Job

[mopar1968]

What do you do for a living :?:


I am a Certified Cummins Diesel/ Auto/Truck tech at a local Dodge/Chrysler/Jeep dealership :!: Also certified Virginia state inspector :!:


Mark

[mytmouz]

I am a plant equipment technician for an automobile manufacturer...

[MEMRACING62]

Buildings operations manager/engineer for about 550 rental units. fleet maintenance & dump truck buisness owner.

[signsbyesa]

im a graphic designer/sign maker :wink:

[johnracer]

ASE Master Tech at an independent shop.

Johnny

[TopspeedLowet]

Pipe welder by trade, ASE mechanic in the late 80's early90's, and now an Excavation contractor for money and a chassis, header & engine builder for fun.
Bruce

[Harbone]

Automotive dealership parts department director for a 7 franchise store, I have 15 employees in 2 parts departments. Been working for the same company for 23 years, have been in the parts business for 28 years.

[shawnp]

Consumer Underwriter for a large, local bank. Proudly saying 49 consecutive quarters of reporting profit WITHOUT using government money!!!

[BEAST477]

I drive a redi-mix concrete truck. Been doing it for 7yrs. Before that was a heavy equipment operator for about 4yrs. Before that owned and operated a Michigan Gravel Train. Did that for 21yrs.

[slowmotion]

Unemployed race track worker. Yay Gateway!

Owner of www.crossbonesmotorsports.com

[Scorpion1110]

Sr. Finance Director Retirement Plans. Worked 8 years in defense before the last 12 in hospitality service.

S

[lively]

Been a builder[ houses/buildings/remodeling] for 38 years :wink:
Did body work for 12 years 8)
AND spent the last few years harrasing you guys :lol:

[DirkaDirka]

Well I have spent 15 years off and on doing Auto Body and Mechanics. Now I am a Sheet Metal Mechanic on the Apache Helos and have been doing it for just over 8 years now.

[TS1955]

I've been in the parts business at NAPA going on 28 yrs. I've been the sales manager for 20 years. I'm an ASE parts specialist and also ASE certified in steering and suspension and brakes.

TS1955

[bigblock455]

Changed giant tires on heavy eqipment .Now disabled

[fast75vega]

i've done hazzmate/anthrax clean up and heavy equip operator/mech and been doing auto mech for sometime now :wink:

[bixblk]

Repair service and maintain medical equipment, Bio medical engineer, my speciality is Radiology Equipment and other "windows" into the body.Working in house in a local hospital, Have been doing that 27 years, before that welded for GM on locomotive engines (Electro motive) 8 years. I took advantage of a re-training program that GM offered. And went school.

[fla1976]

Certified Calibration Technician. Work for a private contractor at Kennedy Space Center, at least for now. :?:

[Harbone]

we are gonna need a bigger BUS!

[TheYellaBrick]

Independent business owner /operator.
- Journeyman electric sign technician 6 yrs
- VW repair shops 11 yrs
- Firewood cutter 4 yrs
- Sled dog musher 4 yrs
- Detail shop 11 yrs
- Steel fabrication /production 20 yrs - current
- Headlight lens restoration service 7 yrs -current
- Race / street car fabrication(customers) 10 yrs - current
- Retire ? NEVER !!

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee293/Driver_of_Miss_DD/Veteranowned-1.jpg

[blowninjected540]

I am a commerical builder and custom residential builder, we take care of all the site work and excavation on all our jobs, so we start at ground level and build whatever your specs are.
I also own 2 Mini storages in the area. So that makes me the maintenace guy, the snow cleaning guy, the lawn maintenace guy. Yes, jack of all trades. LOL :lol:

[dragonmaster093]

well gotta love the swap meet cause it landed me a job woot woot mechanic, exhaust installer yeee haw

[TheRabbit]

I worked in the equipment rental business most of my career. I started as a mechanic and worked up to branch manager. My store was the first store in the country to see the recession. It killed my little store so I left 2 years ago and they filled bankruptcy shortly after. I am currently a sales rep for a crane co. We rent cranes from 8 ton to 800 ton. There are only a few 800 ton (truck mounted) cranes in the US.

Setting a pool two weeks ago in the miserable cold.
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t288/rabbit548/38TonPooljob.jpg

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t288/rabbit548/Pool.jpg


Setting a little printing press at Solo Cup with a Tri Lifter. It's a 75 ton forklift / Gantry. It has a 100 ton capacity when the load is placed on the top.
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t288/rabbit548/TriLifter.jpg

[sds10racer]

i work on john deere consumer products,mowers, compresors, utility tractors and such. also a suzuki certified silver level tech and 4 tests away from gold level. at the present, doing more work on full size tractors than anything else.

[bowtie4542001]

I was in the Navy for 14 years. Got out on a medical discharge. Now I am a power plant operator of a combined cycle plant producing 520MW.

[curtisreed]

Machine shop / assembly shop supervisor. I do all the programming for our cnc machines, do all the production work orders for 13 guys, input finished inventory, customer trouble shooting, cleaning toilets, sweeping, :lol: :lol: whatever needs done to keep my shop going. We make our own product line and sell buy out items of just about anything you need to test, measure and sample oil. Been here 23 of the company's 85 years now.

http://www.wlwalker.com/sites/WLW/sp_content.asp?id=KU7HSY627S

Curtis

[TheYellaBrick]

I'm AMAZED at the wide variety of skills amongst us !!
And all of us share a common passion, CARS !!
Great thread !!

[mytmouz]

I'm AMAZED at the wide variety of skills amongst us !!
And all of us share a common passion, CARS !!
Great thread !!

I am amazed someone wanted to put a pool in next to a perfectly good swimming hole...

[Harbone]

I'm AMAZED at the wide variety of skills amongst us !!
And all of us share a common passion, CARS !!
Great thread !!

I am amazed someone wanted to put a pool in next to a perfectly good swimming hole...

thats what I was thinking :!:

[ajk]

Fabrication/Welding shop supervisor for a General contracting firm that i am co-owner of.

[TheRabbit]

I'm AMAZED at the wide variety of skills amongst us !!
And all of us share a common passion, CARS !!
Great thread !!

I am amazed someone wanted to put a pool in next to a perfectly good swimming hole...

Husband and wife are both doctors and just moved here from Idaho. They don't know any better! lol That's actually the Savannah River and there is a private dock just left of excvator.
And BTW probably every one of you has drank something out of a cup that went through that printing press. Solo Cup makes cups for most all fast food places and Coffee shops like Starbucks in the US.

[tazracing]

Gas and oil marketing representative.

[482]

I have owned a commercial/industrial paint contracting business for the last 30 years. We paint a lot of plants, offices, race shops, churches and businesses here in NC. Before that I owned and operated a couple Petercars and refer trailers and ran 48 states. Glad to be off the road though
couldn't do any racin' gone all the time.

[fishmanjoe]

RETIRED,after 37 years as a mason contractor.

[Pappy53]

Dredge operator 23 yrs working for a sand and stone company
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[THERATTLER]

started my career as a deputy sheriff and later moved over to the city fire dept where I retired in 2002 as a captain . I worked for a metal building erection company on my days off..after retirement I started my own business repairing metal buildings and erecting smaller steel buildings such as 30' X 40' shops for people..oh yeah and spending thousands and thousands of dollars on blown alcohol dragsters.( several home refinances) sold it all and now just have one little mustang pump gas car that I bracket race 5 or 6 times a year..I don't know if you call it a job but I make a pretty good house husband , too

[mopar1968]

I'm AMAZED at the wide variety of skills amongst us !!
And all of us share a common passion, CARS !!
Great thread !!


I agree Double D :!:


Mark

[lively]

I'm AMAZED at the wide variety of skills amongst us !!
And all of us share a common passion, CARS !!
Great thread !!


I agree Double D :!:


Mark

THAT AND WE ARE ALL NUTS :mrgreen: :shock:

[mopar1968]

I think some of us are just half cracked :!: :lol: :lol:




Mark

[lively]

I think some of us are just half cracked :!: :lol: :lol:




Mark

NO- I AM COMPLETELY CRACKED AT TIMES :? :? :twisted: :evil: :x :roll: :?: :idea: :x :x :shock: :?

[outlaw256]

started in auto parts in 75 and quit in 2000.at nite me and my old partner would build tri 5 chevys in my small shop for us and customers.turned wrenches for a friends shop from 03 till my wreck in o5.have a nice hot rod shop here at the house and walk across the driveway and we have our custom bike shop.BUT right now im not doing anything for anybody in either shop.i quit taking customers when the pain got to much to often.

[zipper06]

Been a machinest for over 50 yrs., mechanical engineering school, been programing operating CNC equipment since 1975, currently (currently retired) but have the run of a plastics injection mold building shop with millions of dollars of CNC equipment. In fact the shop just spent 1/2 mil. on a Mazak 5 axis CNC mill and a new Mazak CNC lathe, we're really big on wire EDM machines.

Zip.

[prowagon55]

Right out of high school i worked for a Rambler dealer for 3yrs then i wrenched for my dad at his used car lot and detailed cars at his other business. I also repode cars for a bank for awhile with my dad till we got shot at one night (that was it for me!) Got a city job 1974 with the street division. Retired in 2007 as street division foreman for city of Wheeling, IL (33yrs) and was also a part time fireman for Wheeling for 12 yrs. Now i just manage the floor and check ID's at my buddys bar on Saturday nights when we have bands scheduled or fill in next door at his liquor store when he needs help.

[ashtrak]

Work for Amtrak as a Car Inspector or a Rider Tech on Commuter or Passenger High Speed Trains. I use to work and run track equiptment before going into an apprentiship 28 years ago. Have 7 more to go

[mopar1968]

Let's try this again since we have some newbies :!: :!:


Mark

[qtrmile2]

Retired after 39 years from a plastic molding and manufacturing plant. I was Maintenance resource manager.

[spib]

work at a aluminum smelter

[Scooterz]

I am an account rep for BowTech Archery. I set up pro-shops & keep them stocked w/ bows & manage several states & some international sales too. I love my job will probably die here before I retire. Hot rods are my true passion though.

[itsabird]

work at a aluminum smelternow there's a guy, that knows a thing or two about d-gasing. :)

[TheYellaBrick]

work at a aluminum smelternow there's a guy, that knows a thing or two about d-gasing. :)

Is that like putting D-gas into D-plane ? .......

[spib]

I make aluminum so you guys have a can to hold onto when you drink beer and also so they can make nice engine blocks and heads out of the metal we make :D