So, what's your day job?

[Deleted member 83629]

Thats what I do Alderman. D9 dozer operator in a chipyard for International PaperView attachment 395841

so your a "paper pusher" haha

 

[KG441c]

so your a "paper pusher" haha

I guess u could say that!! Lol!! We push around 460 tons/hr woodchips off with 2 d9 dozers

 

[Duane(Pa)]

Those folks aren't likely to be interested in chainsaws...

Maybe get a blister on your little finger, maybe get a blister on your thumb..........

 

[catbuster]

I own, supervise and am the mechanic for Seacrest Professional Services. My degree is in environmental engineering, and I spend a lot of time in the woods doing site preparation, access road building, pipe installation, wild land firefighting, and timber thinning. I can pretty much do anything in the woods. I was previously a firefighter who worked 24/48 and ran my business on my off days. Most of the time on wildland fires I run a dozer.

 

[HuskStihl]

Maybe get a blister on your little finger, maybe get a blister on your thumb..........

Ironically, I used to move refrigerators and color TV's

 

[slovcan]

Definitely kill them all, but there are a couple hundred threads devoted to that in the political forum. I was really enjoying getting to know my chainsaw friends better. I hope the thread returns to its initial intent

OK, back to your regularly scheduled program - retired a little over a year ago from Canada's biggest airline. In 36+ years I did about every job there was to do at one time or other. My last gig was planning what gates the flights would come and go from at what terminal while keeping the aircraft towing at a minimum when possible. Here's an interesting snap of one of my monitors of a "ghost plane".



Of course, as most find, retirement can make one stir crazy sometimes. I tinker with these 10 pin automatic pinsetters now.



And my motorcycles and now, a 346XP OE!

Cheers,
Glenn

 

[Cedarkerf]

Im a flight line mechanic for a large commercial jet manufacturer.

 

[Skeans]

Part company owner in a tree farm and logging operation, from commercial thinning to clear cutting. As well as being a certified diesel mechanic.


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[alderman]

Thats what I do Alderman. D9 dozer operator in a chipyard for International PaperView attachment 395841

I usually operate the screen room, but we are running a couple of D-9s on our pile with a Wagner wheeled machine for back up.

 

[KG441c]

I usually operate the screen room, but we are running a couple of D-9s on our pile with a Wagner wheeled machine for back up.

We only use our Wagners now in the bark system . I cut my teeth on the Wagners on the chip piles and man the dozer will work circles around it on the chips!! What mill and company. Im at the Campti, La. Red River Linerboard Mill

 

[showrguy]

for the last 25 years or so, i build/sell/install, custom glass shower doors and surrounds...we do alot of heavy glass frameless work...been self employed for most all of my adult life.....i'm 48..
also have a couple of houses i rent out.........
also have a bar/restaurant i've owned for 18 years..... center street grille inc. (csgrille.com)
other than that i play with saws, backhoe, guns, ect. ya know--guy stuff...

 

[joe25DA]

Unloading some leaves
Cutting some oak, I use my saws
Stairs me and another guy dug out and built by hand
Inner and outer tie rods on a 1/2 ton Chevy we use I work on the grounds crew of a private high school. We do everything, mowing, trimming, leaves, snow trees irrigation, field painting, tree work and stairs/walls. It's a great job. We also service all the equipment and the campus trucks and vans. Here's a few pics

 

[redunshee]

I don't do a dang thing. I'm retired.

 

[old-cat]

I don't do a dang thing. I'm retired.

I pretty much just stare at the walls and fish for Steelhead in the river, 5 minutes walk away AND I started my own chainsaw repair business.
PLUS, cut fire wood for hire.

 

[sammy riddle]

excavating and building construction , logging , part time on the woodmizer sawmill

 

[lambs]

I'm a CPA, so I really am a paper pusher. I work for a major pharmaceutical company, currently overseeing compliance for computer systems that have to comply with FDA validation or Sarbanes Oxley. I know, it probably sounds pretty boring to you guys!

I'm into saws because I grew up on a dairy farm, and last year inherited 99 acres of it. I learned something about hard work at an early age, and from what I've read, there's a lot of AS members that work pretty hard!

Really appreciate all the folks on this site for all the advice over the years. This is a great bunch of guys (and gals).

 

[Magnum783]

I am a foreman for the DOD I over see the day to day operations of the metals fabrication section. We build and repair what they can't buy. We work on parts from our ICBM silos to our snow removal equipment to building little parts for our historical base. We have a fabrication shop with breaks and shears to cut everything to half inch steel and welders to put it all together. By trade I am a master welder with a degree in metallurgy. My father was a ag mechanic and owned his own IH dealership in Iowa and he and I did not see to eye to eye so I joined the military and after getting hurt in the war I got out and went back to work for them and really enjoy my job.

In my spare time I work on cars for people who can't afford it in our church. I also build race engines for buddies and family members who dirt race. Working on a drag engine right now for my buddy that will turn 625hp running solely on E-85

 

[Festus]

Festus, how are your hands and shoulders? All the fellas in my shop over forty have some sorta hinge in there step...

I've got no real problems with the function of anything. I am on meds for high blood pressure and cholesterol. I used to have more problems with soreness and stiffness, but I take a few vitamins and a fish oil at morning and night. Something is working, because I am definitely much more flexible than I was even back in my late 30's. My problem is keeping the weight off with my new job. Working on forklifts is a lot less taxing than on trucks, and I actually get break times with time to eat. I'm having to change my eating habits and probably start going back to that dam gym. Hell, I just had to order an OWB holster for my carry gun because my pants won't fit anymore with my IWB holster. But anyway, I'm working at a place now where guys actually last until retirement. I hope all goes well.

 

[Jtheo]

I worked for the CSX Railroad for 40 years. Been retired for 12 years now, and this will be my last year to cut my own firewood. I am 6 months past age 72, so maybe it's time.
Keeping my saws though, and will continue reading posts here. Might even buy another saw or two, who knows?

 

[MechanicMatt]

LS motor @Magnum783 ?
Festus, flatrate....yeah no time to eat.