Fohr Play Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 Looks like Ft. Laud. Boat Center has closed. I have taken my boats there for over 20 years and will miss them terribly. Does anyone know where Kent or Mike have gone or if they went to the Miami store? What is next best Yami shop in FLL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanaflatsfish Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 7 minutes ago, Fohr Play said: Looks like Ft. Laud. Boat Center has closed. I have taken my boats there for over 20 years and will miss them terribly. Does anyone know where Kent or Mike have gone or if they went to the Miami store? What is next best Yami shop in FLL? Yes, it appears to be so.....I just stopped there today to pick up some parts....no one there.... From what I've heard, Maximum Marine in Pompano is the next best alternative...... I will miss them.....honest team....great mechanics... DC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coto Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 I though it was just the mechanic that retired and they were looking for another. They referred me to Total Marine in Davie. Now the whole place is closed permanently...WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canesfever Posted July 14, 2019 Report Share Posted July 14, 2019 Boat center is not closed but they will be closed on saturdays till further notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanaflatsfish Posted July 15, 2019 Report Share Posted July 15, 2019 6 hours ago, Canesfever said: Boat center is not closed but they will be closed on saturdays till further notice. Heart palpitations gone tks dc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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THE OUTLAW Posted July 15, 2019 Report Share Posted July 15, 2019 Boat Center is suffering the same fate we @ Aim Welding are , and that is , good help is hard to find . Mechanic and Head Parts person both retired . Also , they look closed because Yellowfin is 18 months out on boats and would assume MHP is behind as well . They do not have a single boat in their showroom . 🇺🇸☠️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubble Posted July 15, 2019 Report Share Posted July 15, 2019 18 minutes ago, THE OUTLAW said: Boat Center is suffering the same fate we @ Aim Welding are , and that is , good help is hard to find .🇺🇸☠️ This is a thread unto it's own. It is getting worse by the day. Don't know where we went wrong. In our area, you cannot hardly find anyone that wants to do tough, manual labor anymore. It has to be due to $$$. Everyone is Walmartized and wants cheap. When you try to provide cheap the first place you cut is Labor. When they pay isn't there, you cannot find help. So is it primarily consumer driven? Is it part of the Wussification of society? Is it all of the Freebies/Giveaways? We are headed for a rude awakening soon with the labor force. Heck, even the Officiating/Referee community is suffering. They blame it on bad parents. I guess that could be it but there have been bad parents, kids, coaches for many years. May be that there is more now. But I got out of officiating because of the time it required vs the money received. Didn't really do it for the money but there was money to be had elsewhere (running my own business) so I had to choose to give up that vocation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawg Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 Consider the possibility that a large pool of "off-the-books" labor has held American wages to artificially low levels for a number of years. As welfare benefits have kept pace with inflation during that same time, the gap between entry level pay and welfare has gotten so narrow that many folks have found that it isn't worth getting up and going to work each day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuddyBottomBluz Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 Start paying people $15 dollars an hour to flip burgers VS working with their hands outside and possibly breaking a sweat, which one is all of the "new" generation gonna choose. Flipping burgers was an entry level job, IT WAS NOT MADE to be a career. If you choose that as a career so be it but you must also choose the pay that comes along with it. Blue collar workers are becoming extinct. I see it in the elevator industry, great paying career, easy six figures annually, once you put in your'e time but they are suffering from the retiring work force as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubble Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 Exactly. We are starting to see some issues with the "off-the-books" and the South of Boarder labor as well. The $20.00 an hour and under labor pool in manual labor markets (Farming, construction, Pool install/care, Lawn Care, Horse, etc) is shrinking at a rapid pace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulligan Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 There are just too many factors to just pinpoint one that is causing the problem with the new "work"force. I'm a golf course superintendent so I see all kinds coming in the door. It is a constant problem getting many to simply show up on time and do anything. If you can find someone who actually works the chances of them showing up everyday is slim because the can only make so much before their "help" cuts them off. I find it funny that we have older semi-retired guys who don't need the money that will work circles around the young bucks, and they show up everyday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conocean Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 My HPX was delivered thru Boat Ctr in Ft Laud. I would definitely do business with Eric Konchak again; he is highly knowledgeable & went the extra mile to make sure I was happy. I serviced my motor at Boat Ctr annually until my warranty expired. Great staff & service always on point. I've been using Maximum in Pompano to service my motor for the past 3 years. They are a mile from my home & I've always had good experiences with them. Many people I know use them around town as well. John & Cindy are easy to work with and I refer them business thru my office at Merritt's. Highly recommended. The majority of the available young workforce (or lack thereof) in this country is sad at best. It seems to me that younger people have gotten lazier & dependent on hand-outs (govt or family) every decade for the past 30 years. I've had to work since I was 12 & nothing has been given to me so I don't understand it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanaflatsfish Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 On 7/16/2019 at 12:43 PM, conocean said: My HPX was delivered thru Boat Ctr in Ft Laud. I would definitely do business with Eric Konchak again; he is highly knowledgeable & went the extra mile to make sure I was happy. I serviced my motor at Boat Ctr annually until my warranty expired. Great staff & service always on point. I've been using Maximum in Pompano to service my motor for the past 3 years. They are a mile from my home & I've always had good experiences with them. Many people I know use them around town as well. John & Cindy are easy to work with and I refer them business thru my office at Merritt's. Highly recommended. The majority of the available young workforce (or lack thereof) in this country is sad at best. It seems to me that younger people have gotten lazier & dependent on hand-outs (govt or family) every decade for the past 30 years. I've had to work since I was 12 & nothing has been given to me so I don't understand it. AS an adult, I've lived in South Florida - Cooper City and Plantation since 2000 - 19 years....never in 19 years, have i had a neighborhood kid come by and say, hey, do you need any lawn work (not that my lawn is in bad shape - but, sometimes my gardner doesn't show up on time).... I'm a Fla native and When I was 14-18 I was THE GO TO GUY in Miami Shores if you needed a lawn cut..I knew every house within a 10 block radius......on my 16th birthday, my grandmother bought me a white work van that carrier my edgers, mowers, ladders, etc. (along with with my German Sheperad who would guard the truck while i cut the long, and of course a few nice blankets - hint hint for beach evenings) and I would work my ARSE off during the weekends and the summer. I don't see that anymore dc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makomark Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 On 7/16/2019 at 9:30 AM, hawg said: Consider the possibility that a large pool of "off-the-books" labor has held American wages to artificially low levels for a number of years. As welfare benefits have kept pace with inflation during that same time, the gap between entry level pay and welfare has gotten so narrow that many folks have found that it isn't worth getting up and going to work each day. I'm not sure what this has to do with hiring boat mechanics, all I know is that I get charged $100+ per hour when I bring it in for repairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE OUTLAW Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 I think the moral to that story is , you cannot charge $100 hr for work , if you cannot hire anyone who can do the work you are charging for . Skilled Tradesmen are a dying breed . 🇺🇸☠️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whichwaysup Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 I'll jump in here. With 5 kids, I'm staring down the barrel of either trying to give my kids what I had - the "traditional college experience" for ~100-200K each (yeah, do THAT math), or finding an alternative. The more I look into the options, the more I'm convinced that the "traditional college experience" route is a really bad option. I've been teaching them from early on, how to work their arse's off. We homeschool and I'm a brutal principal. They pull more than their fair share of the work it takes to keep a large family running. This summer, I got a little encouragement that maybe we're on the right track. Even though they are under age, they've been asked by some local businesses to help out. It's tough work, in the sun, but they earn more in 3 hrs of work than a lot of college grads - and I get compliments constantly (because I check in constantly) that they are blowing the socks off of everyone they work with. the fact that they get paid is secondary, I just wanted them to experience hard manual labor early on. Now my biggest problem is trying to explain to them why they can't buy $500 surfboards every other week even though they have the scratch to do it. Ralph - I may send them down your way in a year or two to learn the trade. Hell, I might just come with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdemott Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 On 7/16/2019 at 10:19 AM, MuddyBottomBluz said: Start paying people $15 dollars an hour to flip burgers VS working with their hands outside and possibly breaking a sweat, which one is all of the "new" generation gonna choose. Flipping burgers was an entry level job, IT WAS NOT MADE to be a career. If you choose that as a career so be it but you must also choose the pay that comes along with it. Blue collar workers are becoming extinct. I see it in the elevator industry, great paying career, easy six figures annually, once you put in your'e time but they are suffering from the retiring work force as well. Start paying $15.00 per hour and employers will counter with reduced hours, unpaid days off and raised medical premiums. And so it goes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makomark Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 The problem with blue collar jobs is longevity in your work. You’ll get to the age probably in your late 40’s where you hurt and ache a lot while doing your job and then you’ll be replaced by someone younger and cheaper. I know lots of mechanics with busted up hands and bad knees. Go to college and work smart and not hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fohr Play Posted July 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2019 It's great if they are not closed. No new or repair boats there when I went and I called Miami store who said the Ft. Laud store had closed. Hoping I just misinterpreted and they meant closed on Sat. Thanks DC and Paul for letting me know about Maximum. Times have really changed... used to interview people that said they would do whatever's asked of them, work any hours and OT, weekends whatever... now they ask what can I do for them and when will they get promoted. Crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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