Behind the scenes at my small engine repair shop. How many units do I fix every day?
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- Опубликовано: 9 ноя 2022
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My name is Bre. I took two years of small engine repair at the local college. When I left school, I fell into a wonderful job at a local small engine shop where I worked the counter for a couple years. In 2010 my husband and I opened up our own small engine shop in central Arkansas where I am able to work alongside my family and best friends. We see over 2,000 pieces of small engine equipment every year, and answer 1,000's of small engine questions. We specialize in brands such as Briggs and Stratton, Kohler, Echo and Shindaiwa, but work everyday on MANY other brands like Stihl, Husqvarna, Honda, Craftsman, Remington, Red Max, Troy Bilt, Scag, Bad Boy, Hustler, World Lawn, Poulan, Mantis, Etc.. Hopefully, my experience I share, will save you Time, Money and Frustration in the future!
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Great to see a very successful small business owner! Keep up the great work.
I need to do a shop tour. I’d love to see a tool box tour! Have a great day!
Coming soon!
I hope I see a colab moment. My two favorite mechanics in one video. Life would be good.
MOM first, Chickanic second, My hats off to you. BRAVO
Seeing you fix one thing a week on video is interesting. Fixing 10 things a day every day must be a real challenge.
I really love diagnosing and then the puzzle of fixing them, but I am REALLY ready for a vacation. lol
@@Chickanic Spoken like a true mechanic! This is how we are, our minds are wired this way. Give us a problem, its like a challenge puzzle, and we will solve it. The customer may not like the result of our findings, but its still fun to work with our hands, wrench on engines.
@@Chickanic omg miss irresistible and breathtaking picture prefect smoking hot prefect body blonde bomb shell hottie alive and sexier than anywoman by far babe you are just so incredibly gorgeous from head to toe gorgeous I really love you and love ❤ a gorgeous woman who knows how to work on engines and stuff like that ❤
@@Chickanicquestion for ya! So I got a simplicity regent it’s older it needs a bearing I fix mowers for fun I’d like to start a shop this year hopefully 🤞🏼but it needs a bearing in the electric PTO clutch I got the bearing but is it supposed slide of easily? Or take some force to get it on the crank because I put some serious force on it and it wouldn’t budge should I sand the crank down to make it slide on?
@@Huntersprojects Assuming you have the proper bearing removal donut, you might wanna heat the race while pulling. As for sanding, not recommended. Designers will go for a slip fit if it is ok to do so. Most of the time at least a slight interference fit is needed to prevent bearing walking. I wouldn't sand/grind anything. Just burnish it before putting the new bearing on.
You might've wanted Chick to comment, but I thought I'd throw in something there.
The world could use a lot more Chickanics♥
Nice! Love the focused fix vids, but what a fun little change of pace.
Glad you liked it!
Great video. It reminds me of when I was 17 working at a lawnmower shop. I learned so many things about small engines.
was the comment "text" legit?
No way I could work in your shop. There would be a trail of Shipley's chocolate filled donut remnants between the two shops.
Lmao
David,
Would it be safe to say you would be working for Donut 🍩 Money 💵
Funny, I was thinking the same thing.
That right arm has to be pretty strong from pulling on ropes all day!
Just like a friend did roadside tire service for semi's for 25 years, that was one man you didn't squeeze his hand. His grip strength was break all the bones in your hand if he wanted too!
Enjoyed the different video, always busy!
Having done a lot of big truck tire repairs, I understand what you're saying. I drove for 44 years, and changed my own tires when I was at home, and doing the old 2 piece wheels, and tubeless. Hard work, but it helped me stay in fairly good shape.
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You have an ultrasonic tank! I am SOOOO jealous! You sure know your stuff!
Worked on small engines at a local shop after school in the early 70's, graduated in 1974 started with another shop in 1977 and worked until 1986. Seen some of everything, including the folks that would drag something out of the dump and want you to fix it for five bucks. Changed jobs, went to work for the local forklift factory, and retired three years ago. I still like tinkering on my own stuff, and people still ask me to work on theirs, but nope. I'm retired! LOL!
same same but i wont retire having to much fun working on the junk made today
When I was a boy one of uncles had a small engine repair business. I would help him out from time to time and I was amazed at how busy he was most of the time. Great to see you doing well.
Hello Chickanic! This is the first time I got to see a day in the life of Chickanic video, and I really loved it! This is an awesome new format. If these are easier for you to do, I would love to see more video's like this. You did an awesome job with this one, and its great that you have understanding co-workers who are willing to hold the camera too, awesome!
How handy is that, a Donut Shop right across the street!!!
If only it were a Krispy Kream.
I couldn't work accross the street from a doughnut store cos I'd never get anything done lol
Glad that you're as busy as you are cos your lessons are well worth watching thank you very much for sharing
You give me the courage to fix my own small engines...up to a point. I'm a 65 year old nurse.
You’re killing me smalls! DO YOU EVER STOP!?!? 🤯
Oh on those nasty gloomy rainy days happy hour starts at noon!
Your a busy woman, enjoy your vacation 😉
Since I retired, I love working on my lawn and yard equipment. I wish I lived close to you!
I love your repair skills but I am more impressed by your priorities: @ 7:21 is your BEST quality. Chickanic being a great Mom! Brie is the complete package.
Thank you for your videos they are very educational
Thank you!
@@Chickanic Thank you!
Found this channel by mistake to be honest, and I friggin love it!! Have used your techniques on things and bam!! Works right away.
Thanks!!
She's spot on! Most everything she talks about is what we see as a Stihl dealer. Thankfully all we work on is Stihl, unless I do a favor for a friend.
Pro tip. I use water in ultra sonic cleaner. Then put parts in large paint cup with carb cleaner in it . Put cup in ultra sonic . Ultra sonic stays clean, part get clean. Use less carb cleaner and not having to clean ultra sonic for the win
I spy an old Homelite C-51 and what looks like a Stihl 08S beside all those generators...had to pause the video and have a look I'm a sucker for vintage chainsaws 😅 greetings from Ireland 😁
G'Day Chickanic all the way from the Land Down Under..... Australia 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
I enjoy your channel because you're very informative and thorough but that's the sign of a Good Technician! 👍👍👍
Keep up the good work .........and make sure you have a Chill Weekend! 🤓😉
Remind me to not ask for a cup of coffee when I'm visiting your shop!
Loved seeing what you go through in a day. I’m sure the interruptions slow you down quite a bit. Thank you for sharing!!
If only I lived close enough to your shop, to get all my small engines serviced at your business. Have a great day. 👍
Thanks 👍
Thanks again and I'm sure that you are aware that if a person (like myself) only wears one strap on a leaf blower and lets the other side hang it can cause it to stall. Runs fine sitting on the ground runs fine when the boss uses it but with me it cut out. In my defense I don't use mine as much and was constantly picking it up and putting it down so yeah laziness is what it comes down to.
Great video, have learned so much watching you. I love keeping my older equipment running.
Thank you for sharing you day
Very cool video of your day, I don’t know how you can keep yanking on the starter ropes all day,I’d have thrown my shoulder out!
It would be tough to have a shop across the street from a doughnut shop!!!
@2:40 thats what you call "job security"
My youngest daughter that helps me in the shop on her days off gets frustrated with people that dont try to take care of stuff.
I explained to her that, thats job security for us.
Another great video Bre. You are one hard working woman. Keep up the good work.
Vacation! There's no vacations in small engine business! At least that's what some customers think. Salad good, donuts bad. Or is it the other way around, and Raspberry Vinaigrette is one of my favorite dressings. Enjoyed the video, gives good insight into the 'back office'.
Happy Friday Chickanc - and thanks for another excellent video with superb production values and content. Your mechanical and engine repair abilities continue to be nothing short of impeccable. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful weekend. 😊😊
As always a great video Chickanic 👍
Awesome brenda hope you have had a wonderful vacation!
Your channel is so addictive!🇨🇦
I love your honesty!
Shipley Do Nuts!! I'm a Louisiana boy who fondly remembers Shipley Do nuts! I live in Arizona now...no Shipley's here.
I've learned so much from watching your videos. I think I need to get a shirt for my wife.
The glamorous life of a RUclipsr! Thanks for another video.
Compared to the small engine repair shop where I did work at your waiting for repair service is spotless
I had a hot-run issue on a customer's BR600 that took an hour and 15 minutes! It ended up being his coil. In all the years of working on BR600s (I specialize in Stihl repairs, so literally hundreds of them), I've never seen a coil act like that.
I get guys/gals sometimes bring gear in off the course saying it stopped running and can’t get it running. My first check from experience is check the fuel and hand it back to them and say it’s not solar powered and let them figure it out . 😂Great job on the videos .
Great video of "a day in the life of". Glad to see shop kitty on door security duty.
Yeah I could not have that coffee pot laying around, I’d accidentally pour a cup of 2stroke gas by accident😂
Amazing to see how owners take care of their equipment.
Great clip you did well to repair all those machines in a day i also do small engines i really enjoy fixing motors something i have always done as a hobby now its a full time job.
Remind me to not ask for a cup of coffee if I ever visit your shop! 😁
Love it how you get it all running again 👍🏻
Cool video Bre. It was interesting watching your day routeins.
Love watchin' this lady work♥
Much respect for what you do ma'am. Just recently got my first couple of used, small engine tools and I'm trying to understand everything about them. Kudos to you
That was an interesting video, thanks for taking the time and effort to show us a day in the life of Chickanic !!
Love your channel, keep all the great content coming. 👍🏻👍🏻
Busy busy busy are you!!! Good thing is that you are quite good at diagnosing and repairing with minimal turnaround time!!! Only a pro could handle that pace with success which you have and do!
Thanks for sharing a day in the life series. Looking forward to that vacation which cannot come soon enough!!! Enjoy when you do go to your destination!!! Thanks again!!!
I invested in a flexible bore scope for hand held 2 cycle equipment to quickly look at the cylinder walls through the spark plug hole. I got tired of tearing down machines to find that they had scored cylinders from either dirt ingestion or a fueling problem. Saved myself and the customer a bunch of time and $$$ in the diagnosis. Could even hook it up to a large screen to show the customer or take a quick picture.
Yea I like the way you moved through those jobs, I was trying to diagnose the problem after watching all the other videos you done. Good way to spend my lunch time 👍
Hey kiddo it is 12.10am Friday morning.. how you doing ? I am going to send you a Koala to keep on your bench to remind you of Oztralia and me, one of your first subscribers. Have a great day. Love your work... 🙂🚜🐻 Bear Queensland Oztralia.
Please do!
Your day reminds me of when I was a counterman/Outside sales person for an Electric motor repair shop. Some days we looked for customers, but others we were looking for space to set the "incoming" down. All in the life of a repair shop !
New to your vids but learning quite a bit about small engines from them. Liked the scored cylinder in the vid. Wished you told us more about how it happened and why the flooding happens both in the muffler and air box. Good job!
Thanks for that I really enjoyed it.
Love these typical days in the shop,Thanks
With all the issues with canned fuel could you do a quick vid on mixing your own fuel? It sounds easy but how do you insure proper mixing, what kind of oil? any other additives etc Love your Channel!
Something that makes mixing 2 stroke fuel easy is understanding the metric system . 40ml oil to 1 litre of gas = 25:1 , 25ml oil to 1 litre of gas = 40:1 , 20ml oil to 1 litre gas = 50:1
just get the ready mix bottles for one gal or 2 .5 gals
Lmao
Great video and very informative on the inner workings of your shop. If people took care of their equipment just a little bit be a big help to you. Keep the videos coming. Jimmy
If people took better care of their equipment she wouldn't make as much money. They are not a nonprofit organization nor should they be. It's a nice thought though.
Wow !! You are a hard working young lady !! Always enjoy your vids Chickanic !!!
You're the hardest working woman ❤️❤️❤️ the videos oh my ❤️❤️❤️ the echo stuff my favorite is Wolf never lets me down
That was cool like the starting logo at the end
Another great video as always. Every days a school day, thanks!
You said that one item had good compression, but when you saw the scoring in the piston and cylinder you were sure that was the problem. I'm not clear on how this works -- I thought scoring was bad only because it prevented good compression. Maybe you could cover this question some time?
My exact thoughts ????
Found your channel in the spring when grass cutting season started and subscribed right away. Your vids got me through the summer and helped me keep all of the mowers and tractor I own maintained. Except for one Poulan chainsaw with the same scoring problem. I guess that’s why they say you grab the rope and spend the whole time poulan and poulan and poulan.
Had a fun day with ya!thank you!
Beast mode around the clock. Keep up the awesomeness lady 🤙🏼
Love video nice change of pace
Thanks for the practical information.
And a big thankee from me!
This was awesome!
this is a beautiful dance to watch in a weird way. The multitasking.... much better than i could do
@1:33 I just watched your video on hard starting chainsaws where you suggest pulling through the first compression stroke. It was good to see this technique in use, I am looking forward to trying it myself as my Echo saw is a real bear to get started. Thank you for these informative videos!
Phoenix, AZ
Thank you for the in day of Chickanic ...😊
I've wondered about your days at "the office" and thought I'd be cool to see and then here you go with a video! 😁
Excellent...more please.
You are a busy lady!
Great video idea, thanks.
Great work Chickanic !!!!
Thank you for your videos!
I just snagged a Shindiawa string trimmer by someone's garbage today put new gas in it cleaned the plug and it runs great!
Good work good 👍 life
Seeing the open pail of gas gives this retired fire marshal chest pain....
Wish I could but WTex and big jump
Still a month behind here and load coming from Houston nex week
Thank You 🙏
Great video! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Always Awesome videos!!!!, very informative!!
Great video
I’m thinking about going back to school and starting my own business. I do all the maintenance on my own mowers and there aren’t many places for small engine repair in my area. There’s one in my town and he’s already got more work than he can handle. Spring and summer he’s swamped with motorcycles and that seems to be his specialty. I’d be more interested in mowers, weed trimmers, chainsaws, and snowblowers.
Wow busy day! You have to be focused to work!