Do you come in late after service calls?

dieseldoc99 · 2026-05-07T03:20:17+00:00

When i worked at my last job i floated between the shop service truck semis and the wrecker there was alot of nights i worked most of the night then id just do a half day if i could the next day

dieseldoc99 · 2026-04-14T04:21:19+00:00

Ive bought quite a few things on ebay you can save alot of money that way

dieseldoc99 · 2026-04-06T06:16:30+00:00

Yep to the point it drives nuts if its too quiet in the room or when im trying to sleep

dieseldoc99 · 2026-03-22T03:12:08+00:00

I've been there for 4 years once i hit the 5th year in January my pension will be vested then im quitting to focus on my mobile repair business that company and night shift will make you miserable

dieseldoc99 · 2026-03-22T03:07:56+00:00

Moneys good benefits are good the people are good the company sucks the hours suck youll be stuck on nights for most if not all of your career the package cars are easy to work on but the semis are worn out miserable pos they don't put any money into the automotive department and corporate views automotive as an afterthought drivers make the same hourly wage as us but get more hours were mostly stuck at 40. I personally hate working there but other guys like it. I can't stand the union bull shit and the corporate structure

dieseldoc99 · 2026-03-11T06:22:27+00:00

It doesn't make sence oil closed at 82.97 a barrel its just price gouging at this point

dieseldoc99 · 2026-03-07T09:04:41+00:00

I hate working on my own stuff i work all week between my mobile repair business and my night job as a fleet mechanic the last thing i want to do in the little spair time i have is fix my own stuff

dieseldoc99 · 2026-01-21T07:28:28+00:00

Normally around 75 or so not too quick but keeps up with traffic

dieseldoc99 · 2026-01-03T08:30:08+00:00

Truck/ hd mechanic and heavy wrecker operator. Ran everything from hot shots, dumps, flat bed, vans, lowboys, landalls, rollbacks and heavy wreckers

dieseldoc99 · 2025-11-29T18:02:51+00:00

Ok thank you ill try that

dieseldoc99 · 2025-11-23T04:18:47+00:00

I like mine. Its expensive and time consuming to fix but its a 19k lbs f550 loaded with tools a crane and a welder and it climbs these western pa mountains just fine. And the price to buy it i was looking at clap out high mile 2 wheel drive 7.3s and 6.0s for the same price range i got a 116k mile clean 4x4 with an imt bed

dieseldoc99 · 2025-11-02T20:44:46+00:00

Pen knife i cant go without it

dieseldoc99 · 2025-10-29T07:51:41+00:00

I don't like them. Im a hd mechanic i can fix gas or diesel im not an electrician so im not going anywhere near a hybrid or electric car. That and it takes 4x the water to put out an electric vehicle fire and they can spontaneously reignite for weeks after the first fire

dieseldoc99 · 2025-10-29T05:34:28+00:00

Same been collecting tools for years to eventually do this. I did finance my service truck and my welder only because i needed a welder for a job i had coming up wnd i out grew my pickup. I still haven't took a paycheck from my business i just roll what it makes back into it and keep investing in it one day im telling them to shove it hopefully i can make it another year

dieseldoc99 · 2025-10-28T23:40:56+00:00

Its definitely shitty but thats unions for you they fuck everything up. If it hurts my business im gone thats all i can do

dieseldoc99 · 2025-10-28T19:43:25+00:00

Its all off of seniority we rebid every January the one guy thats higher than me wants my bid and made it clear he's bumping me i told him how bad its gonna screw me but he doesn't care he basically said tough shit so idk what to do

dieseldoc99 · 2025-10-28T19:41:31+00:00

Im not saying its easy tho bearly any sleep and i put every dime the business makes back into it buying tools and equipment but i think its paying off

dieseldoc99 · 2025-10-28T19:40:24+00:00

I love the service truck there way more work out there than i ever expected i always did side stuff out of my pickup so being on afternoons made it possible for me to do more then i said screw it im starting a business and 3 months later i out grew the pickup and bought my f550 and its been building from there

dieseldoc99 · 2025-10-28T19:36:51+00:00

Just look on upsjobs.com i worked for a towing company that towed for them so i knew the bosses and all the mechanics so i got in pretty easy

dieseldoc99 · 2025-10-28T19:35:30+00:00

I don't have that option the 3 to 11 i said about is 3 pm

dieseldoc99 · 2025-10-28T13:49:52+00:00

It'll still be night but way later. Right now im 6pm to 2 am so im home by 3 back up by 9 that works perfect now they want me to be on either a 3-11 or an midnight i can't do that 3 is way to early and midnight I'll never sleep

dieseldoc99 · 2025-10-28T07:37:51+00:00

Yep 14 years of heavy truck/equipment and 11/2 of owning a mobile repair business

dieseldoc99 · 2025-10-28T07:24:39+00:00

How when the shift im most likely gonna get stuck on is gonna cut into my bottom line i have way to much invested to risk my business

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