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AHRMA361
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AHRMA361 1/12/2017 6:34am
1/12/2017 6:34am
MotoTribology wrote:
There was a thread only a month or two ago about exactly this, but I can't find it either. Even site searching on google I couldn't...
There was a thread only a month or two ago about exactly this, but I can't find it either. Even site searching on google I couldn't track it down.

Anyway, I formulate and engineer lubricants for powersports machines. Not exciting per se, but there are some interesting moments.
captmoto wrote:
Sweet!! What oil do you run in your bikes? Do you run a secret blend of unobtanium?
MotoTribology wrote:
I run the regular stuff off the shelf, but that is mostly because I suck and it would be a waste to run the good stuff...
I run the regular stuff off the shelf, but that is mostly because I suck and it would be a waste to run the good stuff in my own bikes.

The unobtanium is reserved for the dyno bikes and to the pro teams. Those are the interesting moments.
Lubriplate?
HD1200
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HD1200 1/12/2017 6:36am
1/12/2017 6:36am
I'm a PM/Superintendent doing HVAC in new construction multifamily, student housing, senior housing, etc projects in the southeast. My territory is Atlanta and surrounding Metro Atlanta and Florida from Pensacola to Jacksonville, down to Orlando and Tampa/St Pete.








JWACK
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JWACK 1/12/2017 6:37am
1/12/2017 6:37am
captmoto wrote:
Sweet!! What oil do you run in your bikes? Do you run a secret blend of unobtanium?
MotoTribology wrote:
I run the regular stuff off the shelf, but that is mostly because I suck and it would be a waste to run the good stuff...
I run the regular stuff off the shelf, but that is mostly because I suck and it would be a waste to run the good stuff in my own bikes.

The unobtanium is reserved for the dyno bikes and to the pro teams. Those are the interesting moments.
AHRMA361 wrote:
Lubriplate?
KY for powersports machines. Cool
MotoTribology
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MotoTribology 1/12/2017 6:55am
1/12/2017 6:55am Edited Date/Time 1/12/2017 6:55am
AHRMA361 wrote:
Lubriplate?
That information is something that I cannot discuss here for several reasons; but if you wanted to find out, I'm pretty out in the open.

The Shop

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sumdood
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San Clemente, CA US
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sumdood 1/12/2017 7:13am
1/12/2017 7:13am
MX114 wrote:
That logo is awesome. And San Clemente may just be the greatest place in the country to live and work. Good stuff man not a bad...
That logo is awesome. And San Clemente may just be the greatest place in the country to live and work. Good stuff man not a bad way to make a living
Thanks, that's our T-shirt. And yes I feel lucky everyday. I'm not sure anyone becomes a pool guy on purpose, it just sort of happens Wink But once they dig that hole they're pretty much stuck with them. I hear people say "A pool is like a boat", ....true, except you can sink a boat. The pool's not going anywhere haha. Kidding aside yes it's given me enough consistent work to buy a house and raise 2 kids in San Clemente, like I said before I feel lucky everyday Cool
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MX114
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MX114 1/12/2017 8:20am
1/12/2017 8:20am
Lucky indeed that's awesome! Used to live in oceanside by the beach just south of the pier on Pacific Drive. Orange County / North County is prime area. Not too far from SD and LA. Great beaches and not terribly far from the tracks inland. Sounds like you got a good gig out there enjoy!
rhargrave431
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rhargrave431 1/12/2017 9:01am
1/12/2017 9:01am
Definitely some cool stuff in here. I'm a construction superintendent for mostly residential construction. Worked as a general foreman in various Oil Refineries for Exxon as well. Currently in school changing my career path to become a Paramedic/Firefighter.
hussqvarna125 1/12/2017 9:37am
1/12/2017 9:37am
In school with 3 semesters left for mechanical engineering. Had an internship this summer at a steel and wire mill mostly updating/making CAD drawings for fence machines. They were running fence machines dating clear back to the early 1900's, pretty cool with a ton of history and I learned a lot but man talk about a dangerous place. Especially on the steel mill side. Accepted an internship for this upcoming summer with an industrial door closer manufacturer for product engineering.

Any advice for mechanical engineering in the midwest area? Good/cool jobs to look out for?
Missing_Muffs 1/12/2017 10:16am
1/12/2017 10:16am
I retire from the Marine Corps in just about a years time. trying to decide what to do when I grow up.


SweetDaddy
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SweetDaddy 1/12/2017 11:13am
1/12/2017 11:13am
HD1200 wrote:
I'm a PM/Superintendent doing HVAC in new construction multifamily, student housing, senior housing, etc projects in the southeast. My territory is Atlanta and surrounding Metro Atlanta...
I'm a PM/Superintendent doing HVAC in new construction multifamily, student housing, senior housing, etc projects in the southeast. My territory is Atlanta and surrounding Metro Atlanta and Florida from Pensacola to Jacksonville, down to Orlando and Tampa/St Pete.








Those apts look familiar - are they across the street from the U of Fla? My daughter goes there.
TripleFive 1/12/2017 11:26am
1/12/2017 11:26am Edited Date/Time 1/12/2017 11:55am
I'm an attorney who works with construction contractors to recover delinquent debt.
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jndmx
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jndmx 1/12/2017 11:35am
1/12/2017 11:35am Edited Date/Time 1/31/2017 6:45am
Regular gig - IT Director/Project Manager for a non profit in CT
Sideline - Moto Announcer and video production guy.
scott_nz
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scott_nz 1/12/2017 12:31pm
1/12/2017 12:31pm
i own a timber joinery factory, we make high end custom doors and timber windows, been here near 2.5 years now, before this I worked in the motorcycles industry, owning a kawasaki/suzuki store, and then working for Kawasaki NZ
FlickitFlat
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FlickitFlat 1/12/2017 2:09pm
1/12/2017 2:09pm
I'm an entrepreneur but I don't know how to spell it without spell check. I own a truck wash facility beside the 4 lane for over the road trucks. It is a real pain in the ass. My family business since 1991 is manufacturing outdoor furniture www.hyrescountryhaven.com
I am recently married and my wife is from Indonesia. So I started a business with about 90% focus on exports in hopes that it will make traveling to SE. Asia easier for the both of us. Thinking if we have a reason to travel she can make it back to see her family and friends potentially more often and have trips paid for more easily. So far it has been interesting and I enjoy the work. I provide products for industrial liquid waste streams in a large number of industries. My product focus is on cost effective, environmentally friendly alternatives to harsh chemicals and environmental remediation. We work a lot with oil and gas and refineries because one of our specialties is solidification of their waste material. So far it has worked because we have gotten to travel to Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia a couple times now as well as South Africa and Mexico. www.dwnline.com

I also work with a friend of mine who owns a sawmill and logging business. I handle his exports of American hardwood lumber and veneer logs to China and a few other places. I guess you can say I'm a trade merchant...???.. Import/Export seem to be my thing.
mjr119
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mjr119 1/12/2017 2:33pm
1/12/2017 2:33pm
I am an accountant for a Furniture manufacturing/distribution company. Nothing exciting here lol.
jtiger12
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jtiger12 1/12/2017 5:25pm
1/12/2017 5:25pm
Developer, systems architect, team lead of 14 others. Love it when I work less than 50 hours these days
Mr. G
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Mr. G 1/12/2017 5:39pm
1/12/2017 5:39pm
TripleFive wrote:
I'm an attorney who works with construction contractors to recover delinquent debt.
You are loved.
reded
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reded 1/12/2017 6:08pm
1/12/2017 6:08pm
Operations Manager at a 1.5 million sq.ft. facility for a nationwide warehousing company. The job found me and it has it's days but I'm normally happy to be there and it makes me feel good knowing that I'm responsible for you bastards receiving your goods on time.

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ledger
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ledger 1/12/2017 6:11pm
1/12/2017 6:11pm
I worked for a major airline, and handled your luggage like it was my own...Whistling worked 4 year's on the ramp and 24 year's in parts. The coolest thing I didn't intentionally do was name a boat, and that boat is Procraft, back in 73 or maybe 74.
MxKing809
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MxKing809 1/12/2017 7:15pm
1/12/2017 7:15pm
Nothing too exciting.....

I manage contractors at the largest combonination gas and electric public utility in the country. Roughly 30 million dollars of spend, dealing mostly with capital investments to perform natural gas main replacement on our system of over 26,000 miles of pipeline.
mattmatt300
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Rockmart, GA US
mattmatt300 1/13/2017 1:09am
1/13/2017 1:09am
As of today I can officially say I work in the oilfield again. Fingers crossed oil continues to steadily rise for the foreseeable future.
brlatm
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brlatm 1/13/2017 5:04am
1/13/2017 5:04am
mattmatt300 wrote:
As of today I can officially say I work in the oilfield again. Fingers crossed oil continues to steadily rise for the foreseeable future.
Where did you go to work at Matt? Good luck man, seems it picked back up when I was overseas last year.

I am a Independent Oil/Gas Foreman. I just left a stint in Saudi Arabia and back in 'Merica working at my previous employer now that they picked up again.

mpy
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mpy 1/13/2017 5:13am
1/13/2017 5:13am Edited Date/Time 1/13/2017 5:14am
I'm self employed and do graphic design, social media, web design and marketing. I'm lucky to have some great Moto clients such as Moto-Master Brake Systems (www.moto-master.com), Haan Wheels (www.haanwheels.com) and Mino Racing (www.mino.nl).
wpark89
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wpark89 1/13/2017 6:42am
1/13/2017 6:42am
I work for Alstom Hydro (merged with GE now) building and rebuilding hydro generators. There is years of work on the Columbia River in Washington State replacing and rewinding generators that were built in the 40s 50s and 60s. It takes about a year to assemble a completely new stator and rotor. Here is a stator during a core loop test. And another of the same stator completed with windings being flown down to its hole.

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Boxvan446
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Burlington, WI US
Boxvan446 1/13/2017 7:36am
1/13/2017 7:36am
I own a small business selling landscape and concrete supplies. I started it 10 years ago and have been doing pretty good. It's allowed my wife to stay at home with our 4 kids, which I'm very thankful for.
snackfedbear
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snackfedbear 1/13/2017 10:22am
1/13/2017 10:22am
wpark89 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/01/13/168789/s1200_20161207_100050.jpg[/img]


That's a pretty awesome gig... the scale of those things is pretty amazing.
anniebertmojo
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anniebertmojo 1/13/2017 12:00pm
1/13/2017 12:00pm
One of the 9 USA based AMG Driving Academy Performance instructors. There's apox 55 AMG Performance instructors world wide. A lot of travel, great race tracks and I get to meet tons of really interesting people.


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snackfedbear
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snackfedbear 1/13/2017 12:10pm
1/13/2017 12:10pm
anniebertmojo wrote:
One of the 9 USA based AMG Driving Academy Performance instructors. There's apox 55 AMG Performance instructors world wide. A lot of travel, great race tracks...
One of the 9 USA based AMG Driving Academy Performance instructors. There's apox 55 AMG Performance instructors world wide. A lot of travel, great race tracks and I get to meet tons of really interesting people.


Awe, man. Now THAT'S an awesome job. How did you get into that position?
GoldenState54 1/13/2017 1:20pm
1/13/2017 1:20pm
I design and manufacture custom titanium and ceramic parts to be cemented or screwed into people's skull or jaw. Smile

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