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Posted by greenbarn
- November 14, 2018, 22:07:24 PMTHanks for sharing your story, Rob... very interesting. I don't know too many people who retire at 55 then go into new jobs in the labor field, I really admire you for that. Your story reminds me a lot of a buddy I have in that big province to the West of you, LOL... He's a work-a-holic too, LOL 
Yes, Chief does a great job running the forum- I'm continuously thankful for it.
Posted by rob f
- November 14, 2018, 09:27:59 AMI see that the last posting on this topic was over a year ago so thought I might get things rolling again.
I just buzzed through the entire post this morning and found it to be quite interesting. I joined up a year ago because i had just bought an 800 and need to know some tech stuff. I have just been hanging around the "800 only" portion of this forum. One of my new topics was moved by Chief to general discussions so thought that I would poke around in here.
Hats off to the site admins for running such a diverse forum.
So here is my story.... Started working at 16 on our family farm in central Alberta Canada. After getting out of high school I ran heavy equipment for a year and then quit to apprentice as an Ag mechanic at a local John Deere dealership. During my stay there I moved my way through 3 different divisions 1- implements ( tilling, baling, combines) 2- farm tractors(40 to 250 hp) and finally the lawn and garden division. I retired from that company after 33 years, at age 55. Thought that I would try my hand at a few other things before i got too old, so spent a little time at other jobs such as building construction laborer, refurbisher at a large truck (semis) shop, gas plant laborer, and RV park maintenance. Started to feel my age at about 62 so kinda pulled the pin on working at steady pace for others and basically retired back onto the farm. Now, I still run a few head of cattle and give free help to anyone that wants me. I also started a little side line business offering a farm and acreage sitting service for those folks heading down south for holidays during our winters.
Really miss working, but gotta go easy on the body so that I can still swing my leg over the Drifter.
Rob
Posted by Rougarou
- August 09, 2017, 22:14:07 PMI'm an environmental scientist, water quality. Formerly one of those parts-certified managers Autozone is so proud of.
Posted by RockinRollin
- July 10, 2017, 17:05:31 PMOh sure bring up the horses why don't cha? 
Posted by CDNRatMan
- July 03, 2017, 18:43:12 PM what about groom to wife's horses....lol.......
Posted by RockinRollin
- July 03, 2017, 18:24:13 PMFull time Grand Pa, a worthy calling, best job of all. 
Posted by BlackBlueMagoo
- July 03, 2017, 16:38:27 PMWorked in the Plastic Manufacturing Field..IE..Injection/Thermoforming/Blowmolding/Sheet-Profile extrusion for 20 years..
got involved in the Semi-Conductor Processing Field..Chips/Cables/Boards..for another 20 years, and my last job was Building Fracking Equipment for oil service companys. Have Been Retired for the past 3 years..full time Grandpa!
Posted by westbullhead
- July 01, 2017, 16:54:09 PMI'm a turkey farmer.But by far, my favorite job is father to a wonderful daughter and husband to a loving wife.Much better than I deserve.
Posted by DC
- November 22, 2016, 11:31:03 AMWow! Sounds like a dream job. 
Posted by Mr. P
- November 21, 2016, 09:54:39 AMI work in plant maintenance. I bid on my current job 6 mos. ago. I work Friday thru Sunday 7am to 7pm. 36 hours a week and I get paid for 40. Everybody is gone on the weekends so very little day to day, Monday through Friday drama. Kind of like semi retirement! More time to ride!
Posted by CDNRatMan
- October 09, 2016, 18:22:42 PMDo you participate in Walking football like my elderly Uncle Malcolm?
Posted by outlaw
- October 09, 2016, 15:17:57 PMI drive a hgv class 1 lorry ( 40 tonne ) from my plaice of work, to other plaices, and love the job, been doing it for 30 years, been all over the uk doing delivery's.
Posted by Zoar
- July 29, 2016, 14:38:02 PMQuote from: RockinRonny on July 29, 2016, 10:39:23 AMIts a paradigm shifter for sure. US Navy is using them now to decommission submarines in drydock in Seattle. We have sold them all over the world. Japan is our most successful foreign market this far. But we have robots in France, Germany, Italy, etc.Maybe you haven't seen the Terminator? This how it starts, first they're helping you climb buildings and next they take over the world! All kidding aside that's really cool.
Still, it is slow going, slow adoption and acceptance of robots for field services work. Our competition is ladders, scaffolding, lifts... things that have been around a long time. Most people are afraid of trying something new. But everyday I go into work believing today will be THE DAY someone large like a GE or BOEING start negotiating with us for 8- or 200 of these robots. Every day....
I have put on thousands of technology demonstrations to companies like ALSTOM, BOEING, LOCKHEED MARTIN, CURTISS-WRIGHT, the DOE, The DOD, SwRI, EPRI etc.... they all love it and are amazed at hw well it works and our years of successful case histories.... we just need major adoption and many more robots out there.
Posted by RockinRollin
- July 29, 2016, 10:39:23 AMMaybe you haven't seen the Terminator? This how it starts, first they're helping you climb buildings and next they take over the world! All kidding aside that's really cool.
Posted by DC
- July 29, 2016, 10:18:41 AMQuote from: Zoar on July 29, 2016, 09:26:20 AMThat's interesting. There has to be a lot of applications for this.You many be interested in my Robots. ICM. www.icm.cc
They climb surfaces. They are held by vacuum force so they can climb on nonferrous surfaces or brick or concrete as well as ferrous surfaces. We have integrated many different kinds f NDT technologies onto our robot and deployed them. We have done Nuclear work. We were at Crystal River on their containment dome deploying 3 different NDT technologies to see what one worked best to detect cracks. www.icm.cc is the website. You may have to copy and paste it in your browser.