Well our bill to have service and change to 8mm rods was about $3000 from memory 3 years ago. I have been dealing with Eric Weston for 30+ years now and always reasonable - he seems to pay too much for freight on little things if you ask me
when you get the bill it makes you wish you had a fixed pitch prop. which seem to go forever with minimal or zero cost. Try and look after the prop - point glider down hill and line up tailwheel whenever you start up and get it rolling with minimal power. Even Russel White is really improving at looking after his prop - no chips this trip to Gulf (last year he drove his brand new prop thru all the gravel he could find!!!!) We will see if he reads this!! Macca 2009/10/11 John Mason <[email protected]> > Greetings again everyone. > > I've just had GJD's prop in for overhaul at Australian Air Props in > Bankstown. > Looks like they've done a fair bit of work to it. The labour component on > the > account was 28.5 hours. > > All up, the bill (including GST) was just over $3670. ($2422.50 for > labour). > > My question is, does this sound like a reasonable amount of time to spend > on the work? I've no issue with the parts or even the hourly rate; I > understand > it's demanding technical work that has to be performed just right. I also > fully > understand that the guy is signing his name (and reputation) to it. > > But I'm a bit puzzled by the hours; would it take over 3 working days to > completely > overhaul one of these 3 stage props? Does this sound reasonable? I'm going > to pay; > I did send him the prop and he has done the work, but I just don't know > enough about > this side of owning an aircraft to know if the amount of time he's spent on > it is reasonable, > or if I''m being taken for a ride. > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > John Mason > Leeton > VH-GJD > >
