X2 on that. I know him personally and he knows what he's doing. USDP is not one to be grouped w/ "cheap pump shops". I've installed many of their reman pumps and other products. Excellent quality and service, and Jason knows what the #*@% he's doing.
RLDSL,
You can give an accurate review of a shop that you have done business for years, and I will take your word for it. But, I really don't think you can accurately judge a shop you don't have any personal experience with.
Josh, you can take our word for it. We've done business with them and we don't have bad things to say. Call there and ask to talk to Jason if you want to.
If they are selling a rebuilt pump for roughly $300 less than the base price that basically every commercial grade pump shop in the country that is in it for the long haul has figured in all costs, has figured up the price that one of those pumps should go for when properly rebuilt ( higher in some metropolitan areas ) should go for and still be able to clear a profit after paying for needed parts on teh average and maintaining seriously expensive calibration equipment , then where do they cut the costs? I'm sorry, but it has to come out somewhere. Either not calibrating the equipment on schedule ala diesel careless or not replacing all needed parts, or using used parts otherwise they dont make a dime, either that or they are very short sighted businesmen and will be bankrupt in very short order. People can be likable and still be poor businessmen ( or out and out crooks, like a few in laws of mine
A shop full of pump repair and calibration equipment doesnt come cheap. Right now if Mel sells a handful of Moose pumps a day, he might have all those goodies he just bought paid for by the time they lay him to rest ( My local pump guy walked me through the shop one day when it was slow and showed me all the goodies and how much they all cost... and the calibration intervals and prices for such , I almost had heart failure )
Ive been fooling with diesels, and a lot of heavy diesels for about 30 years now and I'd be suspect of anyone selling these pumps for a base price under around $625 ( there are a few extreme rural areas where prices are a bit lower and I've seen pump shops go down about that far in margin ) plus hard parts ( just like Mel does that freaks a lot of folks out, Im sorry guys, but this is standard procedure, real pump shops charge for new replacement hard parts that are not part of the rebuild kit , this way , you are assured of a proper rebuild with new parts and your pump will be fitted for the new parts properly and will run like new or better when you get it back ) if you have treated your pump nicely, changed your filter regularly, used additives, it shouldnt need much if anything extra, if youve run straight kero dry and neglected your filter, then expect a bill. On a cheap flat rate swap pump, there is simply no way to pull it off financially without using cannabalized junk pumps for a parts pool. it's basic economics.
Its like the difference between a reman alternator where only the case is reused and all new guts are installed and a rebuilt one where only currently trashed parts are replaced and marginal ones and things like rotors and stators are swapped with ones from the pool . There is a drastic difference in quality.
I may sound a little ancy about this but historically, pump builds used to cost MORE 15 +years ago, but americans constant drive for kmart pricing on everything is putting all skilled americans jobs at risk. I would rather support folks who I know beyond a shadow of a doubt are doing it the way it is supposed to be done
In my dealings I have nothing but good to say about them and wouldn't hesitate to do business with them again. I however did not buy a DB2 from them so I can't comment on their rebuilds.
