The clackity clack of the selector takes me back - it's been 30 years since I was on the tools. I worked for a few lift companies - Keighleys, now Schindler, Express, now Otis, 'The Lift and Hoist Company' now Otis, and finished back at Express just before the Otis takeover. I can almost smell the grease 🙂
@@TheShinyGuru a lot of people seem to move between companies, probably get better pay every time they change employer, it seems too be a stable industry to work in
@@liftguy30wellington45 Some truth in that for sure - although I left Keighleys because I was to young to know when to shut up and explained to my manager _exactly_ whose fault it was a job went sour. Speaking truth to power isn't always a good career move 🙂
@@TheShinyGuru that is something we have all had to learn as we age, customer tells me these days that 2 plus 2 equals 5, I just replay with “you’re paying the bill, so you must be right”
Although I did many years on Kone we also looked after many different types. I was involved in keeping upside down DMRs running during modernisation. Also overlaid Express group of 6 with electronic dispatcher. Kone modernise these. Probably worked the least on Schindler.
We had managers that would promise the customer we could fix anything so some steep learning curves over the years, we used to be the agent for Express (who also sold FIAM in this part of the world). Have worked on so many different brands over the years, the Otis guys would have a boring job just fixing one type of lift I think.
@@liftguy30wellington45 The Otis guys back in the sixties, seventies and even the eighties were only really interested in installation. Most of the service work in the North East and I think elsewhere was picked up by Express. Dad worked on Express, Otis, Marryat & Scott, Electra, Pickerings, Hammond & Champness, SMS (which I suppose were Express) and probably a host of other makes that I can't remember. Never a dull moment as you say!
Your knowledge of so many old systems is amazing!
The clackity clack of the selector takes me back - it's been 30 years since I was on the tools. I worked for a few lift companies - Keighleys, now Schindler, Express, now Otis, 'The Lift and Hoist Company' now Otis, and finished back at Express just before the Otis takeover. I can almost smell the grease 🙂
@@TheShinyGuru a lot of people seem to move between companies, probably get better pay every time they change employer, it seems too be a stable industry to work in
@@liftguy30wellington45 Some truth in that for sure - although I left Keighleys because I was to young to know when to shut up and explained to my manager _exactly_ whose fault it was a job went sour. Speaking truth to power isn't always a good career move 🙂
@@TheShinyGuru that is something we have all had to learn as we age, customer tells me these days that 2 plus 2 equals 5, I just replay with “you’re paying the bill, so you must be right”
Although I did many years on Kone we also looked after many different types. I was involved in keeping upside down DMRs running during modernisation. Also overlaid Express group of 6 with electronic dispatcher. Kone modernise these. Probably worked the least on Schindler.
I assume you work for Schindler these days but have worked for Express in the past.
We had managers that would promise the customer we could fix anything so some steep learning curves over the years, we used to be the agent for Express (who also sold FIAM in this part of the world). Have worked on so many different brands over the years, the Otis guys would have a boring job just fixing one type of lift I think.
@@liftguy30wellington45 The Otis guys back in the sixties, seventies and even the eighties were only really interested in installation. Most of the service work in the North East and I think elsewhere was picked up by Express. Dad worked on Express, Otis, Marryat & Scott, Electra, Pickerings, Hammond & Champness, SMS (which I suppose were Express) and probably a host of other makes that I can't remember. Never a dull moment as you say!