Shakespeare had it right in his play. "Neither a borrower nor a lender be" This is a truth not only for money but just about anything. Equipment really fits this saying.
When I was starting out I had to borrow things sometimes. I always made sure that what I borrowed was in as good of shape or even better when I returned it. Usually it was cheaper in the long run to just do without or buy my own.
I could borrow a worn out piece of crap and it would break down. So I was stuck fixing it to work again. So why fix the other guy's junk for a little use??? Fix my OWN junk for my later use.
I DO NOT lend out anything now. If a friend or neighbor asks to use something the usage will include my self or my sons running it. The friend/neighbor gets his job done and I get my equipment back in the condition it left in.
I have seen too many things wrecked and then the borrower does a half a$$ed repair. The owner gets a lower valued piece of equipment back.
Last thing I ever loaned was a manure spreader. I had a almost brand new spreader. A good customer had his break down. He came and borrowed mine to get his manure hauled while the ground was clear and froze. He returned it and parked it in the shed. I did not look at it for a week or so when I needed it next. I always look in a spreader to check if it is clear before using it. The spreader had a block of ICE 6 feet square and a foot thick on top of the augers. The flighting was folded back on two of the three augers. The rearer beaters had several blades broken clear off the tube. This is on a spreader that had maybe hauled 20 loads of manure when he picked it up. I called the guy up and asked him to come over. He tried to tell me that it was that way when he got the spreader. When that did not fly he then said I had used it after he had brought it back. I showed him the tracks in the shed floor where his pickup was the last thing to be hooked to the spreader. I gave him two choices. 1) Pay for all new parts to be put in the spreader. I meant all new parts not just some paddles welded on and the flighting cut out and replaced. I meant new augers and new beaters. 2)OR He bought the spreader for what I had given for it.
After a heated discussion he bought the spreader. He still has the spreader. It looks like total junk now and barely works.
So that was the end of anyone using my equipment. My sons or me. No one else.
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