This weekend a good friend of mine invited me on a road trip down to his son's place (also a good friend) to pick up a spa bath that he had to get rid of. (he just sold his place)

It was a 5 hour round trip and some serious back breaking work to get the spa onto a truck.

Although I would have been happy to go on the trip, after I gave it some thought I realised I’d be giving away an entire day of my time.

That’s an entire day I’d normally spend with my family, doing this around the house of having a few cold froffys.

I decided not to go on the trip and instead help him once he got back home and needed a hand moving the spa into place.

And boy was I glad I didnt go.. I massively dodged a bullet.

Here’s what happened:

After they drove two and half hours from Bendigo to Geelong, they spent an hour moving the spa from the back yard out to the truck.

It took 4 blokes, two trolleys and some fence post removal.

(it’s a 6 seater spa.. The big sucker)

Once they finally got the spa to the truck, they ran into a massive problem.

The hydraulic lifter was buggarred.

It wouldn’t move… and they had no way to get the spa into the truck.

My friend rang the truck company - and after troubleshooting for an hour, they said they’ll try and find a replacement truck.

No good. No trucks available.

They called back and said they’ll have to send a mechanic out to fix the issue with the hydraulics.

He had to drive from Melbourne to Geelong.. Another hour and half.

Total wasted time: 2 and half hours.

After they finally got the hydraulics fixed (Which took the mechanic less than 2 minutes) he drove back to Bendigo.

Instead of a 5 hour round trip it was an eight hour trip.

Bullet DODGED.

You know what? People make this mistake all the time in their business.

Let me explain how...