuff anymore. If they can't order parts from one of their suppliers, that's where it ends.
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Post by rowdy235 on Jul 5, 2019 23:56:06 GMT -5
In my opinion I think $125 is probably a little light at least in my area. I am usually seeing labor rates of $80 and I imagine the work you described would be at least an hour of labor, probably 1.5 or 2. Then factor in the OE carb kit with markup that most shops have, price for fuel lines, etc.
Most shops around here don't work on the old stuff either, but I would imagine what you described would run in the $150 range.
For some comparison, the local ace hardware has a repair shop here that does "saw tune up special". It consists of chain sharpening, spark plug, fuel filter, air filter and carb tuning and they charge $80 for it.
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Post by dangercat on Jul 6, 2019 13:49:57 GMT -5
Goes to show I am not too in touch with shop pricing since I do most of my own work! Leon had a good point that most shops aint even gonna bother with an older saw, especially one they don't deal or ever dealt!
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Post by Jarhead ☠ on Jul 6, 2019 13:53:19 GMT -5
The 2 saws were an early model McCulloch 250 and a Poulan 245A so yes I'd say they were old!
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Post by edju1958 on Jul 6, 2019 17:50:14 GMT -5
I can't find any saw shops that'll work on Homelites or Macs.That's one of the reasons I got into repairing my own saws & even a few for others.If you're talking about putting at least a couple of hrs.work into those saws plus supply the parts I wouldn't hesitate at charging $150.If the person doesn't like the price tell them to try to find someone else who'll even look at the saws let alone work on them. Ed
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Post by blythkd on Jul 11, 2019 22:54:42 GMT -5
$125 for what you described sounds pretty good nowadays. Just look at "nameless guy" on ebay that charges $148.49 to boot a 360. It's a $15 part that I can install in 10 minutes. Not too many repairmen undercharging anymore.
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Post by onlyhomelites on Jul 12, 2019 14:54:33 GMT -5
I just quoted a friend of a friend (first mistake) about $113 to do a fuel hose, crank seal, throttle handle and clutch shoes on a Husky 77L, parts & labor. If he proceeds, I'll be giving him a $60 credit on a non-running McCulloch 610 for parts. Based on the going labor rates this job would be double my quote, hardly worth it for an old saw! No wonder people buy new crap from the box stores.
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