I started working at South Bend Clutch in 1975. It was in a building with another company, Kaley Motor Service. Jim Pyfer owned the company and he hired my brother Jim about a 1-1/2 years earlier, right after my brother got out of school. Kaley Motor rebuilt diesel engines, drag and stock car motors, machined just about any metal on any surface, full service machine shop....and South Bend Clutch rebuild anything that could transfer power...clutches, power take-off, brake clutches, any friction application.
Jim Pyfer had failed at this same line of work 4 or 5 times previous to his attempt at South Bend Clutch. It was not from alcohol like some think, it was from going broke and moving...the clutch inventory was in 55 gallon barrels with water dripping on them for the last 15 years from the leaking roof. The equipment was barely running on a good day and the staff...all the staff, and employees had hangovers or were wasted on pot when they got to work.
After 2 years of employment, I was the top rebuilder and my brother was the foreman. I left for lunch and when I came back I found out the my brother was fired and I was the foreman. The problem here for me was, my best friend and neighbor Jim Duval, was a chronic alcohol...we called him "holi" as a nickname, he was easy to cover for. The other three employees were Jim Pyfer's two step sons and his own oldest boy, Walter, whom was a good friend of mine.
Basically, My brother, Jim Davis got me the job, Jim Pyfer taught me how to rebuild clutches, and the clutches and Jim Pyfer, taught Jack ALOT about common-sense. I taught Jim Pyfer to make money in business.
He run the front counter, very good people person, astonishing common-sense. I run the back aggressive multi-task, with great time management skills , btw, don't forget the "common-sense"...aggressive cause I LIKED MY JOB, multi-task cause I THINK, great time management skills cause I KNOW WHAT I'M WORKING WITH.
One of the key things that people tell me, "you are hard on machinery", like riding the bikes.
You have to have well built and well maintained equipment, regardless of it's age,
to maintain a "performance level" to be profitable.
When we moved to the building Jim Pyfer need a new "airless shot blaster", GOFF was the manufacture, an independent company in Oklahoma. We bought a 6 cu.ft. blaster and the other, more important piece of machinery we had, and it made more money than any other piece of equipment, was a 1927 BLANCHARD surface grinder. The shields for the motor and the moving lubricated parts, were worn to the point it was letting coolant get on the parts and they were rusting and wearing. We cleaned the machine up and fabricated new replacement shielding, and the machine is still, to this very day in operation at this company. Well maintained...YOU BET AND IT RUNS GREAT.
About ten years ago, I went into South Bend Clutch around the holidays. Woody and me chatted about the business and he told me that the BLANCHARD COMPANY had offered to buy their Blanchard grinder...the company called it a "baby blanchard", it was the smallest model they had ever produced and they only made 6 of them. They were amazed that it even ran, let alone the condition it was in. They said they wanted it for their museum. Woody laugh and said, "Hell no, it make us too much money, and was the one machine that built their company". But the main reason was, it was old but, it was not ready for retirement." Woody told the Blanchard Company that if and when South Bend Clutch was ready to retire the grinder they would be first in line to get it. It seems it has a notorious reputation, the grinder, for making companies succeed, hmmm. They should call if "Jack", lmfao.
YOU GOT TO KNOW, "WHAT YOUR WORKING WITH"...RIGHT MIKE FELL?
DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR, THAT IS TO THE BAY AREA. OR THE FUCKING UNDERGROUND...WE REALLY NEED TO DEVELOP A BETTER RELATIONSHIP.
IT IS THE WAY BUSINESS IS DONE.
A year later we moved from Kaley Motor's, to the new location the company is presently at. We bought new machine and had a new shop to step up to our liking, actually my liking mostly and Jim Pyfer placement of the heavy machinery for electrical purposes.
The increase in our sales was phenomenal and the company improved, the improvement was from great customer service, high quality products and a personal relationship with with our customers....NOT working our customers. We developed this one-on-one relationship with our customers by listenning to "exactly" what they wanted or needed and delivered "exactly" what worked. We had open communication, they were the customers and we were the experts, we listened to each other and then decided on a mutually beneficial agreement on cost, and built a product that worked.
IF WE COULD NOT OR WOULD NOT COME TO A "MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL AGREEMENT" MY BOSS, JIM PYFER, WOULD TELL THEM TO TAKE THEIR BUSINESS SOMEWHERE ELSE...OUR COMPANY WOULD NOT DO THE JOB "WRONG"...OR REPUTATION DEPENDED ON OUR HONEST APPROACH TO BUSINESS.
HEY DO YOU GET THIS DICKHEADS????
Two years after the move, in 1981,I left the company because of personal problems with Jim Pyfer and the company as whole, and left...communication problem. Wasn't money, I made $ 595.00 per week, plus had 24/7 access to the shop and dealt marijuana to the customer and staff, the son and the stepsons, their friends....Lots and Lots of money. Oh about once every three months i went to the scrap metal yard from the shop...net income between $700.00 and $1,500.00.
Where's it at....Good questions, here's a hint:
Jim Pyfer called me days later and asked if I was coming back to work. I said no. He stated that he would leave my job vacant for one year...If I did not come back to resume my position he would fill it. His son next in line as foreman, or Jim Duval, my neighbor and good friend. I told Jim Pyfer to mail my check to me, and I never went back into that shop for 7 years.
DO YOU THINK I WAS FEED UP, A LITTLE IRRITATED, IT WASN'T ABOUT MONEY, IT WAS ABOUT LACK OF RESPECT, BLATANT, LACK OF RESPECT, AND COMMUNICATION, NOBODY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT A SOLUTION.
HMMMM, DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR
JASON BLANTZ THINK ABOUT THIS STATEMENT BELOW:
THINKS IT IS A PATTERN THAT HAS MADE ME FAIL, OR YOU.
I CAME TO YOU FOR HELP, WE HAVE A PROBLEM AND A LACK OF RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER AND YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT A SOLUTION...I'M ASKING, DICKHEAD.
Jim Pyfer had failed at this same line of work 4 or 5 times previous to his attempt at South Bend Clutch. It was not from alcohol like some think, it was from going broke and moving...the clutch inventory was in 55 gallon barrels with water dripping on them for the last 15 years from the leaking roof. The equipment was barely running on a good day and the staff...all the staff, and employees had hangovers or were wasted on pot when they got to work.
After 2 years of employment, I was the top rebuilder and my brother was the foreman. I left for lunch and when I came back I found out the my brother was fired and I was the foreman. The problem here for me was, my best friend and neighbor Jim Duval, was a chronic alcohol...we called him "holi" as a nickname, he was easy to cover for. The other three employees were Jim Pyfer's two step sons and his own oldest boy, Walter, whom was a good friend of mine.
Basically, My brother, Jim Davis got me the job, Jim Pyfer taught me how to rebuild clutches, and the clutches and Jim Pyfer, taught Jack ALOT about common-sense. I taught Jim Pyfer to make money in business.
He run the front counter, very good people person, astonishing common-sense. I run the back aggressive multi-task, with great time management skills , btw, don't forget the "common-sense"...aggressive cause I LIKED MY JOB, multi-task cause I THINK, great time management skills cause I KNOW WHAT I'M WORKING WITH.
COMMON-SENSE, WHEN I TOLD YOU
WHAT I CAN DO AND
WHEN IT WILL BE DONE,
COME GET IT.
WE MADE "HELLA"
FUCKING MONEY.!!!!!
One of the key things that people tell me, "you are hard on machinery", like riding the bikes.
You have to have well built and well maintained equipment, regardless of it's age,
to maintain a "performance level" to be profitable.
When we moved to the building Jim Pyfer need a new "airless shot blaster", GOFF was the manufacture, an independent company in Oklahoma. We bought a 6 cu.ft. blaster and the other, more important piece of machinery we had, and it made more money than any other piece of equipment, was a 1927 BLANCHARD surface grinder. The shields for the motor and the moving lubricated parts, were worn to the point it was letting coolant get on the parts and they were rusting and wearing. We cleaned the machine up and fabricated new replacement shielding, and the machine is still, to this very day in operation at this company. Well maintained...YOU BET AND IT RUNS GREAT.
About ten years ago, I went into South Bend Clutch around the holidays. Woody and me chatted about the business and he told me that the BLANCHARD COMPANY had offered to buy their Blanchard grinder...the company called it a "baby blanchard", it was the smallest model they had ever produced and they only made 6 of them. They were amazed that it even ran, let alone the condition it was in. They said they wanted it for their museum. Woody laugh and said, "Hell no, it make us too much money, and was the one machine that built their company". But the main reason was, it was old but, it was not ready for retirement." Woody told the Blanchard Company that if and when South Bend Clutch was ready to retire the grinder they would be first in line to get it. It seems it has a notorious reputation, the grinder, for making companies succeed, hmmm. They should call if "Jack", lmfao.
YOU GOT TO KNOW, "WHAT YOUR WORKING WITH"...RIGHT MIKE FELL?
DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR, THAT IS TO THE BAY AREA. OR THE FUCKING UNDERGROUND...WE REALLY NEED TO DEVELOP A BETTER RELATIONSHIP.
IT IS THE WAY BUSINESS IS DONE.
A year later we moved from Kaley Motor's, to the new location the company is presently at. We bought new machine and had a new shop to step up to our liking, actually my liking mostly and Jim Pyfer placement of the heavy machinery for electrical purposes.
The increase in our sales was phenomenal and the company improved, the improvement was from great customer service, high quality products and a personal relationship with with our customers....NOT working our customers. We developed this one-on-one relationship with our customers by listenning to "exactly" what they wanted or needed and delivered "exactly" what worked. We had open communication, they were the customers and we were the experts, we listened to each other and then decided on a mutually beneficial agreement on cost, and built a product that worked.
IF WE COULD NOT OR WOULD NOT COME TO A "MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL AGREEMENT" MY BOSS, JIM PYFER, WOULD TELL THEM TO TAKE THEIR BUSINESS SOMEWHERE ELSE...OUR COMPANY WOULD NOT DO THE JOB "WRONG"...OR REPUTATION DEPENDED ON OUR HONEST APPROACH TO BUSINESS.
HEY DO YOU GET THIS DICKHEADS????
Two years after the move, in 1981,I left the company because of personal problems with Jim Pyfer and the company as whole, and left...communication problem. Wasn't money, I made $ 595.00 per week, plus had 24/7 access to the shop and dealt marijuana to the customer and staff, the son and the stepsons, their friends....Lots and Lots of money. Oh about once every three months i went to the scrap metal yard from the shop...net income between $700.00 and $1,500.00.
Where's it at....Good questions, here's a hint:
BAR TABS, ATTORNEYS FEES, LAWSUITS, FINES, BOND, OH, YEA AND LINCOLN CONTINENTAL CAR PAYMENT'S AND GMC 4X4 TRUCK PAYMENTS.
AND BEER.!!!!!!!
RENT, HOME STEREO @ $12,000.00 in 1978
DO YOU THINK I WAS FEED UP, A LITTLE IRRITATED, IT WASN'T ABOUT MONEY, IT WAS ABOUT LACK OF RESPECT, BLATANT, LACK OF RESPECT, AND COMMUNICATION, NOBODY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT A SOLUTION.
HMMMM, DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR
JASON BLANTZ THINK ABOUT THIS STATEMENT BELOW:
THINKS IT IS A PATTERN THAT HAS MADE ME FAIL, OR YOU.
I CAME TO YOU FOR HELP, WE HAVE A PROBLEM AND A LACK OF RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER AND YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT A SOLUTION...I'M ASKING, DICKHEAD.
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