Do people think Ranching is easy? Check out what John Q Public thinks

[Just Duke]

Check this out. Our waiter/server (male) at a restaurant we use to go to called us up and wanted a job on one of our proposed ranches. He said all he makes is $200.00 a day tips plus $13.00 and hour and medical and they MADE!!! him work 30 hours this week. He usually only works 25 hours.
He's 42 and from a wealthy family in San Fransisco

I can't ever remember a 25 hour week in my lifetime........ Mine are usually 18 hours a day but have slowed down here recently.

[bayjoe]

50 weeks a year a minimum of 60 hours a week of irrigating, putting up hay, feeding hay, working on wind mills, fixing fence, repairing broke down equipment that was new in 1958 and finally 2 weeks of cowboying. It's a great life!

[mpbarry1]

Every day is a working vacation. lol

[tommag]

Using those numbers, and assuming a 5 day work week, that comes up to $66,500 a year.
Growing up in a resteraunt, I'm sure its harder than ranchwork, as I saw cowboy movies and they never seemed to work much at all!
I've thrown a few bales,mucked out a few stalls, etc. I can't imagine a hired hand gets paid that much. I think he'd better keep waiting on customers.

[plmitch]

$200.00 a day tips plus $13.00 and hour and medical

Sounds like poor wages to me. I'd have to work 80+ hours a week to get by. His laziness on hour is sad.

[Just Duke]

50 weeks a year a minimum of 60 hours a week of irrigating, putting up hay, feeding hay, working on wind mills, fixing fence, repairing broke down equipment that was new in 1958 and finally 2 weeks of cowboying. It's a great life!

Are you in Parker CO or Elizabeth?

[Just Duke]

His laziness on hour is sad.

Sad indeed!

[bayjoe]

Colorado City/Rye CO area

[starmac]

Someone that could possibly be a waitress until they were 42 years old then switching to ranch work and lasting a week, would be a truly unique individual. In fact someone that once thought about being a waitress would have a hard time making a day on a working ranch, in my opinion. Ranch work is more of something you are born into, very few people turn into cowboys later in life succesfuly, except on the gentleman type hobby ranches.

[Just Duke]

Someone that could possibly be a waitress until they were 42 years old then switching to ranch work and lasting a week, would be a truly unique individual. In fact someone that once thought about being a waitress would have a hard time making a day on a working ranch, in my opinion. Ranch work is more of something you are born into, very few people turn into cowboys later in life succesfuly, except on the gentleman type hobby ranches.

The waiter is a guy.
Someone better raise cows or were going to run out of food in 10 years or less.

[Just Duke]

Colorado City/Rye CO area

You ranch down that way? It's pretty dry.

[starmac]

The waiter is a guy.
Someone better raise cows or were going to run out of food in 10 years or less.

LOL I assumed that, To be honest a female waitress would probably transfer over to ranch life better than a mail waitress. lol

[HollandNut]

I grew up farming and my dad and his brothers foolishly 'gave' all our land away by the time I was getting out of high school and ready to be in the sixth generation farming on the same lands .. My brother , my cousin , and I all of a sudden found what we thought were our futures , gone almost overnight ..

The guy better stay where he is at ..

[Bullshop]

Wonder who he voted for in the last two potus elections?

[Just Duke]

LOL I assumed that, To be honest a female waitress would probably transfer over to ranch life better than a mail waitress. lol

I can surely agree with that. The women at least in this town are a ball of fire when it comes to working.

[Just Duke]

Anyway, The guy is 42, single and living with two Chihuahua's. I think he's a HERE
A lazy one that's for sure.

[bayjoe]

You ranch down that way? It's pretty dry.

No, got out of the business.
Yes it is really dry on the eastern plains of southern Colorado. It will take years for that country to recover. If the tumble weeds catch fire this spring, there won't be nothing left for miles.

[9w1911]

college does that,

[smokeywolf]

Even though I've done little ranch work, it's painfully obvious that nowadays, if you're a small family operation, ranching has to be a labor of love, since if you divide up your net-net profits by the number of hours worked, you're probably lucky if you're making minimum wage.

Also, to most urban dwellers, ranching is just riding around on a horse all day long, when in fact much of it is repairing fences, gates, barns, trucks, tractors and other assorted machinery. Oh, and don't forget that because of the inherent dangers to people and livestock, you have to be a doctor and veterinarian too.

[fatelk]

Sounds almost as bad as dairy farming. I had enough of that growing up, but I can sure respect those who make a living at it.

Yea, you have to be a carpenter, mechanic, electrician, plumber, veterinarian, logger, etc..