We ARE headed into recession. Don't buy these stocks. If anything sell them short. Better yet build a business and weather the storm
@onitplumbingКүн бұрын
Good input I would tend to agree but there are always underpriced stocks somewhere I think this is a wise idea to wait anyways.
@Rider.WhiteHorse6 күн бұрын
Not slowing down
@onitplumbing6 күн бұрын
What state are you in?
@Rider.WhiteHorse6 күн бұрын
@@onitplumbing SD
@stevem108112 күн бұрын
The price of everything has gone up 20 to 400% except paychecks. I still make the same as I did 5 years ago, although I spend the same amount, I only get about 1/2 as much as before, so guess what, some things had to go. Where I am, finding an honest reliable, affordable plumber is like winning the lottery, so although I have done electrical for the last 40 years, I added drain cleaning to my side jobs, and wow, it is crazy busy and a money maker.
@onitplumbing9 күн бұрын
That's a great story so are you a contractor or a handyman? Trying to see what area you are coming from. What area are you in as well? I understand it's hard to find someone reliable!
@stevem10819 күн бұрын
@@onitplumbing I'm in Columbia SC, retired, but busier than ever, can't get anyone to work, and a few that do have no clue what they are doing. So as a handyman, and the fact that I strive on quality, honesty, and being affordable, I have more than I can handle. I inform the customer completely about everything being done and what was wrong and why it happened if I can determine that, and how to keep it from happening again if possible, like stop flushing wipes. Most appreciate that, but some just want it fixed.
@savagesteve589413 күн бұрын
Americans r broke. work for the 1% & u will stay busy. follow the $
@onitplumbing9 күн бұрын
Lol so true these days hard to find that 1 percent they don't live around me I'm afraid.
@jayphillips-xx7hd14 күн бұрын
Yes here in Washington state is definitely slowing down
@onitplumbing13 күн бұрын
Bummer sorry to hear that
@ashmxuth491914 күн бұрын
The harbor freight way is the onlyy way i can afford to get things done 😂
@onitplumbing13 күн бұрын
Hahaha 🤣
@SamsHouseWashing11 күн бұрын
I definitely fall into the "diy because I don't have 1000s to spend on a tradesman". I do however have enough jobs around the house to justify a new tool every time I start on something. Plus learning is the spice of life.
@sdfv4zx14 күн бұрын
YOu could of put that jetter on the truck and leave the trailer at home.
@onitplumbing14 күн бұрын
We obviously know that but I'm my area we don't have tight cities easy to tow a trailer but maybe someday it would be a cool addition!
@jamesrecknor675214 күн бұрын
In my experience as a self-employed plumber, when I serve customers that are upper middle class and above, things usually go better.
@MoisheFriedman-lj7ky14 күн бұрын
So if som1 like u as a service plumber u are always in demand. So if som1 has no hot water or a has a sewage backup whether they can afford it or not they still need u regardless???
@jamesrecknor675214 күн бұрын
I suspect the real money to be made on RVs is roof repair/sealing
@jamesrecknor675214 күн бұрын
Seeing a slowdown in Denver
@jamesrecknor675214 күн бұрын
All the "Building Back Better" is amazing
@jessebrown149714 күн бұрын
AZ is slowing down big time
@onitplumbing14 күн бұрын
That sucks this is what I'm hearing
@desertdog112515 күн бұрын
What do You Guys charge?I'm an Rv Owner for Receration not to live in
@onitplumbing15 күн бұрын
We are a flat rate company and it would depend on the service needing to be provided to give you an accurate answer and we typically do a $99 evaluation to show up which would be included in the total cost if services are chosen and performed.
@kebo5715 күн бұрын
Well, I think we can see why you like doing those jobs at the little coffee stands. You had a great view of some great legs!! 😝
@onitplumbing15 күн бұрын
Haha Lance doesn't mind but I'm taken 😄👌
@CoreyChambersLA15 күн бұрын
No need to quit if you charge enough and do a good enough job.
@onitplumbing15 күн бұрын
Lol I can't figure it out in my area. People can't seem to afford it here, as journeymen plumbers we can't charge our standard rates, it seems most people expect handyman rates from our testing. Are you an RV tech?
@glennmanchester569616 күн бұрын
Call backs i hate call backs any profit that was made on a job is often times ate. Up because of a callback ive been in the business for a long time it is very difficult at the stage your at to keep service work going like you said what if the calls don't come in what. Do you have the guys do ? We usually had some new construction work or remodeling work going on as well so to keep guys busy and not have to send them home or something we used thst stuff as fill in but again new construction you gotta wait to get paid on and you gotta pay the guys so its always a constant rob peter to pay paul thing fridays used to have me on edge id have to make sure on Thursday there was enough money to make payroll so collecting from contractors etc i feel your pain believe it i haven't been doing anything except for my own stuff in. A long time but i been there ..
@onitplumbing15 күн бұрын
Thanks for chatting with me Glenn. Sounds like you've been through the ringer with this stuff for the most part. I really like this business but oh boy I hear you when you get call backs sometimes you just can never pled the please the person some people in fact most people are very agreeable and easy to deal with. But when you get the difficult callbacks, oh boy you're in for a wild ride!. Glad to hear you've had the same experience with contractors and it wasn't just me. I've just found that for me, the business model of doing service work and drain cleaning is much better, although it has its pitfalls such as scheduling and no jobs at certain times. Thanks for checking in. I'd love to chat more sometime. Let me know.
@colemant684516 күн бұрын
You might want to Re-Consider... General RV (Largest RV chain in the US) charges $265/hr !!! for the simplest repair/inspection/drain cleaning etc..... That is better pay than home repair.
@jessebrown149728 күн бұрын
Time for ST. It is so much better. Details abd stats trends etc.
@onitplumbing28 күн бұрын
Are you saying service titan is way better? I am curious about it.
@georgefalcon383929 күн бұрын
Alma Plummer and I am slow and I'm thinking getting into Angie's list
@onitplumbing29 күн бұрын
It can help get more calls if that's what you need they aren't always the best though
@jamesrecknor675229 күн бұрын
Thank you for demonstrating this, I need it to improve service. Very helpful
@onitplumbing29 күн бұрын
So glad it helped if you have any other ideas for jobber videos shoot me straight I'll try and come through
@jamesrecknor6752Ай бұрын
I am grateful for your videos
@onitplumbingАй бұрын
Man I Appreciate that James! I always hope it's useful to someone out there but never know unless someone says something, so thank you very much let me know if you have any other questions for future videos 🙂👌
@waterbendingplumber5240Ай бұрын
Awesome video
@onitplumbingАй бұрын
Thank you George!
@jessebrown1497Ай бұрын
I like that it's battery powered, but I'll never go back to a sectional.
@jamesrecknor6752Ай бұрын
True, true, true. Good advise. Real wisdom. Very enjoyed.
@jessebrown1497Ай бұрын
Keep em coming.
@onitplumbingАй бұрын
I appreciate you Jesse! the words of encouragement help me continue. Thank you!
@mario-ti7zvАй бұрын
100% my favorite plumbing channel 100%underrated
@onitplumbingАй бұрын
Thanks so much Mario that actually means a lot to me! 🤙
@stevem10812 ай бұрын
All that clicking noise on the camera gave me a headache.
@radsan30062 ай бұрын
I just bought the 100ft 3/4" Speedrooter XL, and so far I absolutely love this thing in comparison to the rentals you get from Home Depot! It doesn't splatter all over when the drum is turning, and it doesn't get twisted in the drum like many others do. The only negative I have is that the sewer water that's on the cable when retracting it accumulates in the drum will cause the cable to rust massively. The drum should have some holes in it for some kind of drainage. I don't want to drill any holes in it and wreck the warranty, so unfortunately I just have to deal. One other thing that might be a con is that the core of the cable is too flexible, but as a positive, it does make the turns much better, so that could looked at either way. Still, I highly recommend this for the money!
@onitplumbing2 ай бұрын
Agreed. Thank you for your input. This will help other people greatly. You might check. At least my cable drum has a hole on the back. You have to turn the drum to get the hole on the downward side and then if you're outside in a safe area, tip it backwards and it will drain most of the water. Other than that, what I found is just spraying it with WD-40. Sometimes when I'm retracting it helps and usually you don't get too much water back unless the line still clogged hope to see you again
@onitplumbing2 ай бұрын
Thanks for your input. Try turning the drum until the hole in the back is on the downward side and then tip it back in a safe area and it will drain most of the water out. Also, when retracting it sometimes just squirting WD-40 on the cable can help quite a bit. Thank you so much for your input. This will help people out. Hope to see you again.
@radsan30062 ай бұрын
@@onitplumbing Thanks for the input. There is indeed a small hole in the back of the drum in which to drain. I just purchased some Fluid Film spray to coat the cable, so I'm confident that will work perfectly.
@candelariogarcia97772 ай бұрын
Great information
@onitplumbing2 ай бұрын
Thank you. I hope you learned something new! There's some good deals at harbor freight
@Golden_God_Untethered2 ай бұрын
How do you fit in crawl spaces with shoulders like that?
@onitplumbing2 ай бұрын
Haha a spiral motion helps. Thanks for the compliment!
@Golden_God_Untethered2 ай бұрын
@@onitplumbing Hahaha! Spiral Motion🤣
@Golden_God_Untethered2 ай бұрын
@americanplumberoregon Great video, too. Thanks for the info.
@joshuamacdonald49132 ай бұрын
This is all good, even for other trades.
@onitplumbing2 ай бұрын
Thanks for chiming in Joshua! I hope you can find use for this! It's helped us a lot!
@chrism20422 ай бұрын
Not a plumber, but an electrical contractor for many years. The self-employed venture is tough for a while, but it can get better. I started my contracting business at 26 yrs old, doing all commercial and industrial projects. I started my business when my wife and I were dating, prior to getting married. I told her I have to make a go at my own business, or I will have regrets in the future, I didn't want to be an unlimited licensed electrician working for another company for decades. I worked over a year solo until I felt comfortable hiring employees. By 28, I had 45 employees and 18+ month backlog. I worked in the field with the guys during the day, did sub-contract design work for engineers and architects along with office work nights and weekends. I did work 80-100 hrs a week for 12-14 years, but it paid off. The years doing that, I was building experience knowing I wanted to either have guys running the electrical business while I was running an engineering business or go full time engineering. After babysitting grown men for over 12 years and not having reliable lead guys I could depend on to run the contracting side, I slowly dissolved the contracting business and went full time engineering solo. (Best business decision I ever made). I have turned down so many engineering jobs over the past 10 years because I refuse to hire employees again. Went from sleepless nights worried about the $70k bi-weekly payroll, $100k monthly material bills, all other bills while babysitting 35 of the 45 employees to <.05% stress, <.05% headaches, <1% overhead and 800%+ profit margin. I still work at least 6 days a week, but from home office on my schedule. I could slow down but I spent years building the client base to have a steady backlog of projects. But, with all of the years working the way I have, it has provided a great life for us. Over the years, when my wife asked me if we can do something (anything), I NEVER SAID NO OR I DON'T HAVE TIME. If she asked, can we go spend the afternoon doing something, I get to a stopping point and stop working. When she asks, can we go on a vacation, my response is figure out where you want to go, about what it's going to cost and give me the dates so I can schedule jobs around that time. The only time she has sat me down to discuss me working too much was because she wanted me to slow down and take a little time for myself for health reasons. She has been so understanding with the way I have worked over the past years, but she knows it was from the determination to succeed and provide a nice life for us. 26 years of an extremely happy marriage.
@brian21002 ай бұрын
I’m a licensed master plumber I hate it
@onitplumbing2 ай бұрын
Haha why are you still doing it?
@mario-ti7zv2 ай бұрын
This is lit, please don’t stop the content this is a whole new side of the plumbing game I’d love to see as a 24 year old plumber with dreams to build a company with my wife once I get my license
@onitplumbing2 ай бұрын
Thanks Mario I appreciate you saying this and my wife will too! Thanks for dropping in!
@Animalsprogamer2 ай бұрын
Hey boss love the video. I’m an Australian plumber and would love to build or have something like this. What lpm or gpm would you recommend would be enough to clear main lines on houses. Just starting out thanks
@onitplumbing2 ай бұрын
2.4 gpn at 2400 psi works but bigger would be better I'd get the 3500 to 4000 psi models and pay extra you can do 200 ft more easily. let me know if you have any other questions
@onitplumbing2 ай бұрын
jet hoses and tips are available on Amazon as well as carts and valves. Good luck!
@Animalsprogamer2 ай бұрын
Thanks man, much appreciated
@marvellstarks24342 ай бұрын
I rather have the gear. Be one less thing yo do
@onitplumbing2 ай бұрын
the Gear if you are referring to the Milwaukee one I always have thought kinda sucks.
@marvellstarks24342 ай бұрын
@americanplumberoregon yes the auto feed. I got the switch pack but haven't bought the auto feed yet. I heard another plumber say the same thing
@stevem10812 ай бұрын
Those lower priced cameras usually have a 5 mm cable, and those are very flimsy, often hard to go more than 50 ft. For just a little more money, get the one with the 7 mm cable, yea, not up to quality of the rigid, but also 1/4 the price.
@onitplumbing2 ай бұрын
Sweet Which One Do you recommend? I'll Buy one!
@Animalsprogamer2 ай бұрын
You guys have a link to a decent affordable camera. Any help is appreciated
@stevem10812 ай бұрын
I generally use a 4000 psi 4 gpm unit, that unit is not much bigger than your small pressure washer. if it's has roots or scale in the pipe, I get out my 4000 psi 8 gpm set up, that I built for around $3000.00 it's just 2 units tied together with a tee and 2 check valves. So I have a setup with more power and about 12 thousand saved. Fixing to order a reaper nozzle, as that should take care of 95% of clogs that I encounter, then the root ranger will take care of the rest.
@onitplumbing2 ай бұрын
Now that is CLEVER! I like the idea. Lots of money saved! I have technicians so I try to make it simple for them to pull in grab the trailer and go, but I can totally see that working well and I may have to give it a try just to compare it with mine, now I am curious! Thank you~!
@stevem10812 ай бұрын
@@onitplumbing As you already know, getting to a location that can provide 8 gpm is not always the case, so a small tank may be needed, so far the restaurants I take care of have enough flow, but I plan on having a 55 gallon tank set up with 2 spigots, and a fill valve. I might even add a kill switch in case the 55 gallon drum gets to low, would hate to mess up a pump. By the way, one of the units I run is a Dewalt, which was made by Simpson, its like 4200 psi at 4 gpm, the other is a belt drive made by BE, 4000 psi at 4 gpm. I put the tee fitting and check valves together and tested it with just 1 pressure washer so far, it worked perfectly, not 1 drop of water from the check valve that was not hooked up. I don't have the flow at my house to run both at the same time, but I am fixing that also. I bought the ENZ rotodrill 1/4 and the 4000 psi at 4 gpm will run it, but it need 7 gpm to really do its thing. hydromaxjetter.com/collections/nozzle/products/enz-rotodrill-mini?variant=42375304020120 I want to buy the ENZ rotojet to clean pipes, but I need to study which one I need a little more, hydromaxjetter.com/collections/nozzle/products/enz-rotojet-kbr-w-thrust?variant=33342904270980 I also bought one of the reverse turbo nozzles from ebay for about 30.00, it worked really well for a few minutes, then quit, and I was using it with its rated power on my 3000 psi 3 gpm machine. Guess buying cheap didn't pay off that time. So either that root ranger or the ENZ reverse, hydromaxjetter.com/collections/nozzle/products/enz-bend-rotodrill?variant=33864499789956 I learned a lot from drain attic, but most of the drains he works on are 6 inch, so some of the nozzles he uses won't fit in our 3 inch and maybe not even 4 inch. He says he is running 5000 psi at 10 gpm. Then the other slight issue I have run into, I order hoses that say they have NPT fittings, but they come in with BSP threads. I bought a few stainless adaptors, but that just adds to the length of the stiff fitting, making it harder to navigate bends in pipes.
@jamesrecknor67522 ай бұрын
Very educational, helpful.
@onitplumbing2 ай бұрын
Glad you think so!
@jamesrecknor67522 ай бұрын
Great video
@onitplumbing2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the visit
@tarikpompy36842 ай бұрын
Great video. What kind of sewer camera was that?. Keep thise videos coming.
@onitplumbing2 ай бұрын
I believe its called a ESHANO look on amazon I broke my phone but i'll try to remember to look for you when I get it back and get onto my amazon account.
@alexiamcgee87303 ай бұрын
It was a c-clamp on the snail, not a pipe wrench. 7:07
@onitplumbing3 ай бұрын
Plumber brain got me I think I wrote that in text
@ryderhendriks45314 ай бұрын
How much does that weight
@onitplumbing3 ай бұрын
Not sure but it's heavy my scrawny guys can't lift it without the winch I use a drill winch
@radsan30062 ай бұрын
@@onitplumbing I believe I read that the shipping weight was in the neighborhood of 280lb.
@Chadlistentome4 ай бұрын
My favorite machines are the Spartans. The drum comes of in seconds and you can haul it up on the roof fairly easily. It still heavy, but at least you can cut the weight down. I do like the rigid sectionals too. But like you said there’s too many parts. God video man. I appreciate you!
@onitplumbing4 ай бұрын
Thank you I will keep that in mind I've never been a Spartan guy but this gets me thinking 👍
@The-Homecook-00004 ай бұрын
What brand locks are they..
@onitplumbing4 ай бұрын
Doyle's they hold up well
@billcantrell50035 ай бұрын
hello from georgia
@charlesking6785 ай бұрын
The quality of customer from Angie's is low and a lot of priceshoppers and tire kickers. Can be frustrating.
@bobmorleyjr49436 ай бұрын
That's nasty people are brutal i can see a clogged toilet but the whole bag thi g they could of at least got rid of damn