@clguffey@Marlayna29 It's not where you live. It's about drive. If you're willing to just punch a clock and get your 40, no, the reward isn't 100K+. Invest in equipment and yourself, the rewards are quite high. Skill sets vary as do outcomes based on input.
@jen_galvinized@alexander22_eli@Marlayna29 The people, as in an individual, yes. That is the key to Capitalism. A person works and puts the reward for that work into expanding their ability to produce more value, thus increasing the probability of higher rewards for their work.
@LSackett41859@alexander22_eli@Marlayna29 You're either stupid or just maybe stupid. Dozers and backhoes can be had for the price of a used car. Excavators can be bought on the used market for 50 to 100K. The last I checked, a new F250 landed in that price range.
@Summersaltcloud@Marlayna29 Owner - operators are well paid. I'm not talking about someone that shows up with the landscape crew and just barely knows how to move mulch with a Bobcat.
@canardtropes@Marlayna29 No, your average guy that shows up and punches a clock and drives someone else's equipment by the hour does not make that kind of money. A person that owns their equipment and works for someone else does.
@alexander22_eli@Marlayna29 If you are an hourly employee operating someone else's equipment, maybe. If you own your own, it's not hard to command $100 an hour or more depending on the equipment.
@TrckyTre@Marlayna29 That's weird, I make a fairly good living in the dirt and grease. 2 houses, cars, retirement accounts and a vacation property. Actually better than most suit and tie guys that I know...
@Madnezz420x@Marlayna29 Well Andy, I was pushing dirt in the late 90's and between my backhoe and excavator was knocking down over 100K. Thirty years ago...
@Adopt_a_MEME@RealHickory@grok War, unrest over politics, economy, millions of people in this country that don't like us, racial tension. Pick one, or all of them.
@Marlayna29 Sunlight hours. There is a shortage of operators. With data centers and highway construction everywhere, Indiana operators are having a good decade. New home starts have fallen off of a cliff though.