What do you do for a living??

I am a Heavy Equipment Operator (drive transport trucks and big loader machines).. I haul anywhere from 90,000lbs to 130,000lbs.. I am working with The City Of Toronto (Ontario) and I plan on working my way up the corporate food chain hopefully.. I will be taking more courses thru my career.. I started 3 years ago so I have plenty of time climb the ladder...

I love my job tho... Just hate the idiots on the road that don't understand how dangerous big trucks are and constantly cut you off and put the brakes on like they have a death wish or something.. I figured if you see 26 wheels spinning you would be a little more safer around them...

Awesome Pay, Wicked Benefits, Sick Days, Amazing Pension, "Job For Life" .... What Else Could I Ask For... (more pay hehehe)

gadewv said:

I guess I need to update mine.
I got a promotion and transfer to our sister plant. I am now the QC/LAB Manager. I oversee 4 lab techs that do the daily testing, and 2 chemical eng. who assist in the process improvement and problem solving of our production facility.
We make pool chemicals and industrial cleaners/sanitizers.

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NERD ALERT NERD ALERT! hahah j/k ! have granulated clorine and pour some dot 3 brake fluid over it and wait a few seconds then call me to put out the fire hah. I love chemicals !!

gadewv said:

Im a Nerd?
How did you know I make granulated clorine? haha
or better yet, Tri/Dichloroisocyanurate
Im curious if you know why it catches fire, or was it an accident? lol

Trust me. Im not your typical Nerd! Ex-military, Tatted up, Gear head in my spare time! haha

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just messing with ya man! I'm a nerd too!

I used to use granulated clorine and brake fluid to start my campfires as a kid for boy scouts... (never really found the real reason for this one... isnt it the gases that it lets off from each?) I mean even water on chlorine can make a fire....

I used to make my own fireworks and all ... seriously into chemicals and all...
another favorite is potassium permanganate and rubbing alcohol (THAT one I understand) just tough to find any KMnO4, around here

I think years of starting fires and making things go boom turned me onto joining the fire dept!

I build oil and gas plants in Africa and when work is slow I am a Industrial Automation guy for the gulf coast. I automate the machines that run in the plants.

Rode motocycles from young walking age till current age 39 now. (about 35ish years)

All sorts of variuos jobs but mainly mechanical type stuff, teen - 1998

1999-2006 One of the worlds top freestyle motocross riders and inovators (In the top 10 or 15) graced the cover of Dirt Bike magazine (only Canadian to ever do so) Competed in Gravity Games, Vans Triple Crown of Freestyle Motocross tons of videos including Children of a Metal God series too name only a couple.

2007 - Now, own a small landscape company with excavators etc. have wonderful little lady and littler lady 2 1/2 year old (that will kick any boys buts on two wheels in a few years..lol)!! ALso the little one is main reason for grounding myself but will still teach FMX and Motocross and ATV riding as well.

Attached pics are: My glory moment riding for KTM Canada...LOL, The work rig, and our town car.

I spend alot of time behind the wheel of a Setra S417. I get paid to travel, see the countryside. Have been some great places, had some amazing free meals and such. decent pay, good benefits....
Spare time is with the wife, fire department or perfecting the smoker..... oh and my atv.
To be perfectly honest, life is great....its amazing what hard work will get you .

edzo said:

VERY COOL MUDVAYNE!!! It looks like you have had one heck of a career to be proud of, not to mention you are still physically able to climb aboard your CAN AM!! Alot of guys......not so lucky.

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Thank you very much and Im very proud of it all I started late FMX was only started in the mid 90's so i was behinde the 8 ball so to speak..LOL!! Thats true Ive seen some terrible things happen to friends heck our first major show ever my riding partener shatter both legs bad 10 minutes before I was to practice other stuff was broken necks and backs and young kid passed away trying to learn the back flip some crazy stuff Ive faired well in the big picture some pins and screws and a plate in the foot, few fractured lower vetrebre and some ribs but over all the years thats the worst of it not bad really I was not knowing as a 'crasher'.

FYI-One of the first guys I started with was Andy Bell he now is one of the stars on "Travis and the Nitro Circus" he was my second partner that shattered his legs at our first show..crazy S---.

I work for Bombardier aerospace division here in Quebec Canada, i am a painter on the regional series aircrafts, exterior paint jobs of different companys, and i use to get a rebate on atvs, over 1000$ that they use to give back on my pay check.... But it is gone....