I am thinking about getting certified as a diesel mechanic. I have been told the demand is high and the money is good. If anyone here has any input about the job, what it is like, what it pays, what it takes to get certified, etc.....I would really appreciate the input. Is it a good job in general? Thanks...
__________________ Byron
2005 liLLY 4x4..... ZF 6 Speed , no muffler, lost kitty, Autometer C2 Pyro and Boost Gauges, EGR Blocker Plate, PCV Re-route, Resonator delete, By-Pass Dual Filtration, Amsoiled front to rear, Fumoto Valve, Texas Ranger CB. proud to be an American!! 106,000 MILES and counting
1999 Park Avenue 36' 5ver
2002 Hart 6-Horse GN
2 Welsh Corgis and 1 Aussie Shepherd
Thinking ASE GM, possibly Med. Duty ASE......know anything about these?
__________________ Byron
2005 liLLY 4x4..... ZF 6 Speed , no muffler, lost kitty, Autometer C2 Pyro and Boost Gauges, EGR Blocker Plate, PCV Re-route, Resonator delete, By-Pass Dual Filtration, Amsoiled front to rear, Fumoto Valve, Texas Ranger CB. proud to be an American!! 106,000 MILES and counting
1999 Park Avenue 36' 5ver
2002 Hart 6-Horse GN
2 Welsh Corgis and 1 Aussie Shepherd
The diesel market is only growing i would say go for it. My brother is taking is ASE test again and gonna start working for me.
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2005 liLLY 4x4..... ZF 6 Speed , no muffler, lost kitty, Autometer C2 Pyro and Boost Gauges, EGR Blocker Plate, PCV Re-route, Resonator delete, By-Pass Dual Filtration, Amsoiled front to rear, Fumoto Valve, Texas Ranger CB. proud to be an American!! 106,000 MILES and counting
1999 Park Avenue 36' 5ver
2002 Hart 6-Horse GN
2 Welsh Corgis and 1 Aussie Shepherd
The heavy truck market is in huge demand of trained mechanics. Alot of the technology in our trucks comes from the over the road trucks. Hell it is very common to find an Allison tranny in the new trucks. And the electronics for the engines and other systems is pretty advanced. A quality school and alot of hard work and determination, you can pretty much work where and for whom you want.
__________________ Chris
2006 GMC SIERRA 2500 HD 4X4 CREWCAB SLT SB - BLACK
LEATHER HEATED SEATS,FULL POWER,BOSE STEREO W/6 CD CHANGER,XM,ON-STAR,REAR SEAT AUDIO SYSTEM,
ALLISON 6 SPEED W/ TRANSGO JR. SHIFT KIT
6.6 LLY,2" RESONATOR PLUG (THNX PSYCO66!),EGR BLOCK,KITTY KAT R.I.P. 8/18/08
PPE STANDARD (THNX TYLER)
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I just recently graduated from WyoTech for diesel technology, got my associates degree and am gonna start working for a kenworth dealership soon. the demand is there, but a lot of places want u to have experiance as well as the education. and there is good money in the diesel market.
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Sing up for UTI i am going to do the ford program in orlando florida after that i will be going to phonix unversity to get my business degree and out to houston texas to get my big rig diesel on tractors semi's and all the commerical equiment. Hope to get all the ASE i can. I have turned wrenchs every sinse i was knee high to a tall indian. This is not my first rodoe. I just know that now days it takes more the experince to get your foot in the door.
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I think it would be hard to br a GM dmax tech. You would have to be a regular GM tech and diesel/duramax would be a side option. Most dealerships dont specialize in diesel they just work on it when they come in so they wont hire people to work in diesel only they want you to work on everything!
Id say you would be able to get a Job working for CAT or kenworth ETC. Actually your best bet would be to talk to those guys. Chances are they would send you to school for free! My buddy went to school and got GM certified. He graduated and went to work for Cummins. They wanted to send him to school again to learn there products!
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, no muffler, lost kitty, Autometer C2 Pyro and Boost Gauges, EGR Blocker Plate, PCV Re-route, Resonator delete, By-Pass Dual Filtration, Amsoiled front to rear, Fumoto Valve, Texas Ranger CB. 
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