Piglet Posted September 1, 2022 Report Share Posted September 1, 2022 I had to buy one to fit my springs and it's not cheap! So if anyone here needs to use it just let me know. I can post it or you can collect it. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratton Jimmer Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 The North Wiltshire branch had one donated to us which is in my possession but available to anyone. Anyone near Swindon is welcome to collect and borrow it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 Thames Area in Windsor have one which they are happy to loan. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 I have a ghetto version in brighton which works beautifully.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 Herts and Beds seem to have TWO of them and a Spring lifter for rotaflex Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 58 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said: Herts and Beds seem to have TWO of them and a Spring lifter for rotaflex Pete Show offs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjit Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 If anyone in SE London needs one I've got one in my garage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 you can see now the blasted things are breeding like rabbits Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 What about a spring compressor 'show and tell' at Duxford, with some sort of prize? The one covered in red leather would probably win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 what and get Zebedee to award the prize Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piglet Posted September 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 If I'd have known there was one in Windsor.... Still, good to know there are plenty about! Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham C Posted September 3, 2022 Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 One in Nottingham if some wishes to borrow it. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted September 3, 2022 Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 Spring compressor , rear spring lifter and hub splitter available nr Bury St Edmunds Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigolf Posted September 4, 2022 Report Share Posted September 4, 2022 Could the Forum administrator add a page to the site to let people/areas list tools for loan? Some of the specific tools are pricey,which might put younger/new members off Triumph ownership? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted September 4, 2022 Report Share Posted September 4, 2022 I would have thought that a 'tools available for loan' page on the main TSSC website should be a must!!! Tools are probably listed on the various area sites but I doubt that they are easy to find (especially if listed on Farcebook only) or kept up to date Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted September 4, 2022 Report Share Posted September 4, 2022 Really tricky. Anybody offering tools to lend needs to be able to change their listing themselves, at any time. And contact details are a sticking point. Do you want anybody contacting you to borrow £100 of tools, in the hope you may get them back in the same condition as leant out, if at all? Best would be a club members section of the forum, and make it clear a cash deposit is to be left with the owner. And suddenly it gets complex.... The ideal situation is it is kept informal, organised via local groups. Or people can pop to my place to use my shock/spring compressor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted September 4, 2022 Report Share Posted September 4, 2022 8 hours ago, clive said: Really tricky. Anybody offering tools to lend needs to be able to change their listing themselves, at any time. And contact details are a sticking point. Very tricky. I was bitten once, on this very forum - a forum member was asking for a particular book, which I offered to lend him on the condition that he returned it when finished. Off went the book, and so did he - he never returned to the forum. The problem was compounded by the fact that he wasn't a TSSC member, just using the forum for free, but it seemed like a genuine poster and he was asking for help. Tools are the same - can you guarantee you'll get them back, and if damaged, how do you force someone to pay up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted September 4, 2022 Report Share Posted September 4, 2022 Should be club members only plus an appropriate deposit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted September 4, 2022 Report Share Posted September 4, 2022 Oh well, just an idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimpus Posted September 5, 2022 Report Share Posted September 5, 2022 Seen a way to build one cheap.. Seen on FB. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted September 5, 2022 Report Share Posted September 5, 2022 we have a good few tools available but we operate a firm deposit based on replacment value refundable on sound return but we dont lend much out these days Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted September 5, 2022 Report Share Posted September 5, 2022 I knew a bloke once. He would never lend out his tools. If you were stuck, he would come and do the job for you for beer and bickies. His argument, and this was over 20 years ago, was that if anything went wrong, he didn't need ... 1. it on his conscience and ... 2. the court summons for damages! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unkel Kunkel Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 Reluctant to lend tools. don’t like - 1.The feeling of disappointment and frustration when someone fails to return them, and the embarrassment and annoyance that it can also be felt having to ask. 2.The concern that such an “occasional user” might: - a.harm themselves - b. fail to do the job right resulting in harm to themselves and/ or others which might, somehow ,implicate me - or result in me trying to sort the mess out. 3.Return the tools clearly damaged claiming, “They don’t work” 4.Not least..the thought that a tool/s might be hard to get returned when I need them myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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