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I will also have done in the description after this links to their Instagram channels Casey over there is mechanic underscore chick To under two underscores Okay, I will make sure to remind me I will make sure to see that one too and then Christine's is speedy chick 85 Primarily they they do a lot of awesome stuff post a lot of really cool things on Instagram if you guys are into the automotive field over on Instagram like to check out some of the things that You know technicians in general do over there Then they would definitely be something that you guys would really want to check out so we've got a couple of different ones Got a couple of different questions to be able to ask the ladies tonight And some of them are questions that you guys have kind of thrown into the mix. I posted they post on Instagram Earlier yesterday and had been talking to a couple of people before so we kind of got a couple of questions You know just in general to be able to ask for them. So tonight we're gonna be going back and forth We're gonna start off with Christine Tonight give her the first question and we're gonna kind of go back and forth with everything So one of the first talking points and questions that we have for you this evening is Just kind of introduce yourself. We want to know who you are where you work for what kind of work Do you do in the automotive industry? well Again, I'm Christine. I work for a Chrysler dealership in Eastern Pennsylvania. I'm a 16-year Chrysler MasterTech I work on everything from Fiat 500 through to Ram 5500 I'm certified. I grew up in Ontario, Canada. I'm certified in both Canada and Pennsylvania have my Red Seal throughout all of Canada for certifications and I very nearly became a Chrysler training instructor in Boston I've Done all sorts of stuff like dry grace I Don't know what else to tell you really start it. Yeah Yeah, what about you Casey? What kind of mechanic stuff are you getting into? Where are you at? Where are you working at? All right, so I am in Traverse City, Michigan, which is like the top not like the tip-top of Michigan, but I'm up there I'm a certified diesel mechanic and I kind of I know my basic knowledge Like it's from like small engines all the way up to your big semis. So I'm vaguely I know a lot of that and I'm Michigan certified we in Michigan We go kind of go by our licenses. So ASC is aren't really a big thing here You have to get certified through Michigan in order to have a license Right, so if for the viewers who do not know in a greater portion of the United States to become a mechanic It's a good idea to have ASC Certifications or manufacturer certifications to be able to have that under your belt But for the majority of the states you do not have to have any kind of license or certification as a Requirement to be able to work for it. However, Michigan would happen to be one of those states Where you have to have a certified license to be a mechanic personally I think that is something that it should be something that would be You know kind of widespread across the United States that you know These cars are something that kind of roll up and down the interstate at 85 miles an hour Carrying, you know the livelihoods of everyone So it would be kind of in the best interest to see some of those people that Actually have some knowledge working on your cars not always, you know, the things that happen in these days You know, there are some trainees, but they should be covered, you know through some kind of a program At least that's in in my opinion. Yeah So I'm going into the first question. Oh, yeah, definitely Gonna go into the first question to ask for Casey What got you started working on the trucks? I know you said you are a big diesel mechanic I know if anybody has checked out her Instagram account She works on a lot of I'm not gonna hold it against her now, but the fourth, you know The big old blue ovals, you know, but somebody's got to work on them, right? Exactly. What got you started on those? Well, I started with small engine so I used to race lawnmowers So I used to build rainy racing lawnmowers when I was about 12 Um, and it just kind of grew from a smaller engine to wanting to do something bigger So I went to college for the whole diesel thing And I was like, well, I kind of wanted that like I don't mind working on some eyes, but it's not like I can do it I do it for my job, but I'd rather work on motor diesels more than anything So started out building racing lawnmowers and kind of grew from there That's awesome. Well, how about you, uh christine? Um I grew up in a family, but um You know, I first place I wandered off as a kid was a car show. So I mean at 10 years old. I took an engine apart Um, it just kind of went from being a hobby to Uh to becoming a job And you know 16 years later, I'm still doing it and hopefully I'm good at it Well, that is that is definitely the hope for things at least You know when I when I ended up growing up or I didn't have a whole lot of automotive background experience My family uh was a big thing into older Uh, I guess more eclectic things like american motors amc cars I know you guys don't hold that one against me either, but you know, we we started off with some of those amc's My grandpa had an old uh isuzu pup Chopped down that we ended up working on left and right But as far as my my dad and my upbringing we fixed things around the house But we didn't really have a lot of automotive experience aside from just changing outbreaks and everything It was one of those things where I actually went in and got a degree Uh nearly in criminal justice and about what started into becoming a police officer and going into that field When I decided, you know what that really wasn't what I wanted to do So I decided to get into something I like tearing stuff apart Couldn't always put it back together, but I like tearing stuff apart So it kind of leewayed into me enjoying working on cars my cars, especially working on little fancy things Uh here and there and that's kind of how I got thrown into that Uh next question coming for you guys, uh, we'll take this one to christine first What certifications and degrees do you have? I know you kind of tagged on this a little bit And uh, how have those helped you get into the workplace and where you are today? Well, um like uh Um, like I kind of mentioned before I have my red seal certificate or my red seal endorsement in In ontario, however Red seal endorsement is very much that mandatory Certification all across canada you each province and territory has its its own certification If you score or high enough on the certification test you actually get red seal endorsement, which means Um, it's valid in any province or territory. So basically I can work in any shop in any province or territory in canada um, so I have that that endorsement that's a You know, you can walk into any Shop and say I can work here. You know, if you obviously get the job Um, and then in pennsylvania, I have my my state and emissions inspection licenses um The certification in ontario is 9 000 hours of apprenticeship three years of college And then a certification exam Along with a practical skills test book It's considerable And that alone, you know That doesn't get you in the door. You start off as an apprentice Um, but when you can you can explain That to somebody that obviously gets you in the door, especially here in pennsylvania where you don't need a license to work on cars You know what it helps So yeah, I mean that that's a major plus. Uh, the three years of college, uh is a major plus Um I have a background. I was going to be a mechanical engineer when I started working in a shop So it definitely, you know, this sort of stuff helps. Um, I think it helps Give you perspective on everything Wow, that's awesome. We I know that that that's actually considerable amount of training compared to what it takes to start to get into here in the United States The a c certifications for you guys who do not have those It takes Even to be able to get started you can go and take your tests at any time But you're supposed to have at least two years is um certification experience in a shop that has another Previously performed ac certification. Uh, so you have to have Time in a shop working for them on top of passing your ac certification tests Again, not a requirement here in ohio and uh majority of the united states But again, it is a a good thing that definitely helps to have Now, how about you kasey? What what kind of certs do you get looking at? Okay, so I have about six of my michigan certifications. I have, um, actually I have my associates degree and do some mechanics and Agricultural equipment so tractors and everything else I just took it so I would have it under my belt. Do I like working on tractors and loaders and not my thing as much as I mean, I can do it. Do I like to know But and I also have an alternate fuels diploma Which I don't really do that much with if you have a hybrid. I mean, I'll look at it But that's about as good as we're getting In Awesome Yeah, I know it's it's hard getting into you know spreading yourself out across the different fields and the different certifications It's always nice to have something to you know, make yourself set yourself aside from the standard technicians who are in the field Make yourself more wanted needed and you know, hopefully get yourself some more pay in In the field where you guys are working So that's always a big plus for that one So we'll uh, we'll come back into Uh, you kasey and ask you the next question to start off here Uh Did you have any mentors or when you got started in your diesel field and training or journeyman Other texts that helped you to get your training done in starting in the field Well, don't forget you always learn something new every day. That's right. That's right so My boss that I have now has been by far the best mentor. I honestly I can say that I've ever had I've learned so much in the shop that I'm in But before that I interned shipped at a shop before I went to college. I went to university northwestern, Ohio It's all right, but so I went there and Went through that ended up going to a shop right after college and it was horrible Like the my supervisor hated me. No, it happens But um, so honestly my best mentor that I've had it has been the boss that I recently have right now That's awesome. Yep So what about you christine any mentors or Starting into the field for you Um, not so much mentors. Uh, I'm glad that I I had the opportunity to jump into things right away um I started I was 16 or 17 in the shop and I think within like a first year. I was pulling transmissions out of cars. I'm really grateful that I had that opportunity to know the get deep in the things and kind of Not do it on my own but get into things more than how we start people off now with just doing wild changes Um, because you if you're giving the opportunity you're going to be given the opportunity for experience And experience is how we grow knowledge giving people the job of oil changes And hoping that someday we turn them into full-scale mechanics is a lot harder of a job Then Then if we if we show people, you know, this is how we're doing something a little bit more they don't get bored I definitely agree with that one and that's one of the biggest things. I know you said you were uh Possibly thinking about being an instructor over at one of the classes And that was one of the things that I was actually offered a couple of years ago as well I I had ended up not taking up them up on that job because it would have ended up being so much of a pay cut that It just wasn't feasible at the time But it's something that I I kind of wanted to do from the beginning in being a mentor to somebody So at the point where I'm at in being able to have a couple of CAP students And helping them to learn in the field with that also, you know, helped To further their education and helped me to be able to, you know, help people learn in the field as well But one of the big things that we like to have pointed out is The guys who go through this CAP program. It's an eight week on eight week off program back and forth between school and work The majority of the experience and actual learning that you're going to get is going to come from the hands-on experience Yes, you do get some kind of Knowledge-based platform to be able to build off of and everything But that actual hands-on experience is something that you can't match By any means the worst thing that dealerships do nowadays Is they throw these CAP students onto the oil change racks They throw them on there for the full two years Maybe doing a couple of tires and brakes and then after that two years is up They're going to be going to the field and they throw them into the flat rate Now what do they do? They sink Sink right away. It's depressing to see it sucks. And then these dealers are like, well, what you guys were supposed to have been learning something at school You guys are supposed to, you know, be fully certified. What's up with this? You guys can't do anything They've got the platform for everything But they don't have the the actual hands-on experience and it's kind of you know depressing to see those dealers who don't Don't actually put their CAP students in through All right, uh, so the next question we're going to go back in to christine Um, have you ever felt any disadvantages or hardships as a woman or just in general getting started in the field? In particular when going through training or when trying to get a job in the automotive field when you were starting things out Um, not so much. Um, when I was starting off, I kind of lucked out in that My manager was really easy going my first manager. Um, I started off through a high school program So it was free labor for them to be in with which was um, they're not going to turn down and Uh, once I'd kind of proven myself then they took me on Um, that was a major plus So I didn't have any issues with that. I have had managers. I've had issues with in the past Um, I think we've all had managers that we've kind of butted heads with at some point So I don't It's the fact that to be too much different you know male female But uh I know it does exist. Um, I have had issues, you know, there was a manager I had who was kind of a what do you know? But um in the end all the guys in the shop stuck up for me That's good. That's really good. And I know that it's it's kind of not so much as a minority scene issue but Having the female side of things in the training side Um, at least when we're going through the cap students and the training centers that I go to It's very very one-sided. I don't think that I have actually Seen another female technician in the training area since I've been going back for updated training services Over the last like three years which is kind of an odd thing because you know We're we're a fairly large training center for being since and out of Ohio But we just don't see them Which you know, it's really good seeing your side of things You know on the chrysler side for training that you know, they are out there and they do exist as you know top-notch technicians Now how about you uh, you kasey Well, I've been through nine jobs till I got to where I'm at right now um It's for me and some shops are kind of a little bit harder Um, I have a shop that I did work at once before that I probably everyone asked me why I didn't sue them for sexual harassment, but I'm not all about I don't know I don't want to take people to court just move on my way and let me do what I have to do But um, I've had my resume thrown back at me across the book counter once that was That was a trip um it's just You need to find the like your right group of people that you want to work with And there's some shops where females don't think you should be next to them working. So that doesn't work out all the time either um But lately like Like I said where I got to where I'm at and I've been here for two years now It's been awesome. So I couldn't actually the shop that I'm at right now It was gonna be my last Give it all like I'm gonna try this if it doesn't work this resume doesn't go through I don't get this interview I'm just gonna stop because I was like at that point in my life to where I just didn't want to do it anymore But then my boss gave me a chance and it's been eye-opening That's that's awesome to see that. Yeah, you had that persistence to go through nine different shops Pretty crazy That's pretty awesome So when you guys are are working in the shop nowadays, we know, you know, primarily Casey you're doing diesel stuff. Christine. You're working on the mopar side of things There's two different cars that we want to hear about from you We want to hear about when you're in the shop. What's your favorite thing to work on and then outside of the shop What's your favorite thing to work on outside of the shop? We can go with you first there, uh, kasey uh Well, I work in the shop on six o's a lot And I own one so out of the shop. I mean, I know mine working on my own stuff So I can't explain and I'm pretty damn good at it. So As long as my truck runs good and I can make other people's trucks run good. I'm perfectly fine with that Wait, wait, wait. You're you're a technician who likes working on their own stuff Yeah, well, I mean not all the time, but when it doesn't run right because I do drive it forward so I don't mind working on my own stuff I got you. So what about you christine? Well, I'm kind of in the same boat. Um, I you know, I've always owned mopars I've got my you know, I'm my hemi charger. I've got my hemi dakota. Um, we're even putting a Me and my my husband's amx um I work on this stuff during the day and I I kind of carried on through through my, you know weekend work so Same sort of deal. I'm gonna do it with your uh, your hemi hemi swap things this year Well, like I said the uh, the dakota is uh, we're actually gonna put a cam in it. Um, You know, because for it's it's probably 450 horsepower right now. Um, we're gonna round that off to 500 and see how how that drives um, the charger is 600 horsepower and we're gonna we're gonna tweak it a little bit the um Make it launch a little bit better and uh, I'm Um, that's that's awesome Very cool seeing you guys doing, you know extra stuff on the side. I know katie see I've seen on your instagram post You do a lot of side by side stuff too in your your off time. What about that one? Um, well, we actually The boyfriend and I we had four viewers for a good while player sportsman And then we're like, well, let's get rid of these. We've wanted to sign by side So let's trade up to it So trade it up to the side by side and we just then picked away added little thing by little thing on it. So Hopefully make it go faster and have more fun with it. So Heck yeah No, I personally I I was kind of looking at side by sides this last year because I I really am a big fan and one day I will own one of the uh, the newer canam x3 turbos They they're sweet Very nice Yep, I I would love to have one of those absolutely love it But where I'm living at right now kind of in like a little subdivision area Um, I don't think they would really enjoy seeing that one Trying to fly it up and down the street So, you know, we're gonna kind of wait until we get some out actual space to be able to move across things But that's kind of why I've been doing a lot of the diesel stuff that I've been doing I wasn't huge into that over the last uh a couple of years You know, I do work on the common side of things Most of the time in the shop being the only diesel certified Technician all the way in ours So I worked on those a bunch But then when I ran into this Duramax, it was one of those Once in a lifetime things the truck was too nice to pass up. I didn't know a damn thing about it Nothing at all But you know, it's one of the things where I just dove into it and let's see what we can do on this thing You know a lot like uh, christine does if anybody hasn't seen what she has been working on over on her Instagram What year is your dakota like an o2? It's a 2000 dakota 2000 6 1 srt swap dakota How often do you see one of those guys? I mean, that's pretty awesome It's actually becoming a pretty common swap now. It's actually um I saw another friend of mine just put a 6 4 in in one of his Huh, no, I personally that's weird. I've never seen one So I just I thought that was a really cool thing to see You know, you guys having all of your different projects that you're working on, you know In there and out of the shop. That's really cool to see So next question coming up on the list keeps busy We will go take it back over to christine If you could have done anything different when you got started into the industry Whether it be, you know, your training where you got started if it was the manufacturer that you got started off with What would you have changed looking back into your career? In hindsight, um I probably would have would have bought a bigger toolbox off the get-go, but it was a money issue We've had this talk before I bought I bought a uh a mac Purple mac 1080p or 1080 a toolbox and the colors discontinued now So I can't get a matching hutch. I can't get a matching locker Um, I wish I had bought everything all at one go But other than that, I think that's really the only regret. Uh, I've always been working for for craisler um My training worked out perfectly fine. I wish I'd gotten my training certification a little earlier But other than that no regrets Cool deal. How about you kasey? um, I have to say when I was in college and Anyone that knows how the uno like the programs go So you're in a classroom for six weeks and you're focusing on nothing But that one class for those six weeks After those six weeks, I wish I would have like came back home to michigan and took that certification for that test Because it would have been quick and easy and out of the way instead of waiting a couple years after school To get it all done to get all three single tests that I want. I finished But that's probably my only big regret that I have Yeah, that was one of always the big things that a lot of the guys they don't jump in And do the bigger things that they were looking for as soon as they they could and as far as the toolbox Who doesn't want a bigger toolbox more tools, you know The problem, you know, they hand out all this debt for you too, you know Smartly, you know smart enough you were to you know, at least not jump too far in on that one But being able to get what you want when you want it. That's another You know kind of toss up in on that side of things as well So, um After that one, uh, let's go ahead and open the floor Do you guys have anything that you wanted to bring up? Whether it be, you know advice for new technicians going into the field uh Advice for you know females who are wanting to get on things earlier on We need to I personally think that we need to see more of a diverse generation coming into this Thing the hardest thing seeing it with the millennial generation right now is a lot of them They just don't you know, enjoy working in general now. That's not the case for absolutely everybody in it But you know, they do start off that way. So what kind of advice would you guys give For people in general or females wanting to jump into the automotive industry from your viewpoints um, I I would say Get in get your hands dirty. Um, get your training. But remember that uh hands on is just as important Training gets you hired after that. You've got to know how to do the job Yeah Yep, any any advice for you casey? Um pretty much if you want to do it do it and you have to have thick skin Because this industry industry is not made for Someone that can't take a joke I would definitely agree with that one anybody who's worked in a shop know that Shop talk and shop banter is one of the the bigger side of things that we have to kind of live through and go through Nowadays, I mean think about it too. You're with The people you work with over eight hours a day You normally see those people more than you see your significant other that you go home to every day So why being a very bad situation at work? And then it's gonna put your home life in a bad situation also So you might as well get along with everyone that you work with Yep, I agree with that one. You guys put so many hours in You know, not only right there in the shop, but also at home You know, you girls have side projects and everything that you're working on So, you know, you've got the stressors of that one. Hopefully you have significant others who Support, you know, the side jobs that you do and everything for that because mechanics are mechanics, you know, regardless You're gonna be living breathing dying with, you know Oil and fuel all over you pretty much all day long It's something that they just got to live with Yep, so At this time, uh, if you guys in the comment section if you want to ask any questions Let's go ahead and put some questions into the comments if you have them for christine or kasey If you guys are late tuning in we're interviewing a couple of awesome female technicians in the automotive field We have kasey From over on instagram the mechanic underscore underscore chick Two underscores we got that one and then we also have christine who is speedy chick 85 over on instagram as well Looks like jason from over at old car auto guy has one of his questions He says my son has difficulty with a classroom setting but wants to learn the mechanic trade. What would be your advice to him? And we'll start off with kasey on that one. All right, so classroom setting um Oh, so when I was in tech school our classroom setting was split half and half So you had half shot time and a half classroom time Classroom time gets hard because you're like sitting there and you're a hands-on person You learn more hands on like most mechanics learn more hands on then they do read none of a book You need a focus. That's the best thing I can tell you and don't get sidetracked and make sure he doesn't have his phone on him Christine well, I actually had the benefit of I took my college at night So I was in the shop all day and I would You know, it was three or four hours a night two to three nights a week Where we would you know, you'd learn a little bit and it was just that little bit of Information that you take it to work the next day and you were able to digest it and kind of apply it And so maybe it's not a full day of class um, so you're in class throughout an entire school year But um, you were able to digest it just a little bit easier. So that might be the the idea if If he has trouble with, you know, eight hours of class at a time or six or eight hours of class Um, break it down like that is pretty good advice. I know through our our program If you go to the classroom setting the eight hours off and on that is a hard one to do But if you actually end up going into the shop and having the shop put you through training Then you're going to be doing a lot more of the the live hands-on training through chrysler not through the school setting So instead of like an eight hour hands-on in training or book training It's going to be more of like along the lines of like a four to five Ish hour training. I know they say it goes a little bit longer But some of the time's not so much so but that would also stretch out The time span in which you get your training as well. You got to think about that one also Uh bill mck12345 asks how do they feel about their diagnostic skills good bad? Or what other content would you have on this one? You take it away christine well, um, I'm usually the one that people run to um I've had uh, when I was up in Canada actually I would have tech line would would come to me and say Hey, we've got people with these other issues and some of the instructors Um, would send text to me if I had if they had issues with a with a car So I'm feeling pretty confident with my diagnostic skills Awesome and you kasey. Um, I'm confident in my fords Got them fords under the belt We have actually a textless scan tool that we recently got My is we're like one of the only ones in our area that have it So people send their big rigs to us to scan them and Figure out issues that they can't figure out because everything's new and everything's computerized now So if you don't have a good scan tool, you're pretty much screwed. So I feel 50 50 confident Well, maybe more like 75 but And that's there's nothing to hate on that one especially if you're good at what you do You know us being a chrysler technicians Yeah, we've got maybe a little bit more of a broad spectrum in there But if you are good at the fords and especially the six leaders Something that nobody else wants to touch And that's why people pay you guys the big bucks to come to you for the correct work to have that one done Be in the best at what you're being the best at, you know That's where the money is going to be made regardless of what kind of industry or position that you guys are going to be in Yeah Let's see look for a couple other questions Through here. I know I saw a couple of other ones Captain ron asked mechanic chick you always have Such well done nails in your instagram post. How do you not break them kasey? um They're awesome So, okay. I started really short so And I like acrylics and honestly i'm still a female. I go out to dinner with my boyfriend I really don't want the dirty ugly. I'm a man hands so um Having acrylics not only doesn't hide like the dirt like the dirt and the grease and everything else it just kind of They look better out in public And when you break a fake nail you break a fake nail your finger doesn't get all purple because you broke the fake one um I have smashed like broken them doing stupid things like opening up a shop door It just like falls off. I mean it happens, but I haven't did anything too serious And I've had them I want to say five years now wrenching with them so I just kind of stay there And that is one of kind of your your little staples that you you make sure that you throw that in on your instagram post And I think you get a lot of feedback from that one And the pink toolbox so Uh, she does like her pink toolbox as multiple toolboxes Jim from over at jrc 54 asked Did you ever think about working with other car manufacturers and I'll open that to other other manufacturers other fields even when you were starting off not just on a most motive side christine uh Well growing up. I mean my family's always been chrysler. So I mean that was not even a question for me But that's that's me. That's right. Mopar. No car Exactly Um, I knew I wasn't gonna work on cars. It's not my strong suit. I do not like it One gets dropped off to our shop and I give it off to somebody else because I'm pretty much at a mom pop Shop like it's family owned It's me two other kids that end up working in our box. Like that's it. We have our small like little family Um, so we work on everything but I will not work on a car Like you want me to replace racking pinion. I know maybe this much about what you're talking about. So We're gonna go with that nice Nice, definitely. So andrew v asked, uh, what are your ladies opinions on heavily modified vehicles? Coming in basically off labor times and from one time So I imagine he's asking off of flat rate time Oh, I will throw that one in there. Do you guys work both flat rate? On at the shops that you work at or do you work hourly and then going into his what are your views on some of the Modified vehicles that come into the shop. Casey um, well We charge extra I'm hourly and we charge extra if if a vehicle's lifted if It has a big push bumpers in the front of it if it's tuned and deleted we also have to charge a little bit more due to the fact of Um, we can lose our michigan licenses if we touch something that has been deleted and they want us to work on it Michigan's like super temperamental. They won't even let us delete anything So someone wants like a dpf deleted on their truck We would technically have to do it in our own time And not in the shop Gotcha And you christine Um, I don't have a problem with modified vehicles. We do charge extra Um, I'm flat rate So, I mean, you know how that that goes You just account for if you know, it's going to take you extra time. You throw that in there And you discuss it with the customer Oh, yeah, one of the big things, you know between the three of us We all work in the northern states between here. I am in Ohio Michigan christine's in pennsylvania, so rust plays an obvious, you know big play into things So all the rusty crusty's fallen everywhere and everything breaking you have to warn people Ahead of time and you know that always sucks for that one Bill also asked another question for speedy chick Uh What car line gives you the most difficult time diagnosing and what comes easiest to you? Uh, um It's one of those funny things once you know a brand you can kind of understand the the The engineering language, um Ford's driving me up the wall though. I just I don't know why it fords Ford's bugged me. I'm sorry kasey, but And kasey anything that you have a hard time other than cars obviously she she doesn't like working on the cars Yeah, what do you not like to see coming in? Um, I don't mind working on semis. I hate taking off their tires like it's probably the most Poor like time consuming thing as a take off a tire on a semi It's I even have like a fancy tool to get duels to separate and it's cool and all but it's just it's so time consuming And you're just like spending a half an hour to take some tires off like what's pointless Um duramaxes are also kind of a pain in the butt because it's all nothing but feel lines so Feel it's so many feel issues, but besides without it's nothing too bad There's a couple of other questions in here between yoda and jim. We're kind of kind of mesh that one together when you Got started off in the industry You had to ask if you got hazed Things with jobs people sabotaging you giving hard times at work and you know Where your boss is harder on you giving you a hard time when you started off as well We'll start off with you on that one kasey um So I worked at a shop as I was supposed to feel wash so like feel trucks and wash them for a year They promised me a mechanic spot directly after that year mark. So basically getting my foot in the door at the shop um My supervisor at the time absolutely hated me like made it a point to get me fired So between of having my pier zings they're like yep, you're getting written up for that You didn't take your tongue ring out like you just dumb things so That was kind of a little rough and when they told me at the point in time I didn't know how to back up Like sleeper cab in a 53 foot trailer. It's nighttime because I worked second shift. It was horrible But they're like here's the key is go park this next to two brand new semis. I'm like, okay Yeah, I don't know what I'm doing, but I mean sure. Let's try it's like tormented me for two hours of the day um, that's probably the worst experience I think I've had working with anything but hazing wise I guess Um, someone's gonna give me shit. I'll give it to him right back That's the best that's what I like to hear. Yeah, absolutely. That's what I like to hear. What about you christine? um Nothing really major. I mean you all get you know you get a little hazing from As an apprentice or as a as a loop kid or somebody you're always going to get something Um, I drove the I drove customers in the shuttle for a while Um, I you know, I was hourly so I was making people money. They didn't really give me grief But you know a couple bottle bombs that kind of thing just to kind of spook you um Other than that. Oh, I had a um One place I worked at the trim guy used to um He used to put out signs whenever my husband would give me flowers He would put up a sign saying roses one dollar each and he'd try to sell my sell my flowers on me but um I mean everything's been everything's been fine. That's that's a pretty good one. I have to remember that one I know our our our parts lady. That's about the same thing. So I'm gonna I'm gonna have to give her a hard time on that I'm gonna remember that one That's cool Uh, somebody else asked you, you know, within your your best work that you you do on these things What is your Gravy job like when that one job comes into your shop, what do you absolutely love to see like? Yeah, I can knock that one out I can make time on that one and make all the money, you know, leave everything else to everyone else Start with you christine Uh Grand Cherokee steering rack. That one's a good one. Um Or uh, you know, I can do cams and hemmys pretty quick as long as we can get parts That's always the hardest thing. I know that Moments for Chrysler horrendous What about you Casey? Uh, pretty much anything on a 6-0 honestly like turbos oil coolers EGR coolers How fast can you have a cab off of a 6-0? Yeah, we're best friends. We get along How fast can you have the cab off of one that was one of the things? You don't take cabs off. We don't take cabs off What I we do not have a two-post hoist where I work Oh, man, that makes your job so much worse Yeah, I can pull an engine and a 6-0 without taking the cab or lifting it That's that's pretty impressive. I'm gonna have to say I You know, I know that at least on the Duramax side of things also to be able to work on a lot of the stuff It's just so much simpler to get all that heavy steel and metal up out of your way And for you to be working on these 6-0s without taking cabs off. That's pretty impressive. Yep. It's all inside or pulling them With a forklift. It's not too bad So another question that somebody had sent me um through through messaging here is For you ladies if you are on youtube or instagram What kind of people or what kind of videos do you tend to watch on those? Casey? um so let's say like I've opened up my instagram account and People are like, why do you have so many more followers and you don't follow that many people? So I use my instagram as to like scroll through stuff that I like So lifted trucks People do an engine work tool boxes, you know, just fun exciting things um That's mainly like if someone has like a huge I don't I ask mechanic mine. I'll follow you And I follow all my female mechanic friends back because our community is huge If you look online, there's a lot of females that do what we do and it's nice to talk to other females So that's pretty cool to see too Cool and you Christine um, I follow all sorts of stuff. I follow photographers. Um, I've got Uh my racing scene, um, you know the There's mechanics. There's welders. There's you you name it obviously family and stuff like that um It's a it's a everything Um, like it says in my profile. I said I follow stuff. I like I post things I like um You name it That's awesome Yeah, one of the biggest things, you know, I had him ask, you know, the things that I follow on there Um, I do like tool channels, you know, I'm kind of a tool whore. Uh, we'll admit that one It's kind of hard. It's been way too much money on tools But I do like my tools and I like my lifted trucks as well It's something that I normally wasn't into before I started my Duramax build But I I've gotten into that scene quite a bunch and that it's all about the community of things for me You know, I know that uh the automotive mechanics. I'm I'm good at it This is kind of what I do in my day to day life thing But the the community that surrounds us is what makes everything absolutely amazing Uh between instagram and here on youtube the support that the different communities give I think is what steers me towards what I ended up liking if I'm you know Kind of try to check out a couple of other things if their community is you know Just a bunch of hazers and it's hating back and forth I know the tool guys everybody's got an opinion on those between your toolboxes and what kind of tools you get That's you get a lot of hazing and a lot of bad talk for the kind of tools that you buy here and there But I try to be pretty open-minded on that one Uh somebody else asked, you know, what would be your favorite version of toolbox if you had Price was not an option. We'll start with uh christine Oh Well, I almost pulled the trigger on that pick so I mean We haven't had a macro up in in six months. Um, I'm I'm looking at uh an epic if if it wasn't a It wasn't a cost thing. I'd probably do an 84 inch uh Epic top and bottom with a locker. I mean you've got pretty much the same thing I just don't have the room or the money so Yeah, room is definitely a big thing some of the the smaller shops or the dealerships. They have requirements like you only have Eight feet of space to work with that's your spot. And that's it. So yeah, that kind of sucks for that one You kasey Oh, no, I have space. I got shoved into the back of the corner because my box is pink the boss is like Like my whole entire area is pink. Um, yeah, I would have to go with a snap on box All day an epic probably a purple one unless I could get hot pink, but I would have to have someone paint it Custom custom paint a box. I know captain ron I'm not gonna hate on this one, but he does love his purple boxes He was he was so so torn between a purple box with black trim or black box with purple trim And he ended up pulling the trigger on a uh black box with the purple trim Yep, I love my purple trim the metallic purple is amazing. So I had to like I'm gonna slurge and get the extra metallic purple trim to add on to my box and oh, yeah I was I was super glad that I ended up going with the the flat one That's not something you see too often that flat black But the epic series is you know, it it was a lot is a lot of money Yeah, I'll definitely admit with that one But with having the master series that I had prior to this one all paid for Having the trade in that they gave me on that one that one helped out a lot Oh for that one. Oh Oh, yes, absolutely. They're kind of like, you know jeeps and Lifted their diesel trucks these days the value that those things hold are absolutely amazing Awesome, so uh looking forward for you Ladies here in the next couple of months and everything What are some projects that you're looking forward to do it? I know you guys have kind of talked about what projects you have But what kind of aspirations for your instagram accounts? Are you looking at doing for that one? Somebody had asked me if you were wanting to start any of your own youtube channels up What kind of stuff? So we're gonna look forward to from your girls. We'll start with kasey um well The boyfriend just ended up getting that oh six comments So of course he bought it and it's lifted and looks all sexual. So now My board's like stock. It's basic. There's nothing exciting about it So now I have to make my truck at least look like his so that's probably gonna be Coming up here soon And then of course building our razor up so Awesome and you christine uh project-wise um I've got uh, I got a 68 camera on the driveway. I've got to get together too for a friend. Um That's an engine and transmission all out Just making it a nice daily driver that one's actually going back to Ohio um That one I might make some youtube videos on uh, especially for the drive home And uh for the next of the while i'm gonna do woodwork dream cruise this summer So we're gonna do a couple. I'll probably do some youtube videos on uh on the cruise out there and then you know Driving that so we'll see Who knows that would be some some cool content to look into and if you guys have not already over on instagram Make sure you give these ladies a follow uh here in the description I will be sure to have their links. Actually, I have already kind of put them into Into the the links below there for you. So if you have instagram, make sure you follow christine and kasey both over on instagram uh kasey's is mechanic underscore underscore chick and Uh speedy chick 85 is going to be christine's over on instagram Well, we've been going for about 52 minutes now just under an hour I want to give a big thank you and shout out to both of the ladies on here For deciding to join in with the live stream with us tonight Uh, we've been trying to kind of change it up get some different opinions on the automotive industry and the different fields That we kind of deal with on here on my channel. We do things from tool videos Lifted trucks diesel things and automotive things for the chrysler side. So seeing both of your different opinions Uh was something really awesome as well. So I will give you a big thank you for coming in tonight. I appreciate that one Yeah, it's great. Yeah, thank you Alrighty guys. Well, that's gonna be about it for tonight I appreciate everybody tuning into the channel Like I said, if you haven't make sure you hit that thumbs up button Go over on instagram follow both of these ladies on instagram because they do some awesome things over there They have some great projects and as you heard from them, they're going to be doing some Uh great projects here throughout the summer that you guys are going to want to have a watch on So thank you. I appreciate it. And as I always guys everyone you guys stay awesome