Wondering if anyone has any suggestions for a reasonable heavy truck repair in Edmonton? Just had some work done at a dealership in Edm. and they are
now at $149.50/hr. Their service has been fairly good in the past, but rate keeps going up. This time I feel that they hammered me on the labour-had an exhaust elbow on one side, along with both mufflers replaced. Labour on that alone-22.2 hrs=$3318.50 + shop supplies 265.51. Had some minor leaks by compressor and ps pump addressed, had them check the air ride height (1.1 hrs just for that), check and top up trans and diffs as needed. Total bill: w/o gst: $7098.63! Parts $2288 (can't do much about parts I know) Labour $4453 Good ol Shop Supplies $358. Service mgr said he will "see" if he can trim the labour part down "a bit". It's tough as a small independent operator. You simply don't count, I get that, but it doesn't make it an easier pill to swallow. How's this for stats-if they have say, 25 units being worked on at any given time (it's a huge shop, I am sure this is a realistic number) at $150/hr, they work 8 to midnight, so, we multiply 25x$150x even 14hrs. = $52,500 / day.Lets then multiply this by 350 days per year, allowing for stat holidays and such. If I did this right, over 18 million gross rev/year. Of course I realize there is much overhead, but my point being, do they care if I am unhappy about my bill? Nope. I doubt very much anyway. So, if anyone can suggest some alternate choices for repair, I would be grateful.
Just crunched the numbers for "shop supplies"...4.9% of bill. So, annually on labor alone, $882,000 + ? on parts, maybe another mill? That's a lot of supplies.
Decent Repair Facility in Edmonton AB?
Discussion in 'Canadian Truckers Forum' started by 04 LowMax, Jan 4, 2014.
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