First, sorry for the long post. There's a lot of experience on here. I had to pull the starter out of 931B Cat and had help. The person helping is funding/sponsoring an addition to my MX track. He wanted to put in a flat track and after contacting a couple of other tracks that said no, I said why not, I have the zoning. Anyway I found an O/O with JD 850J WLT to do the bulk of clearing the brush for the track and was originally going to put a couple thousand dollars into the project and help out with the smaller landscaping and clearing. I took a week off in the summer and spent a lot of it with the Cat operator to let him know what we wanted, etc. We ended up getting more work done and I contributed $3600 to the $8750 paid. More than I initially wanted to contribute.
Fast forward to last weekend and we had to pull the starter out my Cat because it wouldn't disengage. I had a smooth edge on my bucket for sand but bought all new teeth to help move dirt for the new flat track. I booked the week of Nov. 21st off to haul some sand from the neighbors to the MX track and also do some work on the flat track. The guy is self employed so dropped the starter off and picked it up on Friday with the intention of helping me put it back in on Sat. at 11am. I had the money to pay him back. He called Sat. at 9am and said his electrician that was supposed to be at his shop at 9 couldn't make it till 11 and if we could plan for later in the afternoon. I said no problem, I have to go the West end anyway and can stop by your shop and see how you're making out. He said just bang on the door and he'll open it. I got to his shop and my starter was sitting on a door mat outside his door. I banged a few times and no one came so I figured maybe he had to go get some electrical stuff or something. I called him and there was no answer and his voice mail was full. I took the starter and went to another place close by to look for something else and went back to his shop about 20 minutes later and banged hard on the door 6 or 7 times. No answer so went home. The starter and belly pan, etc. needs 2 people to install. I came home, there was no message, no apology, no nothing. I found some other help on Sunday and we got it back together only to discover the alternator isn't charging but it's a lot easier to R&R.
The guy is hosting a meeting on Monday with the Flat Track club and originally I said I could attend to talk about the track and progress being made. Since he let me down when I really needed help and didn't even have the common courtesy to call me, I don't think I'm available for this meeting. MY GF says to let him contact me and anything less than a medical emergency is unacceptable. I think my time off will be spent on my MX track and to heck with flat track. He wants to get the O/O back with his smaller cat but I think I'll let him arrange everything and not be so available. I think he was more concerned with sprucing up his new location for this meeting than honouring his commitment to me. Do you think I'm justified in not really being available after I bent over backwards for him? I can put the kibosh on the whole flat track anytime I want if I choose but not ready to do that yet. This isn't the first time he's backed out of a commitment to me either but was the worst because I badly needed help to get the Cat fixed to help on his project. Would you do anything different?
Fast forward to last weekend and we had to pull the starter out my Cat because it wouldn't disengage. I had a smooth edge on my bucket for sand but bought all new teeth to help move dirt for the new flat track. I booked the week of Nov. 21st off to haul some sand from the neighbors to the MX track and also do some work on the flat track. The guy is self employed so dropped the starter off and picked it up on Friday with the intention of helping me put it back in on Sat. at 11am. I had the money to pay him back. He called Sat. at 9am and said his electrician that was supposed to be at his shop at 9 couldn't make it till 11 and if we could plan for later in the afternoon. I said no problem, I have to go the West end anyway and can stop by your shop and see how you're making out. He said just bang on the door and he'll open it. I got to his shop and my starter was sitting on a door mat outside his door. I banged a few times and no one came so I figured maybe he had to go get some electrical stuff or something. I called him and there was no answer and his voice mail was full. I took the starter and went to another place close by to look for something else and went back to his shop about 20 minutes later and banged hard on the door 6 or 7 times. No answer so went home. The starter and belly pan, etc. needs 2 people to install. I came home, there was no message, no apology, no nothing. I found some other help on Sunday and we got it back together only to discover the alternator isn't charging but it's a lot easier to R&R.
The guy is hosting a meeting on Monday with the Flat Track club and originally I said I could attend to talk about the track and progress being made. Since he let me down when I really needed help and didn't even have the common courtesy to call me, I don't think I'm available for this meeting. MY GF says to let him contact me and anything less than a medical emergency is unacceptable. I think my time off will be spent on my MX track and to heck with flat track. He wants to get the O/O back with his smaller cat but I think I'll let him arrange everything and not be so available. I think he was more concerned with sprucing up his new location for this meeting than honouring his commitment to me. Do you think I'm justified in not really being available after I bent over backwards for him? I can put the kibosh on the whole flat track anytime I want if I choose but not ready to do that yet. This isn't the first time he's backed out of a commitment to me either but was the worst because I badly needed help to get the Cat fixed to help on his project. Would you do anything different?
Help is a no show?
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