Well, I'm 23. I spent the first years out of HS getting an Associates (I took three years for mine, split it up to where I was considered full time and still worked 40hrs a week) now I'm going to a tech school in West Sacramento and I'll be done the end of March...
Plan to open my own shop on the side while working someplace else...
not to mention i've got a degree in auto collision repair. i went to school for 18 months and got certified. only to find out it's not what i want to do. but it sure makes fixing my truck up easier.
we did a couple cool things. a 97 power stroke. rebuilt from the frame up, and used burnt orange ryno lining to paint the whole body. and a 67 mustang with a BOSS 302. but it was the unibody crap i couldn't deal with. if i was working with sheet metal and frame over vehicles i'd be all for it.. but unfortunately, a shop like that is hard to come by..
im going into diesel tech. i start school next year. i love wrenching and i love diesels, and i love big trucks. diesel tech pays alot better than auto techs do. and i totally agree on the
The best advice I've EVER heard about life and work:
"If you do what you love for a living, you'll never work a day in your life."
completely true. i have had jobs that werent what i loved to do and i dreaded going to work. it paid and i did the job but didnt enjoy it i worked, not played. i worked at a shop and i loved every minute of it. i was early every day and stayed late. came in when i didnt have to. it was awesome and i found what i love to do. just my 2 cents
Where are you located? I'm going to ATI in Virginia Beach to be a diesel mechanic too. Not sure if I want to work on big rigs and tractors or on Powerstrokes. haha
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2000 Ford F-250, 5.4L Triton, Auto. Tranny, Manual 4x4, 265/75/R16 Pirelli Scorpion STR's(They need to go!Haha), 4.10LS, ext. cab, short bed, Kobalt Toolbox, Heated Tow Mirrors, Flowmaster 40 muffler.
i will be going to Cal ploy in San Luis Obispo, California after high school. i aim for a masters degree in mechanical engineering and a bachelors in agriculture.
but i love diesels and i am thinking about going to tech school also.
im never to sure though, plans always have potential to change and i am only a junior in high school.
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Justin
94 F-250 Turbo Diesel, 7.3L IDI, E4od, 4x4, long bed, ext cab, pyrometer, ATS boost gauge, IP turned up 2 flats, Straight pipe
93 F-250, 7.3L IDI, E4OD, 4X4, long bed, ext cab, straight pipe... almost.
Where are you located? I'm going to ATI in Virginia Beach to be a diesel mechanic too. Not sure if I want to work on big rigs and tractors or on Powerstrokes. haha
im up in WI, going to lacrosse. a friend and i are planning on opening our own shop for tractors and big rigs in 10 or so years, but thats the direction im heading
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1995 Ford F150 300 6cyl (soon to be 351w/zf5 spd) 4x4
NOTHING TO DO WITH A DESK OR OFFICE JOB THAT WOULD DRIVE ME NUTS!!
I have do do somthing hands on!!
i completely hear ya there, i dont even like being indoors so much. eat sleep and thats all that needs to be done inside, well a garage is pretty handy.
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1995 Ford F150 300 6cyl (soon to be 351w/zf5 spd) 4x4
Hell yeah man I got the same deal. I can't imagine anything else but the country life. It defines who I am and keeps me straight and better than all them city *******s (no offense to none). I am also gettin ready to graduate this year and heading off to college. I am sure of where I am going too! Rose-Hulman. I take it as a great opportunity since they only take 500 freshmen each year. It'll really suck since I won't be able to raise my horse or sheep or nothing. It will all come back. I myself am planning to become a biochemist and have a farm of my own in the works (as well as a few Fords and a pretty girl by my side ).
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NUTS!!
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