Some days equipment is the best thing going, and other days its not...
today started ok, the usual monday crap one guy calls in sick, the other guy isnt realy up and going good.
But we got a fair amount accomplished on site, prep for walkways, got the driveway jsut about finished and a few things planted. we have been here for a month and this is looking like our last week.
Just about to pack it up at about 2pm when I am backblading the driveway area with the bobcat. I always do this to leave it smooth for the customers/construction guys over night. I see some strange drag marks coming from the underside of the machine as I roll back, and I smell a bit of diesel....
hmmm
look underneath, and I see a 12in piece of 3/8ths rebar sticking out of the inspection hole (about 2in acrosed used to drain the belly pan) and its leaking diesel, just filled it (about 18 gal)
fark, fark, fark. load it up FAST and screw off site so it dosnt make a mess...
call dealer... looks like the plastic gas tank is cheep $120 but it will take 20hr to swap including pulling the motor, main hydro pump, and other junk. all said and done I am looking at 2k+ FAWK!
just what I needed before tax season... and we will be behind on the job... I need a vacation.
