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whats everyone do for a living
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 :-P
gowen:
--- Quote from: GDubb on April 07, 2008, 04:18:51 AM ---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
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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:
--- Quote from: gowen on July 23, 2008, 12:46:05 AM ---
--- Quote from: GDubb on April 07, 2008, 04:18:51 AM ---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
--- End quote ---
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 $12 for the master mechanic. Good luck buying a house with that pay around here. It might be better or worse there.
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i went to mmi and it was the worste decision i ever made. i was a steelworker here in pa. and made nearly 26$ 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!!!
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