We quit doing any lawn mower repair several years ago. We only did JD and other high end mowers but still could not make any money doing it. To really completely service a mower might take you an 1 or 1 1/2 hours to do it correctly. So that would be $50-$75 at the most. We can make $75-100 in that same time working on heavier equipment or autos. Plus most people will scream about a several hundred dollar lawn tractor repair. So it there is much wrong the parts and labor are higher than they will pay.
Small engine repairs are even worse. The majority of the problems we had lately is all fuel related. So you clean the carb and drain the tank. The engine runs fine. Six weeks later it is back doing the same thing with more CHEAP gas in it. Many of them I can drain out the stale 10% ethanol gas and put in fresh premium and the motor runs fine without dong anything else. The customer reads fifty forums where guys say that they run the cheapest gas they can buy and have no troubles. So it our fault and the customer calls us "bad" mechanics.
Easy solution. Stop doing any out side mower/small engine repairs.
We have one alternator shop in a fifty mile radius. Two machine shops that do engine work. Two radiator shops. Here is the kicker every one of these shops is ran by a fellow that is sixty years old or older. There is not any younger family there that is going to take them over. I don't blame them. There is little money to be made in regular repairs anymore.
I know Rrlund son is running an engine machine shop he started but he is involved in the racing world. Those guys will still spend the money to have a motor done right.
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