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Hey, I'm not sure where I'm supposed to post this for sure so I'm posting it here. I'm going to college right now to be a John Deere Tech but I would like to go into something more high performance. I have a 12-valve right now that I have turned up and really enjoy the speed and smell of diesel. I was wondering if maybe anybody would have any ideas about how to get into the field of high performance diesels or if I'm just **** outta luck. Thanks.
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Well, the problem I see is that the diesel performance industry is really in limbo and everyone is holding on for dear life at the mercy of the EPA.
Im no expert here but I personally think youre better off in the heavy duty mechanics field, if you can do that. Good luck to you.
Im no expert here but I personally think youre better off in the heavy duty mechanics field, if you can do that. Good luck to you.
Last edited by Dr. Evil; 10-27-2009 at 10:42 PM.
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work for JD full time and do some tinkering on the side for people, installing chips fuel plates etc on the side for some extra cash...farming is always gonna be here at least in our lifetime, im almost 22 so i hope it is atleast. High performance diesel aint gonna last that long IMHO unless someone in the govt really steps up and puts an end to all this BS EPA garbage...
If i can still go to a truck pull where they are spewing black smoke out of a hood stack when im 40 ill be really surprised...
If i can still go to a truck pull where they are spewing black smoke out of a hood stack when im 40 ill be really surprised...
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Mr. Miyagi (10-27-2009)
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work for JD full time and do some tinkering on the side for people, installing chips fuel plates etc on the side for some extra cash...farming is always gonna be here at least in our lifetime, im almost 22 so i hope it is atleast. High performance diesel aint gonna last that long IMHO unless someone in the govt really steps up and puts an end to all this BS EPA garbage...
If i can still go to a truck pull where they are spewing black smoke out of a hood stack when im 40 ill be really surprised...
If i can still go to a truck pull where they are spewing black smoke out of a hood stack when im 40 ill be really surprised...
But lets not turn this into another bashing stupid California thread (it's fitting, just off topic from the OP). Ag is going to be a much more consistent & reliable industry. And a lot of those tractors you work on are gonna be owned by the guys who own the diesel trucks they want tweaked. If you do well repairing/maintaining a guy's tractor that he relies on for his living, he'll be a lot more willing to trust his toy truck to you to tinker with.
Maintaining high value/hight tech machines in the ag industry is a very unique market, I enjoy it a lot...but it does go up and down with the farmers' good and bad years, too.
And yes, the diesel performance industry as we currently know it is about to take a big blow...if they're willing to shut down our entire food producing ag economy in California's San Joaquin Valley to hypothetically save the smelt fish population, you'd better believe they're willing to go after shutting down a recreational activity that's associated with farmers and rednecks; all in the name of saving the planet.
Last edited by greasemonkey; 10-27-2009 at 11:14 PM.
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I wasnt talking about tractors and farming. Im talking about trucking, logging, mining, road work equipment, construction, oilfield etc...... the list goes on.
Last edited by Dr. Evil; 10-28-2009 at 10:09 AM.
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