Ever wonder how they get Ferry's(Not Fairy's) out of the water for winter??

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Ya get a couple big assed trucks to winch it out :D

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New to me, so it was a pretty fun day!

BTW The ferry weighs in around 250,000 lbs!!!

how do i support my habit??
 

i weld medical grd platinum for a medical company called cook inc not a great job but my prod saves 1.000'S of lives each year company started in 1964 with3 products!
now it produces over 30.000!!....

Retired 4 years ago.Used to Manage a large company that sold Copy Machines,Faxes and Computers.Got even luckier when I moved from California to Idaho a much more gun friendly state with more fish and game than you can shake a stick at!:) :) :)

Heres a few pix of my bed truck and doing what we do best....move around really heavy shrapnel....

This is one of 2 pumps on Nabors Drilling Rig 86AC.

Weighs over 100,000 lbs.

On the first picture you can really tell that there is not alot of weight left on the steering axles....makes it a bit hard to turn :D:D

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Myself and the Truck Push waiting to yank a rig out of a lease.

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Box on Box Substructure.....this is a pretty large rig.....compare to the size of the crane and the bed trucks.

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Hecks Trucking 8x8 Sow Truck.
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I help other outdoorsmen & women set up their own business where they answer to only themselves as to when they work and how much money they make. The great thing is, now I spend all the time I want with my kids and hunt and fish anywhere I want.

I'm a pharmacist. I write my own schedule, work the hours I want to (mostly), and can hunt literally in my back yard. For instance, this morning I went out before daylight, had two button bucks come within ten yards, let them walk, and still got to work before 10 am.

It seems like I spend more and more time as a patient advocate, though; dealing with insurance companies to get folk's meds paid for. Can't complain about the pay, though.

Deermeister,

My wife is a pharmacist for Target, and while she has a decent schedule, it isn't quite as good as mine. I have my own legal/tax prep practice because I am an attorney and CPA. Granted, her paychecks are a lot more stable. Ah, the trade offs in life.

I love my job! I am a Client Service Manager for an engineering and architechtural design firm. The firm deals mostly with government from the Feds on down to local townships. I develop relationships with potential clients, make sure that our current clients are happy with our work and maintain relationships and service between contracts. I started the job 18 years ago and bought into the firm as a partner 15 years ago. We have mostly repeat clients, so now I'm spending most of my time working with my friends. When I new guy comes along, the regulars tell him to call me and I will set him up with whatever he needs to do his job well and he will look like a hero to his bosses. Of course we have earned that reputation by providing great service. Many times when I set up an appointment with a client he makes arrangements for a project site visit followed by golf, fishing, some hunting or at the very least lunch /dinner and a drink or two. I am now specializing in Transportation related clients ( highways, bridges and all the related support services) and clients that are at the county government level. I do this for the whole nation however realisticly I spend most of my time in Wisconsin with trips to other Great Lakes states and the Rocky Mountain states. Beside my love for the outdoor sports I have started to restore old muscle cars. So far I have completed restoring a 69 Camaro convertible, a 68 Camaro convertible and am currently trying to buy a 67 Camaro convertible. I've convinced my wife that the cars are a good investment but she doesn't think I will ever want to sell them once I have collected my first generation Hat Trick. Now all I have to do is to convince her that an elk hunting trip is a good investment. :D

I think my job is my habit.:D

I'm Director of Marketing for Gun Safety Innovations.

GSG

Wizard
 

Like you I have another addiction. Below is my 65 Mustang fastback that my wife and I restored. Took it down to bare metal, all new interior, custom green paint with gold pearl, radical motor, horse head and ghost flame graphics, and I can't drive it enough! Starting to interfere with my shooting and my honey doos:D
muledeer

That is an amazing looking car! I love the paint job.

GSG

You should HEAR that thing. Talk about your throbbing member... (or maybe better not)





Job? JOB? We don't need no steenking job.

I'm selling my custom earplug business and retiring soon. REAL soon.

With the combination of my Air Force retirement, my wife's teaching pension, our investments and what we stand to inherit, there'll never be a money problem for us again. Hallelujah.

I was going to say something about Muledeer Mustang, but he beat me to it. I am almost jealous, and it usually takes a lot to make me jealous.

Wizard,

Those sound like some really nice Camaros that you have there, and while I am a car man and can appreciate them, I am definitely a Ford man.

GSG---Thanks for the compliment:D

Fabs, Keep you eyes peeled for older Mustangs. The fastbacks are harder to find (if that's your preference). It's just time and $$$$$$$$$$$$$.;)
muledeer

Muledeer,

You're welcome. Does this mean I get a ride in the car if I'm ever in Nevada? :D

GSG

GSG
 

You bet!!!!!!!!
muledeer

That is cool Figi...every month I send 20 bucks to Canines for Kids...they train the dogs and the handlers to look for missing persons for police departments....one thing that always stood in my brain was the Jimmy Rice Case...the mother Claudine, said if Miami Dade would have had a canine trained ....they could have gotten to Jimmy before he was killed....good for you, thats a great thing.....:p

My brother works as a crane operator for Conoco on the oil rigs...
the last couple of years he has been moving rigs to Dubai,,,,

Oh crap what do I do....Ok I work for a cosmetic enhancement group (mainly dentistry) in Lauderdale that takes care of people with too much money...The doctors are all involved in real estate of which I take care of that also, mostly commercial....my background is mostly marketing, sales in plastic surgery and real estate.....take your pick....

Good read! Great pics! I'm a manufacurers representative for a bunch of plumbing companies. We work with Engineers and Architects to get our products specified. We also work with wholesalers such as Ferguson, Noland, Thos. Somerville...etc. I'm an outside sales rep guy so that means I do some traveling here in the state and a little down in the upper parts of N. Carolina. Fun job! Get to meet some cool folks and occasionally go hunting in some places I would have never gotten to. Thats when I've got time!:rolleyes:

Is it really a habit??
 

Ya'll realize it's not really a habit. Bad habits can be broken. Good habits can be forgotten. Some call it an addiction. Likewise addictions however powerful can be overcome. This is a Terminal Disease. No cure. You have been biten by the bug and it's in your blood until you die. No meds can touch it. no vaccine. All you can hope to do is MORE. Now back to the office

Nice pik point blank:)

I wish my job was the Minnesota basketball coach. He got paid $1.1 million yesterday to quit his job after his team couldn't beat division II teams. Better raise tuition again to pay for that one.

Especially for Val
 

Thanks Valigator, It's a blast to get out and see the critters!Here's another you may like, That's my son now 12 our German Wirehair Now 2 . Another rough day at the office. Kind of like a bring your kid to work days.

I really like that pic....my son shot his first hog at 12...thats a very nice picture...German wirehairs are one of my favorites....right next to german short hairs.....ask Sonny about that....it looks like you have a nice family and a nice life...thanks for the pics....I would love to see more.....Valerie

Great pics Pointblank and also great looking dog. Do you do much bird hunting with him? Just a heads up. sssh don't tell Val I said this, but you got to be careful around her. She'll try and talk you right out of your dog:D . Don't know if you have seen hers, but have her show them to you sometime. Great looking dogs,even if they are pampered. J/k Val, you know I'm messing with ya.

Who me Sonny, surely not me....:eek:

What a great picture and a beautiful dog.

GSG

See I told you she had some cute dogs, but even I didn't know about this one. Val have you been holding out on me? When did you come up with a GSP? Tell us something about him.

I am the chief cook and bottle washer for several companies. But my primary business is as an agent/broker of aviation insurance, commercial insurance and construction bonds.

Just me and the IRS, we are tight, we have an agreement, they tell me how much and I write checks..... They actually allow me to think I own this mess.

That is a pretty dog!
My little brother has a pair of shorthairs with a litter of younguns right now. Real nice dogs but my shaggy wirehaid=r is just so ugly she's cute. I'll have to get a current photo.

First post here and kind of an introduction.I'm a retired dairy farmer originaly from Mn
that found out welding for a liveing is a whole lot easier with more free time than
milking cows 24-7-365.
Started out welding silage boxes for dairy farmers.

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Then made cement and garbage units for a large corperation,
till the board of directors made everything politicly correct.

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Now I'm liveing in a varmint paradise welding/assembling Boxes
for large surface mineing trucks

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Welcome aboard, CJ!!

Would that be up around Gillette?

Welcome aboard CJ. It's always nice to see a few more Wyomingites on here. You make about six or seven now and you got that right about dairy cows. You don't get much of a vacation from them and it's not like you can ask your best friend to come over and sit with them if you decide you want to go somewhere. Great pics. Do you work for someone or do you have your own welding shop?

CJ that last picture looks just like a couple of little army men stuck in the sand box behind a Tonka truck. Very nice looking trucks!
Welcome and thanks for sharing.

Cant hardly drink milk these days I miss the cows that muchLOL Mineing trucks get kinda big,unfortunatly I found out the hard way as I got in the middle of a fight between the canopy and a 50 ton crane last July=I lost.
Hopeing to be back working for WOTCO in Casper after the 1st of the year.Ben too busted up to even hunt this fall :(

A few shots from the Fox Creek area moving a rig ;)



Moving the derrick A-leg section around on lease, no crown there yet...

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Playing crown truck...two Gin Pole trucks raise the Derrick and walk it over to the sub....

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Got a grease gun??

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Heres how you raise a doghouse :runaway:

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Decking off the A-leg section(thats me!)

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2 trucking the derrick off of Ensign 78.

Easy, don't have to split the derrick!! Couple of the corners were a bit tight!!!

Over 200 feet long bumper to bumper!!

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A few pix and a VIDEO for your enjoyment!!!

Bed loading a mud tank across a bailey bridge
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Hauling mud
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View from the office going over a bailey bridge
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Small video clip, Draworks, and a mixing tank
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you could say I light ladies fire for a living. I fix furnaces here in Maine