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The last two pictures and post is what I call f****** stupid I usually keep one or two people on the farm employed and 20 to 30 on the heavy equipment side . Pics on the last two post I was instantly fire! !weather they be it a a 10 day or 30 year employe doing something that stupid.
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It isn't just novices who screw up. In the short six years I worked as an excavator I saw my share of screw-ups, thankfully none of which were mine. None of the screw-ups on my job sites involved serious injury, but there was a fatality on a big job near where we were working. The other company was digging a sewer trunk line with a big Koehring 1066 excavator. The operator backed up right over the foreman. That was before back-up alarms. I had previously worked for that company but didn't know the people involved.
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Barry, hate to hear about the screw-up. Something like that is bad anytime, but especially at this time of the year. Hope you get the rig back soon.
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Lord what a mess This topic could go for many pages The border jumpers just shrug and start removing the exploded hydraulic hoses letting oil run everywhere The white guys say " I dun bin runnin' ' quipmunt like this all muh life " then if you were to look at their personal equipment the sides and deck of their shredder is all bent up and the PTO shaft has a bow, and their lawnmower looks like it fell off the trailer at highway speed. Won't even start in about backhoe buckets and cylinders
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I have policy if I borrow some tool or piece of machinery, I take it back in better shape than when I got it.. , Reputation I earned over the years always return it in better shape. Uncle would call and ask if I needed to borrow something. Just went and fixed it for him when I didn't need to use it.
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An engineer should never be trusted with anything of value, or anything made of metal, pencils ,paper and laptops limit the damage they can do to reasonable levels, and limited down time.
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I also don't borrow other people's stuff. I can use my own stuff forever without issue. But as soon as I borrow something it'll break!
-Jake
Small Game, Deer, Turkey, Bear, Elk....It's what's for dinner.
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An engineer should never be trusted with anything of value, or anything made of metal, pencils ,paper and laptops limit the damage they can do to reasonable levels, and limited down time. Yep....
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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Oh damn it anyway!
You know that is my number one fear of hiring help.
I'm afraid to turn someone loose in our equipment. Really like to find an older semi-retired guy who knows how to run chit without tearing it up. I can honestly tell you me and deflave are trustworthy and won’t mess up your equipment. We are semi professionals
Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego. Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me.
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I don’t loan anything of my mechanical things to anyone, been fuuucked a couple of times
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20 days and that damn tractor is still in the shop!
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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Growing up, my father always had hired help.
I guess I'm used to others operating our machines.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Any farmboy knows all about turning too quick with equipment. Either because he did it, or saw it.
In my case, both.
Still can't believe how easy it was to get the old WD-45 into the tongue of the rake. Lucky, I stopped at the thumb-thump of the tire tread hitting.
People have been hurt bad when the brought the rake up over the tires on the old tractors with no fenders.
Hmmm. Often wondered why so many are missing the fenders? Maybe tight turns? And tire chains.
Last edited by Dillonbuck; 08/23/21.
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20 days and that damn tractor is still in the shop! Will they make your payment for you?
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender
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20 days and that damn tractor is still in the shop! Barry, do you know if they have the parts. Severe parts shortage around here. Had a 5 month old battery go bad. Took it back to NAPA to exchange it and they didn't have one exactly like it. I needed screw post and all they had were the solid one. Bought two adapters and took what I could get. Asked the parts man about shortages and he went to naming them off..... oil, filters, antifreeze, batteries, radiators, freon, tools, and I dont remember what else. I asked if it was the china flu causing the problem and he said he wasn't sure. Probably a combination of the china flu and embargoes. Hope they got your needed parts and they get it together soon.
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that ship that was stuck in the canal messed up a lot of shipping in the world. we are having prob. getting common steel like angel & flat bar
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20 days and that damn tractor is still in the shop! Barry, do you know if they have the parts. Severe parts shortage around here. Had a 5 month old battery go bad. Took it back to NAPA to exchange it and they didn't have one exactly like it. I needed screw post and all they had were the solid one. Bought two adapters and took what I could get. Asked the parts man about shortages and he went to naming them off..... oil, filters, antifreeze, batteries, radiators, freon, tools, and I dont remember what else. I asked if it was the china flu causing the problem and he said he wasn't sure. Probably a combination of the china flu and embargoes. Hope they got your needed parts and they get it together soon. Dealt with a tractor battery shortage awhile back here as well. Talked to Chris in Service today... You might remember him... the BIG guy. Anyway, he's just slammed. Haying season, shredding season, no new tractors to replace broken ones, so he's having to repair more. Just busy as hell. Glad I have my backup tractor, and it's going strong... (knock on wood).
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20 days and that damn tractor is still in the shop! Will they make your payment for you? Tain't one of those. Just the downtime is my penance.
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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Hope you get it back soon.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender
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Any farmboy knows all about turning too quick with equipment. Either because he did it, or saw it.
In my case, both.
Still can't believe how easy it was to get the old WD-45 into the tongue of the rake. Lucky, I stopped at the thumb-thump of the tire tread hitting.
People have been hurt bad when the brought the rake up over the tires on the old tractors with no fenders.
Hmmm. Often wondered why so many are missing the fenders? Maybe tight turns? And tire chains. Friend of mine killed this way 3 years ago,new rake. 47 years old...
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