Local guy has hired a bunch of kids to put up his hay. My 16 year old is/was part of the crew and was running a skid steer loading big round bales out of a field that is very soft with the 11 inches of rain we've gotten in the past couple of weeks. He called me all upset because the owner told him to move his Dodge one ton with a couple round bales on the back. He said since the ground was soft he shifted it into 4 low and I thought uh oh - he twisted off a drive shaft. But he said the truck didn't want to go into gear and then the clutch slipped all the way across the field and you could smell it burning up when he got to gate way. He shut it down and told the owner his clutch was toast. The guy got all sh***y with him telling him it was fine before he drove it (about 1/2 a mile) then asked him if he'd ever driven a manual before. Son pointed at his 1974 Ford F250 and said he's been driving a manual for a couple years and his doesn't have any issues like that. The guy got really nasty and started talking about him paying for his clutch. I told him to leave a note with his hours on the seat of the Dodge and if the owner wanted to talk about someone paying for a new clutch in his Cummins shipping crate he could call me and I'll tell him what I thought of guys who thought they could push their repairs off on their help and what I think about Dodge's in general.
The guy is hiring high schoolers to run his equipment and wonders why he has repair bills. I told my son most likely the slave cylinder failed and that's why the clutch wouldn't fully engage or disengage and the owner didn't know enough to get it fixed. Even if he was a moron and rode the clutch all the way across the field (which he didn't that's why he shifted it into low side) while it wouldn't do it any good it also shouldn't be enough to ruin a clutch - if it was in good repair to start with.
The guy is hiring high schoolers to run his equipment and wonders why he has repair bills. I told my son most likely the slave cylinder failed and that's why the clutch wouldn't fully engage or disengage and the owner didn't know enough to get it fixed. Even if he was a moron and rode the clutch all the way across the field (which he didn't that's why he shifted it into low side) while it wouldn't do it any good it also shouldn't be enough to ruin a clutch - if it was in good repair to start with.