Just finished my 100th vinyl fence install in Boise

I mean, I never really kept count before, but my partner pointed it out when we closed the books on a big subdivision job. It made me think about how much faster I am now compared to my first few, maybe because I finally got a rhythm for setting posts in this rocky soil. Do you guys track your numbers, or is it just me?

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karen_nelson401mo ago

Honestly I just track hours, not the exact number of jobs. Like with my route, I know it takes me about 3 hours to do the east side loop now, but I couldn't tell you how many packages that is. Getting a rhythm down is everything. That rocky soil sounds like a real pain, I bet the first few posts took forever.

irisg571mo ago

Tracking hours instead of counting tasks is the smart move. Once you know how long a job takes, you can actually plan your day. For rocky soil, a digging bar is a total game changer to break it up before you use the post hole digger. Did you find any tricks to speed things up after those first few posts?

jordan3302d ago

Noticed the same pattern in my own life honestly (and I'm not even in construction). The first time you do anything it's like fumbling in the dark, but by the hundredth time your body just knows what to do without thinking. It's that whole 10,000 hours thing people talk about but scaled down to everyday stuff, like how I can now parallel park my truck in one smooth move where it used to take three tries and a lot of cussing. I think there's something to be said for trusting the process and letting repetition do its thing, even if you don't keep a tally.