[AT] tractor related employment preparation

[James Peck]

I was fortunate enough to land a job where I could develop my mobile hydraulics skills to the point I could pass a Fluid Power certification exam.



[Cecil Bearden] Back in the day... ( about 1972 )  when I first went to OK state Univ.  I was enrolled in Mechanical Power technology it was a 4 year program.  I spent a semester in that program and then changed to Agricultural Engineering.  Then spent the next 20 years trying to explain to people that I was not the guy to ask about growing tomatoes.....!!  I really wanted to major in hydraulic power as it was at the forefront at the time.  When I started college,  Oklahoma State Univ was the leading university for hydraulics due to the agricultural emphasis.  By the time I got to courses in my major, the professors and the program had transferred to Oklahoma University due to grants from major construction manufacturers.  It was too late for me as I had a scholarship to OSU.  I remained in Ag Engineering and got special permission to major in large tractor systems.  When I graduated, the big guys were in merger and acquisition phase and I could only find one job within 1000 miles of home.   That was in the NE portion of OK designing straw choppers for combines.   After 2 years of contracting earthwork and sprinkler systems I went to work for the State and spent the next 30 years trying to farm...






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