The mechanic with Detroit Diesel experience couldn’t make it last Thursday after all, said he was back in the hospital with a recurring illness. We were supposed to swap the engine that day, it didn’t happen because the guy with the forklift got squeamish. I took it apart where I did because he stood right there telling me he could do it, then when the time came he called the situation a “can of ****”. There’s no perfectly level ground, but I put it where he could come uphill on a slight incline, but be level side to side. He brought a 4,000 lb 2WD forklift, he was supposed to bring his 8,000 lb 4WD forklift. So he tells me if I get the bigger one up there it’ll handle it no problem, a few hours later he says no to that as well. I need to separate myself from this guy. The others I’ve ran it by say the 8,000 lb 4WD is overkill. So I’ll talk to the next guy that offered to do it, he ran forestry equipment for a living and has a machine he says will do it. Around here running forestry equipment means “on hills”.
