Re: Diesel run a way

Posted by The tractor vet on February 11, 2021 at 10:37:58 from (104.179.81.68):

In Reply to: Re: Diesel run a way posted by pete 23 on February 10, 2021 at 09:36:44:

Yea i did start early in life . I was 13 when i got the job of mowing grass and cleaning the offices and shop for this large construction company . My family had just moved to this small town. I knew no one Mom and dad were having a new home built in a new subdivision and we were living in a Duplex on the main drag till it was finished . Dad and i hand cleared he lot the hard waY HAND SAWS AND AX . On the weekends if we had time we would go to my one uncles farm For large family get togethers and of course get to drive tractors , at the time he had Crawlers and one old M but non of us ever got to drive just the crawlers and had been driving them since i was 7 . Some times we would get to work ground or help with planting and in the fall it was all hands on deck for harvest , The girls would work the storage barns and the boys the fields My uncle raised TATERS and my job on the weekends was run the O C 3 pulling the two wheel wagon picking up the bushel baskets of Taters and take them into one of the storage barns and the men would dump them on the sorting tables and the girls would pick out any trash or bad ones . Then they would stack the baskets back opn the wagon and back to the field and i would slowly drive down the row of dug Taters while two other cousins would throw the baskets off to hand loaded and when they were all off i would swing back aropund where the men would start stacking the loaded baskets back on and back to the storage . So i had a good working knowledge of equipment vary early . And I liked BIG TONKA TOYS . The day that the excavating company came to dig the basement i was there waiting , this is when i meet the guys that i would end up working with . They arrive with the B61 Mack and Rodger Lowboy and a 22B Bucyress . I was probably more in the way as i had to watch up close as the started digging down to find the sewer and the water line asking 10 million questions eager to help in any way i could . John the guy that was the foreman and little did i know my future boss would tgell me what was going on and how they were going to do this or that . Jessy was a what ever needed done guy and was down in the ditch Willis was the head lead shovel Crane operator . They were part of the full timers that worked year round . At one poiont John thought that he would see if i knew anything at all and told me to go to Willis truck and get the STORY POLE And transit . walked over opened the door and got the wooden box with the transit out went to the back and got the tripod and pole and carried over to John and said ya want me to set it up The look on Johns face was priceless in total disbelief and i get do you think you can then set it up over there out of the way but where we can see the whole location and while your at it drive a Bench mark stake so we can reset tomorrow . When i was done John came over and checked and it was set dead on , Yea i had done this before out at my uncles while he was installing all the field tile and the pond builds . They got the sewer and water line in and a little of the basement dug before quitting time . Next day bright and early i was waiting for them and they gave me the jo of setting up the transit and seeing if i could get the bench mark reading set and do the figuring . I played grade man checking the readings as the dug . When the job was done John told me that i could come out to the shop when they were there if i liked . That started it i would ride my bike out and watch the happenings , Something was always going on , There were five mechanic's that worked there three welders , half dozen Carpenters one guy took care of the huge parts room and 21 people in the offices , ya had civil engineers Draftman estimators working up job cost five women . Then one day the Owner stopped in and found me setting reading a Cat Shop manual and jumped on John about it John did not take any crap from The OLD MAN and told him to lighten up the KID is tryen to learn something > That is when i was informed that IF i was going to Hang around i was going to WORK and he asked my name grabbed a time card put my name on it and said i am starting you out at a 1.50 and hour and you will EARN EVERY DIME OF IT and i got my work load . I became a Part time full timer . I kept my mouth shut and watched if i had a question i would ask . I was watching the one old welder over his shoulder one afternoon as he was welding on a build up of a ft. idler off a Cat Dozer and i got a little to close as when he went to change rod he flipped up his hood and caught me in the hood i had on and he said son uyou ain't ah going to learn just watchen ya learn by doen so set you A-- down and get to welden , Yea looked like a flock of bird came over and learned quick the finer art of GRINDING and Chipping first and under Webbers guidance a and occasional swat in the back of the head i became a WELDER , welding on idlers and roller shells then it was onto grouser stock welding . Then the wrench twisting . Then john started to refine my operator skills on Saturdays he and would take something up into the far back and MOVE DIRT I was pretty good with a dozer and was honing my skills with a pull pan/ Scraper and the OLD MAN Caught us again I did not heqar the words but there was alot of arm flappen and finger pointing as i was stripping top soil with a D 7 and a 13 yd pan and doing a might fine job of it . John made the old man come look at my handy work and i saw him throw his hand up and turn and walk away. He never said another word about the TRAINING session after that day . QAnd i did not even have my drivers license yet and i could run anything they had . Back then when ya moved heavy equipment we did not use escorts if we needed help getting thru a small town or city the local cops would help but you did have to have a FLAGMAN in the truck and i was always elected for that job . Rode a lot of miles in the B61 but never in the BIG Autocar , that was for the really BIG stuff the Mack did the 100000lbs and down . I was 17 when John and i went out to the Standard Oil Stock yard to pick up a 10000 gallon job site tank that was a little over 10 ft. in Dia. and 35-40 feet long , we had to winch it up on the trailer and chained it down flagged it and pulled out . About three mayb e four miles from the pick up John whipps it off the road and comes to a stop, i thought that we had a chain come loose and i bailed out grabbed the cheater and started checking chains . Nope no loose chains checked tires Nope no low2 tires , wonder why we stopped . I walk back up to the truck and John is setting in my seat and i get You have been ridding long enough time you take it . take it to the job site , Welp lets see if i can master this here 5 and 4 as well as john does , Yep i ground a few pounds of hamburger and a few harsh shifts but i got it down and could two hand her with ease The old mqan went to bat for me and i got my Chauffeurs license and also my own company truck . A brand new dozer to run and was making a mans wages and held a class A operating engineers book and by the time i got Drafted i had 6 years with the company . Ended up loose it all due to a union split while i was in Nam and i did not know about it till after i got home and had missed out on the grace period by 63 days to transfer . They did not care if i was a vet or not . The B A and i never did get along and the FUD between us never ended Our paths crossed again when i was running and oil field service company and the union was tryen to FORCE the patch into the union He made the mistake of threatening me on a remote drilling location , that did not work well for him and him and his two goons were lucky to make it out of there alive Them John Deere 750 Dozers are FAST and nimble under the skilled hands . I never lacked for work as someone was always bugging me to COME TO WORK FOR ME And we played that game for awhile always looking for a better deal Till i got fed up with working for OTHER people . Yea we played car mechanic at three different dealer ships then parts manager and here we went again First one i went looking for the Job , green and not knowing much about it so it was DIY it and OJT Then came the offer to go to a brand new dealership as and assistant manager at way better pay then i was making as a manager . Four weeks later the parts Manager tells me that he does not like working with Chrysler parts and was going back to a GM dealer and i become the manager with a pay raise and all the PERKS . Then i must have fallen and hit my head because i left there to go dive COAL BUCKETS . Here it was up to you as to how much you made as that epened on just how big of STONES you had and just how OUTLAW you can be . always hated running around with any open space in the wagon and that lead me to becoming and O/O and becoming a bigger outlaw . Till the crash of 79 when the mills and mines went down , stuck it out till the fall of 83 when i found a sucker to by the truck and trailer and needed work but ya could not find work So if ya can find work then ya have to create a job and so started the tractor repair then into the buy and sell . Did i get rich Nope but i did good work at a reasonable price and had a good customer base . Did i ever have a job go south yep i am not perfect did i ever buy a piece of equipment that ya got handled on Yep we called that paying tuition for the learning experience. Rule #1 Never buy something at NIGHT with a flash lite Ruel #2 NEVER BUY SOMETHING that has a pedigree hanging on it as they LIE Rule # never believe what you are being told when the man can not look you straight in the eye . Rule #4 if you have a gut feeling trust it , Rule #5 when bidding at a sale look over the item while every one is else where and look well and set the price in your head and never go over it . Don't care how bad ya want it . Yep i learned that one the hard way not just once as i am hard headed it takes a few times to get it in my thick head. And each time i got EDUCATED .

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