This weekend a good friend of mine invited me on a road trip down to his son's place (also a good friend) to pick up a spa bath that he had to get rid of. (he just sold his place)
It was a 5 hour round trip and some serious back breaking work to get the spa onto a truck.
Although I would have been happy to go on the trip, after I gave it some thought I realised I’d be giving away an entire day of my time.
That’s an entire day I’d normally spend with my family, doing this around the house of having a few cold froffys.
I decided not to go on the trip and instead help him once he got back home and needed a hand moving the spa into place.
And boy was I glad I didnt go.. I massively dodged a bullet.
Here’s what happened:
After they drove two and half hours from Bendigo to Geelong, they spent an hour moving the spa from the back yard out to the truck.
It took 4 blokes, two trolleys and some fence post removal.
(it’s a 6 seater spa.. The big sucker)
Once they finally got the spa to the truck, they ran into a massive problem.
The hydraulic lifter was buggarred.
It wouldn’t move… and they had no way to get the spa into the truck.
My friend rang the truck company - and after troubleshooting for an hour, they said they’ll try and find a replacement truck.
No good. No trucks available.
They called back and said they’ll have to send a mechanic out to fix the issue with the hydraulics.
He had to drive from Melbourne to Geelong.. Another hour and half.
Total wasted time: 2 and half hours.
After they finally got the hydraulics fixed (Which took the mechanic less than 2 minutes) he drove back to Bendigo.
Instead of a 5 hour round trip it was an eight hour trip.
Bullet DODGED.
You know what? People make this mistake all the time in their business.
Let me explain how...