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(04-28-2017 )dhirocz Wrote: Agreed.

As time goes on, we have more offshore china shi#t, stuff engineered to fail, and more taxes and whatnot. People don't realize the financial engineering going on around them. Look at paccar. All the newest trucks are made by design to be a constant source of income to the dealer. Corporate doesn't want you being able to do anything yourself.

Similar to lots of other things nowadays.

My city told me that I could get a permit and frame in another bedroom myself, but I would have to hire a carpenter to supervise. Not to check it, but actually watch me. Are you fucking kidding me???

Instead of being a person will a well rounded skillset, society really wants you to excel at one thing...Your job...And pay a specialist to do everything else for you. I don't agree with this. While it may help stimulate your local economy, it also sucks financially for you, to pay someone to do something you can easily do yourself. For me, fixing my truck myself has been a key part of my business model and the only reason I was even remotely profitable last year.

I'm afraid as time goes on, technology will intentionally make it harder to work on and service things without controlled access to computers, schematics and equipment. I hate it.

The biggest problem I see beside all that is written on this thread is one no one usually addresses. These mechanics shops charge us owner operators so much because they can be sue by insurance companies if we are charge different prices. I notice this started happening back in the nineties. Owner operators use to get a huge discount if paying cash. No more.
As far as the Chinese crisis continue for us: We have no one to blame but our own government which is no longer control by the people. Even our votes are manipulated to vote for one of the two party system. If a group opposes, then with all these new patriot laws they are easily destroyed. Not anything we do is not seen or recorded by one agency or another. Yes, they will be our heroes again after a war and grand speech . Just pray that the opponent is not china. Visit space war dot com and see how mighty our government has made them. it's incredible. But no matter TRUCK-ON