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.
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