Help exhaust guys!

Chuck, what about this pipe bender? What name/kind is it? A cheap pipe bender is an expensive pipe crusher. Good benders with all the dies, like a Blue Bullet, new are like $7000 ( http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_126121_126121?cm_mmc=Google-pla-_-Metal%20Fabrication-_-Pipe%20%2B%20Bar%20Fabrication-_-144210&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=144210&gclid=CJfLtMnRqLsCFQlgMgodPUcAZQ ) My neighbor Mike bought a used one for $2800 and has only used it a couple times in the last year. These are still pipe crushers/stretchers and not mandrel benders but is the style most exhaust shops use. Mandrel benders cost a little bit more. http://metal.baileighindustrial.com/mandrel-tube-bender-mb-350?gclid=CMOclarVqLsCFcVFMgodn0sAXA
I worked at a shop in Durango with a Blue Bullet for 6-7 years. We did maybe 2 or 3 exhaust jobs a month. There is just not a call for it here in the dry South West. **** just doesn't rot out. Most of the exhaust work we did was custom, non OE stuff. We did some OE replacement systems but most of that was on cars that came from the rust belt. It was nice to have around for our own hot rod projects, but usually we were tripping over it in the shop. When I first started bending exhaust I made mistakes. You can not un-bend pipe and try to save it, I've tried.. doesn't work! Now you have scrap that someone has to pay for. It took some time to get the hang of it and a bunch of scrap pipe in the process. It takes seat time. My boss was good about the F-ups. Learning curve. We also had a drive on, 4 post rack which is the only way to go for exhaust work. The suspension stays loaded so you know if it fits or hits and it's wide open under the middle of the car. $200 might not seem like a big investment and it might be a sweet bender but I would look long and hard at the whole picture. A shop/space to rent, a lift, pipe, clamps, hangers and muffler inventory, tools, welder and all the associated overhead, insurance and advertising. And of course the demographics for the area your in. Not a lot of hot-rodders in Cortez, and most won't be willing to pay what it costs for custom exhaust work. That's why you don't see any exhaust only shops around. They can't survive specializing in exhaust only. Maybe as a side to an established auto repair shop but not stand alone. Not trying to knock your idea, just sharing my thoughts and local experience with you Bro. I want you to succeed, not get in deeper!
Larry :D