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Bill in VT

10-13-2004 04:53:53




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If you were to advise a young person where to get the absolute best tractor and farm equipment maintenance/technical education, where would that be?? Is there such a college/tech school that boasts a great reputation for turning out the best technicians??
Any suggestions for someone looking for a career in this field??




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Graybeard

10-13-2004 10:05:07




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 Re: Tractor mechanics in reply to Bill in VT, 10-13-2004 04:53:53  
If your looking for the best training in tractors, you should look for schools in the areas where most tractors are, pound for pound. That would mean the Midwest, parts of the South, and the far West (California, the central Valley). VT may have agriculture but the mechanization there doesn't begin to compare with Indiana or Illinois, for example. Look in places like Moline, Rock Island, Peoria, Lima, Akron, or Bakersfield or Waco, Corsicana, Dallas-FW, Harlingen or Houston. Somewhere around there is bound to be high quality technical colleges producing well trained tractor/reciprocating equipment mechanics and technicians.

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CNKS

10-13-2004 08:07:51




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 Re: Tractor mechanics in reply to Bill in VT, 10-13-2004 04:53:53  
I think there are a lot of them. Our local Junior College (prefers to be called a "community" college), has partnership with Deere, a lot of the students find jobs with area dealers. Other makes probably do the same thing, but I imagine Deere's program is more common. You may not have to look far -- you might contact some of your local dealers and ask.



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JT

10-13-2004 06:19:15




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 Re: Tractor mechanics in reply to Bill in VT, 10-13-2004 04:53:53  
Best thing to do is to contact one the major manufacturers and ask them. A lot of them have colleges they deal with, and then when you learn the basics, they will get you a job learning the real world with one fo their dealers. that would be a good start.



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Nebraska Cowman

10-13-2004 05:49:40




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 Re: Tractor mechanics in reply to Bill in VT, 10-13-2004 04:53:53  
I'd say that any school will give you a good background knowledge but you are going to need real world expierience to make it. The "school of hard knocks" is still a very good teacher. And just remember that your school teachers don't know everything and sometimes they are WRONG. (just my opinion, if they were such good mechanics they would'nt be teaching school.) just use a little common sense and don't be afraid to ask questions.

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CNKS

10-13-2004 08:13:14




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 Re: Tractor mechanics in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 10-13-2004 05:49:40  
Experience is important in any job, but with modern computerized tractors, and sophisticated hydraulics, you can't just take your set of wrenches in and find a job -- you need the education, and I have a lot of respect for the instuctors. I'm not a mechanic -- the most complicated tractor I have is an International 460. I am teaching myself to fix it -- can't do that with modern tractors.



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Nebraska Cowman

10-13-2004 05:48:06




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 Re: Tractor mechanics in reply to Bill in VT, 10-13-2004 04:53:53  
I'd say that any school will give you a good background knowledge but you are going to need real world expierience to make it. The "school of hard knocks" is still a very good teacher. And just remember that your school teachers don't know everything and sometimes they are WRONG. just use a little common sense and don't be afraid to ask questions.



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Ron in Nebr

10-13-2004 09:26:37




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 Re: Tractor mechanics in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 10-13-2004 05:48:06  
I agree with Cowman 100% here. I attended and graduated from one of the top rated automotive technology schools in the country. Learned alot there. I'd been turning wrenches here on the ranch since I was about 9 years old to boot. But it wasn't until I actually began work at a GM dealership that I really learned all the "tricks of the trade" and learned to REALLY be able to "fix" things in a real-world situation. In this day and age, to become a top-notch technician, whether it's fixing cars or tractors or whatever, you do need the knowledge that the schools provide regarding computerized systems etc., but just as importantly you need that old-time know-how to be able to dig into a job and really find the problem, find what caused it, and fix it the right way. I think we've all seen the guys who are super book-smart and can rattle off specs and details about whatever they work on, but are basically just "parts replacers" when it comes to actually repairing things. And, to answer the origninal poster's question, the college I attended, Southeast Community College in Milford Nebraska, has very highly regarded agriculture and deisel technology programs as well as many other courses.

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OOPS

10-13-2004 05:50:23




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 Re: Tractor mechanics in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 10-13-2004 05:48:06  
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