G'day from downunder

G'day,

I stumbled on this site whilst searching the internet, been poking through some threads for the past few hours, looks like a great resource

I'm a Heavy Equipment Mechanic in Australia, been in the industry some 28 years, 20 of those I have been self employed, contract or independent repairer, mostly with civil construction equipment, but also with agricultural, mining/quarry and road transport.

My exposure is mainly with Cat equipment, but Komatsu, Hitachi and Case also have strong followings here, in the Ag side John Deere, Case & New Holland are the big 3, I owned and operated an Agricultural dealership for a spell, we were dealers for Deutz Fahr and Claas. I run a small 1 ton ute here and carry enough on board to complete most repairs, servicing, electrical issues and air conditioning repairs. I also run Cat ET and Nexis with Cummins, Volvo and Detroit software. I've thrown up a photo of my ute, I'd have loved one of those service trucks you guys have complete with a crane, but sadly here we just don't have the margins and you would go broke trying to pay for it

Anyways, I'm on the move, having accepted a job offer in Canada, work permit in order, I will be on deck next month, and looking forward to a new adventure

I must say, after browsing the threads, the charge out rates you guys have are much better than ours in Australia.....Looking forward to long and prosperous career in a new land.

Catch you somewhere in the threads

And a G'Day back at ya Wastednights
But now you are going to have to learn to put "Eh" in a sentence!

What part of Canada are you heading to?

I'm on Vancouver Island on the west coast. Best place in the world to live (in my humble opinion)

wornout wrench said:

And a G'Day back at ya Wastednights
But now you are going to have to learn to put "Eh" in a sentence!

What part of Canada are you heading to?

I'm on Vancouver Island on the west coast. Best place in the world to live (in my humble opinion)

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I'm heading to Alberta "Eh"

What's the industry like in BC?

Is that your swag on the ground? Nothing like camping the night at a jobsite!

Yeah!!! Out near Surat CQ, had to wait overnight for a set of injectors!!

I'm in forestry.
Right now we are shut down due to the hot dry weather that we have had this summer.
When you live in a rain forest and the rain stops, it gets really dry. Fire is a huge danger.

Lots of jobs in BC. Depends what you want to do.
The northern part will get you more money then the southern parts.

Here is a link to a site that I use to see what is happening. It will give you an idea.

I have worked with a few Auzzies in the past, good people, hard working and knew their stuff.
Had a heck of a time trying to figure out what they were saying LOL
And going for a few beer takes on a whole new meaning:drinkup:crazy

Feel free to PM me.

Welcome to Canada EH!

wornout wrench said:

I'm in forestry.
Right now we are shut down due to the hot dry weather that we have had this summer.
When you live in a rain forest and the rain stops, it gets really dry. Fire is a huge danger.

Lots of jobs in BC. Depends what you want to do.
The northern part will get you more money then the southern parts.

Here is a link to a site that I use to see what is happening. It will give you an idea.

I have worked with a few Auzzies in the past, good people, hard working and knew their stuff.
Had a heck of a time trying to figure out what they were saying LOL
And going for a few beer takes on a whole new meaning:drinkup:crazy

Feel free to PM me.

Welcome to Canada EH!

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Let me help your with a conversion chart:

Few Beers = A carton

I had fun over there last year watching people trying to decipher what I was saying

Yup, pretty much
My aching head LOL

I see that the link didn't come up. Will try again

http://www.wowjobs.ca/BrowseResults.aspx?q=heavy+duty+mechanic&l=BC&s=r

Thanks

Can't work out how to PM here :/

Right under the Whats New there is a place that says Private message
Click on it
Should open up and there should be a spot where you can click on send new or something like that
you might not be able to send a PM because you just joined.

Is that An RM500? Do they Have a c series perkins/cat engine?

fsmech said:

Is that An RM500? Do they Have a c series perkins/cat engine?

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C15 Cat