Do you know people like this?

[mcfly682]

Haha. Thats good stuff.

But while we are on the subject, can anyone help me find some new muffler bearings for my Craftsman riding lawn mower?

 

[ScottAR]

There on isle 6 in between the stripe-ed paint and the blinker fluid. And the 710 cap
for that mower is on down near the end.

And for the record, Yes I meet these people every !%^#^%*&)(&* day....

I am a counterman. I'm looking for a new job shoveling poop....

 

[tallyho8]

It doesn't only happen at tractor shops. I had a customer bring a window fan in to my air conditioning shop and complain that it wasn't cooling. The box from Wal Mart said "room cooler" on it.

Even after I explained the "facts" to him, he left in a huff figuring that I was lying and just didn't know how to fix it.

 

[/pine]

Not to take anything away from "farm mechanics" but they can't hold a candle to the guys that have to keep commercial fishing boats running (in their element)...IMO of course...

Imagine making a repair to an engine or a hydraulic system with only the parts/tools/supplies you have on hand...a few hundred miles from terra firma (let alone a dealer or parts house) often in very uncomfortable conditions...

I am shopping for my first tractor...I've never laid a hand on a tractor or farm implement...but I bet there is not one thing on one that I can't fix or repair...

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Not to take anything away from "farm mechanics" but they can't hold a candle to the guys that have to keep commercial fishing boats running (in their element)...IMO of course...

Imagine making a repair to an engine or a hydraulic system with only the parts/tools/supplies you have on hand...a few hundred miles from terra firma (let alone a dealer or parts house) often in very uncomfortable conditions...

I am shopping for my first tractor...I've never laid a hand on a tractor or farm implement...but I bet there is not one thing on one that I can't fix or repair...[/quote]

Yes, but can you do it with only duct tape and bailing wire?

 

[ScottAR]

It's possible, I can't put on wiper blades unless it's raining...

 

[/pine]

Yes, but can you do it with only duct tape and bailing wire?

aamof (as a matter of fact)

I once made a temporary generator mount by cutting pieces of duct tape and stacking them up to about 2-3/4" and bored a hole in the stack....it held for a 13 hour run "back to the barn"

 

[MtnViewRanch]

aamof (as a matter of fact)

I once made a temporary generator mount by cutting pieces of duct tape and stacking them up to about 2-3/4" and bored a hole in the stack....it held for a 13 hour run "back to the barn"

Sounds like your all set then, go get your tractor.

 

[woodlandfarms]

aamof (as a matter of fact)

I once made a temporary generator mount by cutting pieces of duct tape and stacking them up to about 2-3/4" and bored a hole in the stack....it held for a 13 hour run "back to the barn"

You should by a Power-Trac. Your level of expertise will pay off handsomely

 

[jmwade36]

Hysterical! And sad to say I do know people like that!



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