tippatone
Well-Known Member
Hi to all on HFE, I am just curious to what was responsible for bringing you to the world of Heavy Equipment. I am new to heavy equipment, but my love for it is as old as I am. I can remember taking trips to Jamaica as a kid and watching my uncle operating a Leyland dump truck while it was loaded by an mid 80's Case hoe. When I got older I finally got to mess around in the old 580c, my entire day I busted my chops just to get that "mess around" at the end of the day. I felt so lucky to be 15 years old and sitting in the operator's seat, even though it was after hours and meaningless to my uncle, I reflect on those summer vacations and thank my Uncle T. (God bless his soul, he passed a few years back) I am trying to get into any IUEO apprenticeship program, but even if I don't I felt like an operator for a few hours of my life. I would like to hear some of your experiences of getting into the field of heavy equipment. If you have pics please post them if its ok with you guys. In closing I would like to add, the reason I am not a operator now is that I tried to follow someone else's path instead of my own. I went to college, worked office and hospital jobs and got nothing out of it execpt wasted time. Thank you guys.