This is why you never buy used rental equipment.

Jan 14, 2020 3:39 PM

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Ah Doug boss wants to see you like NOW !

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

This is making me upset.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Construction rules 1) any problem can be fixed with a hammer 2) any tool can be used as a hammer

6 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

6 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

jacking off that joy stick

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I hate this fucking guy, so much.

6 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 5

My Dad’s words: “Drive it like you own it.” That went for tools and equipment as well as trucks.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

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6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Nice finishing move at the end.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Faster , faster, Goooddddddd.

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Plot twist; that's the foreman!

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Don’t be gentle it’s a rental

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 3

Like he doesn’t need to bang it in just push it down...

6 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 2

"that's what she said" - Michael Scott

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Won't work. If the ground is very compacted, or if it is hitting rock? Tiny machine ain't pushing anything into it.

6 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Boss: "Here's what you gotta get done, and this is what you have to work with. Im taking a 90 min lunch, have it done by the time I'm back."

6 years ago | Likes 35 Dislikes 1

Oontz oontz oontz oontz oontz

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

I mean.. there is a correct tool you can buy that does this far faster and better then trying to do it with a skid loader..

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

well rent..

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

But this isbthe one ghey alredy had, and its far cheaper just to use one peice of equipment then multiple.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Yeh I get it - just like how my bro was going to have me dig a septic field by hand before I told him fuck no, rent a machine yeh cheap ass

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Lol, well if i had to do a septoc feild with a fence i would onlybrent a hoe. Dig, pile, move dirt, dig trenching and push in fenceposts.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I’m as

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 3

Me too bud, me too.

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

But the media fosters the "screw the boss before he screws me" thinking.

6 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 5

A lot of bosses foster that as well. Doesn't mean we should be wasteful and stupid with equipment.

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

I don't think the media is responsible for under-valued workers bruh.

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

If he was my employee, I'd fire him.

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

That equipment is built to handle much more abuse than that. Still wouldn’t buy rental equipment but that’s not really that harsh

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

I agree. Calling that "Abuse" is a bit ridiculous. I'd rather posts installed securely even if it wasn't 'great' for a machine.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I love the ohhh shit I’ve been busted look

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I get that this is bad, what will it ruin though?

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

oh.. break welds, cause hydraulic seal failure, wear out pivot points, overheat hydraulics, etc.

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

What a fucking tool.

6 years ago | Likes 1216 Dislikes 10

At least he is working unlike most slackers on here!

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Ya fucking weapon

6 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Not a cool CAT

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

The weight alone should be able to push it down

6 years ago | Likes 39 Dislikes 5

No, i do this all the time, you need the slam to make it work. A Hoe could just push, but not this machine.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You’d be surprised

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Thats really dependent in the soil and how far it is already. How do you know thats not a 100 ft long pole and its pretty much hitting rock?

6 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 1

I've done enough work with geoprobes to know

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Because it's a fence post.

6 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 1

What a fucking tool!!

6 years ago | Likes 74 Dislikes 3

What? A fucking tool.

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

What A Fucking Tool!!!!

6 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 2

WhAt A FuCKiNg ToOl!!!!

6 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 0

wHAT a fUCKING tOOL!

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

What a fucking tool.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

What? A fucking tool? Where??

6 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 1

Wow?!?! A tool fucking

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Could be employees in general 90% don't care if they tear up the equipment they don't have to pay for it.

6 years ago | Likes 187 Dislikes 4

This is a capitalist economy. Pay me to care.

6 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 2

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6 years ago (deleted Jan 1, 2022 7:59 AM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

Why do you care so much about the well-being of a company? To them replacing stuff is cheap

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Half the time it's because management won't buy the right tools, or only buy shit tools. Some people care just animals though.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

If we fuck up our equipment, it only fucks us over

6 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Maybe if Menards paid me more, I wouldn't be burning rubber doing donuts in their forklifts (I'm kidding; I still would have).

6 years ago | Likes 39 Dislikes 0

Brought to you by “Dey-Dook-mah-yhob!”

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 15

Deytukourjewbs

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 6

Dukerjer

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Hey man, if you dont stand for something....

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

90s a bit much

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 2

Do you work in construction?

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

My whole life. Guess I'm that other 10% you have those things to make your job easier, dont be a dick about using things that aren't yours.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And if the company doesn't make as much money this quarter because of equipment repair costs, you're probably not gonna get a raise.

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 9

some don't understand this

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 5

Because it doesn't happen. That money goes straight into the owners pocket and nowhere else.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Fucking bullshit. If the equipment costs are low, that money goes straight into profit. Why pay more for your labour than you have to?

6 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

I work for a smallish family run business that generally gives good bonuses, perks and raises in good quarters and years. This past year...

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 3

We had too many product damages and equipment/vehicle repairs and the boss is feeling the heat to cut costs from above.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 4

There's always one person with an anecdotal story about an exception to the rule. Good for you. No one cares about statistical outliers.

6 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

so whats the issue with this? working smarter?

6 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 20

Do you want damaged hydraulic pumps/lines? Cuz that’s how you get damaged hydraulic systems.

6 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

Cheaper then renting multiple peices.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Pretty sure he's messing that machine up pretty bad by using it incorrectly.

6 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 2

Rapid valve changes. And since it is improper tool usage, it is wasted wear on the valve seals and pump. Causes cavitation.

6 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 1

My FiL services plant equipment. He says people only look after their own tools. They don't give a rat's ass if it's company properly.

6 years ago | Likes 384 Dislikes 2

I guarantee you that people don't look after their own tools either. People tear shit up.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

I knew a guy that would rent power tools he already had better versions of because whatever he was about to do was 100% gonna fuck them up.

6 years ago | Likes 36 Dislikes 0

How some drivers act with cabs, they don’t last long

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Students are the same way. If they don't own it, they will break it just because. Though I don't see how this one would damage the steel

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

The fucking hydros man

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I'm the polar opposite of that mindset. I don't give a shit about wear and tear on my personal tools, but if theyre not mine they stay clean

6 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

it's a different thing when the company you work for buys them in bulk. They should still be treated better but I understand the theory

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I hate talking to people and if I damage an expensive tool, people are going to insist on talking to me until they're satisfied.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

What?

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I don't break tools to avoid people talking to me trying to make me feel bad for breaking the tool.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That's when you borrow from a friend

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I mean when I do, they're returned in as close to their original condition as possible.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Bugs me so much when people have that "well it's not mine so fuck it" mindset

6 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

It's because it only takes one person to ruin it for everyone, and that person definitely exists.

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Would the company give a rats ass if something happened to the employees personal tools?

6 years ago | Likes 129 Dislikes 2

Probably wouldn't go out of their way to fuck it up

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Nope.

6 years ago | Likes 97 Dislikes 0

Where I work, the company grants us 20k in tool insurance in case of theft, or something happens to the shop. And for $5 a week, we can

6 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

get up to 50k in protection. But the first 20k is completely free.

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Not one bit.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I work maintenance for apartment communities and my employer will replace any tool that breaks on the job.

6 years ago | Likes 29 Dislikes 1

Same work, but I'm not allowed to use my own tools. If I prove a the need, they just buy me the tools or give me the company card.

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

You seem to be the minority in my experience. Stolen tools have been an issue for me in the past as well.

6 years ago | Likes 28 Dislikes 0

That's cool n all but your boss would be an exception rather than a rule. Very uncommon policy your boss has there

6 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 1

My last 2 jobs replaced broken tools. They also offered tool allowance. Current job is if i need it it is my responsibility

6 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 1

You downgraded :(

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I don't know anything about these machines. I take it this is bad?

6 years ago | Likes 61 Dislikes 1

Some people here think so, anyone actually in construction knows that its cheaper to fix the hydo system a little more often then buy 300

6 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Differnet peices of equipment. This is 100% how most small companies put in fence posts.

6 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Negative, most have an air compressor and hand pounder with a sleeve that goes around the post. Doing this is rarely a good idea

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

If your main job is fence posts, thisnisnlikely a sub grade contractor who was also asked to build a fence.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Especially when he could just push it into the ground by lowering the bucket. Even one that small should have enough power to push it down.

6 years ago | Likes 27 Dislikes 2

Rapid valve changes are no bueno

6 years ago | Likes 82 Dislikes 3

Is cavitation alone the issue or are there other problems? Couldn’t find my answer with a google search :(

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Thank you for explaining it to us pencil pushers!

6 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 1

So what if he did it slower?

6 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

Then you wouldn't get the force of a free falling metal bucket. Also, the stress on the PTO system and hydros. Fuck.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Yes, rapid and frequent direction changes are bad on hydraulics.

6 years ago | Likes 48 Dislikes 2

I have one hydraulic drive machine that pops wheelies if you do a quick back and forward. The temptation man, it's too much.

6 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

Maybe I should quit doing that on my Tractor. Whoops.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Nah just get a rental when you want to do this.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It has the ability to do so in case you accidentally into a ditch and need a quick recover.

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I think you a word there

6 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Nah just leaving it open to imagination what can you do with a ditch and heavy machinery.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0