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7d ago
inI thought digital takeoff was overhyped until I saw what it did to our bid on a 14,000 sq ft job
Rechecked a few of ours last year and yeah, most were off by way more than I wanted to admit. One warehouse bid we lost by $12k and I found like 40 linear feet of wall I just flat out missed on a blurry sheet. That one still bugs me.
9d ago
inThe junkyard in El Paso taught me more about brake lines than 15 years of manuals
Used to be a visual check guy myself until I found a line that looked perfect but crumbled the second I touched it. Now I squeeze every inch with my fingers and if the fittings are crusty I just replace the whole line, not worth betting someone's life on a maybe.
9d ago
inVent: my image upscaler turned a customer's cat into a 3-eyed blob
Tried one that gave grandma six fingers.
12d ago
inPSA: My $9 jumper cables from a gas station in Tulsa melted on the second jump last Saturday
That "insulation went soft and started smoking" part is exactly what happened to mine, the cheap ones just use thin wire with barely any copper in it. I grabbed a set from Walmart for around $25, the ones in the black bag with 6 gauge wire, and they have lasted me three winters now with no melting. Spend a little more once and you stop buying new ones every year.