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Old 12-16-21, 11:12 AM
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If this was possible, the competition would kill you.

Regardless of your numbers being wrong, it is the premise behind them.

Material cost = $540 + 10% markup = $600

Labor cost = $600 including overhead (50% of price).

I’m not in the industry, but I would think many very competent wheel builders would be jumping in with both feet to do this.

A hour to build and another hour for misc and overhead equals $300 per hour.

Build 10 wheelsets in 20 hours per week equals $3k per week or $150k per year part time.

John
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