How'd it go today?

WoodCutr said:
im not sensative about losing jobs, just mad when the customer wants to give other people work that they never even offered me, then turns down the work they offered me to begin with, thats just a dick move, and thats not even mentioning the other guy lied about not smashing her fence, the wire is inside the tree, theres no way you're taking the tree down without the fence coming down, cant even set your arm on it without breaking the rusted wire
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I didn’t read it all, what seems clear to you gets a bit confusing if you weren’t there, but iirc you do post quite a few “situations” where you feel you’ve been wronged somehow.

People lie all the time, waste your time, dick you around, even to the point of not telling you that there’s a hornets nest in the tree (a particular favourite of mine)
Had one yesterday in fact, neighbours arguing in front of me on a pricing visit.
I just walked off.
Point I’m making is you lose jobs for many reasons, sometimes you’re not a good fit for the client.
You’re a young lad with hustle, that’s great,
Keep doing what you’re doing.
 
Yesterday was hot and humid (for us) but an easy crane day. Today was supposed to be more of that but I couldn’t set up with out closing the road and somebody forgot to get that permit🤬. Turned into a ten hour day rigging out a good sized pin oak. Tomorrow morning I have two declining silver maples to prune. Vile weeds that will surely decline more since the homeowner just had a new back yard patio installed close to them. They may or may not get gaffed. We shall see how I’m feeling about them tomorrow.
On a more positive note, the holiday weekend was great. Hiking, four wheeling, kayaking, and swimming for four days was a much needed relief from work. Also great food with great friends. Planning on doing that stuff a lot more often.
 
Drove an hour to diagnose and fix an electrical problem that many people had been working on for about a year. It had a no crank problem. I figured I'd jump the solenoid and see if it could start, then work my way back from there. I grabbed a dmm and checked the battery, a little low, but not terrible. Then I went to starter to jump it, and found a fuse holder someone had added. Bad fuse. I put in a new one and it fired up. I was hoping for a nice little puzzle to solve.:( I did get to crimp on some new connectors for the fuse holder, so not a total loss.:lol:
 
I was just searching for depinning tools for Deutsch connectors. DMC makes the best tools for working with these connectors. I watched a nice video on their pinning and depinning tools, which come in a nice foam-lined hard case, but in reality could all fit in a small coffee cup, volume-wise. Yeah, I don't have $3,780.:X Off to Amazon and cheap Chinese ripoffs.:/:
 
There are several types, and they have invaded every industry now. The aviation link is probably the cause for the cost, but DMC is completely and totally out to lunch at this point.
 
Mowing went well. It always goes well with a shot of nitro fuel. Nirto makes an engine idle just a little faster and ask for MORE! when under load. I did it to a ms170 once, more than a shot, and it was impressive for a stock engine and muffler. I had to take the air filter out and stuff a shop rag in it to restrict air flow since that fuel needs much less air.
 
Here’s a good one. That loader keeps bending and breaking the tilt cylinder upwards. Still trying to figure it out.

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Frame repair on $$$ restored square

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Picked up logs I cut recently when I went to look at loader, same Cust/friend

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I worked in a neighborhood where the neighbors, two of them two different sides of my custy’s property, wanted me to cut out more than my custy and I had agreed on.
One guy wanted me to cut the tree at 30’ easily taking out half of the crown of the tree. He felt that the tree could reach his house if it broke out. Mind you at 30’ we are in 28” wood on a 36” DBH perfectly healthy, great form for a honey locust. Yeah that ain’t happening buddy.
Then the old lady who also happens to be a repeat custy wanted me to remove a crabapple that barely crossed the lot line, because she saw a few dead twigs and deamed it a hazard. Not a hazard by any stretch of the imagination. She also wanted me to bill my custy for the additional work she hasn’t approved.
I know it’s a full moon and all but seriously WTF.
 
I think my laptop has finally given up on life. After several restarts, finally have a home screen, Win10, but it won't load a browser. I only use it for YouTube. Is this Microsoft getting revenge, or is it just end of life shenanigans for a six year old laptop?
 
Fixed a couple of neglected lawn mower today. Both would have been very expensive JDs when new. Happy custy with more work.

Helped jump start a stranded guy at the grocery store. I was happy to help. My friend's uncle Jeremy was reluctant. He doesn't believe in Karma, I guess.

I have to re-cable a friend's Lull. We're going to get new cable and switch to 31S batteries, which are very reasonable at big truck stores. I found a good source for tinned 2/0 lugs, 20 shipped for $30. Two bare copper locally sourced would be $10-11. I'm a sucker for some cheap electrical connectors. :/:

Edit: the place I ordered the lugs from is BatteryCablesUsa, or something like that. US made 100% copper cables at reasonable prices. My first order, which I'm hoping goes well, as I need a reliable source for good cable.
 
Dave Shepard said:
Fixed a couple of neglected lawn mower today. Both would have been very expensive JDs when new. Happy custy with more work.

Helped jump start a stranded guy at the grocery store. I was happy to help. My friend's uncle Jeremy was reluctant. He doesn't believe in Karma, I guess.

I have to re-cable a friend's Lull. We're going to get new cable and switch to 31S batteries, which are very reasonable at big truck stores. I found a good source for tinned 2/0 lugs, 20 shipped for $30. Two bare copper locally sourced would be $10-11. I'm a sucker for some cheap electrical connectors. :/:

Edit: the place I ordered the lugs from is BatteryCablesUsa, or something like that. US made 100% copper cables at reasonable prices. My first order, which I'm hoping goes well, as I need a reliable source for good cable.
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That reminds me I need new cables, the insulation fell off my old claps, which only had one hot jaw per side anyway. I'm all about reasonable prices. I prefer clamps with front teeth and no post pincers.
 
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