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Originally Posted by afterburn 549
I used to own a couple repair shops..if it was me and to do all over
I would have a "high end " shop and run it like a dentist office.
Several bays, very qualified people. Porsche would be the bottom end car to come through the door
(no offence) Not that they are bottom car...but cater to the people that WANT to spend the cash.
I would over see several car bays and help here and there .
I learned this once I started working on RV vehicles .
With All play toys the owner wants it fixed, modified etc.
No crying.
With the basic car, - the owners are hardly ever ever happy to pay a repair bill.
All that said. Learn your trade and open a shop.
Get the bigger picture.
Usually there is no money exchanging just time for said money.
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Oh, good God Yes!
There's an RV sales and service place that rented the building at the top end of the road my shop is on. They'll only work on the coach, and don't get involved in any chassis, driveline, generator, or prime mover repairs, so they found us a couple of weeks after setting up shop, and have established a very good relationship with me. They've sent me tens of thousands of dollars worth of work over the last 3 years, and BOY HOWDY, can a fella make some GOOD money working on RV's. Seems like the repair bill to a class A RV owner is but a drop in their personal bucket!
Of course there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING on an RV that's easy to work on, especially on a front engine class A.