I appreciate the input so far guys. One thing I haven't seen anyone address yet is my question on how to land my first few sprinkler system contracts? Any input there?
Apparently I need to read this book by Richard Choate. I'll see if I can find it somewhere. After 2 weeks I finally finished reading Jesse Stryker's irrigation tutorial and it was pretty packed with good information. I still am going to go back and read parts of it again as well as a few parts I haven't read yet like his tutorial on winterizing a system. Does anyone know if Jesse Stryker's tutorial and this Choate guy's book conflict at all? Thats one of the main things that bother me, when you really feel like you found a good source of info and then someone recommends a book to you that conflicts with half of what you already read. Just curious?
Also, someone had posted that a license is a must, especially if it is required where I live. I'm not sure if it is required or not in Nashville. But I was planning to get my irrigation license anyway because I figured I would learn more if I had a test over it, and also that potential customers would trust me more if I was a licensed irrigation designer/installer. Anyone on here know what I will need to know to be able to pass the test for the license in Nashville?
Finally, someone else on this thread said that I should find a local mentor or consider being free help on a few jobs. I would love to, but I just don't have time to be free on jobs right now. What I would like to do is to line up some jobs of my own when I am ready and then kind of hire someone experienced to be my mentor on those jobs. I'm just not sure how many people out there are willing to help train the competition lol. If any of you are located near me and would like to help me out, let me know! Sorry this is long, lots of stuff for me to figure out
Thanks again for the input, keep 'em coming!
Apparently I need to read this book by Richard Choate. I'll see if I can find it somewhere. After 2 weeks I finally finished reading Jesse Stryker's irrigation tutorial and it was pretty packed with good information. I still am going to go back and read parts of it again as well as a few parts I haven't read yet like his tutorial on winterizing a system. Does anyone know if Jesse Stryker's tutorial and this Choate guy's book conflict at all? Thats one of the main things that bother me, when you really feel like you found a good source of info and then someone recommends a book to you that conflicts with half of what you already read. Just curious?
Also, someone had posted that a license is a must, especially if it is required where I live. I'm not sure if it is required or not in Nashville. But I was planning to get my irrigation license anyway because I figured I would learn more if I had a test over it, and also that potential customers would trust me more if I was a licensed irrigation designer/installer. Anyone on here know what I will need to know to be able to pass the test for the license in Nashville?
Finally, someone else on this thread said that I should find a local mentor or consider being free help on a few jobs. I would love to, but I just don't have time to be free on jobs right now. What I would like to do is to line up some jobs of my own when I am ready and then kind of hire someone experienced to be my mentor on those jobs. I'm just not sure how many people out there are willing to help train the competition lol. If any of you are located near me and would like to help me out, let me know! Sorry this is long, lots of stuff for me to figure out
Thanks again for the input, keep 'em coming!
