What do you do for a living? [Archive]

JH23J0B

01-19-2009, 10:21 PM

Work in a saw mill. I'm a wood butcher. 988 brings logs, 10' to 52' to my bucksaw and I cut them into what we need/can use. We cut Douglas fir 2"x4" up to 2"x14". The longest we make is 28'. Lumber market hasn't been real good the last couple years, nor does it look to pick up in the near future. Buy lumber now it's cheap.
Bucking hay, man I love doing that. We used to have a 2 wk shutdown in the summer to install new equipment. It was usually around haying time. So, that's what I did. HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION. (Was that Cheech & Chong?) Last few years only do 15-20 ton helping a couple small hobby farms. But it's still fun. :)

burntorange70

01-19-2009, 10:27 PM

Hay buis is slow right now too. Don't know what people are feeding there animals. They ant geting it from me. Still doing ok though. Hope it picks up soon for you and me both. I am getting out of shape. LOL

wally426ci

01-20-2009, 07:45 PM

Im a Construction Inspector for WSSC. We had the 66" water main break near DC last month......

Basically, I go out each day and cover crews that are laying water & sewer pipe....

:D

BIGSHCLUNK

01-20-2009, 08:40 PM

I'm just an ol' Junk Yard Dog! Been an auto recycler for 25 years. :eek:

AlleyoopMgv

01-20-2009, 09:39 PM

I have been a Autobody/Paint tech for 21 years. Been restoring muscle cars for about 9 of the last 21 years. Here are just a few that I've restored. None of them are mine. Work for a guy who has over 30 old Mopars.

burntorange70

01-20-2009, 11:54 PM

72demon340

01-21-2009, 06:28 AM

I work in the shipping/receiving dept. at a factory. Work has been real slow for us.

AlleyoopMgv

01-21-2009, 06:30 AM

What a cool job! You do nice work.

Thanks burnt!

burntorange70

01-21-2009, 12:52 PM

I work in the shipping/receiving dept. at a factory. Work has been real slow for us.

Things are slow all over.

Burnt Orange

01-29-2009, 12:35 PM

Shop teacher for 35 years. i just retired and finally have time to do what I want...

burntorange70

01-29-2009, 12:55 PM

Shop teacher for 35 years. i just retired and finally have time to do what I want...

You still got all your fingers? LOL Just kidding you.

Have fun with your retierment.

burntorange70

01-29-2009, 12:59 PM

This is where I used to work right out of high school.

http://www.hm14.navy.mil/photo.htm

AdamR

01-29-2009, 01:38 PM

I work at a small Body/Resto shop. Right now we have 6 Muscle Cars in various stages of restoration and another 6 on the waiting list.

Burnt Orange

01-29-2009, 08:14 PM

You still got all your fingers? LOL Just kidding you

Yup, I can still count to 10!

The stress though took its toll, just trying to keep a bunch of adolescents from removing various body parts gave me gray hair and high blood pressure.

The best thing about retiring though is not having the hour-long commute each way in bumper-to-bumber traffic! That is the killer.

72challorange

01-29-2009, 08:32 PM

Self Employed Master+Journeyman Licensed Electrician in MA. Slow, but still hanging for now.

Tom

burntorange70

01-29-2009, 10:32 PM

Yup, I can still count to 10!

The stress though took its toll, just trying to keep a bunch of adolescents from removing various body parts gave me gray hair and high blood pressure.

The best thing about retiring though is not having the hour-long commute each way in bumper-to-bumber traffic! That is the killer.

That is good. None of my shop teachers ever had all of there fingers.

Letting a bunch of 8th graders use a ban saw is not one of the schools best moves. LOL

burntorange70

01-29-2009, 10:35 PM

Self Employed Master+Journeyman Licensed Electrician in MA. Slow, but still hanging for now.

Tom

That is about the same with me. Hay sales are down about 40% but were still doing ok. Here is hoping things will turn around soon. Good luck.

jcwcuda

01-31-2009, 01:47 AM

I'm a professional freight relocator (Truck Driver)

burntorange70

01-31-2009, 02:05 AM

I'm a professional freight relocator (Truck Driver)

Thats cool. We have an 05 Pet with a 475hp Cat we use to bring hay up from the vally to the store. When Dad is not using it to hall his toys out to Glamis.

plumbeeper

01-31-2009, 11:39 AM

Plant Superintendent for a commercial heat treat company Hi-Temp Inc. now known as www.bluewaterthermal.com (http://www.bluewaterthermal.com) Been there since we built it in 1991. The entire heat treat business is slow right now, we've been holding our own. Our plant has made profit since the first year, last year was very good, this year does not look as good. Navistar and Indianapolis Casting Corporation, one of our major customers, just announced it's shutting down their engine assembly plant and casting plant in Indy in July due to Ford cancelling contracts that were supposed to be good until 2012, putting out 700 workers. Hopefully they'll get something else going and be able to keep it open. Almost everbody is hurting right now.

On a good note, steering wheel restoration business is very good and steady. Can't complain at all when the UPS, FedEx, USPS man arrives several times a week.

Dave

ramenth

10-14-2009, 06:51 AM

At the moment I'm sitting on state paid vacation...unemployment. But when I do work it's as an auto technician. ASE certified in a few things. Ford certified in a lot of others. I've been professionally paid to do everything to a car but driven 'em and sell 'em. Started my career in detailing, moved up to body and paint, general collision, frame work, owned my restoration shop for about five years, then turned to the dark side: mechanical almost exclusively, general mechanical and maintenance, driveability and electrical. For a guy with an old school mindset I really, really enjoy doing today's driveability. Maybe because with the OBD systems it challenges the mind more than the body.

6packcuda

10-14-2009, 06:53 PM

I build transmissions for Certified Transmission in Omaha, NE.

DetMatt1

10-15-2009, 06:27 AM

Finish carpentery, custom built-ins, furniture, concrete countertops. Been a carpenter for over 20 years now, spent some time in the union building auto show displays also quite a bit of traveling both with the auto shows and for my own clients. A solo act for the last 5 years or so, just the way I like it.

burntorange70

12-02-2010, 02:00 PM

Lets get this thread going again. I still work at a feed store.

racerkilla

12-02-2010, 07:33 PM

im a mechanic at my dads shop, or i help out in friends shops. Can do anything, engine swap/rebuilds, paint, resto work..... I also mess with 4 wheeler and snowmobiles alot.

71cudajoe

12-02-2010, 08:12 PM

I own my own website design and development company. If that weren't my job it would be my hobby. Seeing as how it is my job, my hobby has become muscle cars.

pagilman

12-02-2010, 08:14 PM

I am retired with 27 years with the Auditor Generals Dept., I have been a paper boy,dish washer,migrant farm worker, woodsman,sailor,heavy equiptment operator now i talk to u guys, drink beer and wine and enjoy the family and Steelers........

bad440

12-02-2010, 10:00 PM

Retired geologist, have enjoyed Mopars since I was a kid when the neighbor came home one day with a 440 six pak Road Runner, was hooked ever since.

ramenth

12-03-2010, 06:37 AM

I've taken over a buddy's shop. My own manager, service writer, as well as tech. Turned the back bay into a body area. Just need to get the word out that I'm doing that, too. The customer base is growing. Gotta love it!

Chryco Psycho

12-03-2010, 06:10 PM

I rebuild / restore mopars .... self employed at this point the boss is a jerk but at least I can work with him!!!
I have also worked a s a locksmith , racecar fabricator , built Kit cars & engines , done welding & electrical & sta in a truck , anything to pay the bills !
Next week I may be employed again overseas in the Patch

mrees72

12-03-2010, 06:15 PM

I am a high school marketing teacher/DECA advisor near Columbus, Ohio. Been at it 24 years now. Got into restorations about 5 years ago. Got a 72 Challenger and working on a 71 Challenger convertible.

Milkmann

12-04-2010, 06:19 AM

I own a dairy farm in God's country, northeast Wisconsin. We milk about 200 cows and farm around 800 acres, plus I have a small custom harvesting business. Like someone else said, if I had a different job, farming would still be my hobby. I am lucky enough to be able to make a living doing something I would do for free.

I have had mostly Mopars since high school, had a 71 Roadrunner and a 73 Challenger "back in the day".

njb

12-04-2010, 07:37 AM

I'm an infantryman in the Army. I went to college and graduated in '07 in auto mechanics, then got a job back home at a Chevy dealership. Work was slow and the bills kept coming, so I joined up. I was barely paying off student loans, truck payments, rent, and cellphone bills getting paid straight commission in a bad economy. Currently in Iraq, but stationed in paradise in Hawaii. Oddly enough though, I miss the cold of North Dakota. Am I crazy?

6PKRTSE

12-09-2010, 08:09 AM

I work at Roush Racing. I am a Purchasing Agent (Buyer). I buy all of our race parts, competition & crate engine components, raw materials & billet stock for all of our machining of custom automotive/racing parts.
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