Something better happen now or I'm gonna start breaking wrenches

[Crazy Canuck]

I am so ???? fed up with this mechanic. A week ago monday the transmission in my truck goes. He can't get to it for a week so monday mornign bright and early I limp my truck into the lot and give him the keys. About noon he calls me and says that as it turns out the supplier doesn't have my transmission in stock. First of what the ???? is a transmission supplier doing without a trans for a 1988 chev pick up, theres enough of those trucks around here that theres no excuse for not always having a couple in stock. Second of all, it took a week to find this out????????????? So they are going to custom build me one and overnight it to the shop, guaranteed I'll have my truck back by close of buisiness wednesday. Well he doesn't start on it until this morning (friday) and I finally get my truck at about 4:45 today. I haven't worked in pretty much 2 weeks now and I've got a pile of estimates to get to so I go do some estimates and get to a small job that was only going to take about an hour. ???? it felt good to be pruning trees again. Load up the equipment when starts to get dark and head home. Trucks running great until about 2 blocks from home I stop to talk to a friend. Put the truck back in gear and i've only got 1st gear. I can't get ahold of the guy and I need to get back to work. I'm about to lose it and he better be at the shop at 7:30 tomorrow morning, or even tonight, to fix this problem or we are going to have a big problem. I've already lost 2 weeks of work over this bull???? and I can't afford to lose more..........

 

[clearance]

Just go and buy some old beater Chevy/GMC from the 70s. Cheaper than a new saw, keep putting oil in them and they run forever. 3/4 ton, 350, 4spd or turbo 400. Suck it up, fork out $500-$1000 and have a backup for when this happens again.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

Already shopping for one. I talked to the mechanic and he's going to come in tomorrow morning on his day off and fix the problem. Heres keeping my fingers crossed that its an instalation problem and not the tranny itself.

 

[daddieslilgirl]

my brother just went through the same thing and paid 3000.00 for it and waited 2 weeks too!

 

[juststumps]

crazy,, 1988 truck... 2005... 17 years. old.. i don't think anything over 10 years is a stock part....

 

[Crazy Canuck]

crazy,, 1988 truck... 2005... 17 years. old.. i don't think anything over 10 years is a stock part....

I realoize what you saying. But, theres got to be lthousands of those trucks driving around here. Everybody and their dog has them, so you'd think there would be enough demand for the parts. Especially from a supplier that covers all of Alberta and a good part of Saskatchewan. What ever, i'm calmed down now and thinking a little more reasonably. I just needed to vent and this board was a better target for my anger than the peoploe around me.

 

[vharrison2]

could you rent one? Never had to do that but came close...understand your frustration.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

If I was in Clagary yes. There are companies there that rent trucks for work. Here the largest truck I cn rent is an s10 with no box liner and if I so much as scratched the paint in the box I'd be liable. I figured it would end up costing me more than it would make me.

 

[Nickrosis]

Hmm. No one can spot you a truck? We've always got something out on loan! Chippers, stumpers, blowers, mowers, aerators, chainsaws, string trimmers, hand tools, employees, you name it!

 

[vharrison2]

We've always got something out on loan! Chippers,employees, you name it!

Send me a climber with a CDL...I'll pay the air fair...we can trim palms all summer

 

[Treeman14]

Send me a climber with a CDL...I'll pay the air fair...we can trim palms all summer

Hold on a minute, now.

Hey, Nick. I'll trade you a climber for two stump grinders.

 

[Nickrosis]

My office door is always open. Except when I'm in the trees. So guess it's rarely open. Actually, we have 24 people - the only climber with a CDL is the owner, and I don't think he's available! We've got 3 stumpers, lemme know which ones you want!

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

He wants the RG 50.

 

[vharrison2]

the only climber with a CDL is the owner

I've said it before.........rare breed.

 

[darkstar]

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well if this makes you feel any better ... my chip truck has been having a time running and today it just quit right in one of the most busy intersections in our city so i raced over and towed it to a vacant lot . then had it towed to my mechanic . i droped 1100 over at good ole southeast diesel last month on the chipper and now .....

 

[Nickrosis]

He wants the RG 50.

Everyone seems to. Looks like I might have three jobs this summer with two other companies needing me for plant health care work! But yeah, one of them really likes to borrow the RG 50. And the teeth always take a beating.