Years ago I let a friend use my log splitter I came home from work 1 night and my son and him were in my garage working on it.i said what happened the guy explained that my splitter pulled his Ford ranger onto the side of the road and the splitter rolled down over the bank.i wasn't to happy with him.i told him that splitter weighs around 600lbs and your ranger around 3,000lbs so that didnt happen what did happen is
#1 you were going to fast
#2you didnt have it hooked up properly and the safety chains attached
#3 you didnt have the right size ball on your hitch.
#any combo or all of the above.
He didnt fix it like it should of been ended up going to the steel mart and getting a piece of square tubing that was heavy enough to make the tongue out of.he took 2 pieces of angle iron and tried welding them together to make the tongue with which was way to light and didnt hold up plus the motor never ran right after that so I ended up putting a different one on it.then about 3 months later he bought the same exact splitter that he borrowed from me I should of went over and traded him as mine was only 2 years old.

I loaned a 30 foot extension ladder to a man who wanted to borrow it to paint his house. He came and got it and used it. About 2 months go by and I called him and asked if was through with the ladder. He said, Yep, I'm through with it; you can come and get it. grrrr
When I picked up the ladder at his place several miles away, he had separated the extension ladder and made 2 straight 15 foot ladders out of it.

Rickey

I have a fairly large hand tool collection. $40k-$50k. Lots of ancillary things too like chainsaws , gensets , power tools , rigging equipment , fuel , supplies , lubricants , equipment , hardware etc , as well. This is for my use , not to used to supply the unprepared.

Funny how when people ask me to borrow these things , they don't exist or I am currently using them or a family member needs them or some other reason they are unavailable.



Only rarely do I loan out something. Only after much , much careful veting do I loan out something occasionally to a trusted friend , with tight conditions.




There is a big subset of people out there who spend their money on things they want but not investing their themselves and instead relying on others they can use/control. This is narcissistic behavior. I don't bend down to those who want to exploit you while paying as little as possible. These people have a list of mechanics , plumbers , electricians , etc they can call to get something cheap because they haven't invested in the skills to do it themselves.


I don't loan tools or equipment to these people. It almost always goes bad. You are chasing down your stuff ,which may be damaged or misused. I always have an excuse like , Home Depot has that truck or piece of power equipment for rent. A lot of major brands of automotive parts suppliers/sellers will rent out cheap or next to free hand tools. I referrer people to this instead of loaning out my stuff.

Very true! There are the users, and the givers.
The users never give back, or learn to get themselves on track.
The givers have to learn, not to be used!

I just loan em stuff that doesnt run. I always keep a few junkers around for that purpose. Hopefully they fix it and bring it back.

Some small motors have a low oil shut off switch built into them. I have a standing rule, you brake it you replace it.
Many years ago a friend ask to borrow a large live trap. I have lived in a small town all my life and everyone knows I trap animals. I told him not to shoot any animal in the trap, well did and hit one of the wires and it broke the wire.
From that day on if anyone wants to borrow any trap it cost the $100.00 dollars. It is very easy, if the trap comes back damaged the trap is yours. Words for me.