Posts by 123hotdog

  • Where Did You Take Your Slingshot Today?

    Quote from EjFord

    I do most of my estimates in the evening or Sat/Sun.... Most of the time riding the Slingshot, Taken a lot of potential clients for a ride & and do get most of the jobs.

    OMG EjFord. I was just telling Denise this year, I don't do bids in the Slingshot often, but when I do, I have gotten jobs 100% of the time.:/:/

    I've been taking long term customers for ride alongs since the day I bought it. I even let some drive. They all smile.

  • To Boost - or not to Boost

    Quote from Kip

    That's funny, because I requested a leaf pickup service this fall and they didn't provide a ballpark estimate of their services, just an hourly rate, so I told them it was a heavily wooded 1/3 acre. They said, oh, that'll be 3 guys at two hours. I said, great, fine, have someone come out and we can discuss what needs to be done and figure out a final price then, I'll make time. Come to find out they showed up one day when I was away and just started wrecking my yard, including cutting down my wife's beloved Japanese maple, and even charged me EXTRA!
    :face_with_symbols_on_mouth:

    I can't help but feel all this would have been avoided if someone had talked to me in person at my property, just like you're saying, but I find a lot of contractors just show up and do whatever nowadays, and send the invoice later.

    That's looking good. I like the blog feature, keep it up!

    That's horrible. That's exactly what I am talking about. Contractors are horrible here. They do what they want when they want if they show up at all. It's been good for me. That's how I've made a great living. It just seems so simple to me, I just do what I say I am going to do but I only say what I am capable of doing.

  • To Boost - or not to Boost

    Quote from EjFord

    People are always asking me for a 'price' to paint a living Rm over the phone... $100,000.00, if I come out I can write a realistic quote. I want to know what I going to paint.

    No kidding Ej. I know what you mean. I tell em I can't mow what I can't see. Gotta look at it. Those price conscience people that demand a number on the phone are not the customer for me.

  • Making my own M6 Thread

    Quote from MACAWS

    123hotdog can you please explain why we have to wait until September? It has been so long since we have had some good Mayhem anywhere I think we should plan on a few smaller practice events.

    Have you tried Fastenal for hardware?

    You don't have to ever wait for an invitation my friend. The door is always open. Just remember I a pansy in cold weather. It's the 55 fifty-five rule with me. If it's over 55 degrees, I'll do over 55 mph.

  • Making my own M6 Thread

    I don't know about Fastenal elsewhere but here I call it Fastennotmuch. In five occasions in two years they didn't ever seem to have what I need so I now boycott them.

    Quote from FunCycle

    If I have 3 or 4 days to wait for a part I just use Amazon and get a bulk pack of different sizes. I get tired of making the bolts/screws and spending an A$$ of money at the local Ace Hardware. Also if you have a Fastenal, now you can get bags of 5 or 6 items now.

    I did get 25 M6 black acorn nuts from Amazon for like $6 bucks. Well worth the wait.

  • Making my own M6 Thread

    First of all, I would like to say I will NEVER have the talent that some of my Slingshot brothers (and sisters Shirl and Erica), just to name a few have. However, I am currently working on a project with the roll hoops which is M6 thread. I have had a really hard time locally finding bolts, nuts, ect. for this. I have started making and cutting M6 thread out of stock round metal. I accomplishing this super super cheap. Cheaper than I can even buy the bolts for. The pics are not of M6 (its for another project I'm working on) but you get the idea. If anybody wants any tips or how to's pm me. If you're not in a hurry, just wait till the last weekend in September. I'm sure you will see me then. Well MACAWS I had to start making noise about Mayhem in the Mountains2 somewhere.

  • Where Did You Take Your Slingshot Today?

    Quote from EnjoyLifeToday

    Hooray!! My 2020 R manual transmission sling finally arrived at the dealer today and we took it home this evening!!! Love it! The custom mods are not going to happen until next week when we take it back to them installed as some of the parts were back ordered but... Awesome!!! :thumbsup: So the "drive" today was home from the dealer. Tommorow will be the drives...

    And it begins once again. Congratulations on the purchase.

  • To Boost - or not to Boost

    That is a very fair price for that. Super low miles. My first one was a 73 and I caught a glimpse of one in a walkaround video at Maple Motors. I'm sure Nick will post a video of it on YouTube this week.

  • Malcolm Bricklin's 3-wheel EV

    Quote from AllIn5450

    If they build it, I would be interested in it.

    But I feel that this is just another Elio vaporware.

    I have already lost my money with that disaster of an idea.

    So I will have to actually be able to walk on to a lot and buy one already built before I put out any money.

    Burn me once, fu@# you, burn me twice, not gonna happen.

    I met that Elio guy in Kentucky at the GIE in 2016.


    I thought he was full of sh*t then.