You don't hire someone to do the easy 95% of the job. You hire someone because when you find something crazy in the hard 5%, they have the experience and skill to pull it off while making it look easy.
I'm not downplaying how much someone of average competence can pull off, but when the chips are down experience counts for a lot.
I say this having replaced 140' of rotted logs in our log home this summer. Some full length. We got it done, but there was some sketchy use of car jacks, bottle jacks and a comealong to finish the job. I am 100% certain a pro would've gotten the job done with far less stress and far safer setups.
You hire someone because their capital investments make it so that their labor can do something well cheaper and easier and faster than you can at all. This is the math behind concrete plants, tire alignment shops, and a whole host of other things.
I'm not downplaying how much someone of average competence can pull off, but when the chips are down experience counts for a lot.
I say this having replaced 140' of rotted logs in our log home this summer. Some full length. We got it done, but there was some sketchy use of car jacks, bottle jacks and a comealong to finish the job. I am 100% certain a pro would've gotten the job done with far less stress and far safer setups.