I am discusted by BAD help people give others on Forums
Dec 4, 2018 13:57:12 GMT -8
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Post by mobiltec on Dec 4, 2018 13:57:12 GMT -8
Sadly, it doesn't stop with trailers. I was in the construction industry in So Cal for a good part of my adult life. In the building boom before the giant housing crash I watched hundreds and hundreds, actually into the thousands of people do the same thing with the homes they were trying to flip. These people had no intentions of staying in a home until it was paid off. They were just in it for a quick profit. They didn't care that what they were doing was illegal and unsafe. No regard for the poor family who would be trapped in a total piece of crap after the sale. These people had no shame and no ethics what so ever. All they thought about was a huge profit.
The same thing has been happening with vehicles since the invention of the car. Throw a coat of paint on it, put some sawdust in the transmission and really heavy oil in the engine and sell it for a profit. I actually did a remodel in the offices of one dealership and I couldn't believe my ears when I overheard the things going on there. One time I was finishing up the window casing in one office and one of the mechanics walked in and said "Hey we got a mustang out there with a bad oil pump and the light is on." The sales manager told him to just pull the light bulb and forget about it.
So it's pretty much human nature that pushes these practices. People are basically dishonest and lazy. And now with the onset of instant gratification, there aren't many out there who have the desire to spend a year or more rebuilding a trailer when they can just throw a coat of putty and paint on it and call it good. It's also why our children are so stupid. They no longer have to think and they don't have to work for anything. The idiot parents buy them everything they need including their first car. They pay for their gas and insurance AND CELL PHONES of all things. That way they can be sure to text and drive at the same time. And if it weren't for seat belts and air bags they would be dying at an alarming rate. So then the stupid kids survive the inevitable crash and grow up to raise even stupider kids. The cycle goes on and we find ourselves where we are today in a totally screwed up world full of totally screwed up people trying to tell others how to live.
That's why there are so many idiots on Face Book giving bad advice. You won't find them here because they don't want to know the right way. They want to know the fast easy way. You won't find them in my classes either because they don't want to know how to do it right. They want to know how to do it fast and cheap. And when you go to a rally now more than half of the old rolling pieces of rotting junk out there are putty and paint. No imagination because their brains are mush. You can say goodbye to birchwood beauties because they have to cover up the water damage with paint. No more tiled or marmoleum floors because they can put down phony laminate wood that will last about a year. BUT IT'S CHEAP AND QUICK...
I'm proud of the hard work that I put into a trailer and I'm happy to know that it's not going to fall apart on the freeway and possibly kill someone. I'm proud of the painstaking time I put into a trailer because I know it will still be around and looking good when I'm long dead and buried. My trailers are my legacy and you can make that my epitaph.
The same thing has been happening with vehicles since the invention of the car. Throw a coat of paint on it, put some sawdust in the transmission and really heavy oil in the engine and sell it for a profit. I actually did a remodel in the offices of one dealership and I couldn't believe my ears when I overheard the things going on there. One time I was finishing up the window casing in one office and one of the mechanics walked in and said "Hey we got a mustang out there with a bad oil pump and the light is on." The sales manager told him to just pull the light bulb and forget about it.
So it's pretty much human nature that pushes these practices. People are basically dishonest and lazy. And now with the onset of instant gratification, there aren't many out there who have the desire to spend a year or more rebuilding a trailer when they can just throw a coat of putty and paint on it and call it good. It's also why our children are so stupid. They no longer have to think and they don't have to work for anything. The idiot parents buy them everything they need including their first car. They pay for their gas and insurance AND CELL PHONES of all things. That way they can be sure to text and drive at the same time. And if it weren't for seat belts and air bags they would be dying at an alarming rate. So then the stupid kids survive the inevitable crash and grow up to raise even stupider kids. The cycle goes on and we find ourselves where we are today in a totally screwed up world full of totally screwed up people trying to tell others how to live.
That's why there are so many idiots on Face Book giving bad advice. You won't find them here because they don't want to know the right way. They want to know the fast easy way. You won't find them in my classes either because they don't want to know how to do it right. They want to know how to do it fast and cheap. And when you go to a rally now more than half of the old rolling pieces of rotting junk out there are putty and paint. No imagination because their brains are mush. You can say goodbye to birchwood beauties because they have to cover up the water damage with paint. No more tiled or marmoleum floors because they can put down phony laminate wood that will last about a year. BUT IT'S CHEAP AND QUICK...
I'm proud of the hard work that I put into a trailer and I'm happy to know that it's not going to fall apart on the freeway and possibly kill someone. I'm proud of the painstaking time I put into a trailer because I know it will still be around and looking good when I'm long dead and buried. My trailers are my legacy and you can make that my epitaph.