TreeGuyHR
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My 084 wasn't running too well --- easily flooded,and not as much power as I thought it should have. So I took it to my regular shop for a tune-up. I know they aren't the cheapest -- one in the next town charges $10 less an hr. for labor.
But my "tune up" cost $297.58 -- half of what I paid for the saw used less than a year ago!
The bill:
Labor: $234
Shop Fees: $4.68
Notable new parts (the other 6 items were a buck or two each):
needle bearing $12.85
clutch carrier $28.90
chain catcher $9.10
($58.90 total)
Description of work written on second page of bill in microscopic type, word for word (along with parts list and prices):
"Go over saw with customer, light scoring on piston, test engine, no leaks, test carburator OK, went to install new clutch spring and found clutch carrier broken as well, ordered new carrier, install new clutch carrier, reassemble saw, install new spark plug, new needle bearing, check pull start, found Woodruff key sheared on flywheel, install new chain cather"
Is there a tune up in this?
What would one of you Hobbyists with CAD have charged?! At $70 an hr., I get 3 hrs and 34.5 min. Kind of an odd total..
Did the guy charge for my talking with him first about what i thought ailed the saw?
But my "tune up" cost $297.58 -- half of what I paid for the saw used less than a year ago!
The bill:
Labor: $234
Shop Fees: $4.68
Notable new parts (the other 6 items were a buck or two each):
needle bearing $12.85
clutch carrier $28.90
chain catcher $9.10
($58.90 total)
Description of work written on second page of bill in microscopic type, word for word (along with parts list and prices):
"Go over saw with customer, light scoring on piston, test engine, no leaks, test carburator OK, went to install new clutch spring and found clutch carrier broken as well, ordered new carrier, install new clutch carrier, reassemble saw, install new spark plug, new needle bearing, check pull start, found Woodruff key sheared on flywheel, install new chain cather"
Is there a tune up in this?
What would one of you Hobbyists with CAD have charged?! At $70 an hr., I get 3 hrs and 34.5 min. Kind of an odd total..
Did the guy charge for my talking with him first about what i thought ailed the saw?