Ballvalve
General Engineering Contractor
Sorry to hear that your uncle is a crook and it has jaded your views.
I pray you are not in the trades. Sure sounds like it. Huge void between crook and shrewd.
He's a great guy. Made a fortune and built incredible things. Iprobably installed 500 saddle taps for him for central humidifiers and never saw a callback. Didnt jade anything, taught me that tradesman, even of the highest sort, need to make a profit when a dope is asking to be taken. Let he without sin cast the first stone.
Its served me well all my life, because outside of well drillers, and stuccoers, I have never hired a sub in my life. Forced me to learn all the trades.
I did, recently get a HVAC ducting bid, because of time restraints. My estimate was $900 bucks and the LOW bid was $3600. My guys did it in a day for perhaps $600. Never even saw a flex duct before in their life.
Got so sick of excavation contractor CROOKS, that I went out and bought my own dozer, 2 backhoes and a large excavator. Converted an old 4x4 truck to the oiler and fueler. Now when the HVAC guys are watcing NFL on sunday, I'm drinking wine subdividing 160 acres while riding48,000 pounds of beautiful American iron, making 200 bucks an hour.
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