I saved everything at my busy shop.every year we would strip and scrap.all but what we knew not to ,saving recoil starters fasteners the thumb screws for taking down handlebars were popular with customers that came in all the time looking for little things that rattled loose. We never charged for those items and they were always happy to get a freebie and more likely to come again.we always saved the wheels. New ones are pricey and can kill a job if they are trying to get by the season and don't want to pay 20-50 bucks for a wheel. I downsized 8 years ago and kept all I could from my shop that was started in 1978.all I ended up throwing away were the fast movers from my busiest times because I saved too much. We sold tons of Briggs fuel tanks, Tecumseh starters sold every day. They would need pull rope but we're glad to pay 15.00 for a used complete starter and leave the old one for us to turn around again.was always good to have a box of the Briggs plastic intake pipes that always broke and blade hubs and blade bolts always in demand.we sold new mowers and offered trade ins.several times giving 100 bucks off price of new mower just for the used parts.trade in thing made a lot of money for the shop but my favorite money maker was when customer would buy a good used mower and leave us the borderline cost effective to fix?behind and sometimes what you need for that one will show up in boneyard.used parts are money!!huge part of my buiz.just need to keep the stuff you keep organized when junking stuff out.
Thanks Fill! You will have one soon enough, I am sure! I lucked out buying a house with a shop on it, now just working on turning into what I am using it for.
I hold on to the equipment for as long as I have room for it. You are correct. As soon as you scrap something , the next week it has the exact piece you need. Good luck my friend and keep making videos. I have to just start doing the same . Thanks.
OMG that is absolutely fantastic!! I need the same tools..lol I am a chemical engineer but 18 months ago I was run over by a F350 on my 1957 Harley Panhead and nearly had my right leg crushed off. When I was learning how to walk again I decided I wanted to do what I love. At first I thought Welding/fabrication but I can't maneuver too well right now. I decide to start small engine repair/rebuild and restoration biz. With the way supply chains have been manipulated with the plandemic I want to be able to make my own parts. I am putting together a machine shop with 1800's belt drive machines and I am running them the way they were originally run. I am using steam and compressed air so it will be an 1800's living history shop that puts out modern parts. I am currently building a prototype self propelled Wheelbarrow that dumps. It rides on tracks made from up cycled scrapped tires and can pull the operator on a Surry ... I love your setup .
Great Shop.. Nice Lift.. i will look them up.. we did get some snow back here in KY.. but the next day it jumped up to 65 that was new years day.. I like the little glimpses of the cats pounding on each other... very funny.. Oh the reason i started watching your videos is?? I'm the neighborhood/work mechanic everybody seems to gravitate to.. and it doesnt matter what it is small engine to larger trucks i am able to fix them successfully inc welding/fabrication or whatever... By watching you i now realize i should go ahead and start charging... which means i need to be legal and start advertising & stuff... So thanks for posting your life and i will keep watching!!
KB it is the OLD MAN here from Eliminator Performance in Canada. Just watched your video on being ghosted but recently paid, bravo. Basically, a good customer that just put off payment for a little too long but ya gotta keepem man he gave you a tip. My son Jake has been in this business for 9 years and ghosting rarely happens other than the following: 1. Large companies with payments normally 60 to 90 days to date 100% paid 2. Customers with older equipment not worth repairing but they insist it be repaired even when you tell them roughly the cost of service to date 1 customer and sold the unit for invoice cost. 3. Selling a piece of equipment to a customer that has never used one before ie: snowblower. Original sale of a fully serviced great running condition snowblower at a very reasonable price. Customer uses it 3 times but the last one is clearing 3 feet of snow and there is a frozen newspaper buried which they hit and totally jam the first and second stage. Invoice is $190 with pick up and delivery charge but customer doesn't want it since hires a snow cleaning company. Resell for $200 and basically made great money off this snowblower new customer very happy with price and still using it today. Check out our channel i think you will be impressed some really helpful tips to save you time.
I strip down key parts good wheels, cables, decent carbs or stuff l know is obsolete, good bars, coils, plastic gas tanks, rewinds that are in good shape, air cleaner housings, drive gears and some transmissions on push mowers. lm cheap so fuel line clamps, flywheel keys to lol. Ive pieced together a few running motors and put them on shelves. Ive been more of a flipper than anything but looking into opening a shop.
Thankyou for the shop tour really like your lift my wife loves you cat lol. Recycling is always cool. When I was 12 to 15 years old I moved grass for money and I also collect tin cans from my costumers to offset the fuel cost.
Nice shop man I enjoy watching these videos I've been tinkering and learning small engine repair from CZcams and considering making a side gig out of it as most people around here just trash their small engines instead of even considering getting it repaired. I would say maybe tear down the spare equipment and sell the parts that are still good as I'm sure there's lots of other repair people that may need those parts aka new lawnmower deck or bag that either can't find it new or don't want to spend the new price.
If you have a slow week or day just start stripping parts off of the machines that you’ll think you might be able to use down the line. Set up shelving/racking underneath the overhang and organize and inventory it. Then scrap what’s left. The money you get from scrap may pay for all the racking and organization too. Just a thought. Eventually a concrete floor under that over hang too. Good area for future expansion, if needed ever. Good vid.
I know this is very late, but thought I'd post my thoughts on your boneyard. You've got a lot of room in the shed that is unused - the vertical space. I'd build cubby storage on the back and side walls right up to the roof and keep the center for disassembling equipment as you have time. Keep the parts that you know you'll use or want and categorize and log it into a spreadsheet on a tablet computer. You have to go out there and search for things now so that time is better spent organizing the parts you're going to keep and then scrapping the rest for metal. Maybe build a back door so you can go in and out easily to retrieve tools without having to walk all the way around. Also maybe disassemble some in the shop on really nasty weather days and carry the parts out back through the door to store in the cubbies. Number the cubbies so you then have an exact location on your spreadsheet and can put your hand on a part with no time delay. Once you've gone through your current stock you'll have a much better idea of what you might want to keep and what to toss. Right now the weather is deteriorating a lot of those units not under cover so you're already losing money. Things like tractor seats, tires, etc., that UV just destroys. I know what I'm proposing would be extremely time-consuming for you and looks like a daunting task right now, but once you clear a path to the back wall, construct some cubbies, make a spreadsheet and start working your way through the equipment it'll feel really good to get some room out there and have actual usable parts ready to grab when you need them. I also think a small fork lift would be extremely useful for you. That or something like a pallet jack if you every paved that back area.
Those are some very good ideas and great ways to maximize use of the space. Thank you for sharing, and I will definitely take them into consideration and post an update on what I do. Thanks!
thanks for the shop tour Kyle love the lift that you have and I am a little jealous that I do not have one and I also loved the view of the mountains in the back round and as for the extra stuff I have allot that I keep for extra parts for the equipment that you have a hard time getting the parts for or they just do not make them any more
Thanks for watching Christopher. It is a nice piece of equipment to have and makes working a lot more efficient, and saves my body as a full time mechanic. Good point on saving parts from those old machines. Seems parts are becoming more scarce these days...
thanks for the tour, I've been thinking about getting a lift similar to yours. I'd love to see it in action, we do tons of riding mowers and i have a cable hoist on the ceiling to lift the tractors up almost vertically, much easier to work underneath and nothing in the way, i also have a lifttable which is awesome for snowblowers and push mowers. So i guess i'm asking to see it in action. thanks, Bill in Ottawa, Canada
I just left the fold to become a chemist. I am picking up a very inexpensive ford ranger that needs alot of welding. I want to find a trailer that is enclosed so I can put airconditioning and heating for my mobile machine shop. I will be doing small engine work and lawn equipment work. I will be able to make parts if I need it and weld mower decks and anything else. I hopefully will have a big enough space to be able to pull in a plow on a truck so I can weld it or any other type of farm equipment. I will have a bit of a lift on my ranger so if I have to I can take the truck into the field to weld some crazy huge piece of equipment . I found a trlatively good costing truck crane that I can use to hold heavy stuff I need to weld or pick up and drop mowers and stuff on the back f the ranger. If the Ranger gets too bad I wil find a jeep body and make it fit with the ranger bed and make some kind of cool jeep/truck that is bigger and better than the other jeep trucks. Keep up the great work. You can look me up when you come out here and i will when I come out there. take care.
@@kbssmallenginerepair2615 When this whole corona thing is over or calms down again i would love to have you out. i would love to come out to sunny Cali for a bit as well...
I'd tear those machines in the boneyard apart. Take everything valuable off them, like the filter bags, wheels, carb covers handles, pulleys and put it all organized on shelves. Then toss the frames.
Just found your channel. I mostly work on my own stuff it keeps me pretty busy. But I would keep all of it as long as you have space and your still working on similar things. As you said if you get rid of it you will need it next week. LOL. Great shop by the way.
If it's something hard to find I keep it because sooner or later you will need it some of these parts are reproduced and are impossible to find for someone needing them. The rare stuff you don't need you might post online for sale on eb*y or some where similar. And make some cash off of it and help someone needing it.
I would strip all the good parts off those machines and whatever is junk or metal that u cant use take it to the scrap yard . But i typically only hold on to things that i know that i can salvage and resell .other wise it goes cuz it gets to be alot .
When it comes to the parts of all the scrap trackers and lawnmower strip down all the good stuff for example push mower the motors wheel's becks handles all the good stuff if you dont plan to fix and resell. Same with the riding it will clean up that area
Then there will be others like the Mowermedic1 is Jan 16. They’ll be having z give a way on each one. I think that’s a good way to promote your channel and get u recognized more just starting out.
Honestly big dawg I would rather work out of 3 or 4 of those Krl carts vs one big box. So much more versatility. Put 4 swivel casters on all of them and send it!
Do u ever rebuild engines?? I’d love to see you rebuild an engine if you do. I think most people just repower with a predator anymore. If u do you could make it several parts to it. Just a thought!!!!
Thanks for the advice. I certainly take a look at things and see what it would take to repair it myself. Most the stuff in my boneyard is either junk, or too costly to repair vs. reselling. If I can fix and resell I absolutely take that opportunity.
@@kbssmallenginerepair2615 i didn't know if it was just the customer not wanting to pay to fix it or if it was not worth the repair. In that case keep the good parts scrap the rest.
Question for you, You ever fix and flip things like dirt bikes? You know if they are considered motor vehicles? I got busted lol I used to fix and flip cars but in Utah, you can only do two a year (if you own the vehicle for less than a year) in Utah with no dealer license. Had no idea about it and they hit me with a huge fine. That is part of the reason I am getting into outdoor power equipment repair. I mostly plan on working on, fixing and flipping mowers but seeing the bikes in your shop made me think. I sure as heck want to avoid another big fine!
I do not. Same thing goes with them (I believe). Anything that has a title and needs to (or should be) registered with the state (at least in Utah) is that way. 2 a year or you are required to have a dealers license. I looked into this as well. Sucks you got busted.
Great question RR. Watch my starting a small engine repair business video if you haven’t already. Are you talking the actual business side, or the wrenching side?
#kb’ssmallenginerepair. I don’t know about the bone yard. I think I’d go through it and strip some of the parts off you think u might possibly use and scrap the rest or try to sell them Are some of them salvageable at all. Maybe in the slow season u could fix them up and sell in the spring. Just thinking. But u will have to do something one day because if will be to full. Lol. I guess once year go through it and inventory everything. What would make sense to keep or fix up I’d do that and scrap the rest.
Another boneyard question :) I am just opening my shop. I worked for several years at a rental company as a mechanic, then oil field yard, . diesel trucking shop then manufacturing. The last 20 years I have run a ecommerce website but my oldest son is taking over the day to day operations there and I always enjoyed the small engine work so decided I am going to open a small engine repair shop. So back to my question :) I understand how you come about the scrappers, you do a quick diagnostic and its going to cost more than its worth to fix it. Do you purchase it from the customer? Keep it in lieu of a diagnostic fee/work already done? They just give it to you? Just curious how that end of it works. Is the customer ever skeptical that you want it that you might be fibbing about the amount of work it needs to get his machine cheap?
Good to hear, and best of luck to you. Most of my scrapped pieces are from customers that either do not want to pay for the repairs, or they are simply "un-repairable" (ie. siezed engine, hole in block etc. etc.) I still charge a diagnostic fee, but I always ask the customer if they would like the equipment back, or if they would like me to "recycle" it. Nine times out of ten they will tell me to get rid of it or "use it for parts" or something of the like. I get the occasional person that will ask me if I will buy it from them. I simply tell them, or other people calling me asking me if I want to buy scrap machines that I do not purchase non-running equipment, but will pick it up for free to recycle it and keep it out of the landfill. They will usually tell me to come and get it just to get it out of there way. I then go through it, see if it is a cost effective flip, if not, salvage some parts off of it. I then sit on it for a couple of years, and then send it off to the recycle center and cash in. Hope that helps.
@@kbssmallenginerepair2615 That helps a ton and thank you for the lucid and well thought out response :) As one of your videos mentioned (I have watched most of them) social media can ruin a business these days if the wrong complaint or accusation gets started. I would not want someone to get the ideal that I was bidding the job high in the hopes I could get a machine cheap. I would just as soon not have the scrapper as have someone think I was trying to rob them of something. Your approach seems like a very sensible way to approach this aspect of the business while avoiding pitfalls.
Hey man I watched a few of your videos and you seem to know your stuff. I did a carb clean on a push mower and was able to get it running, but the only way to get it to rev up is to move the throttle by hand and if I do that the govornor starts working and revs it way to high. Any ideas?
I do not have any ventilation. In the warmer months I just keep the big bay doors open and turn on the fans. When it’s colder I crack the doors and put the machine right at the door with the muffler facing the exit.
Hey I look up handy industry and don't know when you bought your life but it says online now they closed there doors and looking for a buyer of the company
Are u gonna be able to get on small engine nations New Year’s Eve livestream and Pullerbesr Ed’s the same day. I think SEN IS HAVING HIS FIRST THEN Pullerbesr Ed is @9pm eastern standard time. I think he is on est
Hey have u thought about where the boneyard is closing that bay in or 2 bays in and store the customers equipment out there Just a thought it wouldn’t take much to close it in Again just thinking
@@turner7979 Yes, it is mostly regulated by the city. However the city I live in is very welcoming of "home-based" businesses. You obviously have to follow certain regulations, but where I am, and fortunately having a larger lot I am well within the bounds of having a successful "home-based" business in my city & state.
Sweet shop man. Thanks for the great tour... it’s nice to see different set ups on the ole CZcams... have a great weekend and stay safe...👍👍👍
Thank you Pointbreak! Same to you!
that's a big shop and so well organised must hard work keeping it clean
Thanks Tim! I am grateful for it, but it does take some time keeping it clean sometimes.
I saved everything at my busy shop.every year we would strip and scrap.all but what we knew not to ,saving recoil starters fasteners the thumb screws for taking down handlebars were popular with customers that came in all the time looking for little things that rattled loose. We never charged for those items and they were always happy to get a freebie and more likely to come again.we always saved the wheels. New ones are pricey and can kill a job if they are trying to get by the season and don't want to pay 20-50 bucks for a wheel. I downsized 8 years ago and kept all I could from my shop that was started in 1978.all I ended up throwing away were the fast movers from my busiest times because I saved too much. We sold tons of Briggs fuel tanks, Tecumseh starters sold every day. They would need pull rope but we're glad to pay 15.00 for a used complete starter and leave the old one for us to turn around again.was always good to have a box of the Briggs plastic intake pipes that always broke and blade hubs and blade bolts always in demand.we sold new mowers and offered trade ins.several times giving 100 bucks off price of new mower just for the used parts.trade in thing made a lot of money for the shop but my favorite money maker was when customer would buy a good used mower and leave us the borderline cost effective to fix?behind and sometimes what you need for that one will show up in boneyard.used parts are money!!huge part of my buiz.just need to keep the stuff you keep organized when junking stuff out.
Great tips, thanks for sharing!
My dream shop right there
Thanks Fill! You will have one soon enough, I am sure! I lucked out buying a house with a shop on it, now just working on turning into what I am using it for.
I hold on to the equipment for as long as I have room for it. You are correct. As soon as you scrap something , the next week it has the exact piece you need. Good luck my friend and keep making videos. I have to just start doing the same . Thanks.
Thanks Jimmy! That was kind of my thought exactly.
Had an ATV shop and the boneyard filled fast. So we pulled good parts scrapped the rest. Great shop
OMG that is absolutely fantastic!! I need the same tools..lol I am a chemical engineer but 18 months ago I was run over by a F350 on my 1957 Harley Panhead and nearly had my right leg crushed off. When I was learning how to walk again I decided I wanted to do what I love. At first I thought Welding/fabrication but I can't maneuver too well right now. I decide to start small engine repair/rebuild and restoration biz. With the way supply chains have been manipulated with the plandemic I want to be able to make my own parts. I am putting together a machine shop with 1800's belt drive machines and I am running them the way they were originally run. I am using steam and compressed air so it will be an 1800's living history shop that puts out modern parts. I am currently building a prototype self propelled Wheelbarrow that dumps. It rides on tracks made from up cycled scrapped tires and can pull the operator on a Surry ... I love your setup .
Great Shop.. Nice Lift.. i will look them up.. we did get some snow back here in KY.. but the next day it jumped up to 65 that was new years day.. I like the little glimpses of the cats pounding on each other... very funny.. Oh the reason i started watching your videos is?? I'm the neighborhood/work mechanic everybody seems to gravitate to.. and it doesnt matter what it is small engine to larger trucks i am able to fix them successfully inc welding/fabrication or whatever... By watching you i now realize i should go ahead and start charging... which means i need to be legal and start advertising & stuff... So thanks for posting your life and i will keep watching!!
Thanks L.T. Sounds like you are the go to guy, and already have your name out there!
Beautiful shop love it
Thanks so much. Always a work in progress.
Hey Very nice organized shop. Excellent video
Thanks Joseph!
I would say you are very well organized.Good job
Thanks Curt! I try to stay as efficient as possible.
KB it is the OLD MAN here from Eliminator Performance in Canada. Just watched your video on being ghosted but recently paid, bravo. Basically, a good customer that just put off payment for a little too long but ya gotta keepem man he gave you a tip. My son Jake has been in this business for 9 years and ghosting rarely happens other than the following:
1. Large companies with payments normally 60 to 90 days to date 100% paid
2. Customers with older equipment not worth repairing but they insist it be repaired even when you tell them roughly the cost of service to date 1 customer and sold the unit for invoice cost.
3. Selling a piece of equipment to a customer that has never used one before ie: snowblower. Original sale of a fully serviced great running condition snowblower at a very reasonable price. Customer uses it 3 times but the last one is clearing 3 feet of snow and there is a frozen newspaper buried which they hit and totally jam the first and second stage. Invoice is $190 with pick up and delivery charge but customer doesn't want it since hires a snow cleaning company. Resell for $200 and basically made great money off this snowblower new customer very happy with price and still using it today. Check out our channel i think you will be impressed some really helpful tips to save you time.
Great info Wayne! Thanks for sharing! I am a subscriber of EP. Awesome videos I look forward to every week!
Thanks KB looking forward to more of yours, here's hoping you hit that 1000 shortly!
@@waynestefinashen239 thanks so much Wayne!
Really like EP's videos!
For the bone yard. If your wife is not bugging you about it keep it. You have the space!
That's not a bad idea. I purged a lot of it, to make room for this years incoming equipment.
I think you have a great shop , At a young age keep up the good work ,
Super nice shop - thanks for the tour
Thanks Claus!
I strip down key parts good wheels, cables, decent carbs or stuff l know is obsolete, good bars, coils, plastic gas tanks, rewinds that are in good shape, air cleaner housings, drive gears and some transmissions on push mowers. lm cheap so fuel line clamps, flywheel keys to lol. Ive pieced together a few running motors and put them on shelves. Ive been more of a flipper than anything but looking into opening a shop.
Keep the bone yard. Dissamble and bag and tag everything. Like the wrecking yards do.
That is a good idea, thanks for sharing!
Awesome shop set up!!!
Thank you!
That's a nice looking shop!
Thanks LNR!
Nice video. Maybe you can put some pallet racks in the shed so you can storage the leftovers in hight! It save a lot of groundspace!
Very Nice!! Looks real good.
Thanks Lawn mower detective!
Thankyou for the shop tour really like your lift my wife loves you cat lol. Recycling is always cool. When I was 12 to 15 years old I moved grass for money and I also collect tin cans from my costumers to offset the fuel cost.
Nice shop man I enjoy watching these videos I've been tinkering and learning small engine repair from CZcams and considering making a side gig out of it as most people around here just trash their small engines instead of even considering getting it repaired. I would say maybe tear down the spare equipment and sell the parts that are still good as I'm sure there's lots of other repair people that may need those parts aka new lawnmower deck or bag that either can't find it new or don't want to spend the new price.
If you have a slow week or day just start stripping parts off of the machines that you’ll think you might be able to use down the line. Set up shelving/racking underneath the overhang and organize and inventory it. Then scrap what’s left. The money you get from scrap may pay for all the racking and organization too. Just a thought. Eventually a concrete floor under that over hang too. Good area for future expansion, if needed ever. Good vid.
Great idea. That would make a good winter project when I am slow.
Unbelievable how organized you’re
Thanks William!
Awesome tour, thanks 👍🏾
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it.
We just got almost a foot of snow. I'll be out snow blowing tomorrow all day. Hopefully I won't be late to my own live 😅
I know this is very late, but thought I'd post my thoughts on your boneyard. You've got a lot of room in the shed that is unused - the vertical space. I'd build cubby storage on the back and side walls right up to the roof and keep the center for disassembling equipment as you have time. Keep the parts that you know you'll use or want and categorize and log it into a spreadsheet on a tablet computer. You have to go out there and search for things now so that time is better spent organizing the parts you're going to keep and then scrapping the rest for metal. Maybe build a back door so you can go in and out easily to retrieve tools without having to walk all the way around. Also maybe disassemble some in the shop on really nasty weather days and carry the parts out back through the door to store in the cubbies. Number the cubbies so you then have an exact location on your spreadsheet and can put your hand on a part with no time delay. Once you've gone through your current stock you'll have a much better idea of what you might want to keep and what to toss. Right now the weather is deteriorating a lot of those units not under cover so you're already losing money. Things like tractor seats, tires, etc., that UV just destroys. I know what I'm proposing would be extremely time-consuming for you and looks like a daunting task right now, but once you clear a path to the back wall, construct some cubbies, make a spreadsheet and start working your way through the equipment it'll feel really good to get some room out there and have actual usable parts ready to grab when you need them. I also think a small fork lift would be extremely useful for you. That or something like a pallet jack if you every paved that back area.
Those are some very good ideas and great ways to maximize use of the space. Thank you for sharing, and I will definitely take them into consideration and post an update on what I do. Thanks!
thanks for the shop tour Kyle love the lift that you have and I am a little jealous that I do not have one and I also loved the view of the mountains in the back round and as for the extra stuff I have allot that I keep for extra parts for the equipment that you have a hard time getting the parts for or they just do not make them any more
Thanks for watching Christopher. It is a nice piece of equipment to have and makes working a lot more efficient, and saves my body as a full time mechanic. Good point on saving parts from those old machines. Seems parts are becoming more scarce these days...
thanks for the tour, I've been thinking about getting a lift similar to yours. I'd love to see it in action, we do tons of riding mowers and i have a cable hoist on the ceiling to lift the tractors up almost vertically, much easier to work underneath and nothing in the way, i also have a lifttable which is awesome for snowblowers and push mowers. So i guess i'm asking to see it in action. thanks, Bill in Ottawa, Canada
Thanks Bill! I’ll try to get a video of it and it’s features.
Great set up my friend. Thoroughly enjoyed 👍🏻
Thank you! Thanks for watching!
I just left the fold to become a chemist. I am picking up a very inexpensive ford ranger that needs alot of welding. I want to find a trailer that is enclosed so I can put airconditioning and heating for my mobile machine shop. I will be doing small engine work and lawn equipment work. I will be able to make parts if I need it and weld mower decks and anything else. I hopefully will have a big enough space to be able to pull in a plow on a truck so I can weld it or any other type of farm equipment. I will have a bit of a lift on my ranger so if I have to I can take the truck into the field to weld some crazy huge piece of equipment . I found a trlatively good costing truck crane that I can use to hold heavy stuff I need to weld or pick up and drop mowers and stuff on the back f the ranger. If the Ranger gets too bad I wil find a jeep body and make it fit with the ranger bed and make some kind of cool jeep/truck that is bigger and better than the other jeep trucks. Keep up the great work. You can look me up when you come out here and i will when I come out there. take care.
Sounds like an adventure and quite the setup. I’d love to see it!
@@kbssmallenginerepair2615 When this whole corona thing is over or calms down again i would love to have you out. i would love to come out to sunny Cali for a bit as well...
I'd tear those machines in the boneyard apart. Take everything valuable off them, like the filter bags, wheels, carb covers handles, pulleys and put it all organized on shelves. Then toss the frames.
That is a great idea, especially with parts becoming more scarce.
Awesome shop tour (I get rid of NOTHING!! Lol)
Thank you! I'll keep it as long as I have the room...
I just wish I had a Shop 1/2 as good as yours and the space u got
Just found your channel. I mostly work on my own stuff it keeps me pretty busy. But I would keep all of it as long as you have space and your still working on similar things. As you said if you get rid of it you will need it next week. LOL. Great shop by the way.
Nice shop, good luck to you.
Thank you!
Thanks for the shop tour
Thanks for watching!
Great video !!!!! I just subbed , I look forward to watching the videos .
Awesome, Thank you!
Very nice shop, would love to have this ! Really interested in small engine business tips. Looking forward to your channel ! Thanks! 👍
Thanks Andrew!
If it's something hard to find I keep it because sooner or later you will need it
some of these parts are reproduced and are impossible to find for someone needing
them. The rare stuff you don't need you might post online for sale on eb*y or some where
similar. And make some cash off of it and help someone needing it.
That is a good point. One mans junk is another mans treasure!
Great site. I would recycle the items that are slow moving one time per year.
That’s kind of what I had in mind. Just would hate to throw it away and then have a use for it the next week.
I would strip all the good parts off those machines and whatever is junk or metal that u cant use take it to the scrap yard . But i typically only hold on to things that i know that i can salvage and resell .other wise it goes cuz it gets to be alot .
Merry Christmas 2022
Thank You’ll for information and advice
Only 275 subscriber ???? That’s some really good content dude.
Thank you! I appreciate the kind feedback!
When it comes to the parts of all the scrap trackers and lawnmower strip down all the good stuff for example push mower the motors wheel's becks handles all the good stuff if you dont plan to fix and resell.
Same with the riding it will clean up that area
Exactly. All the used parts and used equipment just increased in value.
Then there will be others like the Mowermedic1 is Jan 16. They’ll be having z give a way on each one. I think that’s a good way to promote your channel and get u recognized more just starting out.
I really enjoyed it. I’d like to have that lift
Part your boneyard out. Keep what’s useful scrap the rest. Go thru each machine. Keep what’s useful. Scrap yard the rest
Enjoyed it. Thanks!
Honestly big dawg I would rather work out of 3 or 4 of those Krl carts vs one big box. So much more versatility. Put 4 swivel casters on all of them and send it!
I just scrapped all my leftovers from this year. I took off some parts but still had 1500 lbs worth $64
Nice shop bro!
Thank you!
Do u ever rebuild engines?? I’d love to see you rebuild an engine if you do. I think most people just repower with a predator anymore. If u do you could make it several parts to it. Just a thought!!!!
I do occasionally. Not very often for customers because they don’t want to pay. Maybe a couple times a year.
Nice shop
Very Nice!
Thank you!
See what you can get running and resell it. Typically I salvage whats good by keeping good engines or repairing to resell.
Thanks for the advice. I certainly take a look at things and see what it would take to repair it myself. Most the stuff in my boneyard is either junk, or too costly to repair vs. reselling. If I can fix and resell I absolutely take that opportunity.
@@kbssmallenginerepair2615 i didn't know if it was just the customer not wanting to pay to fix it or if it was not worth the repair. In that case keep the good parts scrap the rest.
Keep it small and organized it is easier to control what's going on .
Question for you, You ever fix and flip things like dirt bikes? You know if they are considered motor vehicles? I got busted lol I used to fix and flip cars but in Utah, you can only do two a year (if you own the vehicle for less than a year) in Utah with no dealer license. Had no idea about it and they hit me with a huge fine. That is part of the reason I am getting into outdoor power equipment repair. I mostly plan on working on, fixing and flipping mowers but seeing the bikes in your shop made me think. I sure as heck want to avoid another big fine!
I do not. Same thing goes with them (I believe). Anything that has a title and needs to (or should be) registered with the state (at least in Utah) is that way. 2 a year or you are required to have a dealers license. I looked into this as well. Sucks you got busted.
What advice would u give to somebody who wants to get into small engine repair business?
Great question RR. Watch my starting a small engine repair business video if you haven’t already. Are you talking the actual business side, or the wrenching side?
Ca you show your blade sharpener. Thanks for the video..your shop is huge.
I will for sure. It is an Oregon blade sharpener, but I will try and remember to get a close up of it.
#kb’ssmallenginerepair. I don’t know about the bone yard. I think I’d go through it and strip some of the parts off you think u might possibly use and scrap the rest or try to sell them Are some of them salvageable at all. Maybe in the slow season u could fix them up and sell in the spring. Just thinking. But u will have to do something one day because if will be to full. Lol. I guess once year go through it and inventory everything. What would make sense to keep or fix up I’d do that and scrap the rest.
If you can store it then keep the parts you never know when you will need it
You need to start having the cat in more of your videos. What’s the cats name
New sub. What an awesome shop! I am looking forward to seeing you work on equipment. What is the cat's name?
Thank you Larry! I appreciate the feedback. Cat's name is Mia.
Hey micks mowers is on live now. Come and join
Another boneyard question :) I am just opening my shop. I worked for several years at a rental company as a mechanic, then oil field yard, . diesel trucking shop then manufacturing. The last 20 years I have run a ecommerce website but my oldest son is taking over the day to day operations there and I always enjoyed the small engine work so decided I am going to open a small engine repair shop. So back to my question :) I understand how you come about the scrappers, you do a quick diagnostic and its going to cost more than its worth to fix it. Do you purchase it from the customer? Keep it in lieu of a diagnostic fee/work already done? They just give it to you? Just curious how that end of it works. Is the customer ever skeptical that you want it that you might be fibbing about the amount of work it needs to get his machine cheap?
Good to hear, and best of luck to you. Most of my scrapped pieces are from customers that either do not want to pay for the repairs, or they are simply "un-repairable" (ie. siezed engine, hole in block etc. etc.) I still charge a diagnostic fee, but I always ask the customer if they would like the equipment back, or if they would like me to "recycle" it. Nine times out of ten they will tell me to get rid of it or "use it for parts" or something of the like. I get the occasional person that will ask me if I will buy it from them. I simply tell them, or other people calling me asking me if I want to buy scrap machines that I do not purchase non-running equipment, but will pick it up for free to recycle it and keep it out of the landfill. They will usually tell me to come and get it just to get it out of there way. I then go through it, see if it is a cost effective flip, if not, salvage some parts off of it. I then sit on it for a couple of years, and then send it off to the recycle center and cash in. Hope that helps.
@@kbssmallenginerepair2615 That helps a ton and thank you for the lucid and well thought out response :) As one of your videos mentioned (I have watched most of them) social media can ruin a business these days if the wrong complaint or accusation gets started. I would not want someone to get the ideal that I was bidding the job high in the hopes I could get a machine cheap. I would just as soon not have the scrapper as have someone think I was trying to rob them of something. Your approach seems like a very sensible way to approach this aspect of the business while avoiding pitfalls.
Nice video! I hit the sub for you
Awesome!! Thanks so much!
One a year I sent one trailer to the non yard
Could tear down old stuff save parts tag and inventory them scrap the stuff you don't see usable.
What size tractor is that. #kb’ssmallenginerepair?????
Hey man I watched a few of your videos and you seem to know your stuff. I did a carb clean on a push mower and was able to get it running, but the only way to get it to rev up is to move the throttle by hand and if I do that the govornor starts working and revs it way to high. Any ideas?
Thank you! Send me an email, let’s talk about it. KBSsmallengineyt@gmail.com
Hey KB THIS IS THE OLD TIMER AGAIN.I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAVE SOME WAY TO VENT YOUR SHOP SO YOU CAN RUN A ENGINE FOR A SHORT TIME
I do not have any ventilation. In the warmer months I just keep the big bay doors open and turn on the fans. When it’s colder I crack the doors and put the machine right at the door with the muffler facing the exit.
What about a tool box or boxes Tour next
Yeah, I will work on that next.
Beautiful mountain range in the background. Utah?
Yes sir, you close?
@@kbssmallenginerepair2615 unfortunately no. Wish I were, but I've heard it's getting expensive to move out there
@@brianbennett1136 very! The real estate market out here right now is ridiculous!
Hey I look up handy industry and don't know when you bought your life but it says online now they closed there doors and looking for a buyer of the company
Really? Take a look here: www.handyindustries.com. I’ll be posting a review of the lift tomorrow with the info on where I got it and everything.
Ok sorry must off look at wrong one thxs
i know im late to adding a comment but where do you get all your spark plugs and pull cord? do you get good deals?
Quick Question were do you get your supplies? Do you buy from whole sellers?? or how do you go about all that stock?
I purchase through a few different parts distributors. I have a video on Parts Distributors that explains it all if you are interested.
@@kbssmallenginerepair2615 okay great thanks
I might have already ask u but do u work on atv 4 wheelers????
Yes I do
Are u gonna be able to get on small engine nations New Year’s Eve livestream and Pullerbesr Ed’s the same day. I think SEN IS HAVING HIS FIRST THEN Pullerbesr Ed is @9pm eastern standard time. I think he is on est
Try and sell to people on the marketplace? or keep why not right u got the room
Hey if I were u. I’d go through that tractor and restore it Is if in good mechanical condition??? Do u work on tractors that size???
The tractor works good. Just some hydraulic leaks here and there but it works and I use it.
@@kbssmallenginerepair2615 thanks KB’s small engine repair for the shop tour
What's the name of the lift u bought
Hey have u thought about where the boneyard is closing that bay in or 2 bays in and store the customers equipment out there Just a thought it wouldn’t take much to close it in Again just thinking
Do you do this at home?
This shop is on my property with my house, yes.
@@kbssmallenginerepair2615 does the state you live in a let you to have a mower shop at home?
@@turner7979 Yes, it is mostly regulated by the city. However the city I live in is very welcoming of "home-based" businesses. You obviously have to follow certain regulations, but where I am, and fortunately having a larger lot I am well within the bounds of having a successful "home-based" business in my city & state.
Recycle it. 1 year max. Otherwise you start looking like a hoarder.
I would keep it
So what 😊
Are u still kicking??? 😳
Nice setup.. good video..
Thanks C&L!