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[Boomer 87]

Well today i hung up my tools as a automotive technician for 12 years.

Monday morning i start my new job as a swing man at our local dairy

 

[s sidewall]

I thought about that but after over 30 years, this is all I know. Wanted to get out of it 6 years ago but my brother was getting out of the plumbing and electrical business, he was his own boss. Now he works for a electrical and plumbing company that does commercial work. He said no more attics and crawl spaces.

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[s sidewall]

Good luck.

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[astnmacgto]

Well today i hung up my tools as a automotive technician for 12 years.

Monday morning i start my new job as a swing man at our local dairy

You got this bro

 

[Kensie1988]

Well today i hung up my tools as a automotive technician for 12 years.

Monday morning i start my new job as a swing man at our local dairy

Congrats brother! We all wish you the best of luck in this new chapter of your life and we will all be praying for you to excel!

 

[Homelitexl903]

I love my new job and I'm glad I made the change. It took less than a month for me to figure out everything and now I'm just told what to do or where to drive and life is less stressful. Good luck to you. What exactly are you going to be doing?

 

[Boomer 87]

Well i start out as a swing man or vacation breaker. The jobs there are recieving raw milk, blow molder to make plastic jugs , gallon filler, cooler work which is packing crates with milk making pallets of crates, loading trailer etc., spotting trailers, plant maintenance. Are some of it

 

[Boomer 87]

I will be working for whoever takes vacation doing their job and there shift, after 60 days i can bid on open jobs and work a straight afternoon or midnight shift.

 

[Mac&Homelite]

Well today i hung up my tools as a automotive technician for 12 years.

Monday morning i start my new job as a swing man at our local dairy

Oh man, does time ever fly. Hard to think that this will be my 4th summer as a lifeguard, and quite a few more doing my other jobs like mowing. Congrats on the change, hope you enjoy it!

 

[2broke2ride]

I shoulda got out of turning wrenches 10 years ago, at 36 years old I have the body of a 50 year old.......... but I don't know anything else, and at my current job I am making more than I ever thought was possible as a tech. Plus it's zero stress and zero micromanaging.

 

[2broke2ride]

As far as saws go, I've been working on my little hot rod Mac 10-10. 28" bar, shotgun exhaust, new bucking spike. Getting it tuned perfect and gonna try to lay a hurting on my buddies husky 450 who says my "old saws are junk" lol

 

[Kensie1988]

As far as saws go, I've been working on my little hot rod Mac 10-10. 28" bar, shotgun exhaust, new bucking spike. Getting it tuned perfect and gonna try to lay a hurting on my buddies husky 450 who says my "old saws are junk" lol

That's a beautiful 10-10! And that Saw will smoke a 450, just make sure your running a full skip square chisel chain!

 

[Boomer 87]

The 084 is back in the saddle again!!!! New decomp and seal, and nos muffler. She got the squeeze now boys

 

[Boomer 87]

I shoulda got out of turning wrenches 10 years ago, at 36 years old I have the body of a 50 year old.......... but I don't know anything else, and at my current job I am making more than I ever thought was possible as a tech. Plus it's zero stress and zero micromanaging.

I wish i could say the same. But after 12 years of just automotive, jobs that used to not get under my skin were, i was on edge all the time, have trouble sleepin due to vehicles that i hadnt diagnosed yet. I had my fill of dealing with ungrateful and rude customers. My attitude was degrading, added all up i knew it was time for a change while i still had some dignity left.

 

[2broke2ride]

I wish i could say the same. But after 12 years of just automotive, jobs that used to not get under my skin were, i was on edge all the time, have trouble sleepin due to vehicles that i hadnt diagnosed yet. I had my fill of dealing with ungrateful and rude customers. My attitude was degrading, added all up i knew it was time for a change while i still had some dignity left.

Oh, that was the case at my last job, I put in 15 years there and toward the end I was absolutely miserable so I made a change..... it was definitely for the better!!!

 

[s sidewall]

STRESS, that all I see. Ses, airbags, nav, onstar,ipc, hvac, computer, computer, computer. I wished they made something I could plug in and it would say " Here's your problem, replace this". Nope, out comes the laptop and mdi2. Test, test, test. Can get on your nerves at time and hard to make good money when it gets goodwilled or under warranty. Custom pay ain't bad though. They say more you know and certified the better it is and more money you'll make, that BS!

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[LonestarStihl]

I feel miserable at my job most the time but don't have any other skills. One day hopefully it'll get better but we will see. Plenty of stress lol

 

[s sidewall]

Wouldn't know what to do if I wasn't stressed out and my nerves weren't shot. At 51 almost 52, my body is ready to retire, matter of fact my brain is too.

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[Boomer 87]

STRESS, that all I see. Ses, airbags, nav, onstar,ipc, hvac, computer, computer, computer. I wished they made something I could plug in and it would say " Here's your problem, replace this". Nope, out comes the laptop and mdi2. Test, test, test. Can get on your nerves at time and hard to make good money when it gets goodwilled or under warranty. Custom pay ain't bad though. They say more you know and certified the better it is and more money you'll make, that BS!

Steve Sidwell, Samsung On5 using Tapatalk

People think that bc you have a scan tool it just tells you what part it needs. They have no idea that it may have a code that could be 25 different things, or it could be a totally different issue that skews readings causing a code for something thats actually not wrong with the vehicle.

 

[2broke2ride]

STRESS, that all I see. Ses, airbags, nav, onstar,ipc, hvac, computer, computer, computer. I wished they made something I could plug in and it would say " Here's your problem, replace this". Nope, out comes the laptop and mdi2. Test, test, test. Can get on your nerves at time and hard to make good money when it gets goodwilled or under warranty. Custom pay ain't bad though. They say more you know and certified the better it is and more money you'll make, that BS!

Steve Sidwell, Samsung On5 using Tapatalk

This was the cycle I was in. I actually held back on my current employer as far as my abilities go, so I could kinda take a step back and get back into the gravy work. I am flat rate at an independent used car dealer. We are a full service shop, all makes and models, but we are not a highline diag shop by any means and that's fine by me! I tried being the best, all it led to was stress and high blood pressure!! I just want to make a living and I'm making a damn good one now!