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Originally Posted by nsula_country I like the Megger test. You get the apprentice to hold the leads then you spin the handle to "make sure the Megger is working"! CT When I was still in the service we would do something like this when the ship had been out to sea for a few weeks. We would take a megger, have the first guy hold one lead in his hand, two or three guys holding hands in a line, place a fluroescent bulb in the hand of the last guy, two or three guys after the bulb and the last guy holding the other megger lead. Senior guy gets to spin the handle while the bulb lights up. Didn't hurt much until you started or stopped. The dumb stuff we did to keep entertained...
Originally Posted by OldSchoolMech Can someone please post a PIcture of the F'ing Duct Streacher???? This i gotta see!! The only thing I can think of is a seam puller so you can get a drive cleet on. Let me google that for you. Here is one: http://malcoproducts.com/product/hva...uct-stretchers
yeah good one, some people..
Originally Posted by Pete838 Is that in the back of the van next to the pipe stretcher (get the red one; blue one doesn't work), or in the glovebox with the 4-foot level? It hangs out with the pipe stretcher and the Sky Hook! I like the Megger test. You get the apprentice to hold the leads then you spin the handle to "make sure the Megger is working"! CT
Originally Posted by Pete838 Is that in the back of the van next to the pipe stretcher (get the red one; blue one doesn't work), or in the glovebox with the 4-foot level? It hangs out with the pipe stretcher! I like the Megger test. You get the apprentice to hold the leads then you spin the handle to "make sure the Megger is working"! CT
Originally Posted by CraziFuzzy Oh, I'm well aware of the jokes, but that image I posted was of an actual Wire Stretcher rig, commonly used over a century ago for splicing telegraph wires. Defiantly looked old school! CT
Originally Posted by nsula_country That is a wire stretcher. Used for cables, fencing, ect. I have something similar for barbed wire. The "wire stretcher" I was referring to is the one Electrician's send the helper to the truck to get when the pull comes up short! Next comes "Polarity Fluid". Got to get the Red, Blue is for DC. CT Oh, I'm well aware of the jokes, but that image I posted was of an actual Wire Stretcher rig, commonly used over a century ago for splicing telegraph wires.
Originally Posted by DLZ Dan Never said i was going to deal with him..at all! I found this on craigslist and posted it in the WOS to show how customers think they can dictate how we are to do every aspect of our job. And then when their Removed direct buy link POS Goodman craps out and they want warranty service, you're on the hook to tell them the great news about buying HVAC equipment online. Maybe when your get your post count up you will be more familiar with our flavor of humor. yeah customers kill me when they think they can force are hand on something, this is deff a gotcha...
Originally Posted by nsula_country That is a wire stretcher. Used for cables, fencing, ect. I have something similar for barbed wire. The "wire stretcher" I was referring to is the one Electrician's send the helper to the truck to get when the pull comes up short! Next comes "Polarity Fluid". Got to get the Red, Blue is for DC. CT Is that in the back of the van next to the pipe stretcher (get the red one; blue one doesn't work), or in the glovebox with the 4-foot level?
Originally Posted by CraziFuzzy They've made those things for over a century: That is a wire stretcher. Used for cables, fencing, ect. I have something similar for barbed wire. The "wire stretcher" I was referring to is the one Electrician's send the helper to the truck to get when the pull comes up short! Next comes "Polarity Fluid". Got to get the Red, Blue is for DC. CT
ga-hvac-tech, PM sent! CT
Originally Posted by nsula_country Do you have a wire stretcher too? LOL! They've made those things for over a century:
Originally Posted by nsula_country PEX is the new Copper... CT Are you in the Shreveport area? Reason I ask is: My Dad died last summer, we took him over to the big cemetary in town to bury him. Had not seen the area in years.
Originally Posted by precision hvac You have it right. Attachment 325861 Do you have a wire stretcher too? LOL! CT
Originally Posted by Joehvac25 Most hacks are only equipped with flex, zip ties and pex PEX is the new Copper... CT
Originally Posted by tedkidd More and more smart contractors are going to labor burdened overhead. Makes selling high end jobs less challenging, and keeps you out of tenements, and avoids losing your shirt on labor heavy work. It took me a LONG time to realize there is NO customer I cannot do without. The next realization was; If I am not gonna make a decent (not high but reasonable) profit on a job... why even get in the van and do the job? At the end of the year... the co had better make more salary (after expenses) than I could make working for someone else. There is a mindset in going on a sales call, talking to someone, realizing this customer is not going to pay what I want, trying to explain, realizing they are not smart enough to understand (or too arrogant to listen), and just thanking them for their time and leaving (Oh, and leave them my card explaining they will need it in a few years when they have issues and the cheap guy they chose is gone). We all know how many of those actually do call a few years later. The result of walking away from a cheapskate is twofold: One is I get to make reasonable $$$ on each job; the other is I am free to make reasonable $$$ on each job. Oh, and lets not forget the aggravation clause; the cheapskates are usually the most fussy.
Originally Posted by AtticAce http://malcoproducts.com/product/hva...uct-stretchers You got me lol! I don't know who named it that but I could think of better.
Originally Posted by CraziFuzzy I've mentioned this in other threads, and I'm not saying it should be one way or another, but in an internet economy, this is going to happen more and more. The fact is, the installers that make most of their money on the equipment mark-up are going to get priced out. If you are installing equipment, you should be making most your money on the install. If priced accordingly, this ad would not be a problem. More and more smart contractors are going to labor burdened overhead. Makes selling high end jobs less challenging, and keeps you out of tenements, and avoids losing your shirt on labor heavy work.
By the way, when approached by clowns like this I reply with "Come down to (my competitors) place of business and we'll discuss ways to make it totally free! Bring a pumpkin or any type of gourd in for trade!
I am pretty sure memoe was not human but a computer virus. IF he was some kids grandpa there is a serial killer in the making...it was like watching one of those newscasters that had a brain scramble and gibberish comes out their mouths. I mean REALLY?
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