TimberWolf530
ArboristSite Guru
You have 7 wood burning stoves in your house? Or, you have 7 fire places? Either way, WOW!
Would you loan your woodsplitter to your neighbor?
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olympyk_999
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The house I grew up in has 6 fireplaces, 1 cook stove, an indoor wood boiler, and now an outdoor wood boiler... Only 1 fireplace, the cook stove and the outdoor boiler gets used...
sweetjetskier
ArboristSite Operative
The whole loaning tools thing is usually a really bad scenario, as we all know, the "loanee" is generally not going to take care of the equipment as the owner would.
I loaned a 11hp walk behind blower to a friend closing in on 18 yrs ago, 3 year old blower, well maintained, he brings it back to me and says it worked fine and is in a hurry and he will talk to me later. Put the blower in the shop, next morning I am ready to load up the trailer and see a big as#ed hole in the side of the case on this blower. Call him, he does pick up and says, ya that's how you gave to me!!!! I loaned you a blown up $1200 blower?!? BS. So needless to say the friendship ended that day and that was the last tool I have ever loaned.
There are rental places everywhere now, so go and rent to your hearts content is my opinion to loaning out tools.
I loaned a 11hp walk behind blower to a friend closing in on 18 yrs ago, 3 year old blower, well maintained, he brings it back to me and says it worked fine and is in a hurry and he will talk to me later. Put the blower in the shop, next morning I am ready to load up the trailer and see a big as#ed hole in the side of the case on this blower. Call him, he does pick up and says, ya that's how you gave to me!!!! I loaned you a blown up $1200 blower?!? BS. So needless to say the friendship ended that day and that was the last tool I have ever loaned.
There are rental places everywhere now, so go and rent to your hearts content is my opinion to loaning out tools.
