Navigator7
New Member
This is a rant.....
When I want something done, I am always willing to pay for it.
I PW'd my house prior to painting and rented a PW'r.
Rented a paint sprayer.
Rented a log splitter for this winter's wood.
I rent what I need....happily.
In fact, I don't borrow my friends tools, especially if they make their living with the tools I need. I will contract with them. I want to pay their price....as a friend, why should I be entitled to a discount? If they offer, fine...but if you are a friend? Otherwise, pay your buddy!
Would you borrow a brick layers mixer or stone cutter?
A crane owners boom truck?
A carpenters tool van?
or
A PW'rs pump, hose, wand and fittings?
I recently acquired a combo unit and already people I do not know are descending on my shop wanting to just "Borrow" my new steamer.
I won't rent it to unknowns nor have they been willing to pay my price to show up and finish the task.
I'm not worried about missed revenue...But I am worried about inadvertently pissing people off. Their request offends me.
I want to step on their toes but make it sound like Happy Birthday! ;-)
I'm looking for good humored suggestions to lubricate an uneasy situation.
I won't work for free.
The machine is mine to do as I please.
It is a tool I use to put food on the table.
And....I don't have a rental contract and insurance in place to cover the guy that breaks it.
I'm considering installing vinyl lettering with my biz logo, phone etc....and a little stylized cut line that says something like:
"Warning:
My Boss is an asshole.
He makes his living making me hot.
You want to make me hot?:
Money Talks, Borrower's walk!"
Feedback....good or bad welcomed.
(BTW....the uses for these machines are boggling my mind!
10. Steaming domestic wells to remove two types of bacteria.
9. Steam thawing.
8. Starting equipment in remote cold locations.
7. Steaming thawing froze septic tanks.
6. Pumping water or sludge. Particularly flammable stuff.
5. Thawing ground prior to a concrete pour.
4. Thawing and preheating high uses areas around grocery stores and hospitals to keep slips and falls down to a minimum.
3. Ice dams on roofs.
2. Heating frozen stock tanks.
and my #1 fun and frolic use and still on the drawing board is
1. Using it to power a steam cannon similar to this:
<A HREF="http://www.concretepumpingadvice.com/detail.asp?id=5039&p=1">Nav7's WaterDawgâ„¢ Cannon</a>
When I want something done, I am always willing to pay for it.
I PW'd my house prior to painting and rented a PW'r.
Rented a paint sprayer.
Rented a log splitter for this winter's wood.
I rent what I need....happily.
In fact, I don't borrow my friends tools, especially if they make their living with the tools I need. I will contract with them. I want to pay their price....as a friend, why should I be entitled to a discount? If they offer, fine...but if you are a friend? Otherwise, pay your buddy!
Would you borrow a brick layers mixer or stone cutter?
A crane owners boom truck?
A carpenters tool van?
or
A PW'rs pump, hose, wand and fittings?
I recently acquired a combo unit and already people I do not know are descending on my shop wanting to just "Borrow" my new steamer.
I won't rent it to unknowns nor have they been willing to pay my price to show up and finish the task.
I'm not worried about missed revenue...But I am worried about inadvertently pissing people off. Their request offends me.
I want to step on their toes but make it sound like Happy Birthday! ;-)
I'm looking for good humored suggestions to lubricate an uneasy situation.
I won't work for free.
The machine is mine to do as I please.
It is a tool I use to put food on the table.
And....I don't have a rental contract and insurance in place to cover the guy that breaks it.
I'm considering installing vinyl lettering with my biz logo, phone etc....and a little stylized cut line that says something like:
"Warning:
My Boss is an asshole.
He makes his living making me hot.
You want to make me hot?:
Money Talks, Borrower's walk!"
Feedback....good or bad welcomed.
(BTW....the uses for these machines are boggling my mind!
10. Steaming domestic wells to remove two types of bacteria.
9. Steam thawing.
8. Starting equipment in remote cold locations.
7. Steaming thawing froze septic tanks.
6. Pumping water or sludge. Particularly flammable stuff.
5. Thawing ground prior to a concrete pour.
4. Thawing and preheating high uses areas around grocery stores and hospitals to keep slips and falls down to a minimum.
3. Ice dams on roofs.
2. Heating frozen stock tanks.
and my #1 fun and frolic use and still on the drawing board is
1. Using it to power a steam cannon similar to this:
<A HREF="http://www.concretepumpingadvice.com/detail.asp?id=5039&p=1">Nav7's WaterDawgâ„¢ Cannon</a>
