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  1. C.Tremblay

    Best Online Fleet Maintenance Training?

    Hey guys. I am looking for online training courses for fleet maintenance planning. Specifically courses that would train someone how to manage a fleet of equipment from a maintenance perspective. PM planning and structuring. Cost-benefit analysis. etc. I found this course and it seems like what...
  2. C.Tremblay

    Mobile Heavy Equipment Text Books

    So far I am nearing the end of "Hydraulic Systems for Mobile Equipment" by Dell, Timothy W. and I am pretty pleased with it. It definitely will not replace field experience, however I feel it will leave me with a good foundation to progress from. I ordered the Kindle version of "Fundamentals of...
  3. C.Tremblay

    Mobile Heavy Equipment Text Books

    I am so far pretty happy with Tim Dells book. Im 85% through.
  4. C.Tremblay

    Mobile Heavy Equipment Text Books

    I see your point and it is potential that I may get hired at a truck shop out of school since I am staying south and not heading back up north to my old HD mechanic job. Truck shops hire 20+ mechanics, HD Service hires 2 or 3. However I have Heavy duty experience (around 2000 hours) plus I have...
  5. C.Tremblay

    Mobile Heavy Equipment Text Books

    ya I am doing HD. However what they are doing is combining the two courses up until the 3rd year. so essentially I am in a mixed class of Commercial transport and HD until my 4th year. the downside for the HD guys such as my self, is for the first 3 years the curriculum weighs heavily towards...
  6. C.Tremblay

    Mobile Heavy Equipment Text Books

    Hi, I'm looking for a good learning resource relating to modern mobile heavy equipment. Currently I am doing my ITA Lvl1 heavy equipment technician (BC, Canada) with that we are using the CDX "medium/heavy duty commercial vehicle systems" text books. They combine commercial transport and heavy...
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