Shark, I'm sorry, I did not see where I said you could not make money at $100.00 / hr? I don't know how much you make, and it doesn't matter in what I said. You make money according to what your expenses are and how much you charge. You may or may not make money at that rate, if that is what your business needs to make a profit. We all could make examples on how to make money at any given price. All based on your companys needs.
MikeFP,
For a company to be profitable and stay afloat, you need to know your true cost. That would consist of your companys business plan, your companys cost to run your business and how much profit you wish to make.
I agree if I charged $100.00 / hr pressure washing had a rig and equipment paid for, which could get the job done, worked by myself and no payments, I would probably be OK? If I hired help, bought a new truck, a Bandit, etc. I would have to adjust my rates to be profitable. One thing may be that many folks are doing PWing part time, and have little invested. I'm sure there has been a poll asking how many people on this site are doing PWing part time. It would be interesting who relys on their income of PWing to survive? Maybe we could get a poll to see? If every penny we made was in our PWing business it would be more beneficial to us to keep track of how we are doing? Knowing our true cost. I hope this helps. Thank You.