Had a nightmare day at a reno job in Portland last Tuesday

I was hanging 50 sheets of 5/8 fire code on a basement ceiling alone, and my lift blew a hydraulic line at 10 AM. Took me 2 hours to find a rental lift from a place across town, and the whole job ran 4 hours late. Has anyone else had a piece of equipment tank their whole day like that?

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aaron8842mo ago

Man I feel you. Just last week I was scrolling through some contractor forums and saw a guy saying how his skid steer tossed a track in the middle of a grading job. That stuff happens at the worst times. You hung 50 sheets of fire code solo and your lift goes out? That's brutal. Portland rental yards are hit or miss too, especially for finding a replacement quick. The worst part is how it throws off the whole timeline and you gotta explain to the GC why you're running late. Hope the rest of that job went smoother for you.

emery192mo ago

@aaron884 nailed it. Portland rental yards really are a gamble. Hope your timeline bounced back.

alicecooper1mo ago

See I gotta push back a little on the rental yards being a gamble. Most of the outfits in Portland are family owned and they've been around for decades. They know their equipment better than any national chain. If you treat them right and don't beat their stuff into the ground, they'll go out of their way to get you a replacement same day. The issue isn't the yards, it's usually how people treat the machinery. A skid steer tossing a track is almost always from running it too hard on grades or not greasing it proper.