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Off topic, but throw a magnetic tray on each arm of your lift and never have a lug nut roll off again. :side:
Also, thanks for the cool tip. It’s so obvious, but we are trained to think a certain way and don’t always see alternatives. I had a vehicle in school with that very problem, and I wish I had seen this video then! 😆
I wanted to attend this year, but couldn’t get time off. I should be able to go next year, though. I can’t wait! It looks like a lot of fun! :cheer:
Just watched this video today. It’s really a hard thing to describe when something “just clicks” and I know exactly what you mean. The same thing happened to me. I took a welding class and I had terrible welds, then one day, about halfway through the semester, I just got it. It was an awesome feeling. I even kept the welds as trophies. 😆
Well, unbeknownst to me, one guy is quitting for personal reasons, so there’s going to be a rotation. Allegedly. It’ll be a couple months but I’m going to stick it out and see what happens. The most logical solution would be to move the top tire guy to the tech position, and move me to his, but they haven’t been the most logical at times. I literally just found out about an hour ago. So we’ll see how that goes. But I’m still inclined to take the advice from everyone on here if things still don’t go in the direction I’m satisfied with.
That would be a nice policy at my shop. One of our techs decides he’s going to use a needle scaler to clean steel wheels and doesn’t say a word to anybody about it. Then all of a sudden your ears hurt. It’s not just loud, it physically hurts.
Too soon to use my vacation time. I don’t get it until August.
Someday I’ll make it. Probably fly. Seems easier than driving 10 hours. Considering I thought you were on the north side of Ohio. :whistle:
Toyota oil filter wrench, the one that fits a 3/8 drive.
Before that I believe it was my flashlight. Love being able to see!
Alright then. I’ll stick it out a bit longer and have a talk with my service writer. If he has no intention of giving me opportunities, you guys are probably right, I should think about moving on. It’s just a frustrating position. I know I have valuable knowledge from school, but regarding my career, some days I wonder why I even bothered?
But alright, I needed some outside opinions from people other than my coworkers. Thanks for your words of wisdom!
Well, getting a new job really isn’t something I can do now, but when it comes time to move on from this shop, I’ll remember that. Hopefully by then I won’t be strictly a tire guy, either.
I’m wondering how to get noticed. I’m running into a case where if you do your job good enough, nobody will be sure you did anything at all. One of the old-timers asks if I’ve whined and complained yet. I don’t want to be that guy, but I have a feeling that might be my only option. The squeaky wheel gets the oil, you know?
Overall, it’s a great place to work, I’m not knocking that. It’s just that everyone has been hired into their positions. Maybe you’re right, maybe that’s a flag I should have noticed.
This has been my thoughts lately. I went to school for general automotive. We had a couple days using the tire machine, and that’s it because it wasn’t our focus. So my knowledge is leaning toward technician, but my job is in tires. And I am thinking I didn’t go to school to perform a skill that someone off the street can learn in a month or two. Those people, no matter how skilled, are not technicians. And career-wise, I include myself in that category. However, I want to be more than that and earn the title of technician.
Hello. My name is Will, residing in northern NY, and I am a tire tech at an independent shop. Almost ASE certified in brakes and steering and suspension. I just need my year of experience in addition to my two years of school. I aim to be a master tech, and I want to focus on electrical and engine diagnostics. I don’t mind being a tire tech, for now. My biggest concern is being stuck in this position for a long time. Being honest, I didn’t go to school to do tires.
All that being said, I love my job and my coworkers, and want to further my knowledge and be the best that I can be.
There was a kid in my class that had a hard on for Snap-On. Ha. He’d constantly talk about how great Snap-On was compared to other tool brands. He’d knock on anything that wasn’t his precious high-end brand. At the time, I didn’t really care. Everyone has their preferences.
It wasn’t until just before I graduated I realized there are some things worth spending money on, and some things that are a waste of money. Toolbox, I bought a Craftsman. Sockets, Craftsman. Ratchets, Matco. I prefer Matco, if I could, I would have everything Matco, but I’m not above other brands, and I am definitely not above people just starting out with the cheap brands. They get the job done. They just might not get the job done as many times as the others will.
My last semester I’d constantly tell the new students not to go gung-ho on tools. There’s plenty of time when they’re making money to buy all the good stuff. Some listened, others didn’t.
There was a kid in my class that had a hard on for Snap-On. Ha. He’d constantly talk about how great Snap-On was compared to other tool brands. He’d knock on anything that wasn’t his precious high-end brand. At the time, I didn’t really care. Everyone has their preferences.
It wasn’t until just before I graduated I realized there are some things worth spending money on, and some things that are a waste of money. Toolbox, I bought a Craftsman. Sockets, Craftsman. Ratchets, Matco. I prefer Matco, if I could, I would have everything Matco, but I’m not above other brands, and I am definitely not above people just starting out with the cheap brands. They get the job done. They just might not get the job done as many times as the others will.
My last semester I’d constantly tell the new students not to go gung-ho on tools. There’s plenty of time when they’re making money to buy all the good stuff. Some listened, others didn’t.
[quote=”Bluesnut” post=80622]Just some food for thought, but what about the possibility they took the Jeep somewhere else after you for another opinion on the brakes seeing as how you said more than pads and the next shop is the one actually at fault…..[/quote]
Yeah, I was thinking that, too. But why wouldn’t they go back to that shop? I have a feeling they just wanted to get rid of the vehicle instead of making the necessary repairs and they are trying to pawn it off on me. They are probably low on money for Christmas.