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Copejunkie said:
Good morning everyone. Today if it doesn't rain I believe I will be tearing one track and multiple hydraulic lines off a skid loader, that is in the middle of the timber mind you, to get to a blown line that completely drained the hydraulic reservoir. Grrr. If you have never worked on one be thankful. Being a contortionist while being able to stand on your head are required skills when working on these machines. I am of the opinion that engineers should be required to take apart and put back together everything they dream up, before it is sold to the consumer, using tools, and in a situation, that the normal end user will possess, and be in. Like in this instance, Back in the hills and hollers, a long long way from the shop. On the bright side I'm just glad that the machine is sitting level, and that I can get the kubota ATV to it.
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Better you than me. Good luck with it!
 
Copejunkie said:
I am of the opinion that engineers should be required to take apart and put back together everything they dream up, before it is sold to the consumer, using tools, and in a situation, that the normal end user will possess, and be in.
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Preach, brother, preach!!! My niece graduated Baylor as an EE and the best advice I could come up with as she started to work at Exxon, ask your electricians and IT guys about the issues and your solutions before you propose them to management.
 
batchaps4me said:
Preach, brother, preach!!! My niece graduated Baylor as an EE and the best advice I could come up with as she started to work at Exxon, ask your electricians and IT guys about the issues and your solutions before you propose them to management.
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I have a cousin who is an engineer, much younger than me, and my advice to him was KISS, keep it simple stupid, he looked at me with this puzzled look like huh, things break and you have to fix them?, pampered from birth. I give him huge props though. Went into the national guard, paid for his college, and a year or two ago enlisted to be an officer in the navy.
 
batchaps4me said:
Preach, brother, preach!!! My niece graduated Baylor as an EE and the best advice I could come up with as she started to work at Exxon, ask your electricians and IT guys about the issues and your solutions before you propose them to management.
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Good advise, your skilled trades can make life for an engineer either good or bad.. best not treat them like they are stupid or they will show you.
 
Bama Believer said:
Good advise, your skilled trades can make life for an engineer either good or bad.. best not treat them like they are stupid or they will show you.
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I have no problem showing my stupidity. I should be admired for my overall restraint, given the potential. Seriously though, it goes both ways. A good engineer can make a tradesman's job really good or bad as well. IF both are willing to ask the other "why are we doing it like that" then you are golden.
 
batchaps4me said:
I have no problem showing my stupidity. I should be admired for my overall restraint, given the potential. Seriously though, it goes both ways. A good engineer can make a tradesman's job really good or bad as well. IF both are willing to ask the other "why are we doing it like that" then you are golden.
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I got into an argument with a young engineer who had designed an instrument installation with a transmitter that required a full calibration every 90 days due to our permit. He had us mounting it on the side of a tank 20 feet in the air. He wouldn’t listen to me until I drug his ass in the field and explained why it wouldn’t work. We could barely get to it in street clothes, and once we started operating it would require supplied air fully encapsulated OSHA level “A” PPE to enter the room making it physically impossible to get to. He finally listened and we installed remote sensing lines and mounted the transmitter on the ground. Too often engineers design from the desk rather than actually LOOK where the work is going to take place. AUTOCAD is a great tool, but it’s no substitute for legwork and eyeballs.
 
By trade I was a motor rewinder. By degree/experience I did redesign work. Heck of a lot of math calculations. Loved that.
But some motors would come in and a lot of times I wanted to find who was sitting at his desk with AUTOCAD running and designing something that he thought would work and, well, I wanted to choke the life out of the doofus. It's different in the shops/field to fix something that may have been fine brand new and just about perfect. But having to fix crap that was a bit warped or in some way screwed up and it was a total bitch.
 
RTR...USN (ret) said:
I got into an argument with a young engineer who had designed an instrument installation with a transmitter that required a full calibration every 90 days due to our permit. He had us mounting it on the side of a tank 20 feet in the air. He wouldn’t listen to me until I drug his ass in the field and explained why it wouldn’t work. We could barely get to it in street clothes, and once we started operating it would require supplied air fully encapsulated OSHA level “A” PPE to enter the room making it physically impossible to get to. He finally listened and we installed remote sensing lines and mounted the transmitter on the ground. Too often engineers design from the desk rather than actually LOOK where the work is going to take place. AUTOCAD is a great tool, but it’s no substitute for legwork and eyeballs.
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I have been blessed with all of the engineers I have worked with/for except one. He threatened to fire me if I did not remove my safety lock from a LOTO box. I refused and dared him to fire me or cut my lock. He had ordered cable not rated for overhead use to be installed on a hoist used for moving OTR truck frames in our shipping area. I looked at my maintenance supervisor and asked to use his phone to register a complaint with OSHA and the State Department of Labor which I made.
 
Good Morning Guys, I just saw another thread and realized that I am sharing a Birthday with @CouchOnFire , how cool is that,, He's 50 today and I'm 56.. the good thing about having a Birthday on July 1st is that its right at half way from Christmas..
I went back to the doc yesterday to get my DOT Phisical so I can drive a small truck to deliver parts.. My Blood Pressure is much better, 144/84, still needs to improve but I have meds for it,, need to watch my food better lol,, I got my ok to drive for a year :)..
Happy Birthday Couch and Me :)
 
Bama Believer said:
Good Morning Guys, I just saw another thread and realized that I am sharing a Birthday with @CouchOnFire , how cool is that,, He's 50 today and I'm 56.. the good thing about having a Birthday on July 1st is that its right at half way from Christmas..
I went back to the doc yesterday to get my DOT Phisical so I can drive a small truck to deliver parts.. My Blood Pressure is much better, 144/84, still needs to improve but I have meds for it,, need to watch my food better lol,, I got my ok to drive for a year :)..
Happy Birthday Couch and Me :)
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Congrats on both your BP and birthday!!!
 
Bama Believer said:
Good Morning Guys, I just saw another thread and realized that I am sharing a Birthday with @CouchOnFire , how cool is that,, He's 50 today and I'm 56.. the good thing about having a Birthday on July 1st is that its right at half way from Christmas..
I went back to the doc yesterday to get my DOT Phisical so I can drive a small truck to deliver parts.. My Blood Pressure is much better, 144/84, still needs to improve but I have meds for it,, need to watch my food better lol,, I got my ok to drive for a year :)..
Happy Birthday Couch and Me :)
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Happy birthday to you and @CouchOnFire Hope you both have great days
 
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