blueturbofly
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wow work has picked up alot since the nice weather has arrived....more mowers, tillers, trimmers and what not....busy busy!
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blueturbofly
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gave the boss's kid one simple job....washing mower decks and blades....he gets one done , half an hour, he's soaking wet, then walks away....as i am waiting for him to finish washing a deck and blade for a lawn tractor that i am working on.....so i can sharpen the blade and re-attach the deck....
he walks out front and i hear him say to his daddy '' i need to dry off''
ok....
so i grab the wand, wash off the blade, then flip the deck over, and start washing that
he comes back out and says ''i was just going to do that, i'll do it''
i hate that..
my response was ''dont just walk away from a job when its not done, other people may be waiting for you to be finished , so they can finish their job''
all he said was ''oh''
to keep him out of my hair, yesterday i had him sharpening and balancing mower blades....and he outright ignored directions, i told him to pressure wash them FIRST, then SHARPEN and balance... ''i will wash them after i sharpen & balance them''
um
doesnt work like that bud. i will make him wash the blades he sharpened, then they will have to be re- balanced.... :laugh:
and him using the grinder to sharpen blades? WOW.... no matter how many times i told him how to hold the angle grinder, he kept doing it wrong...
and so many damn questions...
he walks out front and i hear him say to his daddy '' i need to dry off''
ok....
so i grab the wand, wash off the blade, then flip the deck over, and start washing that
he comes back out and says ''i was just going to do that, i'll do it''
i hate that..
my response was ''dont just walk away from a job when its not done, other people may be waiting for you to be finished , so they can finish their job''
all he said was ''oh''
to keep him out of my hair, yesterday i had him sharpening and balancing mower blades....and he outright ignored directions, i told him to pressure wash them FIRST, then SHARPEN and balance... ''i will wash them after i sharpen & balance them''
um
doesnt work like that bud. i will make him wash the blades he sharpened, then they will have to be re- balanced.... :laugh:
and him using the grinder to sharpen blades? WOW.... no matter how many times i told him how to hold the angle grinder, he kept doing it wrong...
and so many damn questions...
blueturbofly
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told the bosses kid to soak the mower blades, to soften the hardened grass on them, then they could be washed at the same time...he asked '' how do you do that?" monday
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then told him not to let the blades soak in the water bucket overnight or longer , they will rust and be harder to clean/ sharpen / balance
''but you told me to let them soak''
he does not listen to instructions very well. its called multi-tasking.
1) put dirty blades in bucket of water
2) flip end for end in 20 minutes or so
3)while waiting for blades to soak, do something else...sweep the shop, clean the sharpening area, set up the pressure washer, etc
4) proceed to wash blade, get as clean as possible, then sharpen and balance blade- the cleaner the wash, the better the balance...
5) ''why?" how do i do that? why does it do that? :-/ :-/
but daddy owns the business, and he is doing this for extra school credits, so he is ...well...clueless, careless, and not smart...no common sense
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then told him not to let the blades soak in the water bucket overnight or longer , they will rust and be harder to clean/ sharpen / balance
''but you told me to let them soak''
he does not listen to instructions very well. its called multi-tasking.
1) put dirty blades in bucket of water
2) flip end for end in 20 minutes or so
3)while waiting for blades to soak, do something else...sweep the shop, clean the sharpening area, set up the pressure washer, etc
4) proceed to wash blade, get as clean as possible, then sharpen and balance blade- the cleaner the wash, the better the balance...
5) ''why?" how do i do that? why does it do that? :-/ :-/
but daddy owns the business, and he is doing this for extra school credits, so he is ...well...clueless, careless, and not smart...no common sense
blueturbofly
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its getting busy....stuff rolling in almost every hour....and complaints about our competition....
i know the guy at the other place, but he does contract repairs for home hardware...so he works when he wants...doesnt work mondays or fridays, and takes 2 hour lunch breaks.....or whatever other day he wants off. been hearing lots of problems with his work from his previous customers...
my boss said i should try to out-do him , to make him look bad. i told him i already do, i work 8 or 9 hours a day, 5 days a week.... :laughing:
i know the guy at the other place, but he does contract repairs for home hardware...so he works when he wants...doesnt work mondays or fridays, and takes 2 hour lunch breaks.....or whatever other day he wants off. been hearing lots of problems with his work from his previous customers...
my boss said i should try to out-do him , to make him look bad. i told him i already do, i work 8 or 9 hours a day, 5 days a week.... :laughing:
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blueturbofly said:
I'd tell the boss, that's what he needs to do.
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bosses kid is done his '' work experience'' next month. nice.
the other boss told him his kid is just not picking up what i am teaching him....
i am not a teacher...it is a business, not a school.
i dont have time to follow after your kid, to make sure he is doing the job properly, then more than likely making more work for me, by having to re-do his work properly.
he cant even use a pressure washer properly.
he cant hold an angle grinder, as i showed him, numerous times
he is scared of the 1/2 air impact...
his daddy wont even work at the shop till 5 pm...he leaves at 3:30, or 4 pm, and tells his kid to go home as well...thats only after an hour of his kid being there.
you dont get much done in an hour, by the time the kid has a ''snack'' that daddy got him from mcdonalds ( everyday) and gets his coveralls on, thats almost half an hour...
the other boss told him his kid is just not picking up what i am teaching him....
i am not a teacher...it is a business, not a school.
i dont have time to follow after your kid, to make sure he is doing the job properly, then more than likely making more work for me, by having to re-do his work properly.
he cant even use a pressure washer properly.
he cant hold an angle grinder, as i showed him, numerous times
he is scared of the 1/2 air impact...
his daddy wont even work at the shop till 5 pm...he leaves at 3:30, or 4 pm, and tells his kid to go home as well...thats only after an hour of his kid being there.
you dont get much done in an hour, by the time the kid has a ''snack'' that daddy got him from mcdonalds ( everyday) and gets his coveralls on, thats almost half an hour...
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blueturbofly said:
Sounds like he's learning to be a boss. Alright that was a little harsh. Some bosses actually work.
blueturbofly
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of the two owners i work for, the one knows a little, but suffers from ms really bad, so he is hit and miss on what days, and how long he is there the days he is feeling ok...
the other owner is a bull moose in a china shop...and really clueless as to what makes ANYTHING tick. but its a job, i enjoy it for the most part.
but i hate working on suitcase generators.
example: one generator, from fairmont hot springs, under warranty... BUT somebody has already been inside it; wrong/dirty bolts on coil .marks on all the nuts/ bolts showing me that it has been apart....yet we are the warranty dealer, it has NEVER been to our shop for warranty work....i could be a real asshole and DENY any warranty work, due to the unit being ''tampered'' with...
did a full tune-up on a lawnmower, that the '' competition'' did a tune up on..what a joke. carb was still plugged, dirty sharpened unbalance blade, dirty mower and deck, missing carb gaskets, dirty black engine oil.... but it did have a new air filter!
it ran awesome when i was done with it. lady was really happy, put bad words out on facecrack about our competition, and good words about us.
its not that i was trying to make them look bad, but hey, do the job right the first time.
the other owner is a bull moose in a china shop...and really clueless as to what makes ANYTHING tick. but its a job, i enjoy it for the most part.
but i hate working on suitcase generators.
example: one generator, from fairmont hot springs, under warranty... BUT somebody has already been inside it; wrong/dirty bolts on coil .marks on all the nuts/ bolts showing me that it has been apart....yet we are the warranty dealer, it has NEVER been to our shop for warranty work....i could be a real asshole and DENY any warranty work, due to the unit being ''tampered'' with...
did a full tune-up on a lawnmower, that the '' competition'' did a tune up on..what a joke. carb was still plugged, dirty sharpened unbalance blade, dirty mower and deck, missing carb gaskets, dirty black engine oil.... but it did have a new air filter!
it ran awesome when i was done with it. lady was really happy, put bad words out on facecrack about our competition, and good words about us.
its not that i was trying to make them look bad, but hey, do the job right the first time.
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so i tried giving the kid a simple task... ''i need this blade washed, sharpened, and balanced, its for the mower i am working on"
that took him almost 40 minutes :-o
i had to finish the tune-up anyways, so i figured he could wash/ sharpen / balance the blade for me, save me a little time....NOPE
i wound up waiting almost 20 minutes for the blade...he kept trying to balance it, i was watching closely, the blade was good, but he kept trying to put a sharper edge on it....i asked him if he was done yet, he said no, then i responded with ''you are holding up production''
oh, you are waiting for the blade? YES....finally i saw it was good, i grabbed it off the balancer and installed it.
in the time wasted , by having him help, i could have had another tune- up almost done.
plus i showed him AGAIN how to re-sharpen blades. how to follow the oem profile. how to grind 90* to the face of the cutting edge, to remove damage, or humps....
i have told both of my boss that his kid just isnt getting it....
the shop is getting full, lots to do...
worked on a poulan chainsaw yesterday...busted a knuckle trying to start it...it looked really pretty n clean, so i didnt pull the muffler like i usually do...
and it did run, i ran it full bore, to clear it out,it was smoking ALOT for a chainsaw, alot.... :-o
it seemed to run fine, i shut it off, went for a re-start, and nothing....puking fuel out the muffler....install carb kit....still puking fuel, not as much....still wont start or cough...pull muffler, one nice score mark on the exhaust port side... i waasted time, but not doing my usual on any two-stoke...PULL THE MUFFLER AND CHECK FOR SCORING FIRST.....thats my fault.
but then again, poulan chainsaws are garbage. there are 12 of them on the back shelf for parts...all have bad piston/ cylinder scoring.
poulan is the dollar store chainsaw.
go buy a stihl, or husqvarna...
husqvarna bought out poulan....
that took him almost 40 minutes :-o
i had to finish the tune-up anyways, so i figured he could wash/ sharpen / balance the blade for me, save me a little time....NOPE
i wound up waiting almost 20 minutes for the blade...he kept trying to balance it, i was watching closely, the blade was good, but he kept trying to put a sharper edge on it....i asked him if he was done yet, he said no, then i responded with ''you are holding up production''
oh, you are waiting for the blade? YES....finally i saw it was good, i grabbed it off the balancer and installed it.
in the time wasted , by having him help, i could have had another tune- up almost done.
plus i showed him AGAIN how to re-sharpen blades. how to follow the oem profile. how to grind 90* to the face of the cutting edge, to remove damage, or humps....
i have told both of my boss that his kid just isnt getting it....
the shop is getting full, lots to do...
worked on a poulan chainsaw yesterday...busted a knuckle trying to start it...it looked really pretty n clean, so i didnt pull the muffler like i usually do...
and it did run, i ran it full bore, to clear it out,it was smoking ALOT for a chainsaw, alot.... :-o
it seemed to run fine, i shut it off, went for a re-start, and nothing....puking fuel out the muffler....install carb kit....still puking fuel, not as much....still wont start or cough...pull muffler, one nice score mark on the exhaust port side...
i waasted time, but not doing my usual on any two-stoke...PULL THE MUFFLER AND CHECK FOR SCORING FIRST.....thats my fault.but then again, poulan chainsaws are garbage. there are 12 of them on the back shelf for parts...all have bad piston/ cylinder scoring.
poulan is the dollar store chainsaw.
go buy a stihl, or husqvarna...
husqvarna bought out poulan....
blueturbofly
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guy brings in a suitcase generator. pissed off that its not running/ making power....this shop worked on it last (not me) i look at the old invoice....its from 2016... :-o '' you guys worked on it last, and now it doesnt run''
ummm that was 5 years ago.....we only have a 30 day warranty on parts and labor... :laugh:
you just cant please everybody...
some guy brought his mower in for warranty....''smoked badly, then seized up'' '' only 14 or 16 hours on it''
oil is good. mower started easily first pull, and every pull after that. even let it run outside for 30 minutes, shut it down, let it heat-soak, and it still re-started fine. noted that blade was really worn out....chewed up from hitting rocks, and more than 14 hours on it....or they cut grass in a gravel pit...
did another tune-up, that the local honda powersports shop had done....terrible. the owner of the lawn mower complained to them, and their response was ''if you dont like our service, go somewhere else''
so he did! they claimed on his invoice it got a full tune-up....the mower was filthy dirty, poorly sharpened mower blades....
ummm that was 5 years ago.....we only have a 30 day warranty on parts and labor... :laugh:
you just cant please everybody...
some guy brought his mower in for warranty....''smoked badly, then seized up'' '' only 14 or 16 hours on it''
oil is good. mower started easily first pull, and every pull after that. even let it run outside for 30 minutes, shut it down, let it heat-soak, and it still re-started fine. noted that blade was really worn out....chewed up from hitting rocks, and more than 14 hours on it....or they cut grass in a gravel pit...
did another tune-up, that the local honda powersports shop had done....terrible. the owner of the lawn mower complained to them, and their response was ''if you dont like our service, go somewhere else''
so he did! they claimed on his invoice it got a full tune-up....the mower was filthy
dirty, poorly sharpened mower blades....
blueturbofly
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three chainsaws today....an ancient craftsman, bad cyl/ piston, parts nla....''why cant you fix it?" um....its too old. NO PARTS AVAILIABLE!
the other two, ''dollar store poulan'' garbage...one runs, the other, bad piston/cylinder. the one poulan is really old, made in mexico, still works. the other poulan, fairly new, made in china, is junk....hmmm
more mowers from the competition, that are not running properly. hmmm
and the boss let the other bosses kid go. straight up told him it wasnt working out, that this job is not for you...
the other two, ''dollar store poulan'' garbage...one runs, the other, bad piston/cylinder. the one poulan is really old, made in mexico, still works. the other poulan, fairly new, made in china, is junk....hmmm
more mowers from the competition, that are not running properly. hmmm
and the boss let the other bosses kid go. straight up told him it wasnt working out, that this job is not for you...
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so i am at two days behind on the invoices...those damn poulan chainsaws really put me behind....then yesterday, a no-name chinese suitcase generator... had to strip ALL the plastic, handles, power panel, fuel tank just to try and get the carb off....only to go thru a hole in the air cleaner to get the carb nuts off...but you could only get a finger in the hole to remove/ start the nut on the carb bolts, had a magnet under my finger in case i dropped a nut, or the spacer plate, deeper into the intake.... :x
rotten fuel line, decided to give out, gas all over the place....tank was removed, and then drained...old sour gas
all in all, almost 4 hours to get it done....no parts left over, runs good...but damn what a job...
but on a honda suitcase generators, side panel off, carb bolts are right there, easy peasy, japanesey designed for maintenance.... ;-)
chinese stuff? not so much. 10 pounds of crap in a 5 pound bag
had to strip ALL the plastic, handles, power panel, fuel tank just to try and get the carb off....only to go thru a hole in the air cleaner to get the carb nuts off...but you could only get a finger in the hole to remove/ start the nut on the carb bolts, had a magnet under my finger in case i dropped a nut, or the spacer plate, deeper into the intake.... :x rotten fuel line, decided to give out, gas all over the place....tank was removed, and then drained...old sour gas
all in all, almost 4 hours to get it done....no parts left over, runs good...but damn what a job...
but on a honda suitcase generators, side panel off, carb bolts are right there, easy peasy, japanesey designed for maintenance.... ;-)
chinese stuff? not so much. 10 pounds of crap in a 5 pound bag
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so, finally got warranty on one of those hyundai suitcase generators....they sent us a new generator, in place of the old one....a REFURBISHED generator, NOT new.... :disappointed_relieved:
so i prepped it, add oil & gas, hook up battery...it actually starts ! and it only has 118 hours on it !! :-o
thats one company i wont deal with, be it generators, or vehicles :grimacing:
i was on a roll yesterday, did 6 mowers, generator, chainsaw, 4 weed whippers, and a recoil....
it helps that i had nobody bug me, and i dont have to babysit anymore!
the bosses kid had no brakes on his truck....damaged brake line at the rear diff, and brackets....kid was out playing in the mud and must have hit something
apparently, $900 fix, and 2 week wait for the bracket....?
the dealerships always see a sucker come thru the door...
so i prepped it, add oil & gas, hook up battery...it actually starts ! and it only has 118 hours on it !! :-o
thats one company i wont deal with, be it generators, or vehicles :grimacing:
i was on a roll yesterday, did 6 mowers, generator, chainsaw, 4 weed whippers, and a recoil....
it helps that i had nobody bug me, and i dont have to babysit anymore!
the bosses kid had no brakes on his truck....damaged brake line at the rear diff, and brackets....kid was out playing in the mud and must have hit something
apparently, $900 fix, and 2 week wait for the bracket....?
the dealerships always see a sucker come thru the door...
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boss dumped ANOTHER $1900 + into his kids truck.... :-o
apparently, the cat convertor was clogged, setting a check engine / o2 code, along with the rear brake hard line repair....
so, its almost a $10,000 truck....a rusty, high km chevy sonoma...and then he told his kid, if you dont like it at the end of the year, i will buy you something else, and use this sonoma , for work, delivering lawnmowers..... :x
busy busy, the summer equipment is rolling in- mowers, tillers, blowers, weed wackers, chainsaws....i did a OLD mastercraft (canadian tire, for you guys outside of canada ;-) ) 2-stroke lawnmower yesterday....really neat...even had its own oil/gas mix cup built into the air cleaner housing...after a good carb soak n clean, fuel tank flush, new spark plug, and clean air filters (x4 of them !) , a little excitement spray and it sputtered to life, then into a nice high idle that only a two-stroke has... ;-)
let it run for about 10 minutes, to clear out and lube the cylinder...and it was running better and better the longer it ran...one pull restarts easily...
such easy operating yet people have abandoned that stuff, in lieu of new fancy garbage....
it even had LEFT HAND THREAD for the carb bowl bolt....there even was a sticker on the bowl warning you about that...
must be at least 40 years old, if not more....
there are still a few of the old 2-stroke off-set wheel lawnboys that come in...one on my bench right now....
if it aint broke, why replace it ? ;-)
apparently, the cat convertor was clogged, setting a check engine / o2 code, along with the rear brake hard line repair....
so, its almost a $10,000 truck....a rusty, high km chevy sonoma...and then he told his kid, if you dont like it at the end of the year, i will buy you something else, and use this sonoma , for work, delivering lawnmowers..... :x
busy busy, the summer equipment is rolling in- mowers, tillers, blowers, weed wackers, chainsaws....i did a OLD mastercraft (canadian tire, for you guys outside of canada ;-) ) 2-stroke lawnmower yesterday....really neat...even had its own oil/gas mix cup built into the air cleaner housing...after a good carb soak n clean, fuel tank flush, new spark plug, and clean air filters (x4 of them !) , a little excitement spray and it sputtered to life, then into a nice high idle that only a two-stroke has... ;-)
let it run for about 10 minutes, to clear out and lube the cylinder...and it was running better and better the longer it ran...one pull restarts easily...
such easy operating yet people have abandoned that stuff, in lieu of new fancy garbage....
it even had LEFT HAND THREAD for the carb bowl bolt....there even was a sticker on the bowl warning you about that...
must be at least 40 years old, if not more....
there are still a few of the old 2-stroke off-set wheel lawnboys that come in...one on my bench right now....
if it aint broke, why replace it ? ;-)
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so, a lady brings in lawn mower, tune-up special, check blade, and she bought a new one from somewhere else...
but where she bought the brand new blade from, they sharpened it....??? why? its a new blade, and they butchered it with a bench grinder, and it was way out of balance....
so i removed the blade that was on the mower, a ''universal fit '' blade, to install the now proper fit/ properly sharpened and balanced blade...and the blade on the mower was just as bad, terrible sharpen job, out of balance, and center hub was stripped...
so, i mark out the defects on the blade that WAS installed on her mower... i circled the damaged / stripped hub, and also wrote 'terrible job'' with arrows pointing towards the inferior sharpen job.. large hot spots ( burnt blue steel) and there were still chunks missing out of the blade after it was sharpened ! embarrassing for whoever did it !
i didnt know, that she was going to take the blade back to where it was sharpened, and chew the gut out...but she did :-o
I had no idea which shop did the blade, all i said was that it was a poor job...
then later in the day, our parts guy gets a phone call from the competition (home hardware)....chewing him out for our shop claiming that his work was bad, and that ''IF IT EVER HAPPENS AGAIN , I WONT SELL YOU ANY MORE PARTS'' :laugh: ( i know the guy, he is an ignorant ass)
hey, take some pride in your work. do it right the first time. i have repaired 6 mowers in the last two weeks, that people paid you / home hardware to fix/ tune up, and they still dont run properly...one lady was billed for parts that were never installed, when she confronted him about it, he said to her '' not my problem''
what kind of circus is he running out there? maybe he tired of 20 + years and should move on...
home hardware sells toro and stihl....we do have other vendors in town to get those parts from.... ;-)
and why support the competition? i told the boss that weeks ago...
this guy is contract to home hardware, makes his own hours and what days he works....when i dealt with him, at my old job, it was really annoying
cuz he was either '' not in today'' or ''on lunch'' from 11 am too 2 pm :-/
''if you are going to critique me, you had at least be as good as or better than me''
his work is garbage. his customers have proven that. obvious i hit a nerve with him.
let the mechanic wars begin! :laugh: :laugh:
but where she bought the brand new blade from, they sharpened it....??? why? its a new blade, and they butchered it with a bench grinder, and it was way out of balance....
so i removed the blade that was on the mower, a ''universal fit '' blade, to install the now proper fit/ properly sharpened and balanced blade...and the blade on the mower was just as bad, terrible sharpen job, out of balance, and center hub was stripped...
so, i mark out the defects on the blade that WAS installed on her mower... i circled the damaged / stripped hub, and also wrote 'terrible job'' with arrows pointing towards the inferior sharpen job.. large hot spots ( burnt blue steel) and there were still chunks missing out of the blade after it was sharpened ! embarrassing for whoever did it !
i didnt know, that she was going to take the blade back to where it was sharpened, and chew the gut out...but she did :-o
I had no idea which shop did the blade, all i said was that it was a poor job...
then later in the day, our parts guy gets a phone call from the competition (home hardware)....chewing him out for our shop claiming that his work was bad, and that ''IF IT EVER HAPPENS AGAIN , I WONT SELL YOU ANY MORE PARTS'' :laugh: ( i know the guy, he is an ignorant ass)
hey, take some pride in your work. do it right the first time. i have repaired 6 mowers in the last two weeks, that people paid you / home hardware to fix/ tune up, and they still dont run properly...one lady was billed for parts that were never installed, when she confronted him about it, he said to her '' not my problem''
what kind of circus is he running out there? maybe he tired of 20 + years and should move on...
home hardware sells toro and stihl....we do have other vendors in town to get those parts from.... ;-)
and why support the competition? i told the boss that weeks ago...
this guy is contract to home hardware, makes his own hours and what days he works....when i dealt with him, at my old job, it was really annoying
cuz he was either '' not in today'' or ''on lunch'' from 11 am too 2 pm :-/
''if you are going to critique me, you had at least be as good as or better than me''
his work is garbage. his customers have proven that. obvious i hit a nerve with him.
let the mechanic wars begin! :laugh: :laugh:
blueturbofly
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oh, and universal mower blades, as well as thatcher blades, ARE THE WORST THING YOU CAN INSTALL ON YOUR MOWER. most likely will damage the engine. seen it many times. like i tell customers-'' its a universal blade, might fit , probably wont '' :laugh:
the shop i work at DOES NOT sell universal blades- only direct fit oem equipment.
a oem blade is only $4 more than the ''universal'' blade....geez people
the shop i work at DOES NOT sell universal blades- only direct fit oem equipment.
a oem blade is only $4 more than the ''universal'' blade....geez people
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geez ya ever have a day that kicks you in the a$$ :beaten:
only got one item done ....a cable on a roto-tiller....other than that it was crappy plugged carbs and inverter generators (3x) with bad boards $$$$$ and snowblowers waiting for parts and then needing more parts for stuff, that had parts come in, but the parts guy ''said'' it didnt need the other part that was no good....mondays
felt like i was getting nowhere....
only got one item done ....a cable on a roto-tiller....other than that it was crappy plugged carbs and inverter generators (3x) with bad boards $$$$$ and snowblowers waiting for parts and then needing more parts for stuff, that had parts come in, but the parts guy ''said'' it didnt need the other part that was no good....mondays
felt like i was getting nowhere....
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now the boss wants to get rid of the truck he bought for his kid, (after dumping almost $10,000 into it ) and buy him a $2000 ford ranger
he says the sonoma is a lemon, that there is too much wrong with it....um, it was a cheap truck to begin with, and you dumped a bunch of money into it. your kids first vehicle SHOULD be a cheap vehicle, reliable enough to drive, but not out of pocket when the kid wrecks it...
work is busy, stuff rolling in and rolling out. the fun stuff is when customers bring in their half taken apart stuff, and get me to fix it and put back together... :x some of it is a guessing game as to what goes where..40 + year old rototiller in pieces, ''but dont spend more than $40 "
some are stupid easy ( carb linkage on backwards)
large jd lawntractor, has dead short in wiring....customer took some of it apart...trace out wiring, hear a noise at the back... farmer had disconnected the seat safety switch, stripped the wires with his knife , twisted them together , and shoved them back under the seat....where they would intermittently rub against the seat rail and pop the master fuse....
so, that was fixed properly, along with the relay sockets/ wiring that he had damaged, trying to ''diagnose'' himself....
he still got billed 1.5 hours + supplies....
farmer fixes have to be some of the worst....
he says the sonoma is a lemon, that there is too much wrong with it....um, it was a cheap truck to begin with, and you dumped a bunch of money into it. your kids first vehicle SHOULD be a cheap vehicle, reliable enough to drive, but not out of pocket when the kid wrecks it...
work is busy, stuff rolling in and rolling out. the fun stuff is when customers bring in their half taken apart stuff, and get me to fix it and put back together... :x some of it is a guessing game as to what goes where..40 + year old rototiller in pieces, ''but dont spend more than $40 "
some are stupid easy ( carb linkage on backwards)
large jd lawntractor, has dead short in wiring....customer took some of it apart...trace out wiring, hear a noise at the back... farmer had disconnected the seat safety switch, stripped the wires with his knife , twisted them together , and shoved them back under the seat....where they would intermittently rub against the seat rail and pop the master fuse....
so, that was fixed properly, along with the relay sockets/ wiring that he had damaged, trying to ''diagnose'' himself....
he still got billed 1.5 hours + supplies....
farmer fixes have to be some of the worst....
blueturbofly
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geez, the boss saw two chainsaws at the auction coming up, he was all hot and bothered to bid on them....he told me he could buy them and then fix them up and sell them " cuz people are always calling me looking for used chainsaws''
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you dont buy crap like that from an auction....there is a reason why they are there...then he tells me that one is missing a cover, and the other is a POULAN piece of dollar store garbage....
he then got the parts guy to look up a cover for said chainsaw...cover NLA...then he calls the husqvarna dealer asking about a cover, same response...''they havent made that chainsaw in 10 + years, part is NLA...'' :laugh:
they are trying to make money, but going about it the wrong way...
they had a person come in with 2 mowers, they wanted to trade one mower for a tune up special on the other one....if it were me, i would have made some sort of deal...but they outright said no, told the person they would take his mower PLUS the cost of the tune up special....um thats no deal....
so the person made a deal with the competition, to trade his two mowers in on a new one....so we lost a potential customer, over the boss being greedy... :-/
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you dont buy crap like that from an auction....there is a reason why they are there...then he tells me that one is missing a cover, and the other is a POULAN piece of dollar store garbage....
he then got the parts guy to look up a cover for said chainsaw...cover NLA...then he calls the husqvarna dealer asking about a cover, same response...''they havent made that chainsaw in 10 + years, part is NLA...'' :laugh:
they are trying to make money, but going about it the wrong way...
they had a person come in with 2 mowers, they wanted to trade one mower for a tune up special on the other one....if it were me, i would have made some sort of deal...but they outright said no, told the person they would take his mower PLUS the cost of the tune up special....um thats no deal....
so the person made a deal with the competition, to trade his two mowers in on a new one....so we lost a potential customer, over the boss being greedy... :-/
blueturbofly
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had a fellow get a crank bolt on thursday....stretched and snapped one off...ok, it happens....
then he comes back, for another bolt...stretched and snapped off the one we gave him, but this time it was stuck in the crank....so he dropped the mower off late thursday....he was trying to install a thatching blade on his mower...
got the broken bolt out of the crank rather easily ( left hand drill bits for the win !) but i REFUSED to install his blade....
the ''universal'' thatching blade mounting holes does not match his crank adapter in in any way , shape or form...so he would remove his six-star hole mowing blade, install the single hole ''universal'' thatching blade on top of the six star crank adapter, tighten it down, stretch and snap the fine thread bolt...they were stretched so bad, they looked like coarse thread bolts....
of course the blade wouldnt stay tight, it would just free spin, no key-ways for the blade to lock into...
we told him 4 different times that they do not make the blade you want, to fit your hub...
but he bought the ''universal'' thatching blade from our competition, and he said it would fit...the old man even went back there after we told him and showed him it would not fit....
the universal blade comes with arbor adapters, but even the blade itself doesnt have the proper ''six star'' hub....just a square 4 star hole, no-where even close to a six star...
so the old man comes back from the competition, tells us that the blade will fit, ''just remove the arbor adapter''....um why didnt the competition do that? oh, right, cuz it still wont fit his adapter, with the arbor removed....
the adapter on the mower also has a pulley on it, to operate the self-propelled front wheel drive....
so the parts guy knocked out the arbor adapter, and gave the ''universal'' thatching blade back to the old guy....he will most likely be back for another bolt on monday, or end up having a bent crank-shaft/ bad bearings from a improperly mounted blade....
or have the blade come off and chop off his foot, or injure a bystander..
and another mower came in from the same competition...guy spent almost $200 for a tune- up, and it still doesnt run properly, and the competition wont take responsibility for it.... :-o
what kind of clown show is he running out there :-o
then he comes back, for another bolt...stretched and snapped off the one we gave him, but this time it was stuck in the crank....so he dropped the mower off late thursday....he was trying to install a thatching blade on his mower...
got the broken bolt out of the crank rather easily ( left hand drill bits for the win !) but i REFUSED to install his blade....
the ''universal'' thatching blade mounting holes does not match his crank adapter in in any way , shape or form...so he would remove his six-star hole mowing blade, install the single hole ''universal'' thatching blade on top of the six star crank adapter, tighten it down, stretch and snap the fine thread bolt...they were stretched so bad, they looked like coarse thread bolts....
of course the blade wouldnt stay tight, it would just free spin, no key-ways for the blade to lock into...
we told him 4 different times that they do not make the blade you want, to fit your hub...
but he bought the ''universal'' thatching blade from our competition, and he said it would fit...the old man even went back there after we told him and showed him it would not fit....
the universal blade comes with arbor adapters, but even the blade itself doesnt have the proper ''six star'' hub....just a square 4 star hole, no-where even close to a six star...
so the old man comes back from the competition, tells us that the blade will fit, ''just remove the arbor adapter''....um why didnt the competition do that? oh, right, cuz it still wont fit his adapter, with the arbor removed....
the adapter on the mower also has a pulley on it, to operate the self-propelled front wheel drive....
so the parts guy knocked out the arbor adapter, and gave the ''universal'' thatching blade back to the old guy....he will most likely be back for another bolt on monday, or end up having a bent crank-shaft/ bad bearings from a improperly mounted blade....
or have the blade come off and chop off his foot, or injure a bystander..
and another mower came in from the same competition...guy spent almost $200 for a tune- up, and it still doesnt run properly, and the competition wont take responsibility for it.... :-o
what kind of clown show is he running out there :-o