working in offroad shops

[redrock]

i have a question has any of you that own offroad shop ever hire people just to learn to fab not for money like a school just let them come and help for free but in the mean time they learn to fab, install, and just plain learn? in the winter and in the spring i have a ton of free time and would llike to learn something else.

 

[Caleb]

aprentice(sp?)

 

[redrock]

Originally posted by supergper
aprentice(sp?)

thats the word i wanted

 

[cruiseroutfit]

That is pretty much how I got started a few years back, I had a cruiser and knew them inside and out... proved myself to the owner and he started to let me work for parts... one thing lead to another and I now own the company. We may not be as big as Mepco or Four Wheel Parts Wholesaler... but I can hook it up and have fun doing so

 

[sukaB]

Owning my first business and not having a rich business partner.

We started a pokey school..

Pokey is actually learning to weld, fab tube cages, and all sorts of other knowledgable skills and means to build his own rig or just gain knowledge.
He will be meeting all the people I know in the industry, learning and be invited to run trails and be on the support team at the rock crawl comps and all sorts of other good knowledgable tasks that I have learned.
Great idea
School sucks--hands on good..

 

[harkinoff]

are you "cruiseroutfit" and Charles at Rocky Mountain Axle in the same building?

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Originally posted by harkinoff
are you "cruiseroutfit" and Charles at Rocky Mountain Axle in the same building?

No, Charles rents shop space from DJ's Traction Systems... DJ is a fellow Cruiser shop and we do quite a bit of business with eachother. He does alot of general repair/maintainance and I do alot more custom part/online sales.

 

[redrock]

so there are people that do help. i hate school but really good with hands on. i really what to learn something that fun to do

 

[spencurai]

that is how I learned how to wrench. I spent 3 months in a transmission shop doing extraction and installation of transmissions. I have done EVERYTHING!!!

I am doing some time with ANDY learning how to do tube, it is fun if nothing else..

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Originally posted by redrock
so there are people that do help. i hate school but really good with hands on. i really what to learn something that fun to do

School does suck but I tell you what, it has helped me run my business more smoothly a million times.... I started out in College as a business managment major... needless to say I have quite a bit of experience with accouting, taxes etc... I then change my major to Mechanical Engineering where I am a Sophmire now... I tell you what... not a day goes by that I don't learn something that could and should be applied to building/fabrication... wether it be material strengths, weld depths, truss design etc... all good stuff...

One thing that I take pride in over alot of my fellow students is the fact that I do have hands on experience like Sukab was referring to.... it helps out a ton... we talk about welding materials and such, and alot of kids have never welded anything, let alone, bent, fabed, used the plasma cutter... It really helps to have a good knowledge of shop practices and tools.

 

[sukaB]

Anarchy is for all of us and will always be....
Accept no limitations........
I'll always help someone out, especially if knowledge is being gained.
That's how I learned and went to school..

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by sukaB
I'll always help someone out, especially if knowledge is being gained.

AMEN!!

 

[redrock]

i see, so tell me something i never went to college when going do you have to take like engllish, math and all that other stuff if want to learn something like welding and other stuff you kinda know what i mean.

 

[Caleb]

if you dont want a degree then you can take only a welding class...I took a beginners welding class at SLCC and it got me started...now I do it all day long at work...

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Originally posted by redrock
i see, so tell me something i never went to college when going do you have to take like engllish, math and all that other stuff if want to learn something like welding and other stuff you kinda know what i mean.

Salt Lake Communtiy College has degrees and certificates in just about every feild... welding being a big one... from what I hear from freinds in the program, they really enjoy it an learn alot. Classes are cheap and you don't have to even take them for a grade, you can just pay and show up when you like. I would highly recommend going to the Redwood campus and talking to the welding department about their program.

 

[redrock]

Originally posted by sukaB
Anarchy is for all of us and will always be....
Accept no limitations........
I'll always help someone out, especially if knowledge is being gained.
That's how I learned and went to school..

i will have to come visit one day i work up there thanks

 

[Too Far]

Originally posted by cruiseroutfit


One thing that I take pride in over alot of my fellow students is the fact that I do have hands on experience like Sukab was referring to.... it helps out a ton... we talk about welding materials and such, and alot of kids have never welded anything, let alone, bent, fabed, used the plasma cutter... It really helps to have a good knowledge of shop practices and tools.

I hear you there! When I took MEEN 1000 I about went nuts dealing with the other people on my design team. Some of them are great at PDE's, but they don't know squat about what works in practice.
I spend a lot of time in my shop practicing. Most of my work would cause a pro to shudder, but I get better all the time.

 

[pokeyYJ]

Yep, suka's the man! Gotta help a brotha out, if you know what I mean!





BTW, hows the ribs feelin?

 

[sukaB]

Supposed to be laying down but gotta get work done.......
Got more pills from the doc yesterday-that helps
Thanks

 

[CryogenicZJ]

Originally posted by sukaB
Anarchy is for all of us and will always be....
Accept no limitations........
I'll always help someone out, especially if knowledge is being gained.
That's how I learned and went to school..

So you'll be willing to show me how to make my own upper control arms???