I wish I would’ve known this earlier

Welding for the most money?!I wish I knew what I know now. They pay ungodly amounts of money for these projects. For example: I did a platform and cage for an air unit suspended at 42 feet in air off of a hanger ceiling. This was a 3 day job with a helper. Normally this would have been a 4000.00 or so job in the outside world. These guys paid me 14,800.00 labor only, I pay for the consumables for the project. They provide all the materials and equipment except rig and pay for any food and lodging expense. Amazing. So now this is what I do and forget the pipeline. I get one maybe two jobs per month and most of them are one day or two day deals. Being on call out for emergency repairs (like a cut water main) was a 30 min fix and a 2 hour drive at 9:00pm. They paid me 4000.00 for it.
So this is what your guys need to do:
First: call the base nearest you and go online and find the phone number for the MICC (military installation contracting command) This is the same for army, airforce or navy and marines. (Airforce pays the best)
Two: ask to speak to a contracting officer (any will do but they are not the brightest..gov workers!) Ask for a list of the contractors who have contracts on that base and their contact information. They have to give it to you since its public info. The secondary way is to go Sam.gov website and can punch in the base you are looking at and it will (or should) pull up the awarded contracts for that base along with the companies and contact info
Third: Reach out to each individual company and sell yourself to them to be a welder at military bases. This is the hard part. Go see them, bug the shit out of them until they give you an opportunity, Squeaky wheel gets the grease! Once you get one general contractor to give you a contract then it opens up the doors to all the others. A tip to do when your on base doing the project is to find out who the government contract officer is for that project and go visit him and have him come see your work and totally kiss his ass--because he is the key to all the other projects on that base. That is what happened to me and he got me in with 12 other general contractors that he was overseeing their projects.
Fourth: when bidding these jobs-most gov contractors will already have a budget in place for the welding project. Always and I mean Always ask them what their budget number is for the labor on the project and that you are a labor only welder. You dont want the liability of providing material. If they say you have to- then walk away. I did that once and they called me back 3 days later and said they would provide materials.
Fifth: This probably should have been first. You have to have the ability to get on military bases. Cant be a felon or have any criminal history. If you think this could be a problem then go to any visitor center at any military base and they can run a background on you to see if you can get on. If you pass then go ahead at that time and get yourself a one year pass to the base. This is a good selling point to the general contractors and you can also go in to the base and go to the MICC and meet the contracting officers and get your name passed around. Many ways to skin this cat.
Sixth: Also should have been first. You have to be at least a 6G certified welder licensed
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[@johnmcgowan9903]

You guys with the fabrication line of pipe welders making $100,000.00 A YEAR AND MORE IS BOGUS, , THE HOURS AND ALL THAT HAS TO BE PUT IN TO MAKE THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS. I'M AS DEDICATED AND HARD DRIVING AS THE BEST OF THEM BUT THE MONEY YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT IS FALSE!!

[@TaylorWelding]

You’re right I made way more than 100,000 a year

[@TaylorWelding]

do you weld pipe? Pipe that has to be x-rayed . Can you weld fast and efficient? Do you own your own rig? You should be careful calling people liars. Educate yourself first before you look like a fool.

[@newdles0028]

Bruh I made $194k in 2021 and $168k in 2022 welding nuclear submarine hulls. Lol gtfo.

[@StackingIron]

100k is only working half the year or just 4 days a week lol 😂 go where the money is and put down that damn mig welder lol

[@rentonarc]

I made 350G last year and worked 7 months . Big inch pipeline up in Canada . There’s lots of money out there

[@Wilders53]

I've been welding since 1987. I've welded underground in coal mines, welded nuclear waste containers, bridges, structural buildings, trains you name it I've probably welded on something like it. Love your channel brother! Keep on keeping on🤙

[@TaylorWelding]

Thank you! I appreciate you being here

[@newdles0028]

When I was 20 years old back in 2015, my college welding instructor got hooked up with a contractor that was renovating a couple barracks on Fort Jackson in SC. Carothers was the contractors name based out of Mississippi. Well I was there to fab up new handrails on the job and install them, because they, of course, busted the old ones up ripping all the old stuff and junk out of the building. I was the only welder there. They were actually running way behind about to blow past the set budget and schedule. They treated me like I was the saving grace. Cause boy were they in a bind. The Gf and site super thought I could weld steel to concrete lol... no like they actually asked in full confidence if I could. That's about how much they knew about welding. I worked for the contractor directly and they paid $30 an hour which was great for me at the time, but knowing what I know now I would've pushed in with my own freshly made LLC and got subbed out by them. They did require me to have a certification, they accepted AWS, luckily my high-school instructor had his inspectors license and got us kids certified on open root plate tests mig, tig, and stick, which was good enough to satisfy them. Being it was just hand rails I think they just needed to have something on file. Anyways, I was just a young man then still figuring out the construction world, but I saw the job all the way thru and put out good work, made 'em happy, and that's something to be said for anybody looking to get into this. Sorry for the long story, but just adding my experience with working on a base, maybe it'll help somebody out there!

[@TaylorWelding]

Thank you for sharing your story. I don’t doubt they asked if you could weld steel to concrete lol.

[@madanbista1356]

Great job dude

[@pl747]

lot of people in Oklahoma call that an Oklahoma steam card. I had one until last year. It was high pressure pipe and used to be high pressure vessel too but they took that out and now it is just high pressure piping. I got mine way back in 79 and kept it current until last year. I am 67 and retired so no need to keep paying the $25 a year fee.

[@Rankin-Hardscape]

I’ve been welding for 8 years and this very true contract work is where the money is with government projects

[@samuelscragg7052]

Extremely good info especially for the younger groups.

[@zachpyron1199]

This is amazing info, thank you!

[@Truckboy383]

Any type of government contract work will usually yield a better payday. Thanks for sharing.

[@lucastowle6704]

I love your videos!! Very very useful information. It actually happened at the perfect time. I just landed my first repair job on a national guard base so it’s awesome to get some tips to hopefully land more work in the future!!

[@JonDingle]

Very interesting indeed. I am in the UK and this video made me sit up and listen! Thanks for the upload.

[@TaylorWelding]

Cool! I hope you can put it to use

[@ls2005019227]

This info is absolute GOLD! Thanks for sharing-

[@nathanratermann9204]

Welded 16 yrs on bridges. Shoulder and back surgery. I’m never going back in beams.

[@larsdilling9857]

Excellent video, like you 25 years ago!

[@peetky8645]

many states have a state paper you can get from the dept of transportation for structural work on bridges etc.

[@t-bone1890]

I could listen to a lot more of this

[@ypaulbrown]

great information Mr. Chris......well done

[@Awolwelding]

I live near 5 different military bases and I've been wanting to go towards pipeline. I'm glad I saw this though. I think this is where I'm going to start focusing my efforts. Any more advice you could give regaurding military contracts would be awesome! Thanks again Chris!!

[@TaylorWelding]

That’s great , now call them till they hire you … be the squeaky wheel!

[@WelderB1Family]

This was GEM thanks for this! I'm in Canada but I'm still going to apply the rules given and see what happens. Just gained a sub 👨🏾‍🏭💰🙏🏿🤙🏿

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

Wow! What a slept on video Chris. This guy does the same thing I do but on a bigger scale. I would love to see more of these and I’m gonna give this a try with military bases. My bread and butter had been working for big box stores and charity’s. Thanks !

[@TaylorWelding]

I thought it was good advice too. I wish I would’ve known it sooner.

[@shanemiller6947]

Good news Brothers thanks

[@truckertrent7072]

Now that is an awesome video!

[@AG-fv8ws]

Officially watched all the videos you have posted and studied the actual hell out of so many of the videos! I definitely take mental notes and angles and methods and everything I am learning I will 1000% be implicating into my future and current life.

[@TaylorWelding]

Cool AG.. Howiz it going

[@madanbista1356]

Starting a career in welding is absolute great step for me. After several years of welding and now joining inspection with AWS CWI in big companies in Saudi arabia is like doing something really fulfilled.

[@StackingIron]

Gonna turn over some stones on this. Never crossed my mind.

[@TaylorWelding]

I know right. I thought it on the 25 years ago I would’ve been hanging on the gate.

[@scottyseanychannel-costell8772]

Los Angeles has a regional certification as well... LADBS (Los Angeles Dept of Building & Safety) certification. Similar to D1.1, Vertical and Overhead V- groove on a 1" plate. If you have that cert you are pretty much good to weld in all southern California and surrounding counties like San Diego, Ventura, Kern County and tons of military bases out here.

[@TaylorWelding]

Thanks for sharing

[@556actual]

I retire from the Army in a couple months and just started a mobile welding business so this is perfect! Curious to know what other administrative requirements are usually involved like certain dollar amounts of Insurance policy requirements and such. I've done a couple real small jobs for one of the maintenance contractors here on post and would love to be able to get into more! Thanks for the information!

[@DanFeist]

❤

[@jaimeenglert1321]

Good morning, I’m attempting to break out as a welder fabricator, I’m struggling to find the bigger fabrication jobs. I’m currently doing most of my work doing repair work on small lawnmower decks. I’m not anice that type of work, but trying to provide for my family seems difficult while doing that stuff. So could you give me some advice on where to look for the more construction type fabrication?

[@mechanic350]

Chris, I’m a new welder. How do I get certified? What do I do?

[@travisjones9508]

I'm doing utility towers now.

[@neilshahndynasty.8882]

Buy Silver & Platinum .

[@J4G_]

What other contract work is available? And do I have to hunt down these opportunities using this same method?

[@TaylorWelding]

That’s a pretty broad question. There’s all kind of different contract work available. And there’s different ways to do it. That’s just the way I chose to do it and it worked for me.

[@felicitilea1245]

I am want to buy a few of the stubby rod holders. if they are still available how much are they?

[@TaylorWelding]

Send $60.00 via Venmo to Taylor-Welding LLC with your name & shipping address.

[@TaylorWelding]

I can cut you Break if you want more. I’ll cover shipping

[@felicitilea1245]

@@TaylorWelding i can’t find your Venmo I tried Taylor-Welding LLC but no one came up in the search?

[@luisrosario8709]

We’re can I get the spacing tool you use for your gaps

[@TaylorWelding]

It’s metal strapping off a train car I found on the ground. Anything will work

[@felicitilea1245]

What would the price be for 4 of them or the price for 6, as well I have someone interested in buying silver for you next week

[@TaylorWelding]

50 bucks apiece plus shipping

[@felicitilea1245]

That sounds good where to send the check?

[@TaylorWelding]

Email me at [e-mail]

[@kevinfire6755]

How long does it take to get to this level for this type of work? I’m very interested as I just started an introduction to welding class at my community college. Any feedback would be amazing! Thanks.

[@TaylorWelding]

It all depends on how fast you pick it up and how hard you work.

[@felicitilea1245]

Is there any where else I can find you to pay for the rod holders?

[@TaylorWelding]

you can send a check. How many do you want?

[@felicitilea1245]

@@TaylorWelding 6 of them and make the check out to Taylor welding LLC?

[@felicitilea1245]

I have emailed you

[@TaylorWelding]

Thank you I’ll let you know when it comes in

[@shanemiller6947]

Heres my problem i want to go take a welding class to weld everything but they say iv got to have my high school diploma i dont have one i was a dume ass didnt graduate high school got kicked out of school they say oll you got to have that to take a welding class bs i can read write and do math not a dummy been welding for 10 years now and weld at work for my job but i want to learn more there not to much i don't know about welding now dont know everything i want to thow thats not right to keep a smart man back in life to not let him take a class wich he needs to take care of his 3 kids and wife im old school dont wont to waste brain space on bs that ill never need in life that y i not going that route how can i get around this bs high school crap i need to make some money before I get old and die buddy like your videos good stuff

[@TaylorWelding]

I don’t understand that? You shouldn’t have to have a high school diploma you sure don’t have to have a high school diploma to Weld in the field. All you need to be able to do is pass the test.

[@Jiraiyashouse666]

They don't check. Just fill out the form and say you graduated. I've never even picked up my diploma and always just say I got it and that's on college application. No one I know has a copy of their diploma.

[@felicitilea1245]

I can’t find you on Venmo, I am interested in buying 6 of the rod holders though, just need a place to pay you through

[@TaylorWelding]

Venmo should be : Taylor-welding LLC Make sure you send your shipping address

[@felicitilea1245]

@@TaylorWelding no I can’t find you

[@TaylorWelding]

Email me at [e-mail]

[@travisjones9508]

Do you have any experience with Nr 203? If so give me some good settings

[@TaylorWelding]

Nope! Sorry dude

[@jackowens9440]

Hay about time you put out a video on welding in your comments a dude thanks you all can't make a 100.000.00 a year don't know what he is talking about I have a friend done it until I he retired. Lo