Grizzly dirt screen $ question!

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Hey guys just wondering on your guys prices on making a dirt screen like this. Say if materials where all supplied and it was just for you to fab it and weld it. What would you guys charge? It's 3meters x3m , 3m high in the back and 2m in the front. Thanks! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Reply:A while back Jody, on weldingtipsandtricks, suggested some estimates could be made at $1 per inch of weld and $1 per tack.I've been watching my pricing lately and it seems to work out fairly close.(My jobs are typically small, under 5 hours)Anyone else try looking at it that way?Dave J.Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. ~George Bernard Shaw~ Syncro 350Invertec v250-sThermal Arc 161 and 300MM210DialarcTried being normal once, didn't take....I think it was a Tuesday.
Reply:I haven't seem that video of jodys. I have seen most of his though as does an awesome job. When I'm done with jobs I'll work out if that $1/1" plays out to be the same. I think in some cases it would but not others. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Reply:Know nothing about what to charge, but the grizzly in the pic doesn't appear to have enough slope to work effectively.                                           MikeOl' Stonebreaker  "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes"Hobart G-213 portableMiller 175 migMiller thunderbolt ac/dc stick Victor O/A setupMakita chop saw
Reply:Originally Posted by mla2ofusKnow nothing about what to charge, but the grizzly in the pic doesn't appear to have enough slope to work effectively.                                           Mike
Reply:To determine how much to charge you need to determine if it will be out there or in a shop, what form of welding. How many welds and how hard of welds.
Reply:The material will be delivered to the site and built on site off of a truck. Stick welding will be the process. Welds will consist of 4g. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Reply:Originally Posted by mla2ofusKnow nothing about what to charge, but the grizzly in the pic doesn't appear to have enough slope to work effectively.                                           Mike
Reply:Looks like its at least 4x4x1/4 tube. Your resources of handling,cutting and holding in place may make it easier or it maybe harder for you. Do you have a lending hand. Size of material and how you can handle it make a huge difference. If it were 2x2x1/8 you could frame the thing in 4 to 6 hrs with basic tools. Stuff that big using the same basic tools adds lots of time. sometime 3 to 4 times if you have no other equipment options. Is there little things that are added that can't be seen in the pics. Its the little things to add on that always seem to take the most time. I would say that going off what I see and my tools which I consider to be pretty basic I would think I could build the main frame in a long day. 10-12 hrs. Welder, TC chop saw, O/A Torch, handful of grinders and stand for saw and material. Just one thought if there getting the steel from a local yard draw a print and see if they have the means to precut pieces. I sometimes do that with large material when I know there will be no easy way to do it in the field save time money and most importantly frustration. Also helps that the guy running the saw can read a tape measure that's the biggest drawback to that approach.
Reply:I would agree with the boys saying it's angle isn't enough. The customer wanted that angle so customers is always right. Anyway....... This was made out of 6x6x1/4. For this job it was just myself doing it, no TA. All these angles were cut out on site. Delivered in the standard lengths. Knowing how to read a tape measure is a must have ha!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Reply:Here's one I built in the shop by myself a few years ago. 4 x 4 x 3/8 HSS, 4 x 4 x 1/2 angle for all the verticals and diagonals, and 3 x 6 x 1/4 HSS for the top that the screens set on. The actual screens are repurposed tandem truck salt screen panels that set in the 3 x 6 framework. The top is meant to be picked up and dropped by a loader to clear the crap off, the springs are to absorb some of the shock, There are two chains on each side so the top can't flip over that aren't on yet. The hinges are 1 1/4" dia and the barrels are 1 1/2 x 3 mechanical tubing.I can't remember the cost but I think it was $15K not sure tho.....Mike
Reply:Some of the pics never came thru. All told I built 4 or 5 of these over a few years....Mike
Reply:The drawing I made to get the angles for cuts, last one, I promise LOL.....Mike
Reply:I saw one years ago that had pipe for the tall uprights , they had coil springs in them, and when the loader dumper the dirt he would shake the bucket and bounce the screen .Worked real well . They used it for ever !gxbxc
Reply:Originally Posted by ShakaweldingI would agree with the boys saying it's angle isn't enough. The customer wanted that angle so customers is always right. Anyway....... This was made out of 6x6x1/4. For this job it was just myself doing it, no TA. All these angles were cut out on site. Delivered in the standard lengths. Knowing how to read a tape measure is a must have ha!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Reply:I planned and priced a similar but very basic grizzly screen a couple years ago. Where I work, they wanted one where they could adjust the space sizing between the slats for different jobs. So the one I designed simply had bolt-on bars that could be added or removed as needed.Total estimated cost for the materials was around $6000. They wanted some pretty thick steel that could take a major beating. Total estimated cost for me to put it together was around $500.
Reply:$500 seems way to cheap. I know location makes a difference but I'm told I work to cheap for where I live and it don't see how 500.00 cuts it specially when you taking the time to make it adjustable. Never built one but I would rough guess working by myself somewhere around 16 to 20 hrs to complete.
Reply:It is extremely cheap. But I work for the State of Idaho on an hourly wage.
Reply:$500 seems almost free. Would you fab it,weld it? I wouldn't even see how that's possible Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Reply:This coming week I'm building a stick rake for a excavator. Anyone ever done that? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Reply:Originally Posted by Shakawelding$500 seems almost free. Would you fab it,weld it? I wouldn't even see how that's possible Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Reply:I see, well your boss would have charged the client a lot more ha. Anyway here is the stick rack that I've partially built. This is what the customer wanted. Still making the quick connect for the excavator. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Attached Images