Step Into The Life Of A Small Engine Mechanic - A Full Day Of Repair Work Before The Spring Rush
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- Опубліковано 11 бер 2024
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We take you behind the scenes as we shadow myself for a day and rev up reality with this workshop video special
We document a day of work / normal workflow, estimates, repairs and everything that goes along with a day at the beginning of the spring at our small engine repair shop.
What is your normal workflow or schedule?
I know many of you are just doing these repairs as you have an issue.
Is small engine repair a full time job for your or just something you do on the side?
Is it something you do for yourself, family & friends or do you work on equipment for other people?
I also know many of you are full time mechanics, whether currently working or retired many of you are life long learners wanting more knowledge each day.
No matter how long you have been doing something there is always something else that can be learned.
We hope that we help with your journey through our videos and teach you the little we have learned over the course of ours!
We follow and show how much I get done in a day and talk about the other employees and their progress toward good business flow and making sure we repair everything with the quality we want going into our service & repairs.
Obviously it depends on the day and workflow, that is what I love about what we do.
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About Us:
My name is Martin. I have been repairing tools and small engines for almost 20 years. We operate a small engine repair shop in Illinois. We service / repair Briggs & Stratton, Kohler, Kawasaki, John Deere, Cub Cadet, Toro Tecumseh, Loncin, Honda, Craftsman, Husqvarna, MTD, Troy Bilt, Simplicity, John Deere, Exmark, LCT, Generac and many more brands. We work on riding mowers, walk behind mowers, snow blowers, zero turns, generators, pressure washers and much more. We normally repair about 3,000 pieces of equipment every year and look at many more that are beyond an affordable repair. Hopefully our videos will save you some money and give you the information you need to work on your own equipment or figure out the issue at hand.
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Please be careful when repairing any piece of equipment and follow all possible safety measures. This video is for entertainment purposes only. - Навчання та стиль
I like the way you operate your business very professional.
I appreciate that! Thanks for watching!
I’m impressed with your skills and dedication to your craft 😊😊😊
I appreciate that Phil! Just trying to give my family what I never had growing up and in life. I also don't think my body is good enough to work my entire life so the quicker I can get to a decent place the better. Sooner rather than later it will stop me from it 😔
Here it is very common practice to put tubes in bad tires instead of replacing them. Much cheaper option when the tire threads are still good even if sidewalls are dry rotted you can get many years out of them this way. Very good video you are very professional.
I definitely hear that. I had a buddy that tubed everything soon as a tire ever went flat he was doing the whole mower or piece of equipment. On the other side my uncle refuses to use them "tire isn't meant to be used with a tube". I will do them if the situation is right and the customer asks but I am quoting a new tire first. New 15x6-6 tire today is about $50 installed. A tube would cost the customer $30 installed. On a cheap tire it makes sense to replace it but once you get into the bigger stuff the gap widens on tire vs tube price. Thanks for watching and for your comment!
The Spring rush is already here.
It sure comes quick this time of year! Thanks for watching!
Yes it is
@@chrisgarland2272 It comes quick sometimes!
When you give an estimate about what the machines need, you usually get backlash from a few customers about price. I always hated being on the phone half the day, thank goodness for secretaries.
Definitely so! Customer will state something along the lines of "it wasn't even in there for that" during an estimate. Then has to come the conversation about how we will need to add a quart and a half of oil to even pull the machine into the shop and address whether they want us to estimate the pools of oil all over the engine and the spindle play, bad belts, broken deck, etc. or send it back like it is. If you dont let them know you will definitely hear about how we just "fixed" the mower and it broke right after they got it back. Sometimes it sure can be frustrating! Had one this week argue with me about needing new blades, one blade was completely broken off. Way I look at it, long as you give them all the info about what is wrong, what can they be mad about? Thanks for watching!
Your the boss and in that early. Lol. Everyone thinks they want to be and don’t realize.
I wouldn't change anything about it because I love what I do. Most people do not realize the hard work you have to put in to go anywhere in life anymore without an "in" or a pile of cash. Thanks for watching!
@@IndRepair you love what you’re doing, and you can hear the passion. But your also good at what you do. Congratulations with a winning combo.
Thank you!
Wow super and quick and easy a great sentence coming from a mechanic I always here it will be awhile are still waiting on parts great video
We sure try to get them back running fast as possible. Thanks for watching and for your comment!
I love videos like this mate
Thanks for watching, Appreciate that
Slay those tune ups people actually are excited to get them going and getting ready for the season. Your making someone happy out there and thats your clients. Hard to find a dependable person to trust with other's machines. Getem
Yeah, we love this season and people are super happy when they get their equipment back and it is working like it should! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the great video!
Who makes your hydraulic lift table you work on tractors with?
Thinking about getting one.
Thanks for watching! I use the Handy S.A.M. 1200 in this video. We also have a Handy S.A.M. 1000. We go over both in the video at ua-cam.com/video/-hNN2AGrOHk/v-deo.html These tables have saved me so much back pain I am not sure how I ever made it without. You won't regret the purchase and it will pay for itself quick
Very cool, Martin! I love seeing how people work. Seems to me you have around three separate work stations or areas in your shop. Do you have a couple other mechanics working there as well? Someone else to do the books, billing, etc?
Thought about knocking out some walls at some point?
We have an office helper (my daughter), myself, another full time mechanic, a part time mechanic and a full time driver currently on the team. We will be hiring another mechanic soon as we find the right fit! Thanks for watching!
Oh boy, the walls the place once had lol!!!
Do you include valve adjustments as a regular tuneup item?
We do not include valve adjustments as a regular tune up item. Many of them take an hour plus for valve adjustment depending on the engine and valve cover mess you have to deal with. We recommend this adjustment every few years on most engines. Thanks for watching!
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Thanks for watching!
I’m doing push mower and snowblower repairs out of my garage here in Metro Detroit as a side thing to my full time job. I’ve built a good clientele and reputation on the Facebook city group pages since 2019.
At what point in your career did you pull the trigger and go full time shop in a commercial space?
That is awesome! Good for you!
I did repairs out of my garage for customers starting in 2011 and didn't move into this commercial location until 2019.
We built all of our clientele through word of mouth and besides the down payment on the building everything was purchased as we went with no initial or other investment besides a few basic tools.
Facebook was always a huge driver just be sure the haters do not know your doing it out of your garage or you will have code enforcement there fast (if that is an issue where you live). I was careful about this until right before we moved then I got lax and posted a picture showing the garage full of mowers the house. Sure enough they were there a few hours later asking about what I was doing (even though I had a business license in this location they work off complaints and if you are bothering someone, they pull it). They were very clear about this when they issued the license. Our neighbors were awesome!
I originally was full time with the small engine repair as a night and weekend thing but after a couple years in the garage I started cutting my "real job" hours down until I made more money at the repairs than at the day job.
I did it about as slow and careful as you possibly can to make sure I didn't fail because around here winters are not so good. Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for the advice! I agree with the take it slow for a transition. Just doing about four machines a day for five days would double what I’m making at my current 9-5 job. Time to start stashing cash for when I lease some space.
When you get to doing a lot of them don't wait until your body makes you. Make the investment in a lift table. Spend $2,000 and do everything twice as fast without ruining your body. Do it before busy season it will pay for itself in a couple months in increased volume