April 4th

Today was a slow day. Took the two ton rollback tow truck out and picked up a 4320 tractor. Brought it back to the shop hoping that my service manager would let me do the repairs on it. No such luck. It was given to the "senior" technician. Finished doing a tune up and blade sharpening service on a LA115 riding mower. Installed a Bogie wheel kit on a Kuhn hay rake. A bogie wheel kit is basically dual wheels in place of the single wheels. That was the extent of repairs and wrench turning. Was given the task of cleaning the water maze. The water maze is the contraption that takes the runoff water from washing the tractors and "purifies" it enough to flush it down the sewer. There are several stamped plastic sheets that fit together to form a sieve or screen to capture the "crap". You have to pull these plastic sheets out of a tank and clean then put them back in. Just for a little background, we service tractors that are from dairy's and they usually come in covered with cow manure. So you can just imagine what these plastic sheets are covered with and how they smell. Wonderful day.