Lee, I have always had a spare pump, pulse pump, hoses and belts. Whenever you have been doing what we do as long as you and I have, you kinda know what you need to have in stock.
They MIGHT take walk ins if they didn't give Zerorez's fleet the 5 star treatment. They even service JUST that franchise on SATURDAYS! But tell all of us little people that they can't help usBam! Your belts break - can't work....
Time spent to change blower belts(me) maybe 2-3 hours and I get to work tomorrow or that afternoon.
Time spent going to JD(disty).
Need to call and make appointment(no walk in'sIdiots!). Next day, no way I get in first thing.
Hopefully that afternoon I get in, drive 45 minutes to an area with way too much traffic.
And wait... How long? Who knows - they never start at appointment time! Half a day and an hour and a half of driving at least. That's the best case scenario.
What if I can't get in for a day or two? Bad phone calls to make for just being a prima donna and not fixing EASY shat...
You have to know how to do some things.
Actually Marty it is just the opposite, I have enough work that I don't have time to call the distributor, make an appointment, drive there, let the mechanic disassemble my equipment only to tell me that they don't have the part that i need, reschedule another appointment so they can call the manufacturer who also doesn't have the part and has to drop ship it to the distributor so i can drive back, drink coffee and BS with a mechanic that wasn't even born when i started fixing this stuff.
Or who is available !!!
