Yea I've definitely been in that spot before (anxious when the next round of jobs will come thru) but it does always seem to come back around. I would say partially our reputation as well as the scarcity of the trade leaving few options for customers. I also have a retail location with plenty of overhead so I need to be profitable no matter what. I think I mainly struggle with how unpredictable each side is, how many small jobs are coming in versus what surprises am I going to run into on this next large/custom job, not to mention the differences in job length making it next to impossible to schedule things efficiently. I'd probably be focused on larger customs if I had a barn too.

Thanks for the reply!

Ive definitely found the same thing. Definitely profit more on smaller turn-arounds but cant seem to pull myself away from wanting the bigger jobs. As a one man show currently I just cant see a good way to do both. I had one of my best friends working with me for about 5 years but recently decided to move on to different things. I'll be searching for a new employee soon, but until then I think I may have to focus on the smaller/med stuff to keep the jobs/shop rolling efficiently. I have 3 big bays but get once you one car torn apart and the place gets small quickly. Tough business to run efficiently but I love hearing how others are finding success with the organization end of things. Thank you for your reply!