Posted by Steve@Advance on November 24, 2015 at 08:21:17 from (108.245.66.82):
In Reply to: Worst Job posted by Married2Allis on November 24, 2015 at 06:29:03:
There have been so many, let me just pick one that stands out...
I was just out of high school, probably about 17, maybe weighed 100#, first real job at a family owned auto supply/garage/machine shop. Idiots!!! They quickly ran the business into the ground, did terrible work, unqualified, uncaring employees. The owner took in everything that came his way, regardless if we had the equipment or qualifications.
I had to redo a job they had done before I was hired. They had replaced the rear axle U bolts on a city garbage truck. Didn't get them tight, everything sheared and shifted. It came back on a wrecker, out on the gravel driveway, fully loaded, rusted out, dripping whatever was in it, flies, more flies... Did I mention there were flies? Summer time in Texas, 100+, it sat there about a week before I was told I had to fix it because the owners son refused (he's the one that left it loose).
So here I go, no tools big enough to get it done, so go beg, borrow tools... By myself, using cable ratchets, chains, pipes, blocks, jacks... Got it done though, only lost a few pints of blood!!!
Best I remember I was knocking down about $80 a week! Oh, the good ol' days!
PS, Right after that he took in a Corvair basket case. Engine dismantled in the trunk.I had never even seen under the hood of a Corvair! It left running, don't know for how long!
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