Traveling and temporary work, is it still possible?
Hi,
I am wondering if it would be possible for an experienced carpenter to travel around and pickup work with contractors for a temporary time period.
The reason I am asking is that I am thinking of leaving the area I live in now and will be traveling for a period of around 6 months or so. The reason for the trip is that I would like to explore some other places that I would be interested in living in. I have a small RV that I would be living out of and ideally would love to pick up some work along the way and in the places that I am considering moving to.
I figure it would be a great way to meet people along the way and also be a great trial run for both myself and potential employers to see if a good match could be made.
I know it used to be possible to walk on a jobsite and find work, but it seems like that would be harder these days to do for some reason.
Any advice or thoughts on the matter?
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Where you heading?
Not much building going on is big parts of the country.
Texas is still going, how's your Spanish?
Joe H
would probably spend the most time travelling around the rockies, through Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, and Utah.
Then we would jump over to California and head north splitting our time between the coast and the sierras. After that head into Oregon, Washington, and then up to Alaska.
Work isn't a neccessity for the trip, I just figured I would end up settling down somewhere new and would love to be able to talk to people and potential employers.
Right now, we have a lot of work with a lot of project lined up for the near future, so it will be interesting to see what is going on with the rest of the country as we travel.
Sure dont know about carpentry, seems it would be pretty hard to do in these times. Lots of folks cant even get a full time job in their area.... ask Boss about his opinion on that.....
But if you want to change professions, and learn to troubleshoot large scale electronic and electrical systems (it only takes about 30 years to learn well<G>) you can go anywhere you want, and some place you dont want!
Have the choice next week of going to FL, OR, IL, MO, or even France. Dont ask why I chose MO and IL.
Went to NM last week. Week after next to OR. Hopefully home a few weeks after that.
I tried to find a pix of a holster with a knight with a scope vs 6 gun in place to post, no luck.....
"Dont ask why I chose MO and
"Dont ask why I chose MO and IL."
Maybe for the deer??
I would imagine the locations mentioned for the original poster to travel would offer even limited amount of work with the winters and all. Of course he could be a trim carpenter, but as mentioned I would think work is lean all over.
We've suffered greatly here in my area of FL
I will say however, just in my immediate area I have seen a recent bump in renovations and new homes. Small, but better'n a year ago
Although it might be possible, these are some pretty lean times for alot of carpenter types. This and BTC would be good places to get an idea of what the various regions of the country are like as far as construction goes.
Although it might be possible, these are some pretty lean times for alot of carpenter types. This and BTC would be good places to get an idea of what the various regions of the country are like as far as construction goes.
If you really want work, consider one of the oil towns in Montana or wherever. Little boom towns are often very short on decent housing and sometimes you can make out pretty well.
Do yer research
Like others said,... boomtowns are the way to go.
I got a cousin that lives in north western N.D.
From what she says, you can eisily get a job there starting at 12-13 bucks an hour, and that's to flip burgers!!!
Oil is the big thing there, and there are more jobs than houses. She has one son that makes about $120k per year working on a oil rig. And another that is a plumber. He has a long waiting list for jobs to do, and I'm pretty sure that he's still hiring.
I'm sure that you'd find a good job in any oil town right now. Should last at least 5 years or more maybe. If you could get a job on a rig for 5 years you could probably save a major pile of $$$
If you could get a job on a rig for 5 years you could probably save a major pile of $$$
If you can avoid going out with "the guys" and drinking/gambling/whoring it all away.
OR....
He could pull a "Mat Dillon", and hook up with the Saloon/Bordella owner!?!?!?
Hopefully he'll end up with a "Miss Kitty" type!