5th wheel replacement question Holland FW35

Crazy thing is you know darn well that most mechanics are more qualified than the workers assembling the new one lol.

 

Not in my area. I suspect your area is quite different. The last of the really good mechanics I knew, were retiring early to mid 00's.

These were the guys who could fix anything. They might rebuild a CAT pump and set timing advance today, rebuild a transmission tommorow, then be doing a corner radius on a trailer the third day.

You just don't find those hands around my area anymore.

Something crazy though. There's more mechanical knowledge on this forum, than you can find in all of the dealerships in my area.

The ability to see symptoms and diagnose from there has been lost

 

I've never worked in a truck dealer but I suspect that the mechanics just don't see much variety. If most all you ever work on are Cascadias with the Detroit engine and transmission then you just don't see much of anything else outside of that. If you work at a truckstop then its probably going to be not much more than PMs, tires and tail lights.

 

General liability would never cover mechanic defect or accident. Auto livability would. GL is one of the most useless insurance. Yes I have it, per 2 customers. They can't explain why they require it. My agent even tried to explain it to them. Big corporations, don't care.

GL will basically cover you when You have a facility that people come and go regularly and someone could be hurt. Short version.

Nothing wrong with rebuilding one. Probably have done hundreds, like new if the proper care is followed.


But yes, his adjustment does need checked before condemning it.

 

I don't own a shop anymore, but as a shop owner, If i put on wheels and they come off and strike a car, or put batteries in wrong and burn a truck down, GL covers that. That is what it is for.

As I stated before, I'm talking GL as a shop owner, not an O/O. I may not have made that clear in previous post

 

Got you. I might have misinterpreted it. I read at a freshman level.