Well this one kind of spun off from cranes to demo but that was good because the opinion at the start of this thread was it will be hard to get into because of the insurance issues, no operating experience and the low demand for what I was looking for in the crane industry. Rather than letting the thread die other viable ideas were mentioned. I’m kicking around multiple ideas, I’ll be 38 in June so I have a little time to figure something to do to prevent me from staying home and sitting on the couch after I “retire”. Whatever I end up doing I would like to be working for myself if possible. I have thought about demo but was trying to find something that was not a one and done deal. A lot of people like the idea of forestry mulching but my understanding of that is a lot of times it private land owners looking to clean up their property or a builder who has a client that wants a lot that is not completely cleared of all trees. Not many neighborhoods are wooded anymore. It cost more to do because the person hired to clear has to be careful of what to remove rather then just stripping the land and then bringing some trees back in. I have dealt a lot with concrete and concrete pumping is something I thought about too but I know I’m not (can’t) going to drop half a million in a pump truck. I have thought about a concrete pump trailer but I would have to hire a helper. I definitely don’t want to be dragging a concrete hose around in my 50’s, now if I mainly just operate the pump and had a helper to drag line with the finishers, that would not be bad. From my understanding it’s hard to find help running those pumps because of the physical demand on your body. But if you are dependable and have a well maintained pump you can get a lot of repeat business from the same contractors because pumps are so heavily relied on. Other then work comp injuries your liability exposure is relatively low. You get the concrete from point A (concrete truck) to point B ( slab, footings, wall, etc…). Your not responsible for the finish or mix, just pray you don’t get bad plugs in the line. The business model for concrete pumping is great because the contractor is “renting” the pump with a 4hour minimum so the pump gets paid regardless of if concrete is pumped or not. So inspections failing is not a concern for the pumping company.