Shouldn't have done it

A guy I do work for wanted me to mow weeds at his house, Just a small job. I didn't want to haul my tractor to another town. He has a trailer. I said I will let you use my MF 231 with a 6 ft Woods mower I only use it a couple times a year, and I'm done with it. Just use your trailer. He does mowing like I do. He rents a tractor, and mower for a couple weeks in the spring, to do all his work I talked to him today. He said he had to put a tube in one front tire. That's good. Then he said he had to put in a gallon of hydraulic fluid. Now the oil is coming out the dip stick, that is not good. At least it wasn't water. I guess I'm in for an oil change. Live and learn. Stan

I don't loan my tools, truck or wife, not necessarily in that order.

I only loan to my brother, son in law. Otherwise Im part of the deal, I get loaned out to operate my equipment.

Never loan your wife or chainsaw, neither will come back in the same shape they left in.

I don't loan my wife or my chainsaw, but you have a better chance at getting my wife than my chainsaw!

Over the years I have worked for 3 small businesses doing repairs work on their equipment. I have been fortunate that they allow me to borrow anything I need. Over 40 years I have used tractors, backhoes, bulldozer, excavators, skid loaders, trencher, rollback tow truck, dump truck, etc to do work at my home. I would have never been able to build my own home without their help. I am greatly thankful to them for sharing.

I always make sure the stuff is returned better than when I got it.

I have had to make some repairs to things that broke when I was using it. Stuff breaks.

Remember Karma is real!!! Be good to people, don't expect anything in return. Like you said you needed to change oil anyway.

I'm like Tony and Super 99, no chainsaw loans. I use non ethanol premium fuel and Amsoil Interceptor oil in all my saws, and only I or my Son use them. He used to race motocross with a 2 stroke Yamaha, so he knows the importance of oil in the gas for a 2 stroke.

My son is working for the farm maintenance department for a land grant college while he attends school. They have robust ag programs and a massive amount of machinery - a large part of it donated so a lot of it is used but mostly in good shape when it arrives at the college. Until this job he had replaced to 2 clutches in vehicles - one in his own 200K+ 1992 F250 and one for a friend. Since he has started this job in September he has replaced the clutches in 9 vehicles ranging from pickups to older grain trucks - the current crop of college students have no idea what a clutch is or how to shift that stick in the middle of the floor.

A couple days ago he was asked his opinion on a skidsteer the students were using. The oil pressure gauge was 0 and the engine was making a lot of clanking noises - he was horrified to see them still using it with the clanking sound getting louder and louder with each passing minute. He had them shut it down and dragged it to the shop. Some INSTRUCTOR had told the students that if the pressure was 0 to add more oil. The skidsteer had a 4 quart oil pan with over 2.5 gallon of oil in it.

The school also has a whole fleet of grain augers - but only 2 working units. The students have a habit of running over the end of the augers crushing the end and bending the flighting. When that happens they get towed over to auger line - as he said if you didn't know any better you would think the school was an auger dealership with all the late model augers all neatly lined up in a row.

That sounds pretty normal. I worked at the university dairy farm 20 some years ago when I was in school as a truck driver and mechanic. Doesnt seem much has changed.

Yep. Me too.

I have a hard and fast policy of not loaning out any power tools. I come with them as the operator or they don't leave the property. At least that way, if something breaks, I know who to blame.

When people ask to borrow something I say sure but it needs a flat fixed,chain replaced ect and they always go somewhere else. It's no wonder they borrow,they don't want to waste money for upkeep,much less buy equipment. I wish my only expense was replacing a tire or something now and then.

Dunno WHY some of you folks can't simply say NO?

WHY add drama or lie?

Sounds like it didn't need the gallon of hydraulic fluid, or at least not all of it.

There's worse things than slightly overfilling the hydraulic reservoir. At least he fixed the REAL broken item. He could have brought it back to you with a flat tire.