work on my personal vehicles halted.... Now it may be till next weekend. Its bad, I just want the trucks done.. But money talks

My day job is stupid busy and I have to travel again on friday to go paint a new crane

My side jobs are also pulling every which way.

 

I forgot to write this to yall. This is how my yesterday morning went. Oh, if it wasnt for my Foreman in a 15k front loader jammed against the flat tire wheels rim, the machine would have come off the trailer.
The driver of the truck was a lazy fat moron. Walked like the penguin in the origional batman movie. Took him 20 minutes to realize the issue

This morning was nice. Not only was unloading a 30k pound man loader off a trailer with a flat tire that was drifiting off the trailer while I was unloading it, the bolts out of the delivery drivers trailer came out of the forward most axle.... his response when he realized the thingy is not supposed to move in the pocket thingy was "imma unlode it n heed to Hooston" He never made it onto the main street, because the axle decided to say "nah **** that"������ They hire anyone for a CDL now a days god damn

 

I had a customer that called almost a month ago and wanted us to come out and work on his tractor. We went out the day after he called and fixed his tractor. He troubleshot it and bought a starter and other stuff but still could not get it to turn over. The new battery he bought was dead, we charged it up, got it starting and then checked the charging system to make sure there wasn't anything else going on. Most farmers come into the shop within the next day or two and pay the bill. Not this guy, I told him the amount, a little over 400 dollars, I'll mail you a check, he didn't.

He called yesterday and started in on you should give me a discount because I bought the starter and stuff from John Deere, what kinda customer service is that, I was thinking of buying a cab tractor and you are making the decision to buy a different brand easier.

I said sir, you called us and we went out and did what you asked, you troubleshot your tractor and you bought the parts, not our fault the battery you bought somewhere else was dead.
I so wanted to say I really don't care if you buy another brand tractor, just pay your dang bill. I took some off the bill and he paid it.

On a lighter note I finally pulled the Lightning off the parking pad and going to drive it for a few days!!

 

Some people want to feel important. Most Deere owners stay loyal. He confusing sales and service, thinks you have a pull in sales. That why I could not do what you do have lost the act of being nice at times.

 

I would say 99% of the time it's not that bad of a job, it's the 1% that makes it where I have to bite my tongue.

 

most of em are honest. I could not stand the mail you a check guys or the bicker about everything guys

 

Made progress on the 250 today, yesterday was spend time with Lexie. The flywheel clutch and bellhousing installed. Had to take the turbo up and crossover pipes off to get bellhousing in. They were a b@@h to get hooked back up. Ordered the master and slave cylinders. Look like the drive shaft is going to be the challenge.

 

YAY It's Friday!!
Glad to hear you have made some progress on the truck.
It was nice to drive the Lightning to work yesterday, driving her again today.
Picking up a customers tractor and then taking some stuff to the ballfield for tonight's game. It was non stop with customers coming in yesterday, it was nice and made the day go faster.

 

I am down to finding a driveshaft( the T 19 is 13 inches shorter than the EOD ), waiting master cylinder to get here before putting the pedals and column in. My neighbor nephew and his son came over to help get it in. I have the E40d and tilt column on FB.

Have fun at the game.

 

The game was fun, we got a limited edition bobble head with a John Deere and Ag-Pro label. Little man was more interested in the slide and bouncy house than the game. Went to work this morning and moved all the stuff from the ball field back to the shop. Now I get to go out and do some work at home.

 

I decided not to go junkyarding today instead made it a do nothing. I guess 3 days under the truck kicked my butt. THe guys on theIDI forum are great. 1 guy is sendning me the right ujoint. A guy in Douglasville may have a driveshaft

 

Fixed a flat tire on the mower and then mowed grass and then I spent 2 hours mowing the horse pasture. Then I cut down the last tree that was hanging over the driveway that would scrape the motorhome. Did a little grading over the pipe because it is settling and was very bumpy.

 

Busy as usual I see. The post office finally delivered my master and slave cylinder regular mail ran around 11 today for some reason did a second run for packages. Filled the tranny, put the floor pan in, cut the hole in the carpet, shifter in. master cylinder in , pedals are hung.

 

I did all that after I got back from work. I went in at 8 and moved the equipment from the ballpark back to the shop.
Going to install the digital thermostat in the motorhome this morning and then I need to thread tape a fuel line connection on the tractor, it keeps leaking all the fuel out of the tank.
Thinking of trading in the 49cc scooter and buying a Harley.

 

so much for no more toys