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That's a good start for negotiations, but you're paying him for his work not his estimating skills
In Response To: I'd give him the 8 hrs plus 15% 
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() Steve wrote that the guy was working right through and seemed both efficient and competent. If they guy is "eating" his time for mistakes he's entitled to the whole amount of time he spent. T&M means ACTUAL time and costs of materials. An estimate is just that.
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- How many NMPG does your boat get?
- Around 12
- Were you doing a lot of battery charging or slow speed?
- I just had a mechanic down to the boat discussing
- I'd give him the 8 hrs plus 15%
- That's a good start for negotiations, but you're paying him for his work not his estimating skills
- I would pay for the time to do the required repair...
- I have used this fellow in the past and have
- I'd give him the 8 hrs plus 15%
- Around .33 gallon per hour or
- Really apples and oranges?
- My a5 year average fuel consumption is 0.45 gph
- Right around 7 NMPG
- 4+ 130 hp 6-354 Perkins pushing 42,000 lb
- I seem to burn about 1.05 gal/hr...
- With my 80 gallon diesel tank, I'll probably never really know.
- Around 12
