The Struggle is Real - Running HVAC Service Calls in New York City

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  • @dkinfishing
    @dkinfishing Před 2 měsíci +5

    Mikey you crack me the hell up 🤣 the 50 cent tribute killed me 😂

  • @glennbechtel6424
    @glennbechtel6424 Před 2 měsíci +1

    thanks for the tour

  • @Brad1237202
    @Brad1237202 Před 2 měsíci +3

    I feel for you Mikey. Every day is an uphill battle for a HVAC service company! Keep up the great work with the videos!

  • @FB-111A
    @FB-111A Před 2 měsíci +7

    That customer is certifiably nuts.

    • @brianclark803
      @brianclark803 Před měsícem

      He's an Indian or Nigerian that doesn't want to pay

    • @brianclark803
      @brianclark803 Před měsícem

      At 125.00 per pound plus hours

  • @Guywithcrazyideas
    @Guywithcrazyideas Před 2 měsíci +10

    I live near cornfields with quiet respectful neighbors and clean air / water and wouldn't change a thing.

  • @2pugman
    @2pugman Před 2 měsíci +9

    There were no cars on the other side of the double yellow lines. In NYC, that's an open lane.

  • @The1realro
    @The1realro Před 2 měsíci +3

    Mikey lemme tell ya... I can appreciate the ride through the boroughs. Im 29 hvac tec (2yrs) in GA/SC from nyc but started as a concierge/doorman all over Manhattan. I used local union 32BJ trade classes to spark my maintenance/handyman career 4 years before i ever thought about refrigerant lol. Saying this because this video feels like a clash of worlds to me. I lived in far Rockaway beach 69th , bushwick , canarsie, east ny, flatbush , ton of great memories. Thanks for the ride. If i ever move back i might need to email you for work so i can afford it out there 🤣 my last job out there was maintenance tech at Manhattan plaza great gig.
    Edit: its definitely a struggle out there and i left to become a home owner and advance in HVAC. Were so used to it though its hard to realize how crazy it is until you get out of there.

    • @philtheheaterguy951
      @philtheheaterguy951 Před 2 měsíci +2

      I was in Local 32B-32J in 1978-79. Elevator Operator @ 1407 Broadway, NYC. The building was in the heart of the ladies Garment District. Supermodels galore. I used to say, "The best looking women in the world go down in my elevator." It's actually a great union. I took a cut in pay when I entered the NYPD. Local 32B-32J lost quite a few members on 9/11. NEVER FORGET!

  • @mc1847
    @mc1847 Před 2 měsíci +7

    Thumbs up for the rant on liberal nonsense.

  • @saltyscorpion2151
    @saltyscorpion2151 Před 2 měsíci +24

    How is speeding, running red lights, and blowing through stop signs while driving a company truck any different than what the Safelite driver did? People see a Pipe Doctor truck driving like that and it reflects on the company.

    • @scotts4125
      @scotts4125 Před 2 měsíci +22

      You may not like it , you may not agree with it but the guy who signs the front of the checks can do whatever the F he wants.

    • @kens.3729
      @kens.3729 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Lolly Gaggers should Drive it or Park it. 🤪👎

    • @kens.3729
      @kens.3729 Před 2 měsíci +4

      @@scotts4125Exactly! 😬👍

    • @britexpat_l33t
      @britexpat_l33t Před 2 měsíci

      Stop signs are a completely pointless North American thing. They’re all redundant. However, Mike continues to drive distracted by using his cell phone whilst driving. If the police weren’t completely cucking useless in America, they’d be able to prosecute him for each offence.

    • @saltyscorpion2151
      @saltyscorpion2151 Před 2 měsíci +14

      So true, but when you put out 2 or 3 videos shaming the Safelite Technician along with his company for driving badly. Then explain how it reflects poorly on your company, because your name and number are on the truck. It's hypocritical when you do the same thing.

  • @LilyRoseElectric
    @LilyRoseElectric Před 2 měsíci

    From one struggle to the next 😅 great job 🎉😅

  • @larryiaquinta5003
    @larryiaquinta5003 Před 2 měsíci +8

    Governor Hogan and Mayor Adams should be in jail for what they done to that nice city they both suck

  • @larryiaquinta5003
    @larryiaquinta5003 Před 2 měsíci

    I Love the way you drive dude sometimes people just don’t move

  • @DelticEngine
    @DelticEngine Před měsícem +1

    Hey Mikey Pipes, thanks for a very interesting video driving through different areas and contrasting them. I'm happy to watch more like this.
    The service call featured in this video was a classic example of a little knowledge being a dangerous thing and the stupidity of the 'just have a go' kind of attitude and limited thought processes. The ignorance and arrogance beggars belief. It quickly became evident how little the guy actually knew. It was one red flag after another. Such situations can be problematic because as a qualified technician there is a potential of such customers blaming you for problems they have created or create after the fact. It can be difficult to know when to accept a job or just not get involved and walk away.

  • @scotts4125
    @scotts4125 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I have these conversations weekly with customers. I go out of my way to explain things and once in a while they either acted like we didn't have the conversation or claim they didn't understand. I still get paid. lol

  • @SilverandCigars
    @SilverandCigars Před 2 měsíci +1

    On a after hours call right now watching this. I fixed the problem. A broken staykon on the low pressure switch

  • @Pack044
    @Pack044 Před měsícem +1

    I told my boss we should charge more. Commercial only $75 trip charge $115 a hour. In Boston that’s a lot of bread left on the table

    • @MikeyPipesUncensored
      @MikeyPipesUncensored  Před měsícem

      WTF? You can't be serious or the company has like ZERO overhead, which is impossible as INSURANCE alone justifies more than those rates

    • @Pack044
      @Pack044 Před měsícem

      @@MikeyPipesUncensored we have smaller overhead than most. 3-4 techs doing 1.5-2m in revenue . If we charged more We could make so much more and maybe get a bonus someday lol. Thanks for the replay man! Love your content and channel I watch everyday

  • @Zack-fu8sn
    @Zack-fu8sn Před 2 měsíci +1

    You can drive how you want in the uncensored channel

  • @HonchHeado
    @HonchHeado Před 2 měsíci +2

    $225 an hour? You charge call out fee which covers half hour to test? I charge more than that in Australia lol

    • @philtheheaterguy951
      @philtheheaterguy951 Před 2 měsíci

      How long do you drive between customers? How many calls a day do you have?

  • @brian-ek1ec
    @brian-ek1ec Před 2 měsíci +4

    Peter's day is going to be filled with taking calls about a rogue lunatic pipe doctor driver..
    Peter: mam ,do you have a discription of the driver?
    Woman:ohh yes i do.middle age man with a very angry face and potty mouth.
    Peter : height and weight?
    Woman :well by the size of his head ,i would say he was a little portly,maybe 300 pounds or so.

    • @philtheheaterguy951
      @philtheheaterguy951 Před 2 měsíci

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Lewdacris916
      @Lewdacris916 Před 2 měsíci

      tom??????LOL

  • @lhasaboy0073
    @lhasaboy0073 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Easy money today Mikey pipes,,

  • @stevealoia
    @stevealoia Před 2 měsíci +3

    Hey Mikey pipe . I’m sending a customer over to you. They live in floral Park . She will tell you Steve Suffolk Hvac sys sent her

  • @billnipp2309
    @billnipp2309 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Like my mother in law always says, crazy people are people too. hahahaha

  • @beeper7892
    @beeper7892 Před 2 měsíci +3

    20 points. 5 point bonus if she is on her phone.

  • @chasingcapsaicin
    @chasingcapsaicin Před 2 měsíci +1

    You could, could, fill the Wago's with dielectric grease. Charge appropriately for it, it would extend them in weather, maybe?

  • @citylockapolytechnikeyllcc7936
    @citylockapolytechnikeyllcc7936 Před 2 měsíci +3

    I have clients that will not use me for their income properties, only their own homes and their family's.
    LOL, at passing the Camry over a double yellow line. As a former Masshole driver, I can only salute your driving prowess. Try driving Boston, ..or the lovely Mass Turnpike!
    On the service call, so the guy wanted wiring redecorated ? OR was there something actually needed that was not on cam ?

    • @Pack044
      @Pack044 Před měsícem

      Where did you move to? I’m in ma working in Boston and it sucks so bad lol

  • @hardwiired
    @hardwiired Před 2 měsíci

    I wanna see mikey take the NY drivers improvement clinic

  • @wizard3z868
    @wizard3z868 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Mikey I wld rather have wirenuts over that molex connector nevermind the wagos just doing it better

  • @aaronkoster3940
    @aaronkoster3940 Před 2 měsíci +2

    The corner that you passed around 10:50, is where that police officer was killed a few weeks ago

  • @austinbell5792
    @austinbell5792 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Bro was really barefoot out there in the in the middle of the day with (I think) a Nike dry fit on 😂

  • @scottvolage1752
    @scottvolage1752 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Make the trades great again Mikey Pipes. #LoveBosch smash that Like button folks. Smash it for the other Mike.

    • @philtheheaterguy951
      @philtheheaterguy951 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Thanks for the reminder. Almost forgot to smash the like button.

  • @willardpinson1197
    @willardpinson1197 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Did that man ever call you and tell you why he was out ??

  • @jrmilchling9215
    @jrmilchling9215 Před 2 měsíci +2

    my favorite ones you come out you find the problem and they refuse to pay for parts and you can't continue then they say you did nothing did not fix it and refuse to pay you anything

  • @scottmaz4063
    @scottmaz4063 Před 2 měsíci +2

    That guy is crazy

  • @nebbrooklyn5966
    @nebbrooklyn5966 Před 2 měsíci +3

    You belong on that side of the Atlantic lmao😂

  • @poncedeleonrefrigeration9197
    @poncedeleonrefrigeration9197 Před měsícem +1

    Bro, you in my neighborhood, I'm on Dickens st

  • @maxsantana1
    @maxsantana1 Před měsícem +1

    I can see why that Taco Bell shut down business. Same reason why a hand full of restaurants closed down in Oakland CA.

  • @jasonthejawman5442
    @jasonthejawman5442 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Mickey pipes

  • @steveg5576
    @steveg5576 Před 2 měsíci +2

    How far is Far Rockaway ? Not far enough..!

  • @brucegover2548
    @brucegover2548 Před 2 měsíci +1

    In the automotive world, you can change connectors by cutting off the connector (or remove with pins from plastic connector with special removal tool). I suspect the same can be done for HVAC?? Of course, the issue is finding a supplier to sell that connector. For what it's worth, I think your solutions was quicker and cheaper

    • @luisamaro7397
      @luisamaro7397 Před 2 měsíci +2

      His repair is it’s great only thing that I would’ve done and this is like if you wanna be super tech is too heat shrink those things but that’s doing too much this ain’t no open heart surgery

    • @philtheheaterguy951
      @philtheheaterguy951 Před 2 měsíci

      @@luisamaro7397 If the original connector was heat shrinked it never would have failed. I have worked in the marine electric field. Everything got heat shrinked.

  • @Mastamurph162
    @Mastamurph162 Před 2 měsíci +5

    New york and chicago are pretty much the same 😂, lawlessness, black neighborhoods are like jungles, hvac hacks everywhere, and cheap customers . The struggle is indeed real mikey !

  • @kkovler1
    @kkovler1 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Bet you can't wait, til your move to Florida is done.

  • @StevenLaskowski-yj1ir
    @StevenLaskowski-yj1ir Před měsícem

    Holy shit 127 a pound for 410-A damn Mikey pipes 😂

  • @arielhernandez2911
    @arielhernandez2911 Před měsícem

    Lmao you Ite Tony 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @davidca96
    @davidca96 Před 2 měsíci

    I love when NYC'ers get flustered and start talking about it, its so great hahah

    • @philtheheaterguy951
      @philtheheaterguy951 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Mikey is a Long Islander. HUGE difference. His company also bills twice what most HVAC Companies bill because of the proximity to NYC.

  • @scottmaz4063
    @scottmaz4063 Před 2 měsíci +3

    #1🎉

  • @Hockey27tom
    @Hockey27tom Před 2 měsíci

    Was the molex plug really arcing ?

    • @CarlosCandamil-et8jd
      @CarlosCandamil-et8jd Před 2 měsíci +1

      I don't know if that one was but those do that all the time

    • @airplaneengine
      @airplaneengine Před 2 měsíci +1

      Corrosion between the contacts, and thermal stress from the contacts getting hot and cooling down can cause the spring action of the contacts to lose tension and loosen up.

  • @swaterman08
    @swaterman08 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Future Skill to aquire, you can get tools to de-pin and then re-pin those connectors. Might be a PITA the first couple of times, but after you get good at it its Tits.
    Then if you get the Pin kit you could install Deutsch connectors vs wegos.
    Tons of kits for 1 to 10 wire connectors, something like,
    174Pcs 12 Kits Deutsch Connector Kit With Ratcheting Wire Crimper, 2 3 4 6 8 12 Pin Connectors Automotive Electrical Connectors With Size 16 Stamped Contacts IP68 Waterproof.
    under 25 amps you can get 12 Awg connectors for pumps and other line voltage devices.

  • @jasongeo2
    @jasongeo2 Před 2 měsíci

    Mikey take me with you. I'll be your camera man

  • @philtheheaterguy951
    @philtheheaterguy951 Před 2 měsíci

    When you talk about the property taxes being so much lower in NYC you forget to mention that NYC has Income tax and Nassau County does not.

  • @labawski
    @labawski Před 2 měsíci

    Is that Mott Ave? That’s where PO Diller was fatally shot.😢

  • @ralphhofland7439
    @ralphhofland7439 Před 2 měsíci

    Mike , my only comment….they're out there

  • @ItsTheCostanza
    @ItsTheCostanza Před 2 měsíci +1

    HARD KNOCKS!!!!!!

  • @scottmaz4063
    @scottmaz4063 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Cameras all over the place there. 25mph 😂

  • @mikekolczynski5665
    @mikekolczynski5665 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Fraggle Rock

  • @larryiaquinta5003
    @larryiaquinta5003 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Oh look 👀 entertainment

  • @roberttraylor1392
    @roberttraylor1392 Před 2 měsíci +3

    great video and california where i am at is the same as new yourk no bail crime is bad and more illegals are coming in thanks to are govenor newsome of california and the mayor karen bass of los angeles it is sad here and hi taxes

    • @MikeyPipesUncensored
      @MikeyPipesUncensored  Před 2 měsíci +3

      It’s basically like a lawless America, but it’s Lawless, New York and Lawless, California

  • @michaelsannuti270
    @michaelsannuti270 Před 2 měsíci

    Love White Castle

  • @AmericanFarmerHVAC2024
    @AmericanFarmerHVAC2024 Před 2 měsíci

    I'd pull my business out of the state of new york after last thursday.

  • @michaelroach8607
    @michaelroach8607 Před měsícem

    Bring back the castles

  • @albertpaez6595
    @albertpaez6595 Před měsícem

    We need Gulliani back... any one else... da FaaaaahhhhQ Attta heeee!

  • @809nel
    @809nel Před 2 měsíci +2

    i hate taxi drivers, they are the worst

  • @lfdvidinc
    @lfdvidinc Před 2 měsíci +2

    Emergancy. 🤣 your an important first responder. Can’t have people with out AC. Get the hell out if the way. Lights and sirens 👍

  • @steveblake8766
    @steveblake8766 Před 2 měsíci +1

    294 thumbs up

  • @RichB0330
    @RichB0330 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Can't fix stupid Mikey. I bet you the Toco Bell would still be open if it sold fish

  • @MrOrtiz256
    @MrOrtiz256 Před 2 měsíci

    Guilty on all counts

  • @jeffsmith2022
    @jeffsmith2022 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I don't give a FRA about Far Rockaway...

  • @leefalvey9670
    @leefalvey9670 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Still 3 points

  • @jcc3279
    @jcc3279 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Mikey if you ever played any of the grand theft auto video games in the older ones it was 10 points for running someone over. LOL. Yes i do play the video game Grand Theft Auto mainly as it's stress relief from the real world. I mean what video game lets you unleash your pent up rage against the world in a way doesn't affect you in real life. just saying.

  • @TheRAMBO9191
    @TheRAMBO9191 Před 2 měsíci

    11:15 that's intense to hear. Crazy.
    I know you like slightly tapping on peddle and blowing stops signs ect. it's new York as you put it. Lmao. But all it takes is someone jumping out on ya and ruining your business because of your choice. protect your empire💪🏻🥃

    • @MikeyPipesUncensored
      @MikeyPipesUncensored  Před 2 měsíci +1

      I hear you, Rambo I hear ya

    • @TheRAMBO9191
      @TheRAMBO9191 Před 2 měsíci

      @@MikeyPipesUncensored ight, well I won't mention it anymore, good luck on your decisions 😂🤣

  • @greekmaster1001
    @greekmaster1001 Před 2 měsíci

    Yup crime is rampant but middle class is getting punished left and right
    Fuck Hochul now they are lowering the speed limit and and adding the stupid congestion pricing in Manhattan

  • @BuffaloChicken
    @BuffaloChicken Před 2 měsíci

    NYS is a clucking joke! Unless you're illegal.

  • @ELRutz
    @ELRutz Před 2 měsíci +2

    Thank goodness for clueless customers who just a few short weeks ago were kicking their camel in a 3rd world sand pit. Take every cent they want to throw away

  • @MokenaBob
    @MokenaBob Před 2 měsíci