First hit as a new O/O.

When i was quoted the prices i called around to some buddies, one is a agricultural diesel mechanic , one is a farmer and the other owns a sandblasting and painting business. All of them have many years of experience with trucks, machinery and equipment and all of them were not one bit sceptical on the quoted prices for the parts and labor. In fact the mechanic buddy said it was a bit better than it usually costs. If you take into account that I do not have a shop in which to work, no major tools, nor the time to shop around for parts, wait for shipping if they are not locally available then fit them myself, then you see that the price I am paying isnt as bad as you make out. If industry standard shop and parts rates are going to send me broke then how the hell do so many people maintain a truck or equipment. Why dont you tell me how cheap you could have done it in 2 days, with no tools , in a truckstop parking lot and compare it to what i paid. All you guys with your negative opinions never seem to have much to back up your comments.

 

Wasnt trying to go too hard on you there 112racing but whats a guy to do? If i had the things neccessary to do it cheaper , by all means i would, I just really dont think its as bad as its made out to be. Its no more or less than any other place i could have gone to in my town.

 

Yeah ,I know LOL. I kinda knew when i started the thread that it would turn out the way it did. I did say i would keep the forum up to date on my experiences, good or bad, as a new O/O. Im not taken any of it personally , if it generates opinions and viewpoints then thats good, I can read the posts and gain what I can from them . If one aspiring O/O reads this thread and decides to wait until he has a bit more money in the bank before jumping in and buying a truck , then its achieved something. If people just want to bash away with what they could've, should've,would've done, then go right ahead. I got thick skin and can handle it. Like was posted earlier, its easy to spend money when its someone elses and its easy to give criticism on things that never affect them financially. When its their truck that breaks down I would like to hear how they went about their repairs and see how they did it different. I am willing to take any opinion posted and get what i can out of it. If i cant get any usefull info out of a post,well thats fine i just move on to the next one.