What to pay trimmers?

writtin

writtin

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GrowinTheDank said:
Damn that's a long ass time but a lotta weed haha.
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Hey if they are living in your house AND getting payed the only thing they better be doing when they are awake is trimming, or eating. You kind of feel like they are on your time and unless you are there with them smoking or whatever or they are taking a break(the good trimmers you dont have to worry about they stay focused) but you have to watch people because some of them will shave your buds and cut down wayy too far
 
polyarcturus

polyarcturus

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HeartlandHank said:
Seeing a lot of people saying 20 an hour is ridiculous pay... I don't know... for trustworthy help it seems pretty reasonable, if not on the low end. In a very rural area, ok, 20 dollars goes a bit further in small town Iowa than it does in San Francisco.

In my area, 30k a year (15 dollars an hour, full time) is enough to pay rent on a shitty apartment, eat shitty food, drive a shitty car, rarely go out, smoke dirt weed, and never see a dentist/doctor, no health insurance.... Have a medical emergency of some sort and you are fucked. Lose your job and you are on the street by the end of the month.... I know because I lived on those wages for several years.... You know what the hardest part of living out of your car is....? Keeping your feet clean. Haha.
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the hardest part is winter, and not getting your feet wet.
 
colonuggs

colonuggs

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GrowinTheDank said:
How many hours does it take one person to trim a pound?
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Depends on the strain

Our Bubba takes us 4 plants to get a lb.... each one takes about a hour & a 1/2 pretrim... taken leaves off prior to take down and then 30-45 min. final trim at the end so say 10 hrs

Now on the flip side we have a strain that takes 3 hrs to pretrim ...then another hour to do the final trim ..16 hours for a lb

We have one strain that we grow huge outdoors... takes 3 guys 2 8hr days to trim they get 5 lbs... 1 plant
 
devolv

devolv

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Things got tight so I can't do this anymore. But, I paid last couple cycles 20 per hr. I got everything back separated for weigh in. ended up costing me 800$ for about 2 pounds. now I'm still learning so my end result was a bit hard to trim. but as I improve so will the ease of my trim job. which is good cuz I have to do it my self now. lol
 
MaineWeed

MaineWeed

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I didnt read all the other posts but I always pay "per pound trimed" and going rate is roughly 1oz dry bud for every 16oz dry bud pruned its a fair rate and keeps you from having to be a dickhead about them fucking off...and if they don't want to wait for it to dry then its a $100. cash per 1lb trimmed wet weight.
 
Shivaskunk

Shivaskunk

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I surely hope no one hires people to tri 15< lbs. The going rate in norcal where people have hundreds of lbs to trim is 15-20 an hour plus food and smoke. I have fam doing their thing down there and this is what i was offered to come help.
 
S

Surfr

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Shit maybe 5 years ago we were getting paid $350 PER POUND to trim. Now a days I wouldn't touch a trimming gig for anything less than $25 an hour or 200 an LB. That's the standard here in Cali. These aren't little 10-20 LB harvests. I am talking 100+ LB harvests.
 
wanabe

wanabe

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dam i cant wait to be a trimmer again aha i did it 4 my self though i want to get hired next time aha
 
FreedomSunshine

FreedomSunshine

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Rob0769 said:
Is that a lb wet or dry? If dry how do you know how much wet will make a dry lb?
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Wet trim is $20 per hour
Dry trim is $150 "outdoor cut" or
$200 "indoor/Club cut"
if its all littles be prepared to spend $250 if you want people to sit & trim it

Honest Hardworking Locals won't work for less
*you get what you pay for*
 
SpicySativa

SpicySativa

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Man... I'm sure glad I no longer smoke herb that's been manhandled by random hippies hired off the street, naked or otherwise. Sorry, just had to say that. :)Happy trimming.
 
SpicySativa

SpicySativa

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I wonder what percent of "medical grade MJ" available at dispensaries has been handled by naked dready hippies?
 
Rob0769

Rob0769

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Well if you went to dispensaries in San Marcos and Vista in 2008-9 there's a good chance you got some. ;) What I would never do that *begins clothing himself*
 
dveight

dveight

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polyarcturus said:
fore real for some of the ridiculous pays im seeing here is should come to cali and be a trimmer 200 a lb? id get through 2 of them in a day plus some proably. but honestly for what you guys are talking about paying for trimming some fucking leafs.... id rather sit there for 2 weeks and trim 15lbs by myself, fuck paying that shit you all are talking about.
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sooooo true, out here i dont know anyone that would pay you to trim. it's more of an honor that they picked you over other people!!
 
VTMi'kmaq

VTMi'kmaq

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hi im a weirdo because i LOVE trimming. especially because i have adhd i can totally focus on the damn things till there gone......lol some call it a curse but as far as im concerned if i direct the energy in productive avenue's its all good. Too bad it took me 25 years to figure it out lmao. I'd seriously trim for some smoke and the chance to there again next harvest obviously. It becomes an art form for some im sure lmao.
 
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