@5:23 The very next word should be "Compression Test". But seeing that this video is 3 years ago, you've probably figured that out by now. That and "lose the starting fluid" and use a 2-stroke mixed fuel instead for the sake of the cylinder health. Great video and a great subject. I did roughly the same thing as you, probably around the same time except it was entirely by accident. I've been doing mower maintenance and repairs since my Dad first taught me when I was about 9 or 10 (1969 or 70) and he finally let me actually use the mower when I was 12. The same with bikes and cars, Dad got me started saving money at an early age. When I was a toddler and he got stuck watching me, he kept me entertained by letting me play in his tool bag while he worked on whatever it was at the time, showing me things and answering questions along the way. When I was 3, I spent part of the Cuban Missile Crisis sitting in the seat of a C-130, fiddling with frequency knobs and listening to the control tower while my Dad and the other Airmen were setting the plane up as a troop transport. Thanks to my Dad, I grew up in a maintenance and repair atmosphere with lots of training and application and stayed in that atmosphere until shortly after the Gulf War and I became a disabled Veteran. Anyway, more recently, one of the things I do for therapy and to keep my mind working is tinker in the garage, driveway and around the yard. I kept having the occasional person see me working on my (Mower, car, truck, bicycle, whatever) and ask me if I would look at, fix, repair, whatever it was they couldn't get to work. In the spring, I'd be working on changing oil or something, and next thing you know, I'd have a line of kids up and down my driveway after the first one asked that magic question, "Can You Fix My Bicycle?" I felt like the Pied Piper at times. I did what I could and never charged them, thinking that if I could keep them rolling, it would keep them out of trouble. But it got to where I couldn't get my own stuff done for everyone else trying to get me to fix their crap. I hated to even open my garage door because it seemed that people would flock to my house with anything from stereos and computers to can openers to trying to get me to replace worn out truck engines. For someone that is supposed to "avoid stress at all costs", these people were beginning to be stressing me out big time. During the "CV-19" lock downs, it eased up a bit but I noticed something else. With the battery powered stuff coming out hot and heavy, I was seeing more and more mowers, weed eaters and mowers and such just sitting on the side of the road. And most of them needed very little in order to be perfectly fine. Before I know it, I had a healthy "Stash" of all of the above and was just about to start going through them when, all of a sudden, every cotton pickin' person I know, had "All of the Above" that they needed to have repaired or serviced, and the two local shops were way backed up. So, I sort of had to go from "Just helping out" to "OK, it's gonna cost you, and by the way, I'm not a mechanic, I'm disabled and have other things around the house that need to get done so it's probably gonna take a while. As long as you know that up front, I'll get to it when I can and if you need it sooner, come back and get it or go right ove there, I've got the tools and if you get stuck, let me know.". At this time, I haven't gotten to all of last year's items but have managed to keep a steady progress with them and get a good bit of what has come in this season at the same time. I'm not looking to make a bunch of money, mainly enough to cover the parts, build up a small inventory in order to save the folks money and me time waiting on frequently needed parts, and to be able to buy a few additional tools that I would otherwise have to keep improvising to get around a repair. (Got a Mini Tire Changer just last week, on sale at Hobo-Freight. I can't afford things like that on a fixed income, even though it's not all that expensive.) Anyway, that's how I "Accidently" got into a Lawn equipment business, even if it is more of a "Not for Profit" whatever they call it. It has slowed down the freeloaders that expect me to fix their stuff and pay for it for them (No Way! They'd NEVER, EVER dream of taking advantage of me! (And I have a house for sale down in the Okefenokee swamp for a bargain price. It's got a few lizards, but the view is incredible.(extreme sarcasm))). You'd be surprised at the people that want you to pay for their stuff. (I had one dude that came back at night and stole his mower back instead of paying the $56 worth of parts it took to fix it. God's got that. He saw it and will take care of it in His way when He's ready.) I hope that you have great success and a great rest of your week! Take Care!
Bikes and mowers. Funny how those two seem to go together. Right now, I have a Murray push mower on the floor, a Huffy in the repair stand, a wheel on the truing stand, and a line of both waiting for maintenance. One project I have lined up is converting a bicycle child trailer into small lawn equipment trailer. I've got everything to do it except the time. Take Care!
Josh that is so awesome!! I am a PhD chemical engineer and I worked in Big Pharma. With the weirdnesss that has happened I fell into a heavy dislike of all things Pharma. I decided to start a mobile welding and fabrication business. That being said the very next day I was riding out of my dad's driveway and I was run over by a Ford F350 and nearly had my right leg crushed off. Blood clots and fighting to keep my leg and it has been almost two years. I will not be climbing around equipment too much and I mentioned that I would be able to repair my friend's engine drive welder. That is when I started a small engine repair/rebuild/restoration business along with a light machining shop. With the supply chain madness lately I have had orders take 10 times what the time is said to take. Others came on time but were the wrong part completely and I am still waiting for others. I found a 200 year old lathe that was the right price $200 and I restored it to working order with a treadmill motor. I have a few other machines but the main thing is that I can make my own parts within reason. Eventually I want to have a large machine shop that runs on steam and belts including the electricity.
@@olivertaylor8788 Do you mean doing repairs for people or the pharmaceutical business? I believe I am going to specialize in pre WWI race cars and sports cars equipped with a distributor or magneto. I will probably still do repairs to landscaping equipment as I have time. Right now I am so busy that I could work 24/7 and not be caught up for quite a while. I still enjoy it more than the woke Pharma. The quotas were driving me crazy. The people I worked with and the higher ups were completely unqualified and were only hired because of their gender mainly.The millennials are a completely different level of insanity.
Keep the Dream and the Dream will keep you. And a location with a good a water source and a water wheel wouldn't hurt, either. I'd never thought about combining the two power sources to complement each other until I read your post and applied my brain to it for about a minute and a half. My Brother in-law is a chemical engineer (PhD- Georgia Tech) and he worked for Eastman (that side of the Eastman-Kodak entity) for years before he purchased a plant and started developing and manufacturing plastics to meet customers' requirements. The whole thing started out on a wing and a prayer, used equipment nightmares and lots of TLC, but he's still there and I think will be expanding shortly. Take care and hope you see it happen soon!
Mustie1, Taryl Fixes All, Steve's Small Engine, Donyboy all great UA-cam creators. You can find resources to fix nearly any outdoor power equipment, almost down to make and model. Generators, pressure washers, lawn care equipment, snow removal, etc.
You can't fix the china junk of today.recycled aluminum moters no good.its all fucking garbage today.sold my shops 5 years ago,went fishing and never looked back.
It’s a matter of knowledge of equipment and engines that matters and only buy what you can afford Keep backup money because lots of people don’t even pickup stuff
Thanks for sharing your experience and very informative video. Lots of repair videos on your channel, Are you up for a collaboration? Hipa supplies parts for small engines and maybe we would work together to help more people in the community.
Get on to the ride on tractor mowers, for me, that's were the big money is....sure, most of my work is push mowers, weedeaters, saws, blowers, etc, but learn your way around ride ons..even big pro machines...big money...best of luck
absolutely love your channel very informative content keep up the good work ,im just starting out in lawnmower repairs in lancashire england cheers pal
Wonderful informational video on the subject! It provided the beginning stepping stones that I was looking for. Thank you for your time and effort you put into making this video! It is greatly appreciated.
Thank God for Fleabay, Scamazon Hobo-Freight, and a bone yard of good mowers due to the battery fad/craze. (They are already wishing they hadn't thrown that mower away). Take care!
You got to be fast to make money. You have to be able to troubleshoot machine quickly. A push mower is simple but some of the machines out there today cost 15K and you better know what you doing. I have been a small engine mechanic for 40 years and just when I thought I seen it all I get some unimaginable issues. The industry is trying to phase out gas engines so shop sustability will become challenging in the near future. I personally think the battery stuff is crap but some people want them. Just my 2 cents. 8:20
Batteries don't last long enough. A lawn care business will be going through thousands of batteries a month which will all eventually end up in a land full and ironically need to be charged with electricity still being produced by fossil fuels. So it's okay for the big corporations and power companies to profit off the consumption of gas and oil, but not the little guys.
I've got a boneyard of perfectly good mowers that were thrown out by the side of the road and now, customers looking to get a gas mower again due to the crappy battery situation and seeing the prices of new mowers. The Boom is about to be "On" for good used stuff. As far as super expensive and large equipment, I refer them to the other shop three doors down. I'm not set up to deal with it and don't want to be. I'm not all that not fast, I take my time and try to get everything perfect the first time, but then I'm not out to make a lot of money, either. I'm a disabled Vet and do it for therapy, mostly, and got tired of people taking advantage of me. So, now I charge. The freeloaders have all but disappeared and I've been left with more good customers than I can handle. The only profit goes to purchasing some inventory items and tools that make the job easier. I don't even pay myself for my time (Maybe a Whopper every now and then, or a Peach Milkshake for my wife at Chic Filet, when they are in season (Wow, same as mowing season!). I never know each day if I will even be able to work on anything or not. I let the people know this up front so they know that I will get to it when I can and will help "right then" in an emergency situation or a breakdown needs to be gotten home. If they need something done that I can't handle right then, I know where to refer them to get in those shops waiting lines. (5 and 6 months out). So, if they need it faster, they can come in, grab a wrench and I'll help them when they get stuck. (That's for a privileged few. Some, even the thought of a tool in their hands scares me.) I'm not even a mechanic. I gave A-10 pilots the ability take a bunch 10MM cannon rounds and stick them up a gnats-behind at 1000 yards while flying at 250 knots with NO error. So, a computer is my Crescent wrench, and yard equipment is a piece of cake. My problem is making sure that I don't make too much money. Just enough for the venture to pay for itself and keep my muscles and mind going and in gear and avoiding stress at all costs. (That's by multiple Doctors Orders) I do think that you are right about the battery thing. They are cool for some things (My mom likes her weed eater and loves the Craftsman drill and impact driver), but for serious work, Battery Lawn Equipment still isn't ready for Prime Time and an environmental disaster waiting to happen. But the thing with the battery stuff, it's still all market driven. If no one buys the stuff, it will go away. (Too many people let themselves get sucked into the "Gl obal Warm ing" BS for that to happen, it seems). Oh, I do like the idea of the "Robo-Mowers". I can't wait to find one of them on the side of the road or a used one at an affordable price. It would be a good addition to my Roomba collection. Take care!
Don't quit your day job. I hope you're not charging people. It's not right to learn at the expense of your customer. You are not correctly fixing and people like you give small engine mechanics a bad name.
Someone has to do this work and most people can't be bothered. How else do you propose people learn other than through experience. If someone does a good job and doesn't overcharge customers will come back.
I'd rather have someone that's still learning than someone who thinks they know everything working on my stuff, that's why I repair all my equipment lol
@princenaz23 if you can't do it right the first time, don't do it at all. I wouldn't let a unqualified person touch my equipment. It's the things that they don't do that can be detrimental to the longevity of your equipment. They can also cause damage to your equipment that doesn't show up until later down the road such as cross threaded sparkplugs, oil drain plugs and bolts.
@@jasonbusch3624 I feel your pain brother, but the dude is only making 1000 a month and he's basically just replacing carburettor. I support anyone who is in support of gasoline engine powered equipment as the government is on track to ban all fossil fuels by 2030, not my words. I also like to see people taking their own lives and livelihoods into their own hands instead of relying on a big corporation, or sitting on their arses playing video games, gettin high and expecting the government to pay their way, so i can't be mad at this guy.
Figured I’d respond to this for the overall benefit of anyone else who reads it. This was a very successful side hustle that helped more than 200 clients get their machines running again. Zero complaints and zero follow up appointments that I remember (it’s been several years). I’m currently running a business that I probably wasn’t “qualified” to start as well. It provides a full-time income for me and two team members. It also generates a healthy profit. What’s the point? Don’t let a mindset like the comment above stop you from starting/trying/taking risks. Will you make some mistakes along the way? Sure, but you’ll also learn a lot, and if you keep learning and growing and don’t let the nay-sayers discourage you, you will succeed. I wish you all the best.
I just retired from 58 years of diesel mechanic work and now I’m fixing small engines like my Dad did many years ago
That’s my dream job I’m 16 I’m going into automotive to work on cars for school and hopefully get in for college but any tips
Why don’t you have any Torx bits. They are a common tool needed
@5:23 The very next word should be "Compression Test". But seeing that this video is 3 years ago, you've probably figured that out by now. That and "lose the starting fluid" and use a 2-stroke mixed fuel instead for the sake of the cylinder health.
Great video and a great subject. I did roughly the same thing as you, probably around the same time except it was entirely by accident.
I've been doing mower maintenance and repairs since my Dad first taught me when I was about 9 or 10 (1969 or 70) and he finally let me actually use the mower when I was 12. The same with bikes and cars, Dad got me started saving money at an early age. When I was a toddler and he got stuck watching me, he kept me entertained by letting me play in his tool bag while he worked on whatever it was at the time, showing me things and answering questions along the way. When I was 3, I spent part of the Cuban Missile Crisis sitting in the seat of a C-130, fiddling with frequency knobs and listening to the control tower while my Dad and the other Airmen were setting the plane up as a troop transport. Thanks to my Dad, I grew up in a maintenance and repair atmosphere with lots of training and application and stayed in that atmosphere until shortly after the Gulf War and I became a disabled Veteran.
Anyway, more recently, one of the things I do for therapy and to keep my mind working is tinker in the garage, driveway and around the yard. I kept having the occasional person see me working on my (Mower, car, truck, bicycle, whatever) and ask me if I would look at, fix, repair, whatever it was they couldn't get to work.
In the spring, I'd be working on changing oil or something, and next thing you know, I'd have a line of kids up and down my driveway after the first one asked that magic question, "Can You Fix My Bicycle?" I felt like the Pied Piper at times. I did what I could and never charged them, thinking that if I could keep them rolling, it would keep them out of trouble.
But it got to where I couldn't get my own stuff done for everyone else trying to get me to fix their crap. I hated to even open my garage door because it seemed that people would flock to my house with anything from stereos and computers to can openers to trying to get me to replace worn out truck engines. For someone that is supposed to "avoid stress at all costs", these people were beginning to be stressing me out big time.
During the "CV-19" lock downs, it eased up a bit but I noticed something else. With the battery powered stuff coming out hot and heavy, I was seeing more and more mowers, weed eaters and mowers and such just sitting on the side of the road. And most of them needed very little in order to be perfectly fine.
Before I know it, I had a healthy "Stash" of all of the above and was just about to start going through them when, all of a sudden, every cotton pickin' person I know, had "All of the Above" that they needed to have repaired or serviced, and the two local shops were way backed up. So, I sort of had to go from "Just helping out" to "OK, it's gonna cost you, and by the way, I'm not a mechanic, I'm disabled and have other things around the house that need to get done so it's probably gonna take a while. As long as you know that up front, I'll get to it when I can and if you need it sooner, come back and get it or go right ove there, I've got the tools and if you get stuck, let me know.".
At this time, I haven't gotten to all of last year's items but have managed to keep a steady progress with them and get a good bit of what has come in this season at the same time. I'm not looking to make a bunch of money, mainly enough to cover the parts, build up a small inventory in order to save the folks money and me time waiting on frequently needed parts, and to be able to buy a few additional tools that I would otherwise have to keep improvising to get around a repair. (Got a Mini Tire Changer just last week, on sale at Hobo-Freight. I can't afford things like that on a fixed income, even though it's not all that expensive.)
Anyway, that's how I "Accidently" got into a Lawn equipment business, even if it is more of a "Not for Profit" whatever they call it. It has slowed down the freeloaders that expect me to fix their stuff and pay for it for them (No Way! They'd NEVER, EVER dream of taking advantage of me! (And I have a house for sale down in the Okefenokee swamp for a bargain price. It's got a few lizards, but the view is incredible.(extreme sarcasm))). You'd be surprised at the people that want you to pay for their stuff. (I had one dude that came back at night and stole his mower back instead of paying the $56 worth of parts it took to fix it. God's got that. He saw it and will take care of it in His way when He's ready.)
I hope that you have great success and a great rest of your week!
Take Care!
Im working on my own business im trying to get off the ground but im doing bicycles and small engines
Bikes and mowers. Funny how those two seem to go together. Right now, I have a Murray push mower on the floor, a Huffy in the repair stand, a wheel on the truing stand, and a line of both waiting for maintenance.
One project I have lined up is converting a bicycle child trailer into small lawn equipment trailer. I've got everything to do it except the time.
Take Care!
Josh that is so awesome!! I am a PhD chemical engineer and I worked in Big Pharma. With the weirdnesss that has happened I fell into a heavy dislike of all things Pharma. I decided to start a mobile welding and fabrication business. That being said the very next day I was riding out of my dad's driveway and I was run over by a Ford F350 and nearly had my right leg crushed off. Blood clots and fighting to keep my leg and it has been almost two years. I will not be climbing around equipment too much and I mentioned that I would be able to repair my friend's engine drive welder. That is when I started a small engine repair/rebuild/restoration business along with a light machining shop. With the supply chain madness lately I have had orders take 10 times what the time is said to take. Others came on time but were the wrong part completely and I am still waiting for others. I found a 200 year old lathe that was the right price $200 and I restored it to working order with a treadmill motor. I have a few other machines but the main thing is that I can make my own parts within reason. Eventually I want to have a large machine shop that runs on steam and belts including the electricity.
Stuff will run you insane. Mentally, I'd advise you to run.
@@olivertaylor8788 Do you mean doing repairs for people or the pharmaceutical business? I believe I am going to specialize in pre WWI race cars and sports cars equipped with a distributor or magneto. I will probably still do repairs to landscaping equipment as I have time. Right now I am so busy that I could work 24/7 and not be caught up for quite a while. I still enjoy it more than the woke Pharma. The quotas were driving me crazy. The people I worked with and the higher ups were completely unqualified and were only hired because of their gender mainly.The millennials are a completely different level of insanity.
Keep the Dream and the Dream will keep you. And a location with a good a water source and a water wheel wouldn't hurt, either. I'd never thought about combining the two power sources to complement each other until I read your post and applied my brain to it for about a minute and a half.
My Brother in-law is a chemical engineer (PhD- Georgia Tech) and he worked for Eastman (that side of the Eastman-Kodak entity) for years before he purchased a plant and started developing and manufacturing plastics to meet customers' requirements. The whole thing started out on a wing and a prayer, used equipment nightmares and lots of TLC, but he's still there and I think will be expanding shortly.
Take care and hope you see it happen soon!
Mustie1, Taryl Fixes All, Steve's Small Engine, Donyboy all great UA-cam creators. You can find resources to fix nearly any outdoor power equipment, almost down to make and model. Generators, pressure washers, lawn care equipment, snow removal, etc.
You can't fix the china junk of today.recycled aluminum moters no good.its all fucking garbage today.sold my shops 5 years ago,went fishing and never looked back.
Chickanic. Doublewide 6. Jungle bobs repair. Tom Doby mower repair. Individualized repair is also good
Mower Medic 😮
Thanks!
Compress tester, Vacuum Pressure tester, needle nose pliers, wire wheels and brushes, angle grinder, drill, impact driver and wrench, air compressor, hemostats, picks, gasket scrapers, seal pullers, 2 and 3 jaw pullers, piston ring installer, cylinder honing tool, torx set, safety torx set, pry bars, rubber, steel and brass hammers/mallets, propane torch, brazing tools, wire, spark plug, ignition testers, endoscope, plastic welding kit, rotary tool
Lots of Toys make Happy Boys!
It’s a matter of knowledge of equipment and engines that matters and only buy what you can afford
Keep backup money because lots of people don’t even pickup stuff
Thanks for sharing your experience and very informative video. Lots of repair videos on your channel,
Are you up for a collaboration? Hipa supplies parts for small engines and maybe we would work together to help more people in the community.
Get on to the ride on tractor mowers, for me, that's were the big money is....sure, most of my work is push mowers, weedeaters, saws, blowers, etc, but learn your way around ride ons..even big pro machines...big money...best of luck
First is to have mechanical skills and lots of experience in repairing them
It’s not all about the book knowledge and videos learning
You need a blade balancing tool as well.
Those old Briggs engines are just great machines. I have two Briggs 3hp pushmovwers, -69 and -73. I use them every summer.
Thanks Josh. I started last year exactly the same way
Thank you Joshua for answering the one question I can never figure out of how to post a service add on Facebook they always kick me off
absolutely love your channel very informative content keep up the good work ,im just starting out in lawnmower repairs in lancashire england cheers pal
Wonderful informational video on the subject! It provided the beginning stepping stones that I was looking for. Thank you for your time and effort you put into making this video! It is greatly appreciated.
Parts handy
Thank God for Fleabay, Scamazon Hobo-Freight, and a bone yard of good mowers due to the battery fad/craze. (They are already wishing they hadn't thrown that mower away).
Take care!
We are littering almost doing the exact same path . It’s awesome to see our paths are so similar
You got to be fast to make money. You have to be able to troubleshoot machine quickly. A push mower is simple but some of the machines out there today cost 15K and you better know what you doing. I have been a small engine mechanic for 40 years and just when I thought I seen it all I get some unimaginable issues. The industry is trying to phase out gas engines so shop sustability will become challenging in the near future. I personally think the battery stuff is crap but some people want them. Just my 2 cents. 8:20
It is crap
Batteries don't last long enough. A lawn care business will be going through thousands of batteries a month which will all eventually end up in a land full and ironically need to be charged with electricity still being produced by fossil fuels. So it's okay for the big corporations and power companies to profit off the consumption of gas and oil, but not the little guys.
I've got a boneyard of perfectly good mowers that were thrown out by the side of the road and now, customers looking to get a gas mower again due to the crappy battery situation and seeing the prices of new mowers. The Boom is about to be "On" for good used stuff.
As far as super expensive and large equipment, I refer them to the other shop three doors down. I'm not set up to deal with it and don't want to be.
I'm not all that not fast, I take my time and try to get everything perfect the first time, but then I'm not out to make a lot of money, either. I'm a disabled Vet and do it for therapy, mostly, and got tired of people taking advantage of me. So, now I charge. The freeloaders have all but disappeared and I've been left with more good customers than I can handle. The only profit goes to purchasing some inventory items and tools that make the job easier.
I don't even pay myself for my time (Maybe a Whopper every now and then, or a Peach Milkshake for my wife at Chic Filet, when they are in season (Wow, same as mowing season!). I never know each day if I will even be able to work on anything or not. I let the people know this up front so they know that I will get to it when I can and will help "right then" in an emergency situation or a breakdown needs to be gotten home. If they need something done that I can't handle right then, I know where to refer them to get in those shops waiting lines. (5 and 6 months out). So, if they need it faster, they can come in, grab a wrench and I'll help them when they get stuck. (That's for a privileged few. Some, even the thought of a tool in their hands scares me.)
I'm not even a mechanic. I gave A-10 pilots the ability take a bunch 10MM cannon rounds and stick them up a gnats-behind at 1000 yards while flying at 250 knots with NO error. So, a computer is my Crescent wrench, and yard equipment is a piece of cake.
My problem is making sure that I don't make too much money. Just enough for the venture to pay for itself and keep my muscles and mind going and in gear and avoiding stress at all costs. (That's by multiple Doctors Orders)
I do think that you are right about the battery thing. They are cool for some things (My mom likes her weed eater and loves the Craftsman drill and impact driver), but for serious work, Battery Lawn Equipment still isn't ready for Prime Time and an environmental disaster waiting to happen. But the thing with the battery stuff, it's still all market driven. If no one buys the stuff, it will go away. (Too many people let themselves get sucked into the "Gl obal Warm ing" BS for that to happen, it seems).
Oh, I do like the idea of the "Robo-Mowers". I can't wait to find one of them on the side of the road or a used one at an affordable price. It would be a good addition to my Roomba collection.
Take care!
Do you need a license or how much insurance
Are you still in business?
No such thing as a "Briggs & Stratton" lawn mower.. there's Briggs' engines on about 15 different brands of lawn mowers.
Don't quit your day job. I hope you're not charging people. It's not right to learn at the expense of your customer. You are not correctly fixing and people like you give small engine mechanics a bad name.
Someone has to do this work and most people can't be bothered. How else do you propose people learn other than through experience. If someone does a good job and doesn't overcharge customers will come back.
I'd rather have someone that's still learning than someone who thinks they know everything working on my stuff, that's why I repair all my equipment lol
@princenaz23 if you can't do it right the first time, don't do it at all. I wouldn't let a unqualified person touch my equipment. It's the things that they don't do that can be detrimental to the longevity of your equipment. They can also cause damage to your equipment that doesn't show up until later down the road such as cross threaded sparkplugs, oil drain plugs and bolts.
@@jasonbusch3624 I feel your pain brother, but the dude is only making 1000 a month and he's basically just replacing carburettor. I support anyone who is in support of gasoline engine powered equipment as the government is on track to ban all fossil fuels by 2030, not my words. I also like to see people taking their own lives and livelihoods into their own hands instead of relying on a big corporation, or sitting on their arses playing video games, gettin high and expecting the government to pay their way, so i can't be mad at this guy.
Figured I’d respond to this for the overall benefit of anyone else who reads it. This was a very successful side hustle that helped more than 200 clients get their machines running again. Zero complaints and zero follow up appointments that I remember (it’s been several years). I’m currently running a business that I probably wasn’t “qualified” to start as well. It provides a full-time income for me and two team members. It also generates a healthy profit. What’s the point? Don’t let a mindset like the comment above stop you from starting/trying/taking risks. Will you make some mistakes along the way? Sure, but you’ll also learn a lot, and if you keep learning and growing and don’t let the nay-sayers discourage you, you will succeed. I wish you all the best.