Here is the situation I would really appriciate some serious thoughts on : I have been in buisiness for 11 years now, I climb very well and have 19 years of real tree workin under my belt . I have allways felt that buckets were for ?????s blah, blah, ( Im allmost 35 now ). Last winter I got a pinched nerve in my right shoulder, probably from sleeping on the couch wrong . So I strarted renting a buddy's bucket, long story short, I fell in love, after 10 years on spikes I could really see the benefit of these toys ( real stuff still needs climbing of course ). So I start renting his more and more mostly out of lazyness, shoulder is 90% back to normal and still can do a pretty mean footlock if need be. He was only charging me 200.00 per day so I felt bad and decided to buy my own sinse I wanted to do something for the biz and figured 1200 -1500 per month was better than paying some crackhead hack that per week as climber and really only needed more production. So I find a truck on the internet as this finance company says I'm pre approved and only need to find truck, seems perfect as they were the ones stalking me up to give $$ right ? Sorry this is so long but you need details. I know internet right ! - and I didnt even look at it in person, just looked @ big specs, new motor,clutch, pressure plate, boom inspected etc. So after much stress and coming up with down payment etc., truck arrives finally. Oh, its a rear mount LR3 on a way short C7500 4wheel - gas unfortunately but hey, I'm not rich. If you did'nt see it coming this is the part where the nightmare begins : components seem to be as I was told except totally hacked together and not near " ready to go to work" as I was told. first thing off upper boom line is backwards, then it comes with no temps like I was told it would,so they send one week of out of state " drive permits " , truck motor runs like sheet and burns yer eyes, blew hydro line on very rich costomers long a$$ freshly sealed driveway, all the way at the far end, so as to track fluid all the way out on my fold and bail . So there goes that weeks temps pretty much just changing lines and pressure washing - oh, I forgot there was the fact that I get to the job before and pump sounds funny - allmost no fluid in res. Anyway, so we get two more weeks more temps and are coming back from job, new clutch starts to slip on hills, we baby her to its next job cuz I gotta make some $$ right and the temps are running out tomoro- finish job clutch slips in low range coming out of field, baby it to next job practacly next door to shop, literally, boom flies great, good tree fold up back to shop, temps expire that day right, belt flies off power steering/brake pump. Limp this piece back to shop 10' away, hope she makes er ! Well the clutch was easy thank God, just that these hacks never changed cable on it so it was so long it hits bellhousing and interferes with return- die grinder off a little and fixed- I hope. Pulley Is crocked on pump and missing something fer bracketry - does'nt matter cuz I can only get 3 wks temps from vendor anyway. Suprise ! this is where the real problem just gets rolling ! The finance company lost my title. No title, no register. I took delivery allmost 3 months ago and am still waiting for a title search, And they only stopped charging me when I was like you cant charge me for something I CANT USE ! I put 5000.00 down and payed about 2400.00 payments so far, plus 1030.00 ins. with 550.00 now due. I told this guy I want 1000.00 per wk that I was unable to use truck due to his lost title issue- he said no, and that we might be able to reach "some kind of aggreement",that it wont be that ! Oh, and he will see what one could rent a comprable truck-in " similar condition" for and start there. Now its Nov. 24, season is pretty much over and I'm not ready for winter cuz of this crap. Well, lets hear it boys, what would you do ?
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