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Hot take: dry runs with a helper beat solo jobs every time
Spent yesterday troubleshooting a stuck car at a 6-floor building on Elm Street. My apprentice grabbed the spare brake shoe while I was still digging for mine in the truck - saved us 20 minutes easy. Anyone else notice how much faster things go with just one extra set of hands?
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patricianguyen4mo ago
That brake shoe story is exactly right. Had a similar thing last month changing a water heater on the third floor of an old walkup. My helper was already hauling the new tank up the stairs while I was still trying to shut off the main valve. That kind of overlap in tasks cuts the job almost in half. Plus having someone to hold the tricky pipe fittings while you tighten them saves a ton of frustration. What kind of jobs do you find benefit the most from having an extra set of hands?
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richard_kelly544mo ago
Patricianguyen, you ever notice how the real time saver isnt just the extra hands but the way those hands can already be moving on the next step while you finish the last one? Something like pulling wire through conduit, one guy feeding in the basement and the other pulling topside, that cuts the work by way more than half because you eliminate all the back and forth. What kind of helper tasks have you found where the overlap really makes or breaks the timeline?
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