Dealer hourly rate

Oaklevel wrote:

Mfan wrote:
I wonder if that hourly rate includes the tools and building expenses too? I wonder what the service manager makes? Or, maybe he is a workcamper?

Our dealer charges $65 per hour which covers the techs wages, electricity, building payment/ expenses, supplies (not charged), tools / lifts etc. that are not owned by the mechanic, insurance, taxes, the list goes on........... Our dealer does not have a service manager, but them too.......

Nobody knows where you live, but I would guess the tech does not make much an hour.

I install fire sprinklers for a living, I know about what my employer charges to have me do something at a building for a few hours, we all have to make a living.

Mfan wrote:
I wonder if that hourly rate includes the tools and building expenses too? I wonder what the service manager makes? Or, maybe he is a workcamper?

Our dealer charges $65 per hour which covers the techs wages, electricity, building payment/ expenses, supplies (not charged), tools / lifts etc. that are not owned by the mechanic, insurance, taxes, the list goes on........... Our dealer does not have a service manager, but them too.......

OCPH, Overhead cost per hour. Then a calculation to obtain a reasonable profit margin.

The overhead in a service center is horrendous. State Comp, Liability, shipping, parts, tools, training, sick leave, vacation, paid holidays, non-productive overhead (clerks, accountants etc),. Being a service manager and service business owner for 40 years the $120/hour rate is what has to be charged. Quality service people are very talented individuals and it takes years to train them. One of the most stressful jobs is being a service manager. You get it from both ends. I finally walked away from my business last year. the stress was getting to be too much.

For the pleasure of being a Corporation in California the base rate is $800 a year. If you incorporate on Dec 31, you get to pay the $800 again on Jan 1.
I felt I was mostly a tax collector. Sales taxes, employee income taxes, corporate taxes, business license tax, etc. And then there are all the regulations that make you crazy. Try keeping a can of spray paint in a locker. Or have a service tech drive their service vehicle home.

Blood pressure going up. Spent my two cents.

RV Shop 110 hr
Mobile repair 60 hr.
Truck repair shop for chassis repair now $85 hr, not flat rate

I wonder if that hourly rate includes the tools and building expenses too? I wonder what the service manager makes? Or, maybe he is a workcamper?

$125.00 per hr. DFW. Tx.

Shop Hourly Rate----covered couple months ago


I find 'mobile repair' less expensive.

Recently had some work done at a Freightliner truck shop. The hourly rate for Trucks was $120 an hour. For Motorhomes, it was a "$159" an hour. A real rip off. The techs are only getting about $25 to $30 an hour.
The truck shops are making plenty of money. They know that if a trucker or motorhome owner is broke down on the road, they will pay almost any amount of money to get on the road again.

Haven't had any work, but did notice posted on the wall, $120/hr at the Campers Inn in Kings Mountain,NC.

Oasisbob wrote:
That is totally insane to pay an RV tech that much. I thought $60 an hour was outrageous.

What do you think the tech makes per hour, plus there fringe benefits?

They are not getting the whole $60.00.