My weekend of maintanence and such

[Mark Saiger]

Lot's of things to do especially to get ready for winter in Northern MN.

Making sure the Butlers are running tip top especially with the latest crazy rush we have been having. Booked out 2 1/2 weeks yet pretty hard, and still scrambling to fit in the last minute got to have you yet this week or today

Started out the Saturday morning getting the pups to the Vet for their yearly check ups, and shots. When the doc snapped on the gloves and said "Next", I ran to the truck! (Both her and her assistant were pretty cute, but....)








Once all the pets were taken care of, needed to get out in the shop for a long list of service needed on the Butlers.

Changed both units Cat pump oils, Blower oils (Grease the older unit blower), Vac and clean under the Butler lids, Check all fittings, Rebuild the chem injection pumps, put a couple swivels on the high pressure reels, change out a bushing in one of those reels, change the fresh water live garden hose shut offs....There was quite of list of little things that just have been overlooked the past few months.

Chem pumps are pretty simple rebuild. Just pay attention to how the parts came out!











I then list underneath the lids when oils were changed (dates, and hours on the meters and when oils should be changed again)





I also list what belts are needed on both units under the lid so no guessing when need to order. We always have a full spare set of belts on the truck as well.







Was looking forward to kicking back for then night and came into the house in a bit of disaster as the wife left a bag of garbage out....with a lot of goodies (goodies if you are a dog!) and ran to town....quick trip so she said....



So back out to the shop for the truckmount!

Sunday morning one of the kids needed all their house cleaned as their dog had fleas....Argh!



Well, I made it as far as my brother in laws who just happened to be having a morning campfire...Was a perfect morning to tell the kids to come get the van and clean their own carpets!

Campfire, coffee and Baileys!




Saiger's Steam Clean Van photobomb!!!



Ended the day getting some lunch (after helping the kids a bit anyway), got back to the shop and finished some projects on the vans, loaded for Bear at a restaurant job we intend to dual Zipper tomorrow morning out of town (loaded RE's, Drive pads and Red pads....everything to be prepared), mixed up presprays, changed a shop light sensor.....and found out the lawnmower battery was dead.....so I was done!

And now I am in my recliner with the Mini Schnauzer and doing the MB thing!

Gonna Be another wild week too!

 

[hogjowl]

Do you have to cut grass up there?

 

[Mark Saiger]

Do you have to cut grass up there?

Sometimes a couple times a week.

I have had to hire it done for the past couple of years as I can't get to it.

It has slowed down growing now, and just want to hit it one more time.

That should be the last time for the year until late Spring.

While I'm at it, I'm gonna plow over all the leaves that didn't make it over to my neighbors yard

 

[mirf]

Hard to pass up a good campfire!

 

[Lars]

Yeah that's how Sundays go sometimes. Heck nobody else is going to do it.

 

[hogjowl]

I couldn't have mentioned Saturday without two or three hours of farm and yard work.

 

[Willy P]

"fit in the last minute got to have you yet this week or today "


Part of the business, I always manage to fit them in, but they still make me shake my head. What the hell are they thinking? I was sitting by the phone, just waiting for their call?

 

[Lee Stockwell]

But you WERE!