Had an old timer tell me my slurry mix was too thin back in February

I was running a 14-inch cutterhead on a pond cleanout outside Baton Rouge and this guy with 40 years experience walks up and says I'm washing out too much material. He showed me how to adjust the pump speed instead of just dumping more water and it cut my fuel use by almost 20%. Anyone else had someone call them out on a bad habit they didn't even know they had?

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the_wesley1d ago

Bluntly call them out on something you think you're doing right and it stings for a second. But if they've got the dirt under their nails and the hours on the clock, you'd better listen. That fuel savings you got is no joke, that's real money back in your pocket every week. It's humbling to get schooled by a guy who looks like he's been sleeping in his truck, but that's exactly the kind of advice you can't buy.

mitchell.dakota21h ago

Heard a story about a guy on a pipeline job who spent three days fighting a valve that kept seizing up. Old timer walks over, tells him to back off the packing nut a quarter turn and walk away. Said it saved him a full day of work and a trip to the parts store.

lucas_price831d ago

Buddy of mine was running a dewatering job last spring and some crusty old hands-on guy told him his sump pump was sitting too deep. He was pulling up nothing but sludge. Moved it up like six inches and it started pumping clean water. Said it saved his whole timeline on that job.