Anybody else do this? Where?

I assume you mean driving the Amish around? Amish kid use to trap with us so I've driven quite a few around but there are people near the Amish that do it as a job; some specialize in driving for things like routine shopping trips into city, others haul them long distances between the various communities in Michigan and Indiana, others haul Amish businesses like builders to job sites or to do inspections/quotes, etc

Yes I do it mostly locally up to about 100 miles. Shopping, auctions, fishing,doctor appointments etc. A lot of different and interesting things. Probably go to the smoke shop a few times a week.

Had a friend that had a van and he ran them all over from here to the northeast. He said weddings and funerals was the big thing. He always enjoyed the meals when they got to their destinations. He told about one time there was 150 people all stayed at a house in hot weather. He stayed in the van.

One time he took a bunch out west on vacation. That was at some big National Forest where they had up signs not to walk on the trails so as to not damage whatever the elk were feeding on. They did so anyway and my buddy was supposed to meet them on the other side of the mountain. But a Park Ranger met them first, it cost 8 of them like a $150 a piece. One pregnant girl stayed in the van with my buddy and didn't get fined, lol.

Yeah once or twice a month I give an Amish family a ride to and from doctors appt. We trade for labor.

I usually get paid but they also buy lunch a lot. Free eggs and donuts once in a while. Eggs are only $2 a dozen up here.

Around here they call them Yoder toters. I know one lady who had a job hauling an Amish logging crew and their horses to the jobsite daily. She hauled them out there and read her books all day while they worked then drove them back home. She did it for years, but I don't think she does anymore.

Wow!
Do they pay well and what is the price of doing that job.

No Amish in this area.

I guess pine trees can't support a family.

Full time job for many around here. They usually end up buying large vans. One way to keep the government out of your pocket. Amish pay cash

Pay well enough for a retirement job. Not as well here as in Ohio or Indiana. If it's an auction or funeral or anything that lasts for a few hours or more I bring my fishing pole.

I will not drive them to the store to shop, but regularly take them on 100 or mile trips. have taken some on 1 to 2 week trips.

I have 2 friends that drove for the Amish when they were younger, twenty plus years ago. They made good money, but found it very boring and a little frustrating. From some other people I've talked to, I think it currently pays $80.00 plus an hour, for a full van full, to drive the Amish around, minus expenses, such as fuel and vehicle maintenance. This is in Hepburn, Ohio and the surrounding area.

Some drivers take them pretty frequently to Amish colonies in other states.

Keith

It's popular around here.

I got a brother-in-law that quit a high school teaching job to drive them full time. He gets paid 1 dollar a mile. Plus room if over nights. He spent 2 weeks last October on an elk hunt with 4 Amish men in Utah. 7800 bucks plus he stayed in the hunting lodge. His wife drives some now. Oldest boy finished high school on line so he could drive full time