Labor for work of this type includes everything from set up to clean up
and potty breaks. 4 hours seems reasonable. A 2nd person may also be
needed for fire watch. Figure it will either take the better part of the
morning or afternoon. Just enough time that the mechanic will not get
another job done. The labor rate seems extremely reasonable by New York
standards. The going rate here is $80 to $115 per hour.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of joe trussell
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 6:26 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Welders in Denver?

Hi Folks,

I recently picked up a swivel seat base and am looking to have it welded
in;
I stopped by a body shop today and they told me it would take four hours
of
labor for cleaning and prepping the pedestal and laying welding blankets
and
doing the actual welding, so somewhere around $140.

The guy said that the carpet could stay in, but he was worried about
burning
the dash and headliner, and would really have to put some time into it.

(Forgive my ignorance of welding.  I have no idea as to whether this guy
was
playing me for a fool or not, but it certainly felt suspicious.)

From reading in the archives, it sounds like most people didn't have any
problems getting these things welded in, and didn't say anything about
outrageous cost.

$130.  Ouch.  Does anybody know if this is a good figure?  And/or does
anybody in or around Denver know of somebody who could do this (much)
cheaper?

Thanks,
Joe T.
'85 Wolfsburg Westy

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