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ShroomGoddess
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How much money do trimmers make?
#19120253 - 11/11/13 12:10 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hey all!
So- I gotta work buddy who wants me to trim on his farm up in NorCal.
He's offering me $150 per pound.
(I'm assuming it's fine trimming, and I'm unsure if it the payout rate is based on dry or wet weight.)
Since I don't know beans about the biz (and because this guy loves to save a dollar whenever he can), I'd love to get some insight as to what a good rate is.
I'm not shy about haggling with him, but I need the 411 first!
Advanced thanks for any advice : )
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Re: How much money do trimmers make? [Re: ShroomGoddess]
#19120311 - 11/11/13 12:23 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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My guy pays 200/ pound. Dry. Says it takes about two hours apiece. If I hadn't just got a new job, I'd be out there now. And my wife said "hell NO!"
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Re: How much money do trimmers make? [Re: ShroomGoddess]
#19120326 - 11/11/13 12:26 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Going rate is $150 - $200 per pound (dry weight) so calibrate your expectations and tell your wife, "Hell yes!"
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Re: How much money do trimmers make? [Re: mpd]
#19120368 - 11/11/13 12:35 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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id do it for free
I would too
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luvdemboomers
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Re: How much money do trimmers make? [Re: Doctor Sponge]
#19120383 - 11/11/13 12:38 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
learning sponge said: id do it for free
I would too
me 2
just give me the trimmings
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Patlal
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Re: How much money do trimmers make? [Re: Doctor Sponge]
#19120385 - 11/11/13 12:38 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I didn't even know there was a thing as paying someone for trimming.
We are talking about removing the leaves from buds, right?
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Re: How much money do trimmers make? [Re: Patlal]
#19120398 - 11/11/13 12:43 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Well it's a little more detail oriented than that. The larger "fan leaves" are usually removed at harvest. It's the finer "sugar leaves" that grow throughout the buds that must be painstakingly removed without causing damage to the bud itself.
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Re: How much money do trimmers make? [Re: nicechrisman]
#19120440 - 11/11/13 12:50 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I think I got to keep a quarter out of every QP i did? Something like that, I dunno.
You've got to trim each bud off the main branches, pick out seeds, clean up any random leaves. It varies a lot as to how much but pretty much every bud gets groomed. It's a lot of work, tiny little snips with scissors for hours. Terrible for the fingers. Chill job tho.
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Re: How much money do trimmers make? [Re: Lynnch]
#19120448 - 11/11/13 12:52 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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It's a suck job. Your fingers are toast by the time you are done trimming out a couple of elbows.
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Re: How much money do trimmers make? [Re: mpd]
#19120467 - 11/11/13 12:56 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Man do i miss it out there hopefully i'll be moving back in a year or two you are lucky to get such a cool job with great benefits and to have cool people everywhere
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Re: How much money do trimmers make? [Re: nicechrisman]
#19120506 - 11/11/13 01:02 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Man I would love this job. I hate living in a draconian state like Texas. Fucking one day maybe.
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Re: How much money do trimmers make? [Re: ShroomGoddess]
#19120618 - 11/11/13 01:26 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I was making $20 an hour
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Re: How much money do trimmers make? [Re: nannybooboo]
#19120676 - 11/11/13 01:39 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Thanks so much for all the responses!
Anyone know what the best scissors are to use?
I wanna buy a good set before I go. I've been told to get a pair with a spring, and ones that have a fine, needle-nosed end to get in close to the buds.
I'm sure Home Depot has something, but I dunno- maybe there's a better place I could be looking?
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Re: How much money do trimmers make? [Re: ShroomGoddess]
#19120712 - 11/11/13 01:49 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
ShroomGoddess said: I'm sure Home Depot has something, but I dunno- maybe there's a better place I could be looking?
HD will do ya just fine
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Re: How much money do trimmers make? [Re: ShroomGoddess]
#19120720 - 11/11/13 01:51 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
ShroomGoddess said: Thanks so much for all the responses!
Anyone know what the best scissors are to use?
I wanna buy a good set before I go. I've been told to get a pair with a spring, and ones that have a fine, needle-nosed end to get in close to the buds.
I'm sure Home Depot has something, but I dunno- maybe there's a better place I could be looking?
The best scissors are the springloaded fiscars that are a little less than 6 inches long. They are usually grey and black. They cost around $10 at Home Depot and in the sewing section at Walmart. I would us a cheap mechanics glove on my left hand, and a latex glove on right hand.
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Re: How much money do trimmers make? [Re: Brian Jones]
#19120763 - 11/11/13 02:04 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Gloves are for sissies. I likes me some finger hash. But yeah, those fiskars are good. Some people like to have multiple pairs so they don't have to stop and clean them when they get all gummed up. The gumminess slows down the trimming process more than you'd think.
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Re: How much money do trimmers make? [Re: nicechrisman]
#19120814 - 11/11/13 02:14 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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use a glove on your left hand or you will cut it when you get fast. Multiple pairs of fiscars speed things up. Then when they all get gummy, a single edge razor blade cleans them up.
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Re: How much money do trimmers make? [Re: Brian Jones]
#19120847 - 11/11/13 02:22 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yeah the gumminess is truly what wrecks your hands with normal scissors. It takes too much force to open the scissors and that motion is what really fucks with your tendons. You can give yourself permanent hand issues doing this kind of thing if you're not careful about it.
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Re: How much money do trimmers make? [Re: Brian Jones]
#19120849 - 11/11/13 02:23 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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If you have a grow shop around you can get some good scissors there. I got some ones that were about 4" long, spring loaded, and nice and sharp. Whatever you get make sure they are spring loaded.
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Re: How much money do trimmers make? [Re: luvdemboomers]
#19122125 - 11/11/13 06:02 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Thank you all so much! I got so much useful advice from these posts : )
Xoxo
-------------------- "Something else I'm getting tired of in this country is all this stupid talk I have to listen to about children. That's all you hear about anymore, children: 'Help the children, save the children, protect the children.' You know what I say? Fuck the children!" -George Carlin
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