Hey there, a little background. My Family and I own a Swimming Pool Business in Georgia. We currently have a Takeuchi TL8 with around 600 hours and a new (100 hr or less) TB260 mini x we just purchased and will be adding another TL10 soon. We have around 5 or 6 construction employees that all rotate time between the machines.
The TL8 has been down about 3 weeks in the shop and diagnosis is someone might of put gas in it on accident. But also said the everyday maintenance has not been acceptable. Basically its about a 9k $ screw up. Its not big deal to them because they aren't the ones having to pay to fix it. Very similar mindset as the people who rent machines. Being that I'm on the road majority of the time between jobs, I'm personally only around the equipment very briefly throughout the day.
I am going to have a little come to Jesus meeting with all of my guys that operate the machinery Monday morning, and i'm wanting to put together a Checklist of what needs to be checked on a daily/weekly/monthly basis that the operator needs to sign off on before cranking the machine everyday.
I am looking for some advice on how other businesses owners insure their machines are being taken care of when they are not present. I am also looking for a reference sheet of the Grease Fitting Locations on the machines so I can put in the packet I'm making so everyone knows where all the fittings are located. I hope its something they all know, however I have little faith in all of my guys at this point.
Any and All info is greatly Appreciated!
Zack
The TL8 has been down about 3 weeks in the shop and diagnosis is someone might of put gas in it on accident. But also said the everyday maintenance has not been acceptable. Basically its about a 9k $ screw up. Its not big deal to them because they aren't the ones having to pay to fix it. Very similar mindset as the people who rent machines. Being that I'm on the road majority of the time between jobs, I'm personally only around the equipment very briefly throughout the day.
I am going to have a little come to Jesus meeting with all of my guys that operate the machinery Monday morning, and i'm wanting to put together a Checklist of what needs to be checked on a daily/weekly/monthly basis that the operator needs to sign off on before cranking the machine everyday.
I am looking for some advice on how other businesses owners insure their machines are being taken care of when they are not present. I am also looking for a reference sheet of the Grease Fitting Locations on the machines so I can put in the packet I'm making so everyone knows where all the fittings are located. I hope its something they all know, however I have little faith in all of my guys at this point.
Any and All info is greatly Appreciated!
Zack