I started out kinda like you about 4 years ago. My big boost was my grandpa practically gifting a tractor to me. I always wanted to make a bit of cash, and finally figured out the most practical way was go to the nearby farms and tell them you're looking for some work. I love snowmobiles as well as tractors, so I bought a old snowmobile for cheap 4 years ago, and the next year sold it for a few bucks more. During this time, my mechanical interests grew greatly, and I got some awesome friends from my church, this site, and folks around the neighborhood that really got me going. I started buying and selling a few more sleds, and then with my dads help, did similarly on a couple ford tractors.
A budy and I now buy snowmobiles and ATVs (as our funds allow), ride them, fix them up, sell or keep them. With a head mechanic for a big shop in our area, I've now begun working on cars as well, even buying and selling a truck. I've not got rich in all this by any means, as the cost of parts and repairs must be factored in, but I enjoy doing it. Hardly any profit is made in all this, but we're getting experience, and I'm doing what I love to do. I'm in my freshman year of highschool, started dual enrollment college classes next year. Looking around at local colleges for a automotive tech degree, or possibly diesel tech degree.
Anyway, all that to say, do what you love to do. If you want to be a mechanic, give it a go. You've only got one life to live. Think of things you love to do, how could you make money by that? If you enjoy welding, I would agree with maybe making some yard art, and selling it. Some folks like that old rust in their gardens. :)
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Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Jerry D. Coleman. How many of you can sit there and say that you have plowed with a mule? Well I would say not many, but maybe a few. This story is about the day my Grandfather Brown (true name) decided along with my parents to purchase a new Ford tractor. It wasn't really new except to us. The year was about 1967 and my father found a good used Ford 601 tractor to use on the farm instead of "Bob", our old mule. Now my grandfather had had this mule since the mid 40's and he was getting some age on him. S
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