Behind the scenes at my small engine repair shop. How many units do I fix every day?

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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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[@Chickanic]

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[@TheCrittercam001]

The world could use a lot more Chickanics♥

[@THEMOWERMEDIC1]

I need to do a shop tour. I’d love to see a tool box tour! Have a great day!

[@Chickanic]

Coming soon!

[@gcampbell83]

I hope I see a colab moment. My two favorite mechanics in one video. Life would be good.

[@millzee60]

Seeing you fix one thing a week on video is interesting. Fixing 10 things a day every day must be a real challenge.

[@Chickanic]

I really love diagnosing and then the puzzle of fixing them, but I am REALLY ready for a vacation. lol

[@stellarproductions8888]

@@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.

[@billgray8291]

@@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 ❤

[@Huntersprojects]

@@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?

[@sonicdewd]

@@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.

[@TheWabbit]

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!

[@bertgrau3934]

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.

[@tjs6558]

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[@brewster3987]

Nice! Love the focused fix vids, but what a fun little change of pace.

[@Chickanic]

Glad you liked it!

[@tjclarke4604]

You have an ultrasonic tank! I am SOOOO jealous! You sure know your stuff!

[@baldeagle242]

You’re killing me smalls! DO YOU EVER STOP!?!? 🤯

[@brucesheehe6305]

Since I retired, I love working on my lawn and yard equipment. I wish I lived close to you!

[@Daniel-nr6iw]

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.

[@aguyinnc2865]

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!

[@deborahabercrombie9461]

same same but i wont retire having to much fun working on the junk made today

[@markhatfield1638]

Thank you for sharing you day

[@remuabssunka]

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! 🤓😉

[@gcampbell83]

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.

[@michaelkennedy2528]

Found this channel by mistake to be honest, and I friggin love it!! Have used your techniques on things and bam!! Works right away.

[@Chickanic]

Thanks!!

[@brian_2040]

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.

[@taztaz6539]

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

[@davidjackman5773]

No way I could work in your shop. There would be a trail of Shipley's chocolate filled donut remnants between the two shops.

[@Knotyourbusiness]

Lmao

[@oldmanfred8676]

David, Would it be safe to say you would be working for Donut 🍩 Money 💵

[@jnsfrahm]

Funny, I was thinking the same thing.

[@brgracer100]

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

[@peteschiavoni]

Loved seeing what you go through in a day. I’m sure the interruptions slow you down quite a bit. Thank you for sharing!!

[@myiagreeaccount8307]

I love your honesty!

[@justinsane7128]

Oh on those nasty gloomy rainy days happy hour starts at noon!

[@thinkingimpaired5663]

If only I lived close enough to your shop, to get all my small engines serviced at your business. Have a great day. 👍

[@Chickanic]

Thanks 👍

[@shakes7333]

@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.

[@paulmcreynolds1774]

Another great video Bre. You are one hard working woman. Keep up the good work.

[@williamburke1882]

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.

[@mikejerrett7354]

Your a busy woman, enjoy your vacation 😉

[@larryscarry411]

Awesome brenda hope you have had a wonderful vacation!

[@MrRKWRIGHT]

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. 😊😊

[@edwarddelaney2912]

Amazing to see how owners take care of their equipment.

[@brenttamatea7578]

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.

[@Jamwcjconn]

As always a great video Chickanic 👍

[@yamadog24]

Great video of "a day in the life of". Glad to see shop kitty on door security duty.

[@terryblake1554]

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!

[@duenge]

Seeing the open pail of gas gives this retired fire marshal chest pain....

[@jonathanoostendorp40]

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.

[@aturner2080]

Cool video Bre. It was interesting watching your day routeins.

[@donjohnson3701]

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!

[@hickorystx]

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!!!

[@donnyarmstrong9559]

Remind me to not ask for a cup of coffee when I'm visiting your shop!

[@stanleyroberts2461]

Love these typical days in the shop,Thanks

[@davidkraft3690]

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 !

[@Upnorthof48]

And a big thankee from me!

[@srslawncare9916]

It would be tough to have a shop across the street from a doughnut shop!!!

[@richardludwig8389]

I've learned so much from watching your videos. I think I need to get a shirt for my wife.

[@michaelrockwell9691]

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.

[@NTLFarm]

Thanks for that I really enjoyed it.

[@TheCrittercam001]

Love watchin' this lady work♥

[@kenwheelock1534]

You are a busy lady!

[@KarlBunker]

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?

[@joepacheco4038]

My exact thoughts ????

[@barbaracarson2128]

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

[@robertblackwood3438]

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.

[@philliphall5198]

Wish I could but WTex and big jump Still a month behind here and load coming from Houston nex week Thank You 🙏

[@mattstosh6960]

Excellent...more please.

[@mrmaq007]

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

[@melvinlewallen7796]

Love video nice change of pace

[@JaronPope]

This was awesome!

[@Coyote-wm5op]

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.

[@IPullingTractor]

Before I tune-up or repair a 2 cycle engne, the very first thing I do is remove the muffler to see if the piston & rings are burnt. Because it's so easy for someone to use gas with no oil in a 2 cycle engine, which will ruin it.

[@uni-byte]

Never met a Poulan I didn't hate. If I had my shop again, I'd just not take them in. Tell the customer (in the nicest possible way) they can use the dumpster for free, then suggest a Husky, Stihl, Echo or Makita might be a better future choice. I hear Poulan made some good stuff back in the day, but that was before my time and I'm 65 and retired.

[@tonylander3512]

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 👍

[@gunsaway1]

Busy busy

[@jameswalker3973]

Been telling my daughter to take a small engine course put a shop behind the house just to keep her kid's 4 wheelers going.

[@savannaswildnatureworkshop7810]

great vieo! 5:11 was my fav part...but all really nice!

[@rcnelson]

The most dispensable machines in the world: the Salad Shooter and leaf blowers.

[@ernieclark9211]

Busy day. 2 cycles.

[@rf005]

Pullin Pro they live up to there name

[@CybermomusKing]

LOL! Yep, there it is bad boy, the vocal crutch.

[@joeortiz3455]

Had a fun day with ya!thank you!

[@scottyellis3442]

Love your channel, keep all the great content coming. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@pitbull4029]

Give you credit on how you keep your sanity throughout your daily routine at the shop possible some adult liquid lunches too ease the frustration,but would like to see the unedited version of your day imagine there's a lot of bleeps going on.

[@rebeltaz123]

It must be nice to have days like that. Most days, it's Monday around my shop and simple jobs usually turn out taking WAY longer than they should.

[@dennisbrown2571]

A prime location for the shop. Donuts across the street! Score.

[@keithsimpson1268]

Great video

[@shadowwolf9329]

Compared to the small engine repair shop where I did work at your waiting for repair service is spotless

[@robertbranczewski2454]

That's a shop anyone would want . Nice set up

[@shadowwolf9329]

We had back pack blowers chainsaws and string trimmers that ran on tru-fuel had carburetor issues every time

[@Commieh8r4eva]

Another great video as always. Every days a school day, thanks!

[@frankschwebel8605]

Great work Chickanic !!!!

[@cle_roknn3742]

Yeah I could not have that coffee pot laying around, I’d accidentally pour a cup of 2stroke gas by accident😂

[@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power]

HOOSK,varna 🤣🤣😋 Yep, it's blower season, and my new 9010 is kicking tail and earning her keep. But I'll be running her for mowing as well, as I do with all my big backpacks 🤷‍♂️ Good to see you, and I like this day in the life kind of video.

[@Chickanic]

Thanks again Kodiak!

[@Arfonfree]

Remind me to not ask for a cup of coffee if I ever visit your shop! 😁

[@DavePawson]

Busy busy busy!

[@brucedale4465]

Please show how you hone small engine cylinders

[@dans_Learning_Curve]

Sometimes it's the simple things that keeps them from running.

[@williamsturgeon2902]

I had a 500 thousand dollars fire from putting gas in plastic tub like you. Would get a metal container for gas because it can stay contained till you get fire extinguishers should it accidentally catch fire. Plastic immediately smokes black smoke and in ten seconds you can’t see two feet. Plastic melts and gas flows under all cabinets and stuff on floor. Almost cost me my life. I cringe when I see gas in open top plastic now. Love your videos. I just try to make people think about that when I see it. Good luck

[@billybrown1979]

look like you have plenty work. the people in your area should be happy you can work on the equipment they bring in.be bless and safe and love by the family. SAVANNAH TN.

[@twobeer3316]

Donuts across the street. Woo-Hoo!

[@billstiles487]

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

[@Chickanic]

Thanks for watching!

[@timsecord8207]

Your channel is so addictive!🇨🇦

[@shawnglacken3055]

Real life, day to day.

[@chrisforker7487]

Great to see a very successful small business owner! Keep up the great work.

[@rickstafford5316]

That’s a full day! You can do it. Keep it up

[@papatonysworkshop6584]

Great videos, What was poured into that coffee pot looks more tasty than some of the coffee I get on my way to work sometimes !!! Just saying. Keep up the great content.

[@GNX157]

Chicanic, I have a Redmax 8001 that for its whole life has ran like a champ. I stayed on top of everything with it the whole time. The last 18 months or so though I randomly would notice it would surge slightly at full throttle, after running at full throttle for more than 45-60 seconds. Then just recently it would bog down noticeably after running at FT for more than 20-30 seconds. Anyway, long story short, it ended up being the fuel filter and fuel lines. The black intake line felt a little soft and too rubbery and personal opinion between the fuel filter being slightly clogged (it didn’t look bad at all) and I think the fuel line was collapsing slightly because of it, caused a slight lean condition/lack of fuel. It started and ran great at all throttle openings except at full over 15 seconds.

[@johnwilkins7500]

You are surely one very hard working woman. I could not keep up at all. I do love your videos. Got my chainsaw running well by watching you.

[@blueglide1]

Wished you were close to us here in southern wisconsin! I got a new Holzforma 372xp that oils everything but the bar lol. My G444 was same way.

[@tomminch7957]

Thanks for the practical information.

[@pfidahospud]

Pretty sure that spider in the coffee pot didn't appreciate the fuel bath 🕷🤑

[@garrettmineo]

Great video idea, thanks.

[@terryraymond7984]

I see h ow you check 2 cycle gas in that old glass Coffee container so you can see the gas neat idea

[@edwarddemedeiros3607]

You are the best! I love your videos!