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Buying in bulk, doesn't always save much money
They don't have any of the Walbro style carbs for the Biggs 15 to 20hp engines.
I can buy Kawasaki 10w 40 (by the case) cheaper than I can get the stens brand. (On Amazon)
If you put in a model number, and it doesn't come up with anything, that doesn't mean they don't have parts for it.
They don't have a lot of comparison/compatible parts


Good things: Next day shipments are nice.
Their 2 cycle carbs (when they actually have the ones I need) seem to be good carbs.
As well as their 4 cycle carbs.

Something else I just noticed. At Maverick mower supply, they're selling the 335-214-6 pack for less than my cost is.
My cost $33.84
His cost:$31.34

Do you get bigger discounts with Stens if you order a lot more?

If you go back to the original thread you will see most of us suggested signing up to more than one supplier .
Some wholesalers will be cheaper than others depending who their suppliers are .
Don't know if they do it there but down here they have monthly specials.
LAst month it was spark plugs @ 76% off so I bought 5 years worth .
This month it is fuel line & Starter cord so I will be ordering 3 years worth of fuel line plus adding all of the sizes I do not already have .
Might add some sizes of premium ( black cover cord ) as well. Right now I only keep the size for Honda as all the contractors run Honda walk behinds & they happily pay the extra dollr for the better cord .
All of the other wholesalers do the same thing but you don't have them over there.
When PRime Line was here I got all of my Kohler parts from them as their Kohler parts were about 2/3 the price as the other wholesalers
Starter motors & electric clutches also came from Prime Line .

IT will take time but as you have already found out , even with a trade account some prices are not the cheapest so you need to shop around & compare till you work out what to get from where.

PTmowerMech said:

Something else I just noticed. At Maverick mower supply, they're selling the 335-214-6 pack for less than my cost is.
My cost $33.84
His cost:$31.34

Do you get bigger discounts with Stens if you order a lot more?

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I get std wholesale less 10% .
Down here you get roughly an extra 5% off for each $ 5000 increase in your ANNUAL spend .
And this discount is across the board on everything you buy the following year .
So when saw chain was on special I bought the biggest roll in each size of semi-chisel .
Most of which I have never touched but it was 1/2 price and it pushed me up to the next discount level ,
The maximum advertised discount is 40% so some of the on line vendors are getting their stock for 2/3 what I pay for mine .

RGS give discounts for early payments around 10% for payment on invoice and 5 % for payment within 3 days of statement .
But that affects my cash flow too much ,

Did you get the printed catalogue ?
Stens dealer discount schedule is normally printed on the inside cover
Might also be on the 2nd page of the PD catalogue .

I've spent over $7500 this year with Stens. Not as good as It'll be next year. But not bad, considering my first year at this shop. Especially when you consider A LOT of this year I wasn't at this shop.
As far as other suppliers go, I'm just not in that big of a hurry to get my tax crap all legal just yet. Plus, now a days, I don't mind getting a part for a few bucks more with a supplier that I don't have to have a tax ID or some business info. I don't pay for parts anyways. The customer does.

But, that'll change soon enough. Probably some LLC or something of that nature. I probably need to be building my business credit. But having so many suppliers, IMO, just seems like a headache. Especially when I hear you guys talk about how long the backlog is for getting some of your parts.

BTW, I was surprised to see Kawasaki oil cheaper on Amazon, then Stens brand.

The Stens price is fairly well perminent
The Amazon price could be a one of being sold by some one who got a job lot of oil really cheap
OR they could be getting their oil cheaper than Stens because they they get a bigger volume discount
OTOH you might like to have a little chat with your area rep.
You could just ask do Stens USA run the same volume discount that they do in Australia and note you have spent $ 7,500 this year & intend to increase it next year.
Some times that need a bit of prompting.
That would earn you 4 % down here.
However it does not show on your invoices as a line item ( well not on mine anyway ) .
When Allpower were their distribution agent the prices shown on the on line catalogue were the full price & when the invoice turned up the prices were lower by my discount.
Masport have a different system and the display price is the discounted price .

bertsmobile1 said:

The Stens price is fairly well perminent
The Amazon price could be a one of being sold by some one who got a job lot of oil really cheap
OR they could be getting their oil cheaper than Stens because they they get a bigger volume discount
OTOH you might like to have a little chat with your area rep.
You could just ask do Stens USA run the same volume discount that they do in Australia and note you have spent $ 7,500 this year & intend to increase it next year.
Some times that need a bit of prompting.
That would earn you 4 % down here.
However it does not show on your invoices as a line item ( well not on mine anyway ) .
When Allpower were their distribution agent the prices shown on the on line catalogue were the full price & when the invoice turned up the prices were lower by my discount.
Masport have a different system and the display price is the discounted price .

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Gold members get 15% at $12,500. That's going to be easy peasy next year. Titanium, is my goal. But after I get my legal stuff, and at least signed on with Oregon, who knows.
The building I'm in, doesn't have room in their "lobby" to make it much of a store front. It's like 12X12. If I had that, I could put a lot of product in there. Blades, filters, etc etc.

Years ago i tried stocking blades and filters and a few other things for retail. Didn't work out well for me. Being a small repair shop and not a store front just couldn't compete. If somebody wants something i have on hand i will sell it to them. Biggest thing people want is a spark plug or a piece of fuel line. Not a lot of markup there.

Hammermechanicman said:

Years ago i tried stocking blades and filters and a few other things for retail. Didn't work out well for me. Being a small repair shop and not a store front just couldn't compete. If somebody wants something i have on hand i will sell it to them. Biggest thing people want is a spark plug or a piece of fuel line. Not a lot of markup there.

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That's the way it's always been for me. But my shops were always at my home. The only thing I worried about was getting the shop organized that made my job easier.. But with location in town, visible to thousands of people per day, I'm wasting a LOT of profit by not having a big supply of parts. I have two competitors in town. One is down a farm to market road away from everything. But he's the best in this part of Texas.
The other shop, is fairly hidden. With very little room to park. The cops are always getting on to his commercial customers for parking out front of his store, on the road. (in a school zone).
I'm at an intersection (on the corner) where two state highways come together. Neighborhoods behind the gas stations and donut shop. Plus a pawn shop beside me.
The guys who run the tire and brake shop in this building are as lazy as the day is long. The only reason they're still in business, is because the shop is paid for. And they don't have to do anything extra. If their shop makes $100 a day, they're good. I wished I had that side of the shop. But the owner said he'd sell it for a million. I can't afford that right now, Not even close.

P.S. I just looked in the waiting room, and one of the hands is asleep on the couch. It's 10:30am.

Hope it works out. You will really need to get set up with a tax ID and start charging sales tax. Just takes one complaint to the IRS to screw you.
20 years ago you could stock a couple dozen blades and air filters. Not now, you need about a hundred different of each.

Hammermechanicman said:

Hope it works out. You will really need to get set up with a tax ID and start charging sales tax. Just takes one complaint to the IRS to screw you.
20 years ago you could stock a couple dozen blades and air filters. Not now, you need about a hundred different of each.

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I had to buy a part from a competitor the other day, and he had a room about the size of the waiting room here, filled with blades. Side by side, at least 4 deep.
My mouth was watering.

Problem is, he's getting a reputation of being too high. And the two guys he has fixing things, apparently aren't doing a very good jobs. According to many of my customers now.
One of my commercial customers was buying a used scag from him. He was making payments and had about $500 paid on it. He went by there one day, and the mower was gone. Long story short, the owner wouldn't give him his money back. From what I understand they changed hands a few years back. The owners son took it over.

So not only do I need to get my tax stuff in order, I also need to get busy and get certified with Stihl, Briggs, Kohler and Kawasaki too.

Baby steps.

I never intended to retail parts but being on the rural fringe my deliveries can take forever and then some .
The suburb is 1/2 inside the Sydney delivery zone & 1/2 out so the city drivers get given my deliveries then get to the river realize I am on the other side then take it back
Two to four days later the regional deliveries sub-contractor drops them off .
Add weekends and this pushes every job to 2 weeks minimum and we all know what it is like tripping over 1/2 finished jobs .
When I was a kid we were dirt poor so whenever there was a really cheap special mum would get all of us to go to that store & buy the bag limit to stock the pantry.
Thus while we hd no money the pantry had near 6 months worth of staple food items & we never went hungry .
I do the same thing now days so when Covid hit it was no problems & when I became ill it was no problem .
The business stock is run the same way.
When I started I marked up all parts 100% and doubled every order thus whatever I fitted, I always had a spare which was good cause I buggered up a few jobs so there was always a second chance to bugger it up right away and in theory I had a part I would be likely to need again .
Add to that was the monthly specials , same as when I was a kid, if the discount is big enough I buy lots .
Soon it became known that I had lots of parts & people just started to call by and in particular I had lots of very old parts ( these were the heavily discounted parts ) so a lot of the stuff I paid very little for got sold at full retail which end up being at 300 % to 600 % profit
Belts are the biggest line, There is around 1500 of them and that has been a life saver as now I can try a series of 1/2" shorter belts to compensate for worn pulleys & linkages then you tell the customer that I have fitted a x " shorter belt and that saved them $ 150 ( or more ) on a new stack pulley and the shorter belts will give them another y years .
Many of those belts were bought for $ 5 and have a full retail of $ 50 to $ 100 .
AS I started to get more commercial customers I made the effort to find out what consummables they all used & if I could get the same items , sell it to them heavily discounted over the price they are paying . The big boxes offer most a 10% discount but I can go 30 % to 50 % and still make a profit . Thus to pick one item, I go through around 100 x 5lb rolls of selected trimmer lines a year and while it is a small mark up, it is a mark up that I would not have gotten otherwise and of course they use it all the time so any time an order is short of the free delivery limit I just add a roll of two of trimmer line . Add to that ear plugs, gloves , spats safety glasses / face shields batteries & blades and it adds up to a tidy amount that would have never come my way . Even better is they talk to each other so right now I supply nearly all of the mowing contractors .
They send me a text , I make up a box, pop the invoice in it & leave it out for them to pick up when they go past . Easy money .
And for then next 5 to 10 year, interest rates will be so low that money in the bank is worthless so stock on the floor is a far better investment .
Add to that it makes he shop look really professional .
THink about all the videos you have looked at .
If in the background you see lots of parts hanging on the wall you think "professional" , if you see lots of tools widely spaces & arranged pretty you think "hobbist" if you see almoost nothing but junk you think "ego maniac idiot " .

PTmowerMech said:

I had to buy a part from a competitor the other day, and he had a room about the size of the waiting room here, filled with blades. Side by side, at least 4 deep.
My mouth was watering.

Problem is, he's getting a reputation of being too high. And the two guys he has fixing things, apparently aren't doing a very good jobs. According to many of my customers now.
One of my commercial customers was buying a used scag from him. He was making payments and had about $500 paid on it. He went by there one day, and the mower was gone. Long story short, the owner wouldn't give him his money back. From what I understand they changed hands a few years back. The owners son took it over.

So not only do I need to get my tax stuff in order, I also need to get busy and get certified with Stihl, Briggs, Kohler and Kawasaki too.

Baby steps.

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Kohler you can do on line.
They send you a PDF with your name on it .
You then buy the Kohler certified sign & tack it out front
NEar that you tack a Briggs , Kawakasi etc sign .
People read the first then assume all the others are the same
All of the other brands down here charge a fortune for you to attend a workshop school & demand you do so on an on gong basis.
It costs over $ 1500 to become Briggs certified down here but you still have to keep a $ 30,000 inventory to have a Briggs account,
Stihl , Kohler , same thing Kawasaki have a training school but do not have a minimum inventory requirements but do have a minimum order of $ 500 or they add a $ 100 picking & packing fee . Stihl have a minimum order of $ 3000 to $ 8000 depending upon your turnover of their products.
Unless you are intending to become a retail whole goods supplier not worth the effort

Yeah, what Bert said. Looked into becoming certified or whatever the engine companies called it. Shops like me are too small for them to want to work with. Oh yeah, that is also why every Briggs dealer near me is closed or dropped Briggs. My pockets aren't deep enough to be a dealer.

bertsmobile1 said:

Kohler you can do on line.
They send you a PDF with your name on it .
You then buy the Kohler certified sign & tack it out front
NEar that you tack a Briggs , Kawakasi etc sign .
People read the first then assume all the others are the same
All of the other brands down here charge a fortune for you to attend a workshop school & demand you do so on an on gong basis.
It costs over $ 1500 to become Briggs certified down here but you still have to keep a $ 30,000 inventory to have a Briggs account,
Stihl , Kohler , same thing Kawasaki have a training school but do not have a minimum inventory requirements but do have a minimum order of $ 500 or they add a $ 100 picking & packing fee . Stihl have a minimum order of $ 3000 to $ 8000 depending upon your turnover of their products.
Unless you are intending to become a retail whole goods supplier not worth the effort

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Without building onto the back of this shop, (and losing what little storage space I have back there) I'm pretty sure I couldn't fit $50K worth of parts here. Unless the guy let me use their last bay for storage racks. It's possible. Consider they have a 4 bay shop, and only actually use maybe 3.

As far as the certs go, I just sent a request into Kohler. The Stihl cert, I could really care less about. From what I understand you have to jump through a lot of hoops for Stihl. I'm not about all that. But as far as the Briggs & Kawasaki certs go, I know I can't do them now. But if I could get certified by them, then I could become a dealership, eventually. One of those "better to have it, and not need it. Than to need it and not have it" things.
The shop I mentioned earlier, has one certified tech. But he doesn't work on anything. He's alway at the counter selling parts. The two guys in the back do all the work. Which may explain the amount of complaints I hear about the place now a days.
Who knows? Who cares? But them having a certified tech there, gives them options.

I'm still on the baby steps. And thinking about stuff I shouldn't even be thinking about right now.

And with B&S filing bankruptcy how will that affect dealers??

If one is starting out Loncin , Liffan , Ducar & any other Chinese engine maker's certification would be more profitable long term
B & S will stop making engines all together in the near future .
The Vanguard plant will remain while they are still getting the Obama subsidies for bringing production on shore .
Perhaps they will sell enough Snapper , Simplicity & Ferris powered by Vanguards to keep the plant running .
They may buy back the factories that make all of the bought in parts but probably they will get all of the parts for older models made in China or India and just become a parts supplier for older engines but as a major engine maker, they have gone the way of Tecumseh , Onan , Generac, Wisconsin etc etc etc .
If so all of the aftermarket parts suppliers will also be able to get the same parts and retail at a lower price.
I could be wrong
Oregon has been owned by a hedge fund for near a decade but the usual hedge fund operation model is rape , pillage & squeeze the last cent out of what they bought then go on to destroy another business .

bertsmobile1 said:

Kohler you can do on line.
They send you a PDF with your name on it .
You then buy the Kohler certified sign & tack it out front

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I just got an email back from Kohler. It's the registration form. There's a couple of questions on here that I'm not sure how to answer.
Which of the following best describes your current employer? (Check One)
Dealer OEM VoTech

Which of the following best describes your position/desired training track? (Check One)
Gas Technician Dealer Warranty Administrator Dealer Sales Gas/Diesel/KDI Technician Diesel/KDI Technician
KDI Technician VoTech Gas Technician VoTech Gas/Diesel/KDI Technician VoTech Diesel/KDI Technician
VoTech Instructor

First question would be Dealer and the second is gas technician dealer. OEM is person that manufactures equipment and Votech is school KDI is Kohler diesel

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First question would be Dealer and the second is gas technician dealer. OEM is person that manufactures equipment and Votech is school KDI is Kohler diesel

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Thank you.
I'm not planning on being a dealer. So that doesn't matter?

You really got to watch your purchases at Stens. For example the Husqvarna 532193350 switch which cost $5.99 and sells for $9.99 is only at Stens for $25.05 with a suggested retail of $41.75. Buying switch from Stens is plain crazy.

I would have a small fortune if I brought five switches I have in stock from Stens. $125.25 vs $29.95 for the five OEM switches

Please use your head when procuring parts and don't simply get ripped off. Making 41% GPM is fine with me

StarTech said:

You really got to watch your purchases at Stens. For example the Husqvarna 53293350 switch which cost $5.99 and sells for $9.99 is only at Stens for $25.05 with a suggested retail of $41.75. Buying switch from Stens is plain crazy.

I would have a small fortune if I brought five switches I have in stock from Stens. $125.25 vs $29.95 for the five OEM switches

Please use your head when procuring parts and don't simply get ripped off. Making 41% GPM is fine with me

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Yep,
lots of funny prices with all wholesalers .
Which is why you need more than one and why you have to cross check before you place an order
With the system I use I write the wholesalers part number in the margin on the left of the perforations so I know whose parts I used on that job but it does not appear on the customers invoice .
After a while you get to know which parts to buy from who .
These is a funny price on one of the plastic fuel taps as well and while being cheaper than the factory part is near 10 times the retail price of good pattern parts .

bertsmobile1 said:

Yep,
lots of funny prices with all wholesalers .
Which is why you need more than one and why you have to cross check before you place an order
With the system I use I write the wholesalers part number in the margin on the left of the perforations so I know whose parts I used on that job but it does not appear on the customers invoice .
After a while you get to know which parts to buy from who .
These is a funny price on one of the plastic fuel taps as well and while being cheaper than the factory part is near 10 times the retail price of good pattern parts .

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Yes they are all over the place.
That why I run an accounting software with auto manager. Here is an example a safety switch with all the alternates that I know of.

And if I need to I have of the alternates in stock all I got to do a parts counter search.

All this with the use of the bin system makes it a lot easier for an one person shop to keep track of all the parts in stock.

I generally look up parts from a diagram. While I'm there, (partstree, or others) I'll check their prices first. Then hope over to Stent to see if they have it and their price. If they dont, it's off to Amazon/ebay to see if there's an OEM or good aftermarket brand. If not it's back to partstree knowing the mark up is going to be very little.
Since I've had little trouble lately with Partstree, them being so close to me, makes them my go to of last resort.

My issue isn't so much price but availability. Been waiting for a set of axle seals for a tiller for 2 weeks and no email they have shipped. Waited a month for intakes seals for a briggs. Stens finally showed 8 in stock. Hate me because i bought all 8.

Hammermechanicman said:

My issue isn't so much price but availability. Been waiting for a set of axle seals for a tiller for 2 weeks and no email they have shipped. Waited a month for intakes seals for a briggs. Stens finally showed 8 in stock. Hate me because i bought all 8.

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Thanks a lot pal. I needed one.


LoL. J/k

Hammer, Eight of which? Not clear as which you needed.

Here I normally keep Briggs intake seals in stock. No point in just ordering just the current need as they are commonly used item.

As for the tiller axle seals no way which ones you were/are looking for; therefore, I couldn't check my distributor stock levels. I even have a few those in stock too for the Troybilt but don't remember if they are for the Horses or Ponies.

And PT Partstree for is most times always higher than list but; of course, I order my Briggs from a distributor with about a 20 % discount off Briggs list. But even the 10% off Briggs list at Power Distributors is better than Partstree 10% off their list price.

But said availability does comes in play on rush jobs especially on items that none of my normal distributors carry.

Manifold gasket 691917



Order says "ready to ship" since the 9th.
Got the shaft in a little over a week.
Needed a MS250 air filter. Stihl dealer didn't have one in stock so if i want one filter price plus $20 special order fee. Just had to send back some yellow fuel line advertised as real Tygon but no white lettering on it so not realTygon. Parts are getting to be a pain.

The Briggs o-ring is the one from the air cleaner to carburetor one which I currently 7 in stock.

I only have one the MTD 721-04232 seal but the distributor has 28 on hand so I don't see what the problem is with Jack's; unless, they are getting the same stick to you prices that MTD sent me where the cost $9.30 with a list of $10.33 so they are already above list. BTW MTD has already jack the prices again since the 1st of November as that seal was $9.03 on the 1st so I got download a new price import file again. Dang it is less than three weeks since the last hike.

I even still have 4 ea of the 1123 120 1613 Stihl filter. That fee sounds like you are dealing with JD. I haven't order through since last year as I found a dealer that order on a stock order and not charge any shipping fees.

I may have to give up the fix it gig and go back to the old fashioned way of making money. Robbing banks. ? less tax implications too.

Hammermechanicman said:

I may have to give up the fix it gig and go back to the old fashioned way of making money. Robbing banks. ? less tax implications too.

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Need an accomplice?

Robbing banks is not as lucrative as being a politician or a laywer. You can steal the money legally also no bullets to dodge most times. Being a honest man I would never make it in politics or as a lawyer.

StarTech said:

Robbing banks is not as lucrative as being a politician or a laywer. You can steal the money legally also no bullets to dodge most times. Being a honest man I would never make it in politics or as a lawyer.

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being a politician or lawyer, you can do the same, yet get away with it.

Well, just to prove there are good people in the world i gave a guy a discount on the labor on his chainsaw because it took so long to get a part in. He was so thankful that i was able to repair his MS250 without changing out the entire handle/tank assembly to fix the small broken piece that holds in the control lever in that he tipped me $20 over the full bill. Dealer wanted hundreds to fix the saw. I guess i can hold off on the bank job for another week.

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Well, just to prove there are good people in the world i gave a guy a discount on the labor on his chainsaw because it took so long to get a part in. He was so thankful that i was able to repair his MS250 without changing out the entire handle/tank assembly to fix the small broken piece that holds in the control lever in that he tipped me $20 over the full bill. Dealer wanted hundreds to fix the saw. I guess i can hold off on the bank job for another week.

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Darn. I'm bored.

Scrubcadet10 said:

Darn. I'm bored.

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I will send you the plans for the bank job. You're not afraid of explosives i hope.

Hammermechanicman said:

I will send you the plans for the bank job. You're not afraid of explosives i hope.

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Ha, bank robbery is not as lucrative as being a politician, you can steal legally, and there will be no consequences. I recently heard a story about a law firm https://federal-lawyer.com/criminal-law/white-collar-crimes/ that defended a politician who used his government position for years to steal money. The court issued a verdict that he was innocent. Everyone would love to have such a lucrative job. So you are thinking narrowly, we all need to work in government jobs to get rich.

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Darn. I'm bored.

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Maybe you can send me some that Boredom. I'm working 6 10hr days now accept when it pouring down. If I am lucky I get the backlog worked by next week. Two major Kawasaki engine repairs to do, One Hydro Gear pump rebuild on a Scag Turf Tiger, 4 more Stihl bushcutters (got 6 out today), a Honda powered generator and a Honda powered air compressor, a Yamaha 660 ATV in the shop, a couple riders, one Ransomes walk behind, and I still got two of my computer to repair on plus finish burying a 200 ft Cat 6 underground cable to the shop. Really need to computer back in the shop. Then of there is the well tank that needs replacing and the Chevy's differential that need to rebuild on my truck.

When things start jumping they start jumping all over the place.

StarTech said:

when things start jumping they start jumping all over the place.

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Its that time of year grass is jumping like crazy

Growing about 18" a week around here right now as the floods have saturated the soils & it is still pushing 30 C
Heading into another week of rain 4" to 10" per day so by the time I hit the remainder it will be pushing 6'
Sorry I did not invest in that sickle bar mower a while back

I need to order some more Briggs quantum needle seat kits, I've had about 8 of those in the last 2 weeks that have had fuel in the oil and air filter.

StarTech said:

Maybe you can send me some that Boredom. I'm working 6 10hr days now accept when it pouring down. If I am lucky I get the backlog worked by next week. Two major Kawasaki engine repairs to do, One Hydro Gear pump rebuild on a Scag Turf Tiger, 4 more Stihl bushcutters (got 6 out today), a Honda powered generator and a Honda powered air compressor, a Yamaha 660 ATV in the shop, a couple riders, one Ransomes walk behind, and I still got two of my computer to repair on plus finish burying a 200 ft Cat 6 underground cable to the shop. Really need to computer back in the shop. Then of there is the well tank that needs replacing and the Chevy's differential that need to rebuild on my truck.

When things start jumping they start jumping all over the place.

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So, what are you doing after lunch?

I am not that busy. Only have 5 things in the shop now and have 5 waiting for me to pick up. Taking a few days off to go to my son's and install cabinets a new dishwasher and some electrical work his timing is perfect.

What lunch besides I am on a crash diet due the doctor refusing to put me back on the blood pressure meds that were working. Currently consuming about 500 calories a day and two coffee cups of water (of course it is coffee). I did manage to get it down to 160/100, down from 225/120 and that is with the pill he changed me to. But boy those table legs are looking awful good lately.Too bad I wasn't born part termite. I done shed about 20 lbs in the last 4 weeks.

Next week I going try to find a new doctor and fire the current. If he cant do his job he don't need me as a patient.

Respect for juggling all those repairs and projects. It's like a non-stop action movie in your shop. I stumbled upon this interesting article about what to look for in a whistleblower attorney in Dallas. It's a bit different from your daily grind, but you never know when you might need some legal insights. Check it out if you're into that kind of thing https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/what-to-look-for-in-a-whistleblower-2684985/. I'm kinda new here, so thanks for sharing your hustle – makes my to-do list seem like a piece of cake!

StarTech said:

What lunch besides I am on a crash diet due the doctor refusing to put me back on the blood pressure meds that were working. Currently consuming about 500 calories a day and two coffee cups of water (of course it is coffee). I did manage to get it down to 160/100, down from 225/120 and that is with the pill he changed me to. But boy those table legs are looking awful good lately.Too bad I wasn't born part termite. I done shed about 20 lbs in the last 4 weeks.

Next week I going try to find a new doctor and fire the current. If he cant do his job he don't need me as a patient.

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Last year I fired 3 for basically the same stuff you are dealing with, plus reported one to medicare for fraudulent billing and another to the state medical board for ethics violations. So 3 for poor care, 1 for billing fraud, and another for medical malpractice.