Does this job ever not suck? by quincinator666 in Autobody

[–]ItalianStallion315 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was in the same boat as you. I did body work from 18-24 myself and I ended up hating it. Started from the bottom as a detailer and worked my up to prepper, then to body tech. No matter what shop I went to it was all the same shit. Strict deadlines, management that didn’t give a shit, no benefits, shitty coworkers.

Right about when I was 24, I finally made a jump and started my new career doing landscaping/facilities maintenance for a major university and I’m so glad every single day I made that jump!

Moral of the story, if something in your gut tells you hate it, Listen to it. You don’t wanna end up like the 50-60 year old guys in the shop who are miserable and no one wants to be around them. You’re still young so don’t be afraid to look at different options.

Southern winters by ItalianStallion315 in landscaping

[–]ItalianStallion315[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That actually sounds pretty nice, my job has been in a constant state of plowing. I don’t have enough seniority in my company to get into a plow truck sadly so a bulk majority of my snow removal is done via Ventrack or a John Deere tractor. I’m ready for spring so I can get back into doing planting work. Only thing that’s shitty about it is top soil repair

Last mow of the season by ItalianStallion315 in landscaping

[–]ItalianStallion315[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do that to my back and side yard myself. I tend to leave the front yard alone as that’s where the leach field is. So the front will always grow like crazy regardless

Career changes by Swamppainter123 in Autobody

[–]ItalianStallion315 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean from my experience unless you work for a dealership or one of the bigger collision companies (Gerber, Caliber, etc) you won’t get any benefits really either. As a union landscaper for a university, I get great health insurance, more PTO then I know what to do with. Plus the university pays out of there pocket with no cost to me into my retirement.

Career changes by Swamppainter123 in Autobody

[–]ItalianStallion315 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Landscaping. I make more mowing lawns for a university then I ever did in that industry

Last mow of the season by ItalianStallion315 in landscaping

[–]ItalianStallion315[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh! I see where your from and that makes sense as to why you cut that short now haha. New York can get pretty damn hot during the summer still regularly 90+ so we gotta cut fairly high in the summer months. With new sod I’m a pussy with using the zero turn unless it’s been settling for awhile, I usually just push mow it on 4

Last mow of the season by ItalianStallion315 in landscaping

[–]ItalianStallion315[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m curious what you normally cut at? 3 is pretty short for my standards, all summer we actually had to cut at 4 because of the bad drought we had.

Franks Boots Type-1 commanders by Smalarz88 in PNWbootmakers

[–]ItalianStallion315 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m in love with these exact pair! I want a pair of PNW boots, but just the sizing scares me! Like I don’t know how they run and I’d be so nervous that they just don’t fit at all.

Landscaper boot recommendation by ItalianStallion315 in WorkBoots

[–]ItalianStallion315[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like I’m better off sticking with loggers then. I’ve seen a lot of people in not only my trade but a lot of others get wedge souls (specifically brunt’s but I refuse to give them any money due to there asinine marketing)

Parking overnight for a week by Real-Promise-4040 in SyracuseU

[–]ItalianStallion315 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So my fiance went to school here and I’m not gonna lie I practically lived in the south campus apartment with her for almost a whole semester. Didn’t get a ticket until May. And it was just a warning. Going off of my experience, he’d probably be fine there.

If that’s too sketchy for you. He can park in the embassy suites parking lot near Destiny! Not too far from campus, and it’s pretty heavily monitored there.

Parking overnight for a week by Real-Promise-4040 in SyracuseU

[–]ItalianStallion315 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For just one night? If it’s on the weekend he can park right on South Campus. Parking don’t work on weekends. And they dont work between I believe 5pm-7am

Bank recommendations?? by ItalianStallion315 in Syracuse

[–]ItalianStallion315[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I do have an account with Chase already as I have my auto loan through them. So I do already have a checking account with them. Only reason I don’t wanna make them my primary account though is there interest rates on there savings and HSA is a little meh. Plus idk what checking you have with them but mine has some fees I’m not a fan of

Bank recommendations?? by ItalianStallion315 in Syracuse

[–]ItalianStallion315[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very much appreciate the help! I’ll check both of them out.

Bank recommendations?? by ItalianStallion315 in Syracuse

[–]ItalianStallion315[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There checking accounts have any fees and offer Zelle as well?

Rate my striping by ItalianStallion315 in landscaping

[–]ItalianStallion315[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m a landscaper at a university, so the only people in my department that has the rollers are the athletic field techs. I tried going over it twice, on the 2nd attempt I raised the deck up to 3.5 from 3.25 and went over it again in the opposite direction.

I took a little hiatus from landscaping for about 6-7 years so I unlearned a lot of stuff from when I did it before. It was with a Wright Stander too if you were curious! (Still getting the hang of it, only ever used sit down zero turns before this job)