For about 20 years I had a great side hustle as a farrier. Very low overhead. Shoe 1 or trim 3 in about an hour for about $100, often in cash. And that was a few years ago now. Flexible schedule and as with most service businesses the bar was show up and do a decent job and you had all the business you wanted. Was a great way to pay for my horse hobby/habit without dipping into my normal household budget.

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Posted by Twenty 49

Shreveport

Member since Jun 2014

21291 posts

Posted on 4/22/26 at 6:39 am to 7flat

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For about 20 years I had a great side hustle as a farrier.

I heard a podcast interview with a guy who went on to be big in the entertainment business.

He said he was a farrier when he was in college in northern California. He got in with some of the rich horse folks, word spread, he got all the business he could handle, and those folks would pay any price without blinking.

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Posted by WhiskeyThrottle

Weatherford Tx

Member since Nov 2017

7213 posts

Posted on 4/22/26 at 8:21 am to el Gaucho

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how's this work? like you have an electrician sign off?

Correct. I have a masters electrician lifelong friend that will sign off on the work. I give him the option to come take a look but I've done enough work for him he's more or less comfortable just signing off on it. I'm selective on how often I do electrical work and if it's any more complicated than normal 110/220 work on residential I won't do it. And I keep it confined to "customers" who are more or less friends or family of friends generally. A lot of jobs I just don't pull a permit for.

Another buddy owns an HVAC company. He's adding plumbing and HVAC to his company's offerings. I was asking him how it works for him. He said he has a licensed master electrician basically sign off on the work. His is more of a completed legal process in that he pays the insurance for the liability his company is adding to the electrician and is paying the electrician for use of his license and signed a contract absorbing risks to the electrician. I didn't really look much into how that works. Seems that if the electrical work did something that would jeopardize the electrician's license, then the contract between the contractor and electrician would not prevent the electrician from ultimately losing his license. But there seems to be some mechanism available to accomplish this based on what he was saying. Or maybe I didn't fully understand the relationship.

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