Subcontracting electrical work in rural areas is a crapshoot

i've built a solid network of five reliable electrician subs over the last decade by vetting them on small jobs first, and now they handle my rural upgrades without me lifting a finger.

try posting on the local Facebook groups for subs, i found a solid guy in rural ohio that way who always brings his own fluke and sticks to schedule.

same shit here in rural spots, subs show up late or ghost and youre left holding the bag on deadlines. babysittin grown men aint what i signed up for either.

those damn rural subs are the WORST, ghosting mid-job and leaving you to explain to the inspector why the GFCIs ain't up to code 210.8.

screw subcontracting in rural spots, just train up your own crew with a couple young bucks who actually show up on time instead of chasing those flaky ghosts.

yeah, i had a sub ghost me on a panel upgrade in the middle of nowhere, left me scrambling with no 14/2 romex and the damn inspector breathing down my neck.

god, the subs around here ghosted me on a whole panel upgrade last month, left me hangin with the inspector breathin down my neck. had to scramble and finish it myself, which ate up two full days i didnt have. babysittin aint worth the hassle anymore, im done chasin flakes like that.

same shit here man, subcontracting electrical in rural spots is like herding cats half the time. i had a guy last month who swore he could handle a 200A service upgrade but showed up without his own conduit bender and tried to use pvc instead of emt like the plans called for. ended up borrowing my milwaukee kit just to get the bends right, and then he ghosts me two days in because 'truck broke down' or some bs. inspectors out here are no joke either, one wrong ground rod placement and theyre all over you. feels like im paying to train these clowns more than anything. you ever try lining up backups before even starting the job? tired of the whole chase too, its killing my schedule.

how do you even find subs out there in rural ohio, any decent facebook groups or somethin?

yeah, my last sub ghosted after i lent him my ridgid seesnake, said he needed it to 'find his motivation' and never came back lol.

yeah, had a sub vanish on me mid-panel upgrade last month, left me scrambling with the inspector breathing down my neck about code compliance... what a shitshow.

That's the dream, but good subs are unicorns. I've lost two contracts this year from flaky ones.