what to charge for welding and fabrication job

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My post was all in jest as you could tell. It's kinda a moot question anyway because since it's for a neighbor and the OP obviously isn't in the business then he should not be concerned about what he can 'charge' the neighbor but how can he 'help' the neighbor.

Yes I knew it was in jest, I thought what you posted was funny. I should have put some smiley's on ,but I figured you knew i was jesting too.

I figured the $18000 part was good, but i wouldn't include the shipping