Backhoe bent rops

[Snapper Head]

I won't speak for twinsticks, but I don't think this is about the tractor.

It is about being lied to, by someone that was trusted. Lied to repeatedly, and for an extended period. Jerked around, as it were.

The ROPS doesn't add up to a hill of beans. The money either.

Once the repair was done, not matter who paid, I would invite the bastid-in-law over to see the shiny glory of the new rops, then I would break his jaw for lying to me.

The boy has earned it, and we should all be paid what we earn.


Big Al

 

[Dead Horse]

Horse, do you even have a brother-in-law? Near as I can tell, being contentious weasels is the whole reason the good Lord put them here.

Well i have six sisters and my bride has one, so yeah I have had at times a total of 8 BILs.

outta those 8, three of them are good guys, the rest are useless. And truth be told, I wouldn't let any of the three near a screwdriver for fear they would hurt themselves..... I don even tell em I HAVE tractors...............

 

[beenthere]

News update sisters boyfriend went to my dealer and ordered the parts !!!!!!! 498.00 be here in a week..

Hurray for Sis.

How she handles bf is now not your worry.

Great to hear this.

 

[DiezNutz]

I won't speak for twinsticks, but I don't think this is about the tractor.

It is about being lied to, by someone that was trusted. Lied to repeatedly, and for an extended period. Jerked around, as it were.

The ROPS doesn't add up to a hill of beans. The money either...

I think it's understood that everyone reading this basically feels the same way.

If the BF had brought the tractor back along with a full disclosure of what really happened, an apology, and some show of effort to make it right, this thread wouldn't have 150+ posts already.

 

[megaboz]

I know everyone hates the BIL, but honestly I would be more concerned if the tractor was going to be ok? After all tractors are more important than the inlaws! It would take a good deal of force to start it bending, but once it started it would take much to continue it.

I would be looking for other signs of damage where the rops were conected to the frame.

Also, if it was somehow because of a roll over, I doubt very seriously it would have started without breaking something in the engine, and I doubt the BIL was smart enough to prevent damage to the tractor in the advent of a roll over.

 

[radioman]

News update sisters boyfriend went to my dealer and ordered the parts !!!!!!! 498.00 be here in a week..

now the witch hunt is over, hopefully he will have the parts paid for as well. :thumbsup: There is nothing like getting your tractor back to original shape with new parts.

 

[Skyco]

I don even tell em I HAVE tractors...............

I am learning to keep my mouth shut too..at work one day I accidently mentioned I have a dump trailer...now I have two co-workers wanting to borrow it...and I'm just not into loaning stuff, unless it is under $2 and I don't want it back. Of course I'll be the "jerk" if I don't loan it out.....even though those 2 guys make as much or more than me, they can go buy their own dump trailer if they need one
I'm glad I don't have any BILs, I have one sister and my wife has one sister and neither is married and live far away:thumbsup:

 

[Redbug]

Skyco...I wonder if there's any place around where you live they can be rented instead? How could you phrase that in a nice way?

What is it with people? Soon as they find out you have something they need they always want to borrow? I think it's bad manners and a bit presumptuous to ask to borrow from an acquaintance. And if you do loan...it's like loaning money...no better way to have hard feelings about the outcome. People are self centered. You have a right to do what you want with YOUR stuff.

 

[hawkeye08]

I am learning to keep my mouth shut too..at work one day I accidently mentioned I have a dump trailer...now I have two co-workers wanting to borrow it...and I'm just not into loaning stuff, unless it is under $2 and I don't want it back. Of course I'll be the "jerk" if I don't loan it out.....even though those 2 guys make as much or more than me, they can go buy their own dump trailer if they need one
I'm glad I don't have any BILs, I have one sister and my wife has one sister and neither is married and live far away:thumbsup:

I usually just tell them the truth, that I don't loan out my stuff, if something were to happen, I would feel bad, and it would cost you more to fix it than it is worth. I don't always keep the safety switches, etc so I don't want to be liable if you had an accident. Occasionally I have made an exception, but not often. I have shown up with my drywall tools to spent the day helping someone, but my tools go with me when I go out the door...

 

[Skyco]

What is it with people? Soon as they find out you have something they need they always want to borrow? I think it's bad manners and a bit presumptuous to ask to borrow from an acquaintance..

It is even worse than that- I let it slip to guy #1. The next day he blurts out to guy #2 "Skyco has a dump trailer! Didn't you need to use one too?" So now he's offering up MY trailer to people that haven't even asked....and I never said anyone could borrow it
Then I told them both there has been an ad on CL in Columbia for weeks some outfit in town is crushing tons of concrete into whatever size you want and will deliver 20 tons for $200 within 25 miles of Columbia..perfect for their driveway repairs. You can't buy 20 tons at the quarry for that, much less haul it in 4 trips with my trailer. Neither of these guys live within 15 miles of a quarry. I just get blank looks!:mur: