Originally Posted by
pjost
Just my .02, but have you thought about starting up a diesel repair shop? The few diesel repair shops that I have visited have always been busy.
From reading this post and your other post it sounds like you don't like working for "the man" or maybe it is all the travel (13 states). But you got into diesel repair on your own free will, so you must have a passion for the work.
I think if you could start up a nice clean and friendly shop you could make a killing. The four or five shops I have been to are always dirty and crappy looking, and the guy that greets you is usually gruff and grumpy about all the work they have To do before they can get my measily little project in. Lol. A cute girl in the office never hurts either.
Just a thought. Why get into a business that is determined by volatile markets?
Whatever direction you go, good luck to you Ryan.
Short story:
I went to Academy for information technology (top 500 highschool in the country). I learned computers, rebuilding, troubleshooting, programming (was not good in this area, was good in the rebuilding and troubleshooting). As a senior perk we could take a technical class in the vo tech school on campus. So I did auto mechanics as I wanted something useful. Well, since I was an "outsider" I was placed in auto 2 (never took 1) and I missed either the lecture or practical side since my classes were 80 minutes where these kids spent 160 or so in the technical classes. So I missed a lot and the teachers let me skate by and basically do/ mess with what I wanted. One, day I walked into class and no one was there. I happened to find them in an auditorium in another building listening to a potential career path in what I did. Basically a company sends you to school for two years at a severely reduced rate and you work during those two years around the country and come out with a guaranteed job somewhere in the country. This was january of my senior year. Up until that point I planned on being a funeral director by going to community college and then going to mourtary school. Well, after talking to my parents (mostly my dad), we decided to give this a shot, since of how good it seemed... I was always a tinkerer, never a mechanic, even my lawn business, I purchased back up equipment so I could send my equipment to the lawn shop to be repaired. I like to mess with cars, computers etc.
As for a mechanic shop I did not like doing what I did and would hate to work on machinery day in and day out. The company I worked for was a rental company. For the most part I set generators, chillers, air compressors up. And if it was to big to repair we would swap the machine (i feel most techs at my company were not really true mechanics). I have way more experience operating 10k fork lifts in NYC streets, 36k fork lifts, yard mules, sky jacks etc.
Originally Posted by
HipoGear
All fortunes are made during times of chaos!
As Matador suggested, get some free help from the SBA. You can get a mentor through SCORE, which is their retired executives that donate their time to helping young startups.
Working for another yard while you shop for your dream business is a great idea.
Good luck. Sounds like you are on an exciting journey.
Thank you very much for the support and for those ideas (SCORE). I am so excited for that and am working on the website as we speak.
Originally Posted by
alloy2
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