man who wants to spend so much time climbing? I used to bring everything short of the kitchen sink up on the roof with me. I'll be damned if I'm climbing 5 times to accomplish a simple task.
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 2:29 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm < thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > I see alot of the decline here being purely stubbornness and attitude. I > screwed up and told every installer that if they have a better way for them > to do it, then do it. I also let mopes train mopes. > > I showed them things I do that speed things up like preterminating one end > of the outdoor cable so when climbing up to test signal, once you find the > mount, you can peak it, then just secure the cable on the way down, its > only one climb for the most part. or as an alternate, do your testing, get > it mounted, estimate the cable run and cut it to length in the van, poke > the two ends through the divider and do the terminations from the warmth of > the front seat (we do split runs using an SS as a demarc) their complaint > was they arent good at estimating lengths, no problem, so i got them some > nice flexible test cables marked with tape every ten feet, then they use > that for an exact number. eliminates putting boxes back in the van, > eliminates multiple trips back and forth > > what i get when ive audited them is, climb up and test, climb down to get > a mount, climb up and mount, climb down to get cable, walk box of cable to > tower or ladder, terminate, climb up and connect, climb down to get > something climb up. climb down, do the rest of the install, then come back > and fasten. > > It boils down to "im going to do it my way, not your way" like i said to > them all, i dont care as long as the job gets done right and well. They > only hear the first part. > > The two man crews just doubled the amount of wasted time, not to mention > stopping to use the bathroom, stopping to smoke before leaving the shop, > before getting to the customers, after leaving the customers, etc. pooping > and smoking should be banned in the workplace and im a pooping smoker > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Mathew Howard <mhoward...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> The biggest problem I see with two man crews, is travel time - in a lot >> of cases getting to the install and back takes as much, or more time than >> the install itself. Safety seems more to be more of an argument for two man >> crews than time - our guys often will team up on the more complicated >> installs for that reason, but a typical install is just one man, and we >> normally schedule three installs, but if travel time allows, he can easily >> do four in a day... and a few service calls besides. >> >> On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 11:51 AM, That One Guy /sarcasm < >> thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Too many bottlenecks for two man crews. When I was the only installer, i >>> had the option of pulling the partner company guy, but I would have to be >>> able to cut the time in half or more, never could do that consistently, >>> could get an hour down to 35 or 40 never a consistent benefit >>> >>> We just busted the two man crews to one because it was taking longer >>> with two than with one, but thats just because of bottom of the barrel >>> economics >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 11:46 AM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I don’t have any evidence but I speculate that a two man crew could do >>>> more than two one man crews. (If they don’t goof off due to being a two >>>> man crew). Lots of things go faster with two. But I always had one man >>>> crews. >>>> >>>> *From:* Paul Stewart <p...@paulstewart.org> >>>> *Sent:* Friday, March 04, 2016 10:42 AM >>>> *To:* af@afmug.com >>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Installer Performance >>>> >>>> >>>> In previous job, it was 4 a day plus repair calls with a 2 man crew >>>> typically … >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *John Woodfield >>>> *Sent:* Friday, March 4, 2016 11:57 AM >>>> *To:* af@afmug.com >>>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Installer Performance >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> How many new installs can your guys get done in a day on average with a >>>> single-man crew? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> John Woodfield, President >>>> >>>> Delmarva WiFi Inc. >>>> >>>> 410-870-WiFi >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team >>> as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. >>> >> >> > > > -- > If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team > as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. >
