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My brother in law worked in the heavy equipment repair division of a company from the week after he graduated high school, until he turned 67. Mostly maintenance of their equipment and lots of "hair on fire" gotta fix a broken whatever NOW emergency repairs to make production quotas of their product, carbon black.

On occasion he would send me a picture of some rear end ring gear that was just crazy massive. He did not have to own his own tools, the company wanted them to have what they needed, and it all belonged to the company.

In the last few years before he retired it got to the point that much of the repairs had to be done by Caterpillar themselves. The electronics and gizmos just got more and more complex. When an engine was worn out from 24/7/365 use they just called Cat to bring out a new engine, and they did the engine swap on the spot.

It was almost comical to go to his house and see a tool box that looked like something from single woman with a few screwdrivers and a hammer and some vice grips. He just did not want to work on cars or anything else when he off work. He even took his lawn mower in to be serviced.
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