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let me clarify, if you work as a heavy duty mech in fort mac you need to work for a big company, Imperial oil, Suncor, Finning, Cummins, all of which provide camps so no vehicle needed. not as a self employed with a service truck. wages for the mentioned company are $50-59+ an hour as a certified journeymen heavy duty mech.
I know 6 guys that are journeymen heavy duty mech up in fort mac that work for the mentioned companies and none of which had to spend close to 25000 in tools. most companies only ask you to bring a small tool box to carry with wrenches and ratchet set and they provide the rest either already on the company service truck or in the shop.
This all sounds great but remember you need to serve an apprenticeship and be good at what you do. You will be rewarded handsomely with good wage cause when shit breaks in fort mac its mega sized and your expected to get it back up and running cause in the oil sands time is money.
So far these 6 guys have been travelling back from fort mac to van pretty often and saving lots of money. They like it up there and their companies treat them great.
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