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Interesting meth head problem

Ok, so the second check was cashed on the Friday that he finished the dock. I guess it took the bank that long to process it. (I gave it to him on a Wednesday) That Friday was the last we heard of him. My wife checked the jail, (no record)

Visited the dock today before the hurricane hits.

Cut off the two poles even. That was where I was going to do the draw bridge.

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How’s this for the queen of the bay. She’s leaning on a drawbridge pole.

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Here’s the same shot from the opposite view on the road.

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Stormed like hell on the way home. We are getting the far west side of the storm.
 
I’m thinking of attempting to add 20’ on to the platform. Would require 4 more poles planted. Not sure if I’m going to try that part.
 
glad the dock worked out! I'd message him one more time that his work was great and that you have his final payment of 15K available when he schedules to pick up check. Then, wait (and keep the money ready)

If it goes beyond 3 months, put the money in savings and earmark it. After a year, I think I'd stop thinking about it.
 
WaterH said:
The deal was to pay him 15K in three payments as work was completed.
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This sentence means you are going to pay a total of 15k in three payments (so each payment would be 5k).

I kept reading this thread and was baffled how so many of you thought he was paying 45k.

Then it got confirmed as 45k and I'm confused. Docks are fuckin' expensive!
 
Looks good, should be happy about that result. Break the dock in yet? (banging your wife on the platform)
 
I had a similar experience about 2 years ago. I didn’t own a pole trimmer yet and was super busy and decided to pay a guy to trim some bushes at my house instead of buying the tool and doing it myself. He quoted $350 and did a great job. I wasn’t home when he did the job, and he never came back to get paid. I talked to him a few days later and he said he would come by and get the money. A few months go by and he never shows. Then one day I see him mowing some grass about a ½ mile from my house. I stop and ask him about it, and he said he wasn’t worried about it and was going to come get it. I went home and got the money and took it back to him. He is a clean cut, well spoken landscaper. It completely baffled me.
 
WaterH said:
I’m thinking of attempting to add 20’ on to the platform. Would require 4 more poles planted. Not sure if I’m going to try that part.
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It's a very nice looking dock! Adding on four more poles should be pretty easy and given the gradual slope it's not like you would be operating in water over your head to set the posts (when an A frame on a boat would come in handy). If you have access to some type of gas powered pump (3" or so) and some pressure hose and a piece of galvanized pipe you could try it out fairly easily. Just get a post, stand it up and start jetting around the base. It will gradually sink down and you stop when it reaches the height /depth you want. . Obviously use string line and level to get the bottom of the post in the right place before starting to jet. It's kind of like a post hole digger in the fact that the hole will be a bit larger than the post so you do have some ability to adjust exact position once the hole is jetted. Then just kick dirt back in the hole.

If you don't have a pump, etc., it may be easier to just have the guy come back, but it is definitely something that should be within your DIY capabilities. Worst case is you just wasted a few hours playing around jetting holes in the sea floor :)
 
giles45shop said:
It's a very nice looking dock! Adding on four more poles should be pretty easy and given the gradual slope it's not like you would be operating in water over your head to set the posts (when an A frame on a boat would come in handy). If you have access to some type of gas powered pump (3" or so) and some pressure hose and a piece of galvanized pipe you could try it out fairly easily. Just get a post, stand it up and start jetting around the base. It will gradually sink down and you stop when it reaches the height /depth you want. . Obviously use string line and level to get the bottom of the post in the right place before starting to jet. It's kind of like a post hole digger in the fact that the hole will be a bit larger than the post so you do have some ability to adjust exact position once the hole is jetted. Then just kick dirt back in the hole.

If you don't have a pump, etc., it may be easier to just have the guy come back, but it is definitely something that should be within your DIY capabilities. Worst case is you just wasted a few hours playing around jetting holes in the sea floor :)
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Wrong!

Do it like this.

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Muckin_Slusher said:
This sentence means you are going to pay a total of 15k in three payments (so each payment would be 5k).

I kept reading this thread and was baffled how so many of you thought he was paying 45k.

Then it got confirmed as 45k and I'm confused. Docks are fuckin' expensive!
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SLOWPOKE693 said:
At $45k that dock is a steal.
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The 45K does not include 11k for the decking and $2500 for the drawings and a few other fees. I have to admit, I had no idea they were that expensive. I priced out all the materials and I figured he paid about 15K. (I paid for the deck) so 30K was labor and profit. He had about five guys (that also looked like meth heads) They worked 4 hours a day for about two weeks. He didn’t have much equipment. Just a gas powered pump and hoses and regular hand tools. They muscled those poles up. It appeared to me that only one other old guy there knew what they were doing. The rest were just muscle. So depending on how much he paid those guys, he made good money. (If he gets the last check)
 
WaterH said:
The 45K does not include 11k for the decking and $2500 for the drawings and a few other fees. I have to admit, I had no idea they were that expensive. I priced out all the materials and I figured he paid about 15K. (I paid for the deck) so 30K was labor and profit. He had about five guys (that also looked like meth heads) They worked 4 hours a day for about two weeks. He didn’t have much equipment. Just a gas powered pump and hoses and regular hand tools. They muscled those poles up. It appeared to me that only one other old guy there knew what they were doing. The rest were just muscle. So depending on how much he paid those guys, he made good money. (If he gets the last check)
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My buddy who does mooring work is trying to get into jetting pilings because it's good money.

And yes, it's all basic tools and muscle.
 
Tin Roof said:
The jobs done, so he's tripping balls on the first $15k, will cash the next check when that runs out, then will text looking for the last $15k.
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Not sure how this made 5 pages but this is the correct answer. While snorting coke off a hookers something it's really hard to text.
 
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