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Old Feb 25, 2016 | 04:48 PM
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I am on my last night staying in the motorhome!!! All the fluids are checked and it's ready to make the trip back home on Saturday. Today I cleaned out my desk and turned in my key to the office. It's going to be great being at home every night!!!

I am going to change the oil in the Lightning and finish the tune up and put new front rotors and brakes on the Jaguar on Sunday and get the tag on Monday.
You sure you can handle a 9 to 5 home every night
 
Old Feb 25, 2016 | 05:35 PM
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got a bone thrown to me this morning. Mechanic for heavy equipment. Have to think on this one.
 
Old Feb 25, 2016 | 05:37 PM
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got a bone thrown to me this morning. Mechanic for heavy equipment. Have to think on this one.
Almost everything is heavier and could be dirtier. How do you like the smell of diesel.? Hard work
 
Old Feb 25, 2016 | 06:17 PM
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You sure you can handle a 9 to 5 home every night
Heck yea I can.


Diesel work pays good but it's heavy, dirty work and you end up smelling really bad everyday after work..
 
Old Feb 26, 2016 | 06:50 AM
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Got a little sprinkling of snow again here last night!

Body man or heavy equipment... Both are hard on the body, but the body work is never lifting heavy parts outside in the mud with people freaking out because their high $$$ equipment is preventing a higher $$$ project from proceeding. The latter doesn't sound like fun to me!
 
Old Feb 26, 2016 | 09:17 AM
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Just hauled of the scrap that had collected around here. Glad I don't scrap for a living would starve.
Steel $0.02/# dirty aluminum $0.05/# copper cable $0.10/#
 
Old Feb 26, 2016 | 03:06 PM
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Just hauled of the scrap that had collected around here. Glad I don't scrap for a living would starve.
Steel $0.02/# dirty aluminum $0.05/# copper cable $0.10/#
OUCH!!!
 
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OUCH!!!
The scrap yard here in town is only open 3 days a week
 
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Old Feb 27, 2016 | 01:27 PM
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Anybody want to make a Junkyard run to Johnson's next Saturday?
 
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Motorhome made it back with no issues!!! I had just enough time to fix the hot tub before I lost daylight !!! Tomorrow I am going to change the fuel filter, oil change and get her washed and waxed.
 
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I thought you might be planning on going to the race
 
Old Feb 27, 2016 | 07:41 PM
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Going to shoot for talladega if not Atlanta next year for sure.
 
Old Feb 27, 2016 | 07:43 PM
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Going to shoot for talladega if not Atlanta next year for sure.
Atlanta has gotten pricey. Would like to go to dega one year. We may do the allstar/ 600 next year
 
Old Feb 27, 2016 | 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by hturner12
Almost everything is heavier and could be dirtier. How do you like the smell of diesel.? Hard work
I love diesel. I have a favorite customer with a 96 F350. Im good at diesel. He wants the rear main and a build now.

Originally Posted by ChiefM
Heck yea I can.


Diesel work pays good but it's heavy, dirty work and you end up smelling really bad everyday after work..
Thats the only downfall, but with the body work I smell bad but not real bad, and the welding on saturday I reek of metal and welding fumes.

Originally Posted by SkySkiJason
Got a little sprinkling of snow again here last night!

Body man or heavy equipment... Both are hard on the body, but the body work is never lifting heavy parts outside in the mud with people freaking out because their high $$$ equipment is preventing a higher $$$ project from proceeding. The latter doesn't sound like fun to me!
I was a master mechanic too. Everything blue collar is hard. But I love hard work. But the diesel job, everything is towed into the shop for me (the mechanic) to work on. I would not be the mobile guy. I was a mobile guy for 4 years self operated, and will not do it again without a tow truck and on board air and 30+ an hour haha.


But I think I will turn it down guys. Id cap at 1100 a week, and the commute would kill me unless I had a prius right now. And I refuse to move close to it, id rather move further north in the woods and mtns.

The shop im at now, has a new shop under construction. As the head mechanic, Id get mechanical pay + body pay. And id cap at 3700 a week for 40 hours a week (worked, not turned book)

Not to mention the restorations and side work is picking up hard, and im looking to have a shop within 3 months. Right now im doubling my weekly checks in 2 days. build this shop, I could quadruple my checks.
 
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