Moze Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 If this is posted somewhere else, I missed it. Figured it would be nice to see what everyone does, how you use your tools on the job, etc. For now, I'll just post a link to the portfolio on my site which pretty much shows what I do. I use a crap-load of tools in the process. How about you guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter4187 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 If this is posted somewhere else, I missed it. Figured it would be nice to see what everyone does, how you use your tools on the job, etc. For now, I'll just post a link to the portfolio on my site which pretty much shows what I do. I use a crap-load of tools in the process. How about you guys?I was about to ask why you needed a lift but signs explain it haha!! That is some nice work, you do it all your self? I know im only 15 work everyday and when I'm out of school. Alot of handyman jobs and landscaping. I know a little about everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Tool Junkie, duh! but in all seriousness, I'm a Railroad Freight Conductor by trade. I don't ride many trains anymore though. I have an elected union position that I do full time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter4187 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Tool Junkie, duh! but in all seriousness, I'm a Railroad Freight Conductor by trade. I don't ride many trains anymore though. I have an elected union position that I do full time.Did you ever think about coal mining, that is king up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Did you ever think about coal mining, that is king up there.Not really. I'd have done what I had to do, but if I pretty much had a job waiting on me on the Railroad. I figured I'd get layed off the first winter and I'd planned on joining the Navy as I could go for 4 years and kept my seniority on the RR. By the time I got back I'd stand for a lot of work. Problem with that was that I never got layed off. I went and took my ASVAB, picked out a job and everything except signing the paperwork. Just wasn't meant to be I don't guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter4187 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Not really. I'd have done what I had to do, but if I pretty much had a job waiting on me on the Railroad. I figured I'd get layed off the first winter and I'd planned on joining the Navy as I could go for 4 years and kept my seniority on the RR. By the time I got back I'd stand for a lot of work. Problem with that was that I never got layed off. I went and took my ASVAB, picked out a job and everything except signing the paperwork. Just wasn't meant to be I don't guess.Yeah my great grandfather passed away of black lung, Did you ever have any close calls when you were conducting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Yeah my great grandfather passed away of black lung, Did you ever have any close calls when you were conducting? Personally no. However, I've known several guys who were seriously injured including one who lost his leg at the hip. In 2007 a Conductor in the adjacent track was killed. It was his own fault, but he was brand new. Never should've been doing what they had him doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter4187 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Personally no. However, I've known several guys who were seriously injured including one who lost his leg at the hip. In 2007 a Conductor in the adjacent track was killed. It was his own fault, but he was brand new. Never should've been doing what they had him doing. Yeah, it must be astressful job, you really have to be with it and know what you are doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07Sierra Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Labourer/burner man/control room operator for one of the biggest mining companies in the world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Labourer/burner man/control room operator for one of the biggest mining companies in the world Mining of what? Coal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07Sierra Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 lead and silver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric - TIA Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Wow I feel like a loser after seeing what everyone does and the talent here. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Yeah, it must be astressful job, you really have to be with it and know what you are doing.You've got to pay attention to what your doing and be aware of your surroundings, especially in the yards. You have to look out for your crew, Railroad accidents are seldom trivial. I've never been responsible for any injury or a single dollar worth of equipment or property damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Wow I feel like a loser after seeing what everyone does and the talent here.People with technical and building skills are undervalued. It won't be like that forever though. My generation can't do shit for themselves. As the demand goes up so does the price. We'll eventually see a renaissance though. At some point our country will figure out not everyone can work in a hospital or for the State. Every industry goes in cycles. Most industrial jobs around here hired a metric shit ton of people in the mid/late 70's and a lot of our parents generation went into the trades. As the baby boomers die off someone will have to learn to do the jobs. There's is an over emphasis on education in this country IMO. I could explain my theory, but it would take a lot more time than I have at hand. It doesn't matter if you have a PhD in rocket physics that took 11 years and a quarter million dollars to obtain. If nobody is building rockets you've wasted a lot of time and effort. My family has been blue collar since the beginning of time, but I walk with my head held high. Everyone puts their britches on 1 leg at a time same as you 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayneburgess Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Plumber, Builder, Rock singer. So if we get stuck I can build the venue to play in. LOL 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter4187 Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 People with technical and building skills are undervalued. It won't be like that forever though. My generation can't do shit for themselves. As the demand goes up so does the price. We'll eventually see a renaissance though. At some point our country will figure out not everyone can work in a hospital or for the State. Every industry goes in cycles. Most industrial jobs around here hired a metric shit ton of people in the mid/late 70's and a lot of our parents generation went into the trades. As the baby boomers die off someone will have to learn to do the jobs. There's is an over emphasis on education in this country IMO. I could explain my theory, but it would take a lot more time than I have at hand. It doesn't matter if you have a PhD in rocket physics that took 11 years and a quarter million dollars to obtain. If nobody is building rockets you've wasted a lot of time and effort. My family has been blue collar since the beginning of time, but I walk with my head held high. Everyone puts their britches on 1 leg at a time same as you Lol The government workers around here are a complete joke, For example, State cutting trees vs, Asplungh (National Tree Trimming Company) The state has 10 guys, 1 cutting, 1 watching, 1 in one truck drinking coffee, 1 in the other truck on the cellphone,the other 6 are sitting under a shade tree eating lunch, this is at 9:00 am. Asplungh has 3 guys on the same job, 2 cutting, 1 operating the chipper. Asplungh will also complete the same job in 3 days vs the states week and a half, that just proves how much money we would save if a private company would trim trees for Flagler County...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeth Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Welder, carpenter, working in special FX bass and banjo player ! Hiha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric - TIA Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 I agree people with technical and building skills are undervalued. What scares me is they are eliminating these things from high schools. I know my local school took away autoshop and woodworking. I took both those classes in High School. Can only imagine what is happening across the country. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 I was in the last shop class my county had. At the end of the semester they wheeled all the equipment out replaced them with computers Look what shop did to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter4187 Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 We still have auto and wood shop luckily, have heard that there is achance that they are going out the back Door... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 It doesn't matter to me because Conductor Jr. will know about tools and how to use them, but it's sad for the kids who don't have the opportunity to learn at home. I see Conductor Jr. now, writing his doctoral thesis on the impact of the 2nd World War on domestic tool production Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayneburgess Posted August 10, 2013 Report Share Posted August 10, 2013 And still waiting for that cordless pop rivet gun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted August 10, 2013 Report Share Posted August 10, 2013 And still waiting for that cordless pop rivet gun? I imagine one day, long after I've passed, Conductor Jr. will attend a Milwaukee media event and address the crowd with a tearful speech about how it was my lifelong dream to own an M12 pop rivet gun. ............ I am so full of shit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayneburgess Posted August 10, 2013 Report Share Posted August 10, 2013 LOL that was very funny LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter4187 Posted August 10, 2013 Report Share Posted August 10, 2013 I imagine one day, long after I've passed, Conductor Jr. will attend a Milwaukee media event and address the crowd with a tearful speech about how it was my lifelong dream to own an M12 pop rivet gun............. I am so full of shit Lol, Im sure they could do it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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