Kraken Off The Clock

A customer called us out because a big box hydraulics company showed up, looked
at the job, and couldn't do it. Why? Because their management took the portable
crimp machines away.

If a hose is 25 feet long with 16 bends inside the boom of an aerial truck and it
just blew the end off, you should be able to clip it and put a new end on. Big box
looked at that and decided it cut into revenue, so now the only option they'll
sell you is a whole new hose. Then they hand you 30% off a part they marked up
from $20 to $50 and call it a discount.

We don't give discounts, because we're not priced like that. We're not the
cheapest and we're not the most expensive. You know the number before we charge
it, and you say yes or no. That's it.

Also in episode 13: social media decided gravity was shutting off for seven
seconds at 2:33 PM, Ford pushed an update to Austin's truck over WiFi for a
problem it never had and a commenter called him a crybaby, a pole saw got dropped
straight through a bucket truck's hydraulics, and Austin explains how he set his
own motorcycle on fire and rode 200 feet looking like Ghost Rider.

Recorded at 5:36 PM, still in the same clothes we worked in.

CHAPTERS
0:00 A guy with 35 years told us we were wrong (and he was half right)
3:35 Ford updated my truck over WiFi and a guy called me a crybaby
5:20 When the machine you're under starts moving by itself
7:10 Bambi the cat crashes the podcast
7:40 Welcome to Kraken Off The Clock, Episode 13
8:30 Gravity was supposed to shut off for 7 seconds at 2:33 today
13:25 Slade wants "LUCKY" tattooed on his chest — vote in the comments
14:45 Florida in August: 911 after 911 in a Freightliner with no AC
17:30 A pole saw dropped clean through a bucket truck's hydraulics
19:15 The marina travel lift: replace everything but the tires and frame
22:25 The day I dropped a crane through a $120,000 truck
26:00 Why the big box company "couldn't do the job"
26:50 The portable crimp machine their management took away
29:35 "Our oldest employee has been here seven months"
30:55 Discount math: a $20 part, a $50 price, and 30% off
32:45 What 60 feet of 3/8 hose actually costs you, line by line
34:30 Honest review of the worst work pants on Amazon
37:10 I set my own motorcycle on fire and looked like Ghost Rider
44:20 Tannerite, grenades, and people trying to trade guns for dirt bikes
47:55 Five counties, one dispatcher, and an hour-and-a-half parts run
49:20 It's not hot for you — it's hot for the oil
51:05 When it gets busier, I just buy another van
53:20 Fred the Fly declares war
57:25 Austin's getting married next Friday
59:10 The 8-to-10 rule: plan two hours, then the day owns you
64:05 Goodbye (we said it about six times)

NEED HYDRAULICS WORK?
Kraken Hydraulics — Eustis / Lake County, FL
Call 407-780-0610
Hose, cylinders, field service, and mobile repair across Lake, Sumter, Seminole,
Orange and Volusia counties. Full transparency — you know the price before we
charge it.

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Two questions for the comments this week:
1. Should Slade get "LUCKY" tattooed on his chest?
2. Is ice food?

New episodes every week.

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Welcome back to Kraken Off the Clock! In Episode 12, we’re talking about the stuff that comes up when the workday is over: what we eat while we’re on the clock, how the week went, electric vehicles, fast cars, hiring, and what running a business actually looks like behind the scenes.
We get into the Tesla vs. Supra debate—what’s faster, what makes sense, and whether electric cars are really the future. Then we shift into shop and business talk: the difference between old hires and new hires, what you expect when you start building a business, and the reality that hits once you’re actually responsible for people, customers, payroll, problems, and keeping the work moving.
This episode is a real, unfiltered conversation for people in the trades, business owners, equipment guys, shop workers, and anyone figuring things out as they go. No scripted corporate talk—just the week’s conversations, opinions, lessons, and whatever else comes up off the clock.
In this episode:
• What we eat on the clock
• How the week went at the shop
• Tesla vs. Supra—what’s actually faster?
• Electric cars: worth it or overhyped?
• Old hires vs. new hires
• The expectation of running a business vs. the real world
• Shop talk, work stories, and unfiltered opinions
If you work in the trades, run a business, work on equipment, or just enjoy honest shop talk, make sure you like, subscribe, and drop a comment with your take:
Tesla or Supra?  
What’s the biggest difference between business expectations and reality?  
What’s your go-to meal on the clock?
Follow Kraken Off the Clock for more real conversations, blue-collar stories, shop talk, equipment content, and life behind the business.
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In this episode we go over how the week goes and get into some good conversations of what they did through the week and they also break into a new segment where they react to some hydraulic fails and they react to those videos for a while then after that they break into a new game that they found named " Questions in silence" and they go through that funny segment that they get asked funny blue collar questions and have guest stars of Kim and Lia that hosted that. Then they finished it off with a goodbye! Like and subscribe, and comment any questions and ideas what can do next!

In this video we go over many Q/A that people are asking, and we answered them to our best capability, while dipping our toes into how our week has gone and what our plans will be 
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