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 Post subject: What do you do for a living?
PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:55 pm 
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Location: Niagara Falls Ontario
I myself am a heavy equipment mechanic. I work for a Volvo dealership. I use to be a car mechanic, but when momma told me there was a bun in the ove 9 years ago, I knew that I needed to make more money. Here are a couple machines I work on
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I had to assemble this machine on site, cause it was to big to move in one peice


Here is a motor tranny swap (not your saturday engine job lol)
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Looking at around $80,000
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That is little old me lowering it in in one peice
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I am a plant equipment technician (maintenance guy). I must not be very good though, everyone I work for ends up closing...


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Milk man for borden dairy (Just got moved to rt supervisor)


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Line Technician for Nissan North America

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Location: Central Texas
Ford Tech at a local dealer.Been here 7 long years.


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some of you guys need to be on monster garage lol what ever happen to junkyard wars i loved that show


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Junkyard Wars, man I forgot about that show, that was a cool show.

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I work at an aluminum smelter. I am a pot tender and am in charge of pots that have 1800 degree molten aluminum in them

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MT Racing wrote:
I work at an aluminum smelter. I am a pot tender and am in charge of pots that have 1800 degree molten aluminum in them


Heh heh, he said pot tender... :lol:


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tporter wrote:
MT Racing wrote:
I work at an aluminum smelter. I am a pot tender and am in charge of pots that have 1800 degree molten aluminum in them


Heh heh, he said pot tender... :lol:


LOL That was funny


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im the pepsi man as a rt driver.....

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I am a Production Control Supervisor at ATTC Manufacturing..We machine mostly rotors and brake drums for Toyota. We machine and ship the V6 and V8 bearing caps for Nissan and the caps for the V8 in the tundra. I basically run the shipping and recieving department including all forklifts in the plant etc. Been there for almost 6 years.

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im the pepsi man as a rt driver.....


You get Nascar tickets right? :D

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i worked for pepsi for 3 yrs


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I am a "Union" Electrical Superintendent..I carry a masters licence..
Been doing it for over 20 years..


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MT Racing wrote:
I work at an aluminum smelter. I am a pot tender and am in charge of pots that have 1800 degree molten aluminum in them


err.. I need a chunk of billet aluminum!!..I know you get them in blocks..
A friend of mine used to work for Reynolds Aluminum..(In Longview,WA)
I went there to check out the Hall-Heroult process.. ;)


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im an electrician been doing it for 10 + years

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