The same goes with lending anyone your nice pickup truck. Years ago I spent a lot of time and money redoing a rot free Ford F350 Camper Special. A good friend of mine was moving and wanted to borrow it. I got my truck back with two dents on the top sides of the bed and a few scratches on the sides. I just had it painted a few months prior. Never since then have I let a friend borrow any pickup that I have owned.
One time I borrowed a buddies truck, mower and weed whip, the exhaust fell off on the way to my place, the mower broke, did the whole place with the weed whip as I had to get it done. The good thing is I was the assistant manager at muffler/brake shop so fixing the exhaust was an easy deal, and the mower just needed a part I couldn't get on Sunday.
I have had too many things broken in my younger days to just lend out anything with power. Hand tools are a different story. I would prefer to help someone out using my power tools than to lend them out.
I hear you, loud and clear.
The way I look at it is, God's put me in charge of the things I have, and it's up to me to do a great job with them.
One time the minister of our church needed to get some tree work done, I told him he could borrow a saw, he said really, I said no way
. I couldn't even stand to ride in a car with him, he certainly has no idea how to run a saw let alone maintain one, but he sure was good with people. I took care of the trees for him along with most the other outdoor projects at his house, couldn't have him hurting himself or any unsuspecting equipment
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Speaking of equipment, lift update. Just need the electric hooked up and I can fill the reservoir and bleed it, that sure will be nice. Everyone is gonna want to borrow it, I'm not letting anyone take it home though
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I really need to get my hand tools all sorted and a lot of new stuff, been working out of a smaller Craftsman box in the back of my suburban/ excursion for way to long, they're a mess. I have another box I can bring up from the basement from when I was wrenching (nothing special, just bigger), it will be nice to get that all loaded up with another set of tools.