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11 years 3 months ago #29061 by OleCowboy
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jtallen83 wrote:

OleCowboy wrote:
I know a guy with a Miller Bobcat on the back of his flatbed truck and has a MIG unit and a TIG unit and he works location work on the ranches and business here in S Tex, he knocks down well past $100k. Another friend of mine has a offroad shop welding and fab on his property. Its a first class shop and he is grossing right at $500k a year and only has one employee who chases tools and sweeps the floors.

As for working for the govt. go in at 8, get off at 5, don't let the door hit you in the azz on the way out. Make WAY for the inlaws, outlaws, gays, crooks, straights, transgenders, and every single minority groups you can imagine all who have a 100% promotion rate, come in when they want, leave when they want and if YOU are the hard worker and care about the job you do for the taxpayer, you will find yourself working on weekends doing SOMEONE ELSES WORK...ask me how I know.



No kidding on the portable welding stuff, ten years ago I could rarely get someone to come to my job sites for under $300 and that was just getting them there, not getting the work done. I've seen bills run from $1200 to as much as $3,000 in one day, depending on how far they had to travel and I guess how desperate I looked.

I got lucky on my government job, I run solo,nobody to deal with in person, just lots of emails and a few hours on the phone. I do tend to work way more hours than is required but that is my option. They seem satisfied with me for now, amazing how many have the same views as me.
I did just take a mandatory class on the constitution, scares me they way they twist things........I don't see the document like they wish so I pretended I was a big government loving socialist and got a 100%. :usa:

Did they address the 2nd amend? What about the 1st on freedome of speech and religion?

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11 years 3 months ago - 11 years 3 months ago #29064 by jtallen83
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They only lightly addressed the 1st with the pentagon papers as an example. Nothing on the second, at all! They focused mainly on the supremacy clause and the commerce clause, imagine that! They emphasized the superiority of the federal government over state laws. No examples of states rights at all. Continually referred to the anti-federalists as obstacles to the constitution but neglected to add we wouldn't have the amendments without them. They stated several times the executive branch could and has fought wars without congress declaring them. They emphasized all the "good" things the federal government does for us. Again, the 2nd was not mentioned, period!
Get a federal job colt, we need right minded people here! :usa:
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11 years 3 months ago #29100 by 13fcolt
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I'm working on it brother. Giving your method a shot.

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11 years 3 months ago #29101 by 13fcolt
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I did the welding thing for quite awhile and never made anything close to that. Back then I had certs for high pressure vessel and such that everyone said would be real money makers. I don't know what the trick is but I never hit more than 50-60k busting my ass. Welding certifications were worth more as resume fluff than for actual welding. Spent a lot of time going from job to job as welder/fitter/carpenter/icbo/ whatever was needed, and topped out at 25ish an hour and almost never did any welding. Of course I haven't sparked a rod in 12+ years now or I'd be pushing for it again, even though that exact same work only pays half what it once did, right now I'd take it till better came along.

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11 years 3 months ago #29102 by jtallen83
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North Dakota is booming. From what I understand you can name your price but finding a place to live is difficult at best.Union guys from Illinois have been working up there at $50+ per hour but spending half of it to live, they were glad to be done.I'm not sure I could live there, desolate in my book, should be easy to find a place to practice long range shooting though. :thumbs:

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11 years 3 months ago #29103 by Siscowet
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jtallen83 wrote: North Dakota is booming. From what I understand you can name your price but finding a place to live is difficult at best.Union guys from Illinois have been working up there at $50+ per hour but spending half of it to live, they were glad to be done.I'm not sure I could live there, desolate in my book, should be easy to find a place to practice long range shooting though. :thumbs:

His SASS would come in handy in ND for long distance hunting of mule deer and pronghorn antelope.

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11 years 3 months ago #29104 by 13fcolt
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I see, now your just playing to my weakness.

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11 years 3 months ago #29111 by 10-76
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Where are you at now, and where are you willing to re-locate to?

I looked into the Dakotas field works and yeah, the living $$ is Gold Rush Alaska-style: finding a place to park your truck camper to live in, is now a challenge in itself....

LE is nowhere that I thought it might be: extremely agency dependent, as far as working conditions matching your personality. Some have been awesome, and others are 3rd world crazy.

Are you already trained in Av Maint. or are you looking for a decent school?

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11 years 3 months ago #29114 by jtallen83
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There are a ton of aviation inspector jobs listed on the fed site, some are mechanical inspection some law enforcement type with Homeland Security, even saw a HS job for a Firearms training instructor. Most seemed to be located in the mid-south and Texas. Skip using the jobs site and just use the info there to track down the manager that will do the hiring.

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11 years 3 months ago #29115 by 13fcolt
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Right at the moment, I'm hanging out in Virginia checking out Liberty University and seeing if work is better here than Florida. I'm pretty much stuck here for the time being.

I'm looking at a couple of schools with good A&P programs. I've already got a good bit invested in aviation and that's what is keeping me going in that direction. It's not that I can't or don't want to change course, I just want to make sure it is worth it to do so. I've looked into it pretty hard and I can breeze through the mech stuff, so that is attractive also.

I only bring up the LE thing because every time I go into the employment office to see if the vetrep has any work for me he brings up LE. Same thing happens with the VA career counselor lady. It's not that I am against the idea really, it's that I don't know enough about it. Like you are saying, 10-76, there seems to be no consistency to it. The training aspect of it appears to be simple enough, but they only give the highlights.
The other thing I've been seeing is a lot of issues with background and credit checks. I've never even had a parking ticket or anything remotely criminal, but spotty work since 09 when I got out of the army has my credit in the dumpster, I'm sure. Some people make it sound like if I got too much detention in the 6th grade I don't stand a chance. but then all of that depends on where and what dept., so I still don't have a clue.

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