You tell me......believable LOL

[Ralph_Cramden]

This caught my eye while nosing around Indeed.com LOL.

Service Technician
Camping World of Pittsburgh - Apollo, PA 15613
$40,000 - $120,000 a year
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians: Inspect, adjust, repair, or or replace components and systems in recreational vehicles. Installation of hitches and wiring of vehicles. Carpentry work and interior reconstruction on all types of RV’s. Including, travel trailers, 5th wheels, truck campers, motorhomes and pop up campers. A plus but not a must is specializing in electrical, hydraulic, plumbing, chassis/towing systems as well as repairing generators, appliances, and interior components.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $40,000.00 to $120,000.00 /year

Required experience:

All around RV/Home repair skills.: 5 years
Required license or certification:

Driver's License


That's a fairly lucrative position @ $120K isn't it LOL.

[free_radical]

Ralph Cramden wrote:
This caught my eye while nosing around Indeed.com LOL.

Service Technician
Camping World of Pittsburgh - Apollo, PA 15613
$40,000 - $120,000 a year
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians: Inspect, adjust, repair, or or replace components and systems in recreational vehicles. Installation of hitches and wiring of vehicles. Carpentry work and interior reconstruction on all types of RV’s. Including, travel trailers, 5th wheels, truck campers, motorhomes and pop up campers. A plus but not a must is specializing in electrical, hydraulic, plumbing, chassis/towing systems as well as repairing generators, appliances, and interior components.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $40,000.00 to $120,000.00 /year

Required experience:

All around RV/Home repair skills.: 5 years
Required license or certification:

Driver's License


That's a fairly lucrative position @ $120K isn't it LOL.

Wouldnt anyone working on electrical systems need to be Certified Electrician?

[nickthehunter]

TNGW1500SE wrote:
If a tech could make 120K working at CW, they wouldn't have to print an ad.

Need a "Like" button!

[spoon059]

Ralph Cramden wrote:


Required experience:

All around RV/Home repair skills.: 5 years
Required license or certification:

I wonder what this means... 5 years of "around RV/Home repair skills...?

Anyway, this is kinda what I am looking to do at retirement. I have a job that allows me to retire as early as 46 years old, at a 60% pension. I've been thinking about possible retirement jobs, and working in a repair shop at an RV dealership was one I have been considering.

I figure I want to work another 10 or 15 years after I am eligible to retire, before I start drawing from my deferred comp and IRA accounts. I figure I want to be able to work between 6-8 months a year, allowing for 4-6 months a year of traveling. I figure if I work at an RV dealer I will be able to get decent pricing on RV's for the rest of my life. I figure if I learn how to fix them, I'll know what's wrong with traded in RV's and be able to get an even better deal than buying new. I figure if I get certified to repair Atwood, Dometic, Suburban, etc parts then perhaps I can have a mobile RV repair job on the side while I am out traveling about the country.

[TNGW1500SE]

If a tech could make 120K working at CW, they wouldn't have to print an ad.

[rexlion]

The tech may have to supply his own tools, too.

[nickthehunter]

wa8yxm wrote:
...Let's see 150/20 is 7 1/2 times (750 percent markup) not the industry standard of 2.5 (Of course that was back in teh 60's when prices were reasonable) now if you get a top pay Technican 60/hr, then CW's 150/hr is proper.

I can tell you if you're using a labor multipier of 2.5 you're going to be out of business in short order. And you ain't getting anything more than a washrack rag for $20. Step into the 21st century, you're a bit dated.

[dodge_guy]

And for those that think that’s bad....just take a look at how the medical profession bills it’s customers/insurance companies!

[magnusfide]

Inconceivable!:B

[drsteve]

WTP-GC wrote:

wa8yxm wrote:
120K is about 60/hr. CW charges like 150/HR But they charge 150/HR for the 40 K tech too, that's about 20/hr (NOTE hourly rate not exact.

Your math doesn't include labor burden. Without knowing what the labor burden rates are for CW, its not a far stretch to suggest that at the $120M salary range has an actual cost of employment of close to $150M (+/-).

But, show me one single CW service tech that's making $120K salary per year and I'll be shocked. Maybe that's possible in a few isolated areas, like LA or Las Vegas. Just like CW...deceptive marketing!

Keep in mind that when a tech books that many hours, in only 40 clock hours, CW is also making out like a bandit. When a unit spends less time sitting in the garage, more units get finished. They bill those customers by the flat rate book, too.

[dodge_guy]

A good tech can book the hours required to hit the $120k mark. But you have to hustle to do that! And then you have to make sure that while hustling you didn’t make any mistakes.

[WTP-GC]

wa8yxm wrote:
120K is about 60/hr. CW charges like 150/HR But they charge 150/HR for the 40 K tech too, that's about 20/hr (NOTE hourly rate not exact.

Your math doesn't include labor burden. Without knowing what the labor burden rates are for CW, its not a far stretch to suggest that at the $120M salary range has an actual cost of employment of close to $150M (+/-).

But, show me one single CW service tech that's making $120K salary per year and I'll be shocked. Maybe that's possible in a few isolated areas, like LA or Las Vegas. Just like CW...deceptive marketing!

[Moderator]

Moved from ATC

[fj12ryder]

That's a pretty good spread in salary, guess which one most people will qualify for.

[wa8yxm]

120K is about 60/hr. CW charges like 150/HR But they charge 150/HR for the 40 K tech too, that's about 20/hr (NOTE hourly rate not exact. Assumes 2000 hours (50 weeks) work and 2 weeks unpaid vacation)

I get more than 40k between Pension and SS and though I do work on motor homes from time to time..(My rate is based on the old "Cold one" concept, only I work for "hot Ones" (Cups of coffee) since I don't like the cold brews).

Let's see 150/20 is 7 1/2 times (750 percent markup) not the industry standard of 2.5 (Of course that was back in teh 60's when prices were reasonable) now if you get a top pay Technican 60/hr, then CW's 150/hr is proper.

[sneakygroundbuz]

well i was an auto tech for 25 years
if they are being paid flat rate hours,and the tech is good and eficiant at what he does.then i would say its quit possible.

i got paid by the hour for every hour worked,any flat rate hours over 40 i got paid for also.
i could do 60-70 hours of flat rate work a week,and i rarely ever put in 40 hours on the clock to do it.i made a very good living.just got to hard on the body,especially with arthritis.so i switched careers.