Posted by NCWayne on April 28, 2014 at 12:42:40 from (173.188.169.54):
In Reply to: OT Truck Repairs posted by Banditfarmer on April 28, 2014 at 09:25:15:
Given that I work on equipment for a living the line usually stays a bit blurred for me, as I will do whatever I need to do to keep my bills paid, and my own equipment working. That said, my hard line lately tends to be more getting into any kind of repairs involving the computer on any vehicle, be it a tractor, truck, or an auto. My reason isn"t so much that I CAN"T do the work as it is I can"t do the work without the proper equipment. Thing is when you work on multiple brands, and types, of equipment it"s simply cost prohibitive to try to buy all the necessary equipment across the different brands (not to mention trying to keep it all updated) for a one man show to buy everything. If I were to choose one brand machine and work on nothing but that brand I could probably swing it, but when the cost is in the thousands, to tens of thousands, for each brand it simply doesn"t work out from a financial standpoint.
That said, So far as working on the newer, computer controlled machines, I have no problem doing that as long as I don"t need the computer to do the work needed. The good thing for me is that the "hard" work the dealership "technicians" usually don"t want to do....or often don"t have the sense to do since the computer can"t tell them what needs to be done, what part to change, or actually do the heavy lifting for them (think track work, packing cylinders, etc).
Beyond that, all I can say is that I know my limitations in regard to what I am equipped to do, and have absolutely no problem telling a customer when they need to contact someone other than me to take care of a problem.
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