Gray’s Excavating LLC

12/12/2024

We are scheduling for 2025. Get ready for the new year with starting those new projects right. Call or text us anytime. Fully ins and licensed.

10/23/2024

Another good day digging in the dirt. Give us a call for All your Electric,water and septic needs.
8-1-4-7-0-6-7-2-9-8.

10/17/2024

08/28/2024

Grays Excavating is taking new clients and scheduling work for October and November. We do have a couple openings in early September for those septic installs that need done before the wet weather returns. Give us a call or text.
814-706-7298-

05/09/2024

Put in another hard to reach septic system. Steep hillside with lots of restrictions. Call us for all your water electric and septic needs. We also do lots of other excavation projects.
814…706…7298. Or text.

02/06/2024

It’s time to start scheduling those spring projects. Give us a call and we will get you on our schedule. Feel free to share away.

01/15/2024

Point on. For every profession out there. You can’t beat someone at there own game. And as being a self employed business owner. There are no paid vacation days or sick days. Every day not working is money out. That you have to prepare for and put back for.

A customer asked me how much it cost to do this job....
I answered him: $ 1500
He said: So expensive for this job?
I asked: How much do you think it would cost you?
He answers me: $ 800 maximum... That's a pretty simple job right? !"
- For $ 800 I invite you to do it yourself.
- But.... I don't know how to.
- For $800 I'll teach you how to. So besides saving you $700, you'll get the knowledge for the next time you want
- It seemed right to him and he agreed.
- But to get started: you need tools: A welder, grinder, chop saw, drill press, welding hood, gloves etc...
- But I don't have all these equipment and I can't buy all of these for one job.
- Well then for another $300 more I'll rent my stuff to you so you can do it.
- Okay, he says.
- Okay! Tuesday I'm waiting for you to start doing this work
- But I can't on Tuesday I only have time today.
- I'm sorry, but I'm only available Tuesday to teach you and lend you my stuff. Other days are busy with other customers.
- Okay! That means I'm going to have to sacrifice my Tuesday, give up my tasks.
- I forgot. To do your job yourself, you also have to pay for the nonproductive factors.
- That is? What is this?"
- Bureaucratic, tax, vat, security, insurance, fuel etc.
- Oh no!... But to accomplish these tasks, I'm going to spend more money and waste a lot of time!
- Do you have them? You can do it to me before?"
- Okay!
- I'll make you all the material you need. Truck loading is done Monday evening or Tuesday morning you'll have to come by 6 loading the truck. Don't forget to be on time to avoid traffic jams and be on time
- At 6??? Nope! Too early for me! I used to getting up later...
- You know, I've been thinking. Y ' all better get the job done. I'd rather pay you the $1500. If I had to, it wouldn't be perfect and it would cost me a lot more.

When you pay for a job, especially handcrafted, you pay not only for the material used, but also:
- Knowledge
- Experience
- Study
- Tools
- Services
- Time to go
- punctuality
- Accountability
- Professionalism
- Accuracy
- Guaranteed
- Patents
- Sacrifices
- Safety and security
- Payment of tax obligations

No one can denigrate other people's work by judging prices.
Only by knowing all the elements necessary for the production of a certain work can you estimate the actual cost.

I did not write this dialogue, but am sharing it to support craftsmen and entrepreneurs.