Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

Headed home

 

[PJSprog]

We're number 1!!

OF places most likely to get robbed. It wasn't even close, baltimore is 95.8 per 10k people, next. Cleveland at 70, oakland at 63,and st louis at 62.6. Boise ID at bottom at 2.2

Baltimore Is 閃ost Robbed City In The U.S., Study Shows CBS Baltimore


After i posted, got word of gunfire going on outside of work, across the road somewhere..

Now hearing its a shooting range. I have never heard it before.

If history is any indication, STL will see that as a challenge to their supremacy.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Headed home ��
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Nice!

If history is any indication, STL will see that as a challenge to their supremacy.

What about Chicago and New Orleans? Sad, just sad.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 50F this morning, calm wind , nearly clear sky. Light wind today, just a few clouds, and a high temp of 76F. bike ride this morning, then got the boat ready to float then launched and drove on the lake for an hour.
RNG good to see more progress on the top. Closing in on starting the interior ought to be exciting.
Buckeye bod to hear about turkeys and another house burning down.
Don sound like the wood shop has so many possibilities. Good luck on new car choice.
Roy, hop your wife has a good report tomorrow.
Drew nice garden results already.
Randy nice Mont Carlo.
Rick sorry to hear about a father passing.
prayers for all.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Well, the running boards that came in for the truck were better quality than I expected when I opened the box! The install was super easy, very good engineering, fit with very good tolerances. Took me about an hour with 2 wrenches.
Afterwards, things went downhill....fast.... my new trailer hitch is the wrong one, and the brake controller does not actuate the brakes! The little voice inside reminded me to check the plug / hitch. The first thing I found was a loose mounting bolt on the hitch to frame mount...nope only the washer is loose...the bolt is cross threaded and super torqued tight. Upon closer inspection, found that the hitch is only a class III.... It's supposed to be a class IV. BIG DIFFERENCE!

Then I plug the trailer in. Lights work, no brake actuation.... Mmmm... Check the controller--- has power....no manual control...no control adjustments whatsoever.

NOW I AM FIT TO BE TIED !!

Call the dealer. They say..."we didn't do the install..." "I'll send you the number to call -------shop, they did the work, so they will fix it". Called them and drove right there. They pulled it into the service bay. After an hour, the tech came out and said "well it was working with a test light, but I can't get it to work now" ....DUH ! They said they couldn't check with their trailer "because the wiring on the trailer was messed up" . That did not instill a vote of confidence in them! So then I asked them about the hitch...they only have class III... They can't get a class IV for my truck....

I'm lucky I didn't get a ticket on the way to the dealer.... Told them I paid for a class IV hitch, that's what I expected. Asked them why would you put a 5,000# hitch on a truck rated to tow 6700# ?. They first said.."we put on hundreds of these hitches and never had a problem". I said you do now! Then they printed out a sheet that had the specs of the hitch. Yes, it could go to 8,000# with a weight distribution set up. I said that's fine... You can supply an $700-800 weight distribution system then. Story changed real quick. Nope they can't do that.

So, after presenting my case about how they shorted / fried out my brake controller, hacked off the Nissan factory 'plug and play' connectors, and mounted a substandard inferior aftermarket hitch (installed incorrectly at that) it had to go up to the sales manager "for determination". I then explained the whole thing again...showed them pics...then it had to go to his boss...then the boss's boss. Needed to threaten with pickets out front and a legal consult with my attorney.

My appointment to have all genuine Nissan equipment installed with a new brake controller is at 8AM tomorrow morning. It's only taken about 3 hours, but I've finally calmed down. Another day of incompetence and "the run around with pointing fingers". Geeze... I'm almost regretting this....

 

[buckeyefarmer]

LS, sorry you have to go thru all that.

 

[sodamo]

LS to hear you had to put up with such incompetence. Imagine someone that didn’t know better or didn’t check.

 

[sodamo]

Got my new flail uncrated and put together. Slight hiccup. After uncrating and taking mental inventory, I questioned the mounting of the 3 pt frame. Seems they shipped me the FMC instead of FME. Centered vs extended or offset. No way I can mow close to fences as mower width is same between my tires. I emailed seller and near immediate response. Seller is sending the hydraulic offset kit which will definitely fix the problem. Kits weren’t available when I ordered, hence the decision favoring the FME model. After set up, managed a couple of circuits before it started sprinkling.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

It just seems that incompetence has now become the "normal". After I got home, wifey and I had that discussion of 'how many people are taken' without even realizing that they didn't get what they paid for. I almost believe that they "plan" for the "sheeple" to just go along with whatever they are told. I heard every excuse in the book when they were trying to get out of fixing the hitch. When I didn't back down, and was able to provide evidence of the mistakes, they changed their tune real quick!

Here's a pic of the wiring where they cut the plug off. And one of the stickers right on the hitch! They were actually trying to argue that one!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Well, the running boards that came in for the truck were better quality than I expected when I opened the box! The install was super easy, very good engineering, fit with very good tolerances. Took me about an hour with 2 wrenches.
Afterwards, things went downhill....fast.... my new trailer hitch is the wrong one, and the brake controller does not actuate the brakes! The little voice inside reminded me to check the plug / hitch. The first thing I found was a loose mounting bolt on the hitch to frame mount...nope only the washer is loose...the bolt is cross threaded and super torqued tight. Upon closer inspection, found that the hitch is only a class III.... It's supposed to be a class IV. BIG DIFFERENCE!

Then I plug the trailer in. Lights work, no brake actuation.... Mmmm... Check the controller--- has power....no manual control...no control adjustments whatsoever.

NOW I AM FIT TO BE TIED !!

Call the dealer. They say..."we didn't do the install..." "I'll send you the number to call -------shop, they did the work, so they will fix it". Called them and drove right there. They pulled it into the service bay. After an hour, the tech came out and said "well it was working with a test light, but I can't get it to work now" ....DUH ! They said they couldn't check with their trailer "because the wiring on the trailer was messed up" . That did not instill a vote of confidence in them! So then I asked them about the hitch...they only have class III... They can't get a class IV for my truck....

I'm lucky I didn't get a ticket on the way to the dealer.... Told them I paid for a class IV hitch, that's what I expected. Asked them why would you put a 5,000# hitch on a truck rated to tow 6700# ?. They first said.."we put on hundreds of these hitches and never had a problem". I said you do now! Then they printed out a sheet that had the specs of the hitch. Yes, it could go to 8,000# with a weight distribution set up. I said that's fine... You can supply an $700-800 weight distribution system then. Story changed real quick. Nope they can't do that.

So, after presenting my case about how they shorted / fried out my brake controller, hacked off the Nissan factory 'plug and play' connectors, and mounted a substandard inferior aftermarket hitch (installed incorrectly at that) it had to go up to the sales manager "for determination". I then explained the whole thing again...showed them pics...then it had to go to his boss...then the boss's boss. Needed to threaten with pickets out front and a legal consult with my attorney.

My appointment to have all genuine Nissan equipment installed with a new brake controller is at 8AM tomorrow morning. It's only taken about 3 hours, but I've finally calmed down. Another day of incompetence and "the run around with pointing fingers". Geeze... I'm almost regretting this....

I'm really sorry things turned around so fast, Ted. At this point, you may still be able to insist on a refund and just walk away from the "deal". The rules differ from state to state. At the end of the day, though, you need to figure out if the hitch you want is really available for your truck, and determine what it takes to get what you want. With that in hand, you can tell the dealer to supply the parts, or issue you a cash credit for the coat of the parts plus installation. Otherwise, he's got a bigger check to write, for your refund on the truck. Unfortunately, that's all these @$$holes understand.