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Hi guys, got a question for everyone, does anyone have some ideas to help get more heavy duty people on here?  I know we have quite a few now which I think is great, but how could we improve this?  I'm spreading the word as much as I can in my neck of the woods.  Tom have you considered trying to contact Ag/Equipment dealers, Truck Dealers, other Transit Authorities?  I would be more than happy to help with this venture.  In the year so far that I have been a member, I think I have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt the usefulness of the Pico Scope on a Heavy Duty application as have other members.  I know you are busy Tom but thought I would just ask and see what your thoughts are on this.  Ever thought about doing another video showing all the Heavy Duty guys using the Pico Scope?  Thanks.

I have to agree with Tom here, attracting from the ground up with techs is the way forward, as soon as you hit any political or bureaucratic system you may as well  .

I am trying to do a similar thing here for the motorcycles, but luckily i have a good relationship with the head technical support guy at the importers for several major brands. He holds regular training seminars for the entire dealer network and if i can show him the value in this new scope I'm hoping to convince him to let me do some demo's as part of future training courses.

I already have his interest but just need to to organize a day to travel up with him and let him have a play.

Good thing is he is interested as he comes from a mechanical background, not say a design or management background, where i have found only passing interest in the value of this tool, so if i can get him on board then he will give the system some good exposure.

Is there any way you could do a similar thing for the HD Industry? I suspect once the ball is rolling it will gather speed quickly.

Let me ask the boss and see what he says, .  Would you put it on the Autonerdz you tube channel?

EDC1 wrote on Oct 16^th, 2014 at 12:44pm:


Unfortunately, the "stick ya head in the sand" mentality is more prevalent in the HD repair industry. To the point of most truck or earthmoving workshops in my area tend to have an auto electrician working for them.

One place that sends me all their light vehicle bought a generic scan tool to help diagnose faults on the large number of Asian branded trucks they see through the shop. The business owner asked me to do some training for some of his guys on common rail diesel and becoming more familiar with the scan tool, which I did.

You know that scan tool hasn't been out of the box since.

Birds of the same feather flock together. Check their feathers! Maybe that why thay not up in here.

Brad H hit the nail on the head. I just made a proposal to the corporation I work for to start using scopes. The question I was asked was how do we get techs use a scope when 26% of our shops don't use the Nexiq laptops we have   

Thankfully I persuaded them into letting my shop get one.  Now just to get enough evidence to show other shops how powerful of a tool a scope can be

I did purchase the first look kit to go along with the Pico. I think that is where I'm going to get the biggest bang for the buck to show them.

I understand what your saying Autosparky, however if techs don't try to expand their horizons, they are in for a rude awakening soon.  If your a fleet tech like me your going to have steady work but if you are a repair shop the percentage of electrical and driveability problems is going to increase for the regular incoming work.  I'm hoping that things will shift eventually once other fleets and other HD shops see the benefits of using a scope.  Every time I see a vendor trainer or tech I show them my scope and what I have done with it.