Introduction

This is my first Blog.  I'm a Truck and Trailer mechanic and I have a lot of interesting stories to tell, some have to do with truck and trailer repairs, and some stories will be about the social aspect of the industry .

But the main thing I want people to get from my blog is that anybody can be a mechanic, unlike what our parents say, I believe you do not need to be mechanically inclined.  I think you just have to have the right person show you how to do the repair.  And by right person, I mean someone who is patient and does not take shortcuts.  There have been so many jobs that a first glance seems too advanced or too technical; but once someone finally showed me how to do the repair, I found myself saying out loud how simple it was.

    I'm also doing this blog so if someone is interested in the trades and wants to become a mechanic, by reading my blog they might have a fair understanding about what the trade is all about. 

There, is a serious crisis in our industry, and that is a lack of young mechanics. Its very evident because every garage that I have worked at there is a preponderance of mechanics over the age of 50.  The last dealership I worked at they were having a really difficult time to get mechanics to do clutch jobs on tractors during the day shift,   older mechanics  felt that it was a job for a younger mechanic.  The same dealership did not like hiring young mechanics, or if they did it was at a pretty low wage.

   Another problem with the trade is that as an apprentice at a dealership you have to have thick skin and put up with some crap, from other mechanics.  for me in the beginning it was wearing latex gloves, i didn't mind getting my hands dirty i just didn't like having them dirty when i went out on a date; but the older mechanics would give me flack about that.  Now everyone seems to wear latex gloves.


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