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Full Circle- Back to where I started (almost)
- Thread starter Crummy
- Start date
They moved it out but it should be back for the other 1/2.Still waiting on those pictures.....
Most I've seen working on the bridge lately is 3 guys, a guy with a clipboard, and a dog that wears a safety vest- I don't think they will be done by the end of next month like they said.
Nige
Senior Member
Wait until you see your credit card bill.....!!
Thanks. Temper my joy with the facts. It will be long gone before the bill gets here, just empty containers and crushed dreams.
skyking1
Senior Member
<------- has new case of brake clean in work truck, can relate to that.
I've caught a lot of grief over the years for how much cleaner I use & steam cleaning if it's bad before diving in "You afraid of getting your hands dirty? HaHaHa!". For me, watching a guy grab a few wrenches out of the truck and opening something closed/filtered that's covered with oil/grease/dirt makes me close my eyes real tight. Maybe it's just me.
skyking1
Senior Member
no it's not you. I cringe when I have to take a hydraulic line off the valve body on the 120. I hosed the crap out of it before I started for sure. Those single line repairs in the field are the worst. Nobody wants to take the time, and that little perfect piece of sand could ruin your week.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
For years before I would do any work I pressure wash {hot} engines. Transmissions, Rear drives. There is no need to work in a filthy compartment takes longer and job is half a$$.
John C.
Senior Member
When I was young and had to have a job, I jumped into anything just to get the machine up and running as quickly as possible. As I got older I got a little more picky. If something is available to clean with, I'll use it.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
As I got older-it will be done my G%#D$^M way or take some place else. Someone else's
hurry doesn't constitute one for me. No one is going to thank me for getting it done ASAP.
hurry doesn't constitute one for me. No one is going to thank me for getting it done ASAP.
DB2
Senior Member
My mechanics always tend to find other trouble spots while washing. Money well spent in my opinion.
Nige
Senior Member
”Please explain exactly why your lack of forward planning should constitute my emergency.”
skyking1
Senior Member
crummy it sounds like a good way to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
People-everyone gripes about the political correctness in todays world-I will only play it so far which is about a 1/4", When it comes to what I
do for a living then all political correctness goes out the door. I don't pour concrete, bake cakes, perform dental surgery, install roofing nor am
I a world traveler. I only work on Class Eight trucks that's what I do I'm not there to hold the customers or the bosses hand. It's attached to their
arm and their problem, they need to see a therapist if they need that.
do for a living then all political correctness goes out the door. I don't pour concrete, bake cakes, perform dental surgery, install roofing nor am
I a world traveler. I only work on Class Eight trucks that's what I do I'm not there to hold the customers or the bosses hand. It's attached to their
arm and their problem, they need to see a therapist if they need that.
John C.
Senior Member
Clean is nice but you only have two choices when you are twenty miles up the ClearWater Road north of the Quinalt reservation at 5:00PM on a Friday evening and have to have a machine fixed for Monday morning at 5:00AM. Fix it or don't expect to get paid. I usually had a good air compressor and maybe a solvent sprayer and did the best I could to not get dirties mixed into the clean stuff. Then again, that's what filters are for. I didn't often get to work in shops that had overhaul rooms with all the amenities of pressure washers, overhead cranes, dishwashers and precision machine tools. No one ever faulted me or cared about a little dirt on the machines that I got running for Monday at 5:00 AM.
skyking1
Senior Member
that's what my new case of brake clean is for I was getting low.
same with absorbent diapers.
I was getting low.same with absorbent diapers.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
It's why I don't work outside. And if I do the price goes up. But I won't so price stays the same.