Tractor servicing costs
- Thread starter blue boy
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marco
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- Location
- tipperary, ireland
del_boy
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- Location
- Herefordshire
You've been charged for 4 outer cab filters when it should be 2 i think so you can possibly know £80 off that
- Location
- South Molton
Does that include oils and filters?
marco
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- Location
- tipperary, ireland
Steevo
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- Location
- Gloucestershire
It's pretty clear who your dealer is.....!
(I'd probably have had a pretty good guess even without being able to see it.....I'm pretty sure their labour rate is higher than most dealers)
- Location
- South Molton
Says change oils and filters.
Doesn't say supply and change oils and filters.
Hence my question
marco
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- Location
- tipperary, ireland
- Location
- South Molton
kiwi pom
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- Location
- canterbury NZ
- Location
- South Molton
ITbh I've never had head job in a JD
- Location
- Sth Africa
thing is most of the work will be done by apprentices training
farmerm
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- Location
- Shropshire
whilst having their time charged out at master engineer rate..... same happens at car dealerships, it is the same hourly rate regardless if the mechanic is experienced and fast or inexperienced and slow!
- Location
- Sth Africa
That's not how it works. You train the apprentices on the job. But the hours spent needs to be cut to the normal experienced techs time for completing the job. Otherwise you might as well do it yourself and the dealership will be nothing but a parts department.
You don't take your "pride and joy" in for a 19yr old to have a crack at fixing it at 125 per hour here.
You don't take your "pride and joy" in for a 19yr old to have a crack at fixing it at 125 per hour here.
It is how it works. If they're short staffed (everyone seems to be) and they've got plenty of work on (everyone seems to be busy), they'll send whoever they send and they'll charge what they charge.
Like I said, if you don't like it - do it yourself. If you can't or don't want to do it yourself, lube up and bend over.
- Location
- Sth Africa
. So apprentices train on the job, just not on customers vehicles? I think a pig just flew past the window.
Apprentices sent out to jobs on their own always have their time cut down to the standard time and the company wears the rest? Another pig just flew past.
Just because you run/ran a workshop in a responsible manner and managed your apprentices properly, doesn't mean they all do. The "we don't need the customer, the customer needs us" attitude is quite common among dealership workshops, the result is often over charging and under delivery. If you seriously think this kind of stuff doesn't go on, you've got your head in the sand.
I don't really care, I've always done my own repairs/servicing and will continue to do so. I do feel sorry for people that can't/don't do their own work.
Apprentices sent out to jobs on their own always have their time cut down to the standard time and the company wears the rest? Another pig just flew past.
Just because you run/ran a workshop in a responsible manner and managed your apprentices properly, doesn't mean they all do. The "we don't need the customer, the customer needs us" attitude is quite common among dealership workshops, the result is often over charging and under delivery. If you seriously think this kind of stuff doesn't go on, you've got your head in the sand.
I don't really care, I've always done my own repairs/servicing and will continue to do so. I do feel sorry for people that can't/don't do their own work.