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Offline tramp

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new job
« on: September 13, 2010, 03:06:27 PM »
got a new job as a welder for coachman buses
30 miles closer to home
$2 raise in pay
life is good
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Re: new job
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2010, 06:54:51 PM »
Good on ya man, congrats!

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Re: new job
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2010, 07:00:37 PM »
Well done mate, is that increase $2 per hour, or $2 per week? ;D
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Re: new job
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2010, 07:00:46 PM »
nice.

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Re: new job
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2010, 11:58:32 PM »
niiiice. but what needs welding?
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Re: new job
« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2010, 12:25:17 AM »
How long were you out of work?

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Re: new job
« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2010, 01:49:46 AM »
niiiice. but what needs welding?

Buses ::)   $8 a week is better than $6 and you get a greener foot print into the bargain. ;D ;D

well done, enjoy. ;)

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Re: new job
« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2010, 02:37:28 AM »
niiiice. but what needs welding?

Buses ::)   $8 a week is better than $6 and you get a greener foot print into the bargain. ;D ;D

well done, enjoy. ;)

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i figured. i guess what i really wanted to know is, are these buses so fragile that they need a fulltime welder to keep them together?
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Re: new job
« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2010, 07:05:01 AM »
Congratulations on the new job.
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Re: new job
« Reply #9 on: September 14, 2010, 12:06:56 PM »

i figured. i guess what i really wanted to know is, are these buses so fragile that they need a fulltime welder to keep them together?

Not fragile really, it's just that stuff falls off them all the time. As long as you keep welding it back on they are very reliable.  :)

Congrats on the new job though really.
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Re: new job
« Reply #10 on: September 15, 2010, 04:01:14 AM »
Well done mate, is that increase $2 per hour, or $2 per week? ;D

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Re: new job
« Reply #11 on: September 15, 2010, 06:04:27 AM »
Our top welders get almost $40 an hour. They have to be federally certified, it is a very good trade and not evryone can truly weld. I assume Busses are regulated also under DOT so it is not the Orange County Choppers leverl of welding.   
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Re: new job
« Reply #12 on: September 15, 2010, 06:35:00 AM »


  Man, that is GREAT about the job and all. Proud for ya.  ;)
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Re: new job
« Reply #13 on: September 15, 2010, 02:43:31 PM »
passed the welding test so i'm in
kinda cool what they do
they modify buses into anything you want
mostly transport type buses
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Re: new job
« Reply #14 on: September 15, 2010, 06:46:08 PM »
passed the welding test so i'm in
kinda cool what they do
they modify buses into anything you want
mostly transport type buses
Great News! If you passed a test for transit vehicles you are a top welder.
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Re: new job
« Reply #15 on: September 15, 2010, 10:37:58 PM »
passed the welding test so i'm in
kinda cool what they do
they modify buses into anything you want
mostly transport type buses
Great News! If you passed a test for transit vehicles you are a top welder.
i've welded on my bike.  does that count?
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Re: new job
« Reply #16 on: September 16, 2010, 09:59:18 PM »
I have used Liquid Weld, and Plastic Weld,

Probably why I still don't have a job.  ::)
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Re: new job
« Reply #17 on: September 17, 2010, 01:37:58 PM »
I have used Liquid Weld, and Plastic Weld,

Probably why I still don't have a job.  ::)

what, no jb weld?
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Re: new job
« Reply #18 on: September 17, 2010, 07:14:19 PM »
passed the welding test so i'm in
kinda cool what they do
they modify buses into anything you want
mostly transport type buses
Great News! If you passed a test for transit vehicles you are a top welder.
i've welded on my bike.  does that count?
Sorry, production welders are really talented. They have to read drawings and fab up parts, it is a real skill. None of this put you hand over your face Orange County Chopper stuff.  ;D ;D
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