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What are you?

What is your position/job ?

  • Employee

    Votes: 39 31.0%
  • Owner/Operator

    Votes: 45 35.7%
  • Owner/Partner but desk bound

    Votes: 3 2.4%
  • I have my own equipment but I also work for others/have other business

    Votes: 16 12.7%
  • I'm not in the dirt business but I want to be

    Votes: 4 3.2%
  • I'm one of those weird Spider Hoe operators

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • I work for the Government

    Votes: 9 7.1%
  • Others

    Votes: 18 14.3%

  • Total voters
    126
  • Poll closed .

basspro

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jan 20, 2009
Messages
94
Location
Modesto, CA
not in the dirt industry, but want to be so bad I can taste it! Have been doin everything I can to learn as much as I can so I can perform when I finally get the opportunity.

Currently...big title here "Senior Lead Geek Squad Advance Certified Caf-fi Installation Technition"

Fancy way of saying I run the Install Bay, & fight with Management.
 

RocksnRoses

Senior Member
Joined
Jun 14, 2008
Messages
770
Location
South Australia
Occupation
Owner operater crushing & contracting business
Owner/operator, crushing, earth moving, fenceline clearing, grading, dam cleaning and filling, farm road building, gradually shifting to "lacky" operator as my son takes over the running of the business. We have one employee.

Rn'R.
 

DonZX14

Member
Joined
Mar 24, 2009
Messages
16
Location
Grande Prarie Alberta
Occupation
Operator/Foreman
Operator...Cat,scraper,hoe,grader just about anything that says Caterpillar on the front , have worked in a mill also ,run butt n top ,wheel loader, high lift clam loaders and the big overhead portal cranes for unloading log trucks. Oh and spent alot of time in the slasher turning tree length logs into 8 footers
 

Tanstaafl

Active Member
Joined
Nov 22, 2007
Messages
40
Location
IA/NE
Field Engineer that has been spending way to much time inside lately (stupid design work).
 

JS580SL

Senior Member
Joined
Nov 3, 2007
Messages
558
Location
Massachuessetts
Occupation
operator
Operator now run a case 580 on a utility crew laying in gas main. Will do anything or run anything I can do to help get things done. I'm 20 now, hope to be an Owner/operator within the next couple years.
 

BrianHay

Senior Member
Joined
Jun 21, 2007
Messages
514
Location
Nanaimo B.C
Hi Brian, hope you being around doesnt mean your short of work :( it is pretty sad out there at the moment but hope you are keeping going.

How I got it :eek: ran out of people that would employee me so I had to buy my own :D



:lmao:lmao :notworthy

Sorry for the late response Rob. I had a really slow winter, picking up now though. I haven't been around much because I found a few other industry related sites that I really enjoy as well. So now I post in them all sporadically. I have also been working on building a new multi site network aimed at promoting Owner/Operators....and I discovered Facebook :rolleyes:

Myself I spent about 15 years as an Operator in Heavy Construction before becoming Owner/Operator.
 

AtlasRob

Senior Member
Joined
Feb 8, 2008
Messages
1,982
Location
West Sussex UK
Occupation
owner operator
. picking up now though.

...and I discovered Facebook

Good to hear that Brian :thumbsup I only learnt what Facebook was when my daughter went to work in the French Alps for the winter :D its how she stays in touch. :drinkup
 

Foster

Member
Joined
Nov 15, 2007
Messages
19
Location
New Hampshire
Owner operator for two company's,
1 Tractor trailer hauling gasoline
2 One of those funny spyder hoe things.
 

wingnut

Well-Known Member
Joined
Nov 24, 2008
Messages
100
Location
Hubbard Texas
Occupation
owner of a small sand gravel backhoe and dozer ser
Just a one man show here .
Owner, operator, welder, mechanic, dump truck driver , and whatever else is needed to get this business started . :cool2
 

qball

Senior Member
Joined
Dec 30, 2007
Messages
1,072
Location
il
Occupation
local 150 operator
hungry operator, half assed wrench/weldor, and male model.
 

53cummins

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jan 17, 2007
Messages
60
Location
nw pa
would love to have my own machines..... but stuck with runnin someone elses:Banghead
 
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trapperbo

Member
Joined
Apr 8, 2009
Messages
10
Location
sw ohio
I am actually a student in a vocational school taking heavy equipment operations. Next year when I come back in as a senior I plan to go out on placement and get a job working for a company as a hoe operator hopefully.
 

Psychotiller

New Member
Joined
Apr 8, 2009
Messages
4
Location
Huntington Beach, CA
Occupation
H.E.O. @ Greenview Resource Management
Operator. I currently run an excavator, skid loader and forklift at an industrial metal recycler in SoCal. Want to find a job running a blade or even a nice relaxing gig operating a big dozer someday soon.
 
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