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  1. Polarblu

    Work bench Surfaces

    10 gauge stainless over 3/4 - 1 inch particle board. Have it bent to a channel and slip it over your board. Looks like snap-on when your done.
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    03 Dodge Diesel Starting Issues

    Verify inlet pressure to the high pressure pump(10 psi or more) Then verify fuel rail pressure you need to plug into the ecm for that. There is a sensor on that fuel rail that will cause this problem and it should kick a code, should. Intermittent problems are not usually a mechanical failure as...
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    Ford 6.0 head gasket jobs?

    Everyone is going to quote high for that job. There can be allot of problems that pop up. I have seen it take 3 solid days of broken bolts and warped crap. Add to that the machine shop and head parts......................delete kits..................... the turbo has to be addressed........Also...
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    Pictures of the Cheesiest Chit ever!!!

    I like the lennox bumper, nice scaled down work there!!! Not cheesy at all. The pushing chrome? rear pilot truck for heavy haul makes sense. Heavy haulers get big money, sit allot and have nice trucks........
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    My Pro is falling apart!

    Lighter you go the more maintenance you have to do. Period!! if your stuff is worn through then its on you.
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    Northern living allowance??

    Northern living allowanance is to give a break to the higher living expenses in the North. You have have a residence in the north to get it. it is per residence not per person. You have to show receipts for rent/mortgage and normal bills.
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    Limited versus Propreitor

    The tax breaks come from stimulating the economy (spending)! No one gets a break from paying off past dept. The left over cash has to be spent, as a dividend or as a purchase that furthers the company assets.
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    Limited versus Propreitor

    The proprietorship is a problem right off, as you are on the line for anything and everything. You want a corporation so you are insulated from liabilities. This also sets your income and the company as distinctly different entities. Even though i have a bookkeeping service as part of my outfit...
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    Limited versus Propreitor

    I have multiple services so the bookkeeping makes the house a write off since clients are seen there, the mechanical makes the shop a write off. These are shown as rent, split up as per the services. The hotshot service makes fuel and insurance a write off. I even write off dog food and vet...
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    Limited versus Propreitor

    Ok to start once you start a corporation, you start selling your stuff to it. Your mortgage is payed by the company as it is an office, your shop is rented to the company as it is a workplace. Depending on employees your vehicles are rented or leased to the company. So now you have freed up 3...
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    Heavy duty mechanic yes or no?

    I would appreciate that for sure!! I had to have my license on the table to even apply for insurance, and all journeymen i have hired their license goes to the insurance company. The licensee can be any mechanical or machinist.
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    Heavy duty mechanic yes or no?

    Who do you use? What assurance do you promote to your customer?
  13. Polarblu

    Heavy duty mechanic yes or no?

    The thread is about HD mechanics and the millwrights got involved. HD is a great trade it is hard on your body but pays well, the trade isnt going anywhere there will always be a dozer with final drive issues! The world cant turn without millwrights, they are handy period, i have employed a few...
  14. Polarblu

    Heavy duty mechanic yes or no?

    LOL ya everything works the first time and engineers are there to solve problems!!!
  15. Polarblu

    Heavy duty mechanic yes or no?

    Yes i have and am, and i have to ask you..... are an operator? Or a Company man? You sound like both..........
  16. Polarblu

    Heavy duty mechanic yes or no?

    Call your local Snap-on dealer, tell him your starting out, he will have a used box kicking around from a trade in. The basics are the tools you will use everyday for the next 10+ years, so dont cheap out. You dont need name brand wrenches as your second set, but your main set is how you make a...
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    Heavy duty mechanic yes or no?

    Most good outfits have a machinist on staff, they do regular mech work most of the time but when it comes time for anything alignment or blueprinting new aditions, ie mod a cooling system, mod the compressor, the machinist does that as the mechs are swinging heads and setting up the top end...
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    Heavy duty mechanic yes or no?

    No the machinist is on site line boring the block and doing the alignment while his apprentice is in the shop.
  19. Polarblu

    Heavy duty mechanic yes or no?

    I can assure you that you will not be overhauling any turbines or compressors, you will be ASSISTING a mechanic or machinist in the overhauls!! You will not be aligning anything but ASSISTING a machinist in this procedure, even mechanics have to lean on the machinist on some stuff!! Its a game...
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