I have a uncle who has been a mechanic for many many years, working for different ag dealers, as well as farms and construction companies. About 2 years back, he lost his job at the quarry/mine he was working at out west, and moved back here to Michigan, and now works "independently" with another guy. For times the way they are here, they're doing ok.. keeping food on the table at least.. He always tells me when he goes to look at a piece of machinery, he'll tell the client "There's 2 ways we can do this, we can just make it work again, or we can fix it right!" Then the client asks what's the difference he'll reply "A few hundred bucks"
As for the flier, if the service truck is fairly neat and tidy, a picture or 2 of it seem like they'd be a good idea, at least to me.. they can get an idea of what you got going on, and for me, a guy with a "tidy operation" would get the work before a guy that has a "complete disaster" of an operation.. Just seems like if you keep a tidy operation, you'll be more likely to do "tidy" work. A few years back, I was in Florida working, and I bumped into a guy who was working on the road as a mechanic.. Had a beautiful looking outfit. Had pictures of it on a postcard kinda thing.. on the back it had his contact info, and a short story about his truck and operation.. It was a while ago, but I still have the postcard.. Something tells me from the "catchiness" of the truck on the postcard, it brought him in business.. You just don't have something like he had for very long unless you're good at what you're doing.
As for your other question.. If I can't figure out my issues myself, the last place I'd go is usually a dealer. A independent usually works for a fairer price, and usually seem to want to get the job done quicker, but not in such a hurry that things don't get fixed right..
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