whats everyone do for a living

[kayx250]

I work on a prodution oil rig in Cymric just north of Mckitric, California

[KX500freak]

So I'm your arch-nemesis A.K.A. the A-hole operator that breaks stuff and makes your job hard or necessary depending on what side of the wrench your on

kinda alike this stuff i,ve stumbled upon
talk about a-hole operators...

[Good]

BDI grinning with maddoggy shakin' his head!

[puffy]

Like we say at the city if your breaking stuff then you must be working.

[k5abuser]

HEY MADDOGGY  CHANGE THE OIL AND CHECK THE TRAKS WHILE YOUR AT IT 

[Good]

ROFLCOPTER!

[Good]

rolling on the floor laughing, and doing a helicopter!  That was funny!

[GDubb]

Carpenter, jack of all residential construction trades.  Mostly siding and exterior trim but since things have been a little slow we do it all... finish carpentry, cabinet installation, decking, and remodeling. I've been in or around construction since I was 7. The only bad part is that I am only 31 and my back and knees are almost toast.  I would like to go to MMI and work on bikes though. Seems to be the only thing I can imagine being happy doing day in and day out. I wouldnt mind working at one of those fancy Harley dealerships that have popped up everywhere... or a Kawi dealership.... whatever.  I just dont know how well all that pays or how enjoyable a work environment it really is... from the outside looking in it sounds like a dream job though.


-G

[TheGDog]

bdi, i work on that yellow type iron that you run. i work as a diesel mech. at montana's largest coal mine. i work on dozers, blades, haul trucks, scrapers, deep blast hole drills, draglines, pretty much anything big, that moves dirt or coal.  MADDOGGY

Whoa... I salivate wildly just to THINK about what kind of MASSIVE scale of MX track you could produce with that kinda machinery at your disposal.  The mind reels in giddy delight!  Massive Step-UP or something the size of the Empire State Building... the kinda thing you could launch a school bus off of!

Whoooooo-Hooooooo...........!!!

-TheGDog

[k5abuser]

the guy in the truck did one heck of a burn out . that could be one of the smaller jumps for the new track.

[mlstoner660]

im a roughneck just started in it been doing it for 4 months. were drilling for natural gas in the fort worth area. still  on the old style kelly rig throwing tongs, pulling slips, all the good stuff. real roughnecking they say. let you know if your a man or not

[Danger4u2]

I did that when I was your age. 1977 to 87 during the "oil boom".  You and your family going to have the family reunion at Little Sahara Okla. again?

[KX500freak]

this is my new job ,
vorkliftdriver but with an extra addition of six vorks for lifting as shown in the pics.
like the job ,36 hours a week instead of the 60 as a truckdriver

[gowen]

I would like to go to MMI and work on bikes though. Seems to be the only thing I can imagine being happy doing day in and day out. I wouldnt mind working at one of those fancy Harley dealerships that have popped up everywhere... or a Kawi dealership.... whatever.  I just dont know how well all that pays or how enjoyable a work environment it really is... from the outside looking in it sounds like a dream job though.


-G

Don't waste your time. One of my employees decided to take up that hobby and put in his retirement notice and headed to MMI. He finally did graduate and got a job working for one of the largest HD dealerships in the state for a whopping $11.50 /pr hour. After awhile he got promoted to about $15ish.

He did finally quit. Said it was hard work and was making nearly a third of what he was making, prior to retirement, as a master mechanic. So, he has started his own company doing small repairs here and there and is working for another IT firm close by.

Sad really, but he was able to buy some kick-ass Snap-On tools for around half price with the MMI discount or something like that. Still not worth it though for $12 an hour and about 50 hours a week.

Just a heads up for you, I would talk to your HD dealership and ask the average pay and startout pay. The Jap dealerships here (Yam/Kaw/Suz/Hon, ect) pay about $8.50 per hour as a mechanic and around $12 for the master mechanic. Good luck buying a house with that pay around here. It might be better or worse there.

[Kawasakinut]

I would like to go to MMI and work on bikes though. Seems to be the only thing I can imagine being happy doing day in and day out. I wouldnt mind working at one of those fancy Harley dealerships that have popped up everywhere... or a Kawi dealership.... whatever.  I just dont know how well all that pays or how enjoyable a work environment it really is... from the outside looking in it sounds like a dream job though.


-G

Don't waste your time. One of my employees decided to take up that hobby and put in his retirement notice and headed to MMI. He finally did graduate and got a job working for one of the largest HD dealerships in the state for a whopping $11.50 /pr hour. After awhile he got promoted to about $15ish.

He did finally quit. Said it was hard work and was making nearly a third of what he was making, prior to retirement, as a master mechanic. So, he has started his own company doing small repairs here and there and is working for another IT firm close by.

Sad really, but he was able to buy some kick-ass Snap-On tools for around half price with the MMI discount or something like that. Still not worth it though for $12 an hour and about 50 hours a week.

Just a heads up for you, I would talk to your HD dealership and ask the average pay and startout pay. The Jap dealerships here (Yam/Kaw/Suz/Hon, ect) pay about $8.50 per hour as a mechanic and around $12 for the master mechanic. Good luck buying a house with that pay around here. It might be better or worse there.

i went to mmi and it was the worste decision i ever made. i was a steelworker here in pa. and made nearly 26$ per hour with $2500 dollar bonus checks every three months. so i packed all my stuff headed for arizona. call them and ask them how much a mechanic makes i bet they will say it varies from state to state. well a teacher let me in on the real deal $8.50 to start out. there classes are really beginnerish i learned more tearing my kx down by myself then i could of been tought there so here i am in college to get a real job!!!