Having a “go getter” mentality is great. Take initiative, go the extra mile, show that you want to hustle. In the same breathe, it’s important to maintain healthy boundaries with your employer/customers and set proper expectations. Otherwise you will burn out.

This dude is absolutely right. I'm not an installer but I am a layout guy and i started a year ago not knowing a damn thing about hvac or metal work. I've gotten $5 dollars in raises in a year since I started by doing a lot of these things he mentioned. Working long hours. Showing up everyday. Always doing what I say I will and making sure it's done. And most importantly I think, coming home and watching videos and trying to absorb as much knowledge as I can about the trade. And I didn't have to bring up raises or anything. Boss man noticed and has consistently made it worth my while. I'm super thankful and am very honored to have the opportunity.

@SANTAMU3RTE

5 ай бұрын

How did you get into hvac? Trade school?

@brandonmartin8305

4 ай бұрын

@@SANTAMU3RTE No had a friend who needed help cause they were super busy and I needed a job and gave it a shot. Still doing it lol

i started in this trade my senior year, my family is all paper pushers so i started as a tool bitch in residential. Now im 25 and 8 years down the road i just switched from residential to a new job working on stuff like 100 ton package units doing a lot of prevailing wage jobs in LA which is quite the transition for me. I wanna learn this big stuff for a while and then dabble into refrigeration a bit and hopefully by then my daughter will be in school and i can focus on starting my own gig.

@travisculpepper2091

2 жыл бұрын

Start your own company bro.

@DJV94022

2 жыл бұрын

Work in la for a while build that money so u can move to east coast and live big los angeles is a money getter place if your living with roomates then stack up and live big in the east coast

@bakihanma7247

Жыл бұрын

@@DJV94022 east coast where? in New York? The most crowded place in America.

@DJV94022

Жыл бұрын

@@bakihanma7247 no my guy no one thinks of new york Or miami when moving to the east coast Theres plenty of cities now to buy in live big and have a good career

I'll tell ya how to make more money in the HVAC trade. Quality work and honesty!! Call backs and word of mouth of good work goes a long way to keeping busy and making money.

@travisculpepper2091

2 жыл бұрын

I can't stress enough to people how critical that word of mouth is. Honest is key too! It can make or break you! It helps if you're active within the community. I've been in business 5 years just off of word of mouth. You can buy an image but you can't buy a reputation! A good reputation is life in this industry

Thanks man!! Im a young buck in the trade and these videos bring a ton value. Dig the content!!

@randydeer2992

2 жыл бұрын

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Great video as always. I will say that this field is easy to burn out on as well so if you find that you are actually following many of these tips and dont see yourself progressing then don't be afraid to go get what you're worth but be prepared to back up what you believe of yourself and leave your ego at the door. We are all, only human after all. Much love all my HVAC goons!

Well said Zac! Some people just cap out and the company won't pay more. My boss is so tight with money that his ass squeaks when he walks. I look at it like this, we or us employees are investments, if we or us employees are profitable quit being so damn tight. Investments make you money not cost you money. Most of my training or knowledge comes from me doing my homework when I don't know something. I went and got my Master Hvac license 1.5 yrs ago and now thinking about getting my class B contractor license so I can do my own thing. You hiring? LoL! Some of us need bosses like you to become unstoppable or feed and push each other. Thanks for all your content Zac! 👍

This sounds like all of the conversations I had with my boys over the years. They are both a few years out of College now and killing it in their jobs!

Been in hvac business for the fifth year I'm glad to find your channel and I'm sure that i will find a lot to learn from someone like you .I like the way you explain, ur personality..keep going bro👍👍

Great advice , just starting out in the Hvac Trade. thanks for the Drive !

You are absolutely right with being truthful with all of your client. Golden information!!! Thank you 😊 and my God continue to take you higher.

Words of wisdom thank you! My boss has given me raises before I even thought to ask for them. He said it's because basically what you said, "tons of drive and motivation" Along with watching content I accessed #InterplayLearning and #MainstreamEngineering for HVACR learning and certifications. You are right this sets you apart.

I have no experience and start my trade tomorrow they started me at $18 which I think I very good with no experience but they love the fact I do research I’m willing to come in an hour early to learn I started to watch you yt today thanks for the help I was worried because I’ve been FedEx driver for years wanted to do a career

Starting hvac program this January, super excited for my journey, great content man :)

Good advice indeed. As a Senior Project Manager, everything you said was exactly correct. I would also include Curiosity as a necessary or complimentary trait to "Drive", they kind of go together. I've never understood how some people are satisfied to be so ignorant and disconnected. The sum total of everything they know or care about can be exhausted in a 10 min. conversation. With the Internet and channels like yours there is virtually an infinite amount of information and educational content available for FREE.

All those valuable tips really works for every trade at all! Good video man!

Loving your videos, 20 years is great effort.

I totally agree with the fact that knowledge in the hvacr trade is very important and relevant compared to experience. One technician could be doing several things wrong without being aware of it for years. Now, knowledge combined with experience. The results are going to be outstanding.

Good advice my friend. I been in the trade for 4 years now and knowledge (doing your research and educating yourself) does make a big difference.

@stevo6891

Жыл бұрын

Does residential pay good?

Great video! Good info! Thank you. This is very helpful for new people like me that started late.

Been rocking the TP4-B bag for a couple of years and I love it for service calls!

Yes, Being Truthful, Honest, be on Time when possible, shows you are committed to excellence.

This is just what I needed to hear. I’ll keep studying. Appreciate it

I've been doing this for 33 years.And you've inspired me to invest a little more in my tools.And the technology that's available to us in 2024. Personally, I felt really burned out lately. Doing the same thing day in a Day Out and doing on call rotation every 4 weeks but I think if I change my perspective and get some of the new tools available. At Mike spark some enthusiasm for my job again. But money has never been a problem in this trade.For me, I've always made enough to make a living and inflation's only thing that seems to hurt LO.L anyways, appreciate the video.Keep on coming

18 years in. You nailed it! 👍🏻

Hey man as someone who has been in the trade for just about 8 months. Your videos are great I resonate with the knowledge part 1000%. Hunger is great keep up the great work and content

@SANTAMU3RTE

5 ай бұрын

How did you get into the trade bro?

Great intake bro thanks for sharing 👍 🙏

You’re becoming one of my favorite channels. Out stories are very similar.

Great video bro! "Have the drive to wanna get shit done"... "every day"... well said!

You are Only as good as the information you read and the effort you put into remembering.

Love the vids 24 years old and making 70 grand a year at my full time gig and close to hitting 100k on the side this year just waiting for the right time to make the jump

learned and got motivated , you are blessed with a good heart and soul, respect from Pakistan

This is most timely, thanks bro

Awesome insight. Thanks

Thank u for all your videos!

Great video thanks for posting

Wow it’s like I’m hearing myself. Performance, always strive for more, you can never stop learning. You want that raise work for it! Awesome advice

@itchierichie4446

2 жыл бұрын

Monday is my quitting day. My supervisor decided to go on vacation last Monday to Hawaii. I was going to spill everything. So I’m like ok next Monday. Now I’m finding out he’s not coming in till Wednesday. I got duct jobs piling up at my own company I’m starting. He’s SOL I can’t wait for him to get back for his vacation

Great advice. Thanks

Wow Amazing work! Thank you!

Thanks so much great advice 👍🏾

Thanks for your time😀😀

Reading manuals is something most people don’t do. People just don’t like to read and the manual is basically a cheat sheet right under your nose. Not all brands operate the same and manuals show sequence of operations. My boss gave me a raise before my review because I was standing out and kicking ass. So keep learning kicking ass! 👍🏽

@Reeeeeee12345

Жыл бұрын

Cope

Do you have a video on your equipment that you carry? thanks and love the professionalism you have.

I have a stash of manuals in my closet that I still break into sometimes. They make me fall asleep and make great toilet reads 😂

I am hvac business owner. I am going to put your video on our tech training. I like the way you doing. I do some repair.

I use the same small bag. Other than it falling over, it is awesome little bag. Where I am from we have crawlspaces. So it is not great for crawling.

200% correct 👍 And if you have problems teaching yourself which some people do there’s nothing wrong with that. Then research and teach yourself how to learn it’s actually an art form and there’s some secrets to it. Once you learn how to learn then you can teach yourself anything. Look at your boss and whatever you can see he does the best convince yourself you’re going to be better than him at that And when you’re learning and working under a senior technician learn from him what he is best at and what you hear others say he is really good at and pay attention to that subject if you’re fortunate enough to bounce around between different technicians in the same Company learn what every senior technician is best that they’re strong point and make it your job to learn those points from that individual senior technician. And learn not to pick up bad habits or sleazy salesman tactics to make a buck that bad reputation will catch up to you

Awesome video!

I’m an electrician. I still love the hell outta your vids brother

Great content

I love the 680 the company bought us all one so we can do a better job in the field it’s an amazing tool

I remember when I first started i would go into a service call with my bag and gauges like a super hero but after all these years I just go in with nothing until I decide what I think i might need then go get it. Usually just a drill, light, and meter

@acrservicesmathewr7565

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. I would always buy top branded stuff and now it just sits in my bag. An 11-1 kline, fluke 325, olight head light, wire strippers and temp probe and combustion analyzer depending on where you live

My tp3 would tip and dump my tools out in the grass or crawl space pretty often. Switched to the mc.

We need a video of you figuring out the seer of an actual older unit on site!!! Then go over how to make the sale!!! Wow talk about valve!!!!! That would be amazing !!!

It’s not always about how much you know to make your worth, a lot of times with these company’s it’s how much money do you make the company. What’s your service revenue. I was at a company where a new guy who had no experience came in and make the company 25k his first month in service revenue. He ended up making more than me. Guys were selling customers stuff they don’t need, selling an inducer that should have cost around $800 for $2700! Charging so much, lying about the warranty coverage to force the sell of a unit on a 7 year old system. That’s the sad thing about it. Because I try to learn as much as I can, and I can’t bring myself to sell stuff someone doesn’t need. Anyway, I’m no longer at that company and now at a service first company, no more selling BS. But just wanted to say, a lot of times it isn’t knowledge or experience that dictates pay. Just cold hard cash you make. No matter how you make it. Been watching your videos a long time now. Great job man!

Love the videos! Just got started in the trade a couple weeks ago and have been enjoying every minute. However idk if you had or anybody you know could share this expierience. But to me it seems schools both highschool middle and elementary are all making any trade almost be a punishment for not actually focusing enough on your schooling. And that you just aren’t that smart if you don’t go to college and it’s almost a stigma that has been developed from nothing.

Great video!

I actually have 2 binders for boilers right now with me. Studying in the weekend

Thanks 😊❤️👍🙏 for your helpful information honesty is best policy I am 100 percent agree with you but honest man & honesty value in your country

I've been using the 680 all year. It's a good multimeter.

I agree with knowledge over experience unless you haven't actually done what your knowledge can produce. If you have someone that's experience and done what you know you're left in the dust without experiencing the nuances of each task simply because you haven't done it. Now if you're a knowledgeable tech and learn and figure things out really quickly on the fly then those kind of people are gems and hard to find! They deserve the big bucks!

A video about how to take residential split system installs to the next level in terms of aesthetic and tips would be cool

@bloodhunterx6258

2 жыл бұрын

Second that

Good words of advice 👍🏻

6:32 i go to that furguson all the time! your in nashville haha

Thank you for the inspiration!! I start my HVAC apprenticeship in less than 2 weeks. Any specific advice in starting learning?

Thank you man !

Great work

Another good video, bud. 👍🏼 You able to give a few good book recommendations for this trade?

As always awesome vid. Hey guys I’m pretty knowledgeable in the trade I put myself through some training and worked on some units in the past I own several rentals and do my own repairs. I love this industry and was thinking of doing some marketing to see if I could get some service calls and a little experience but I’m nervous I Don’t have much experience but I have a pretty good understanding of the refrigeration cycle, I’m pretty knowledgeable in the electrical aspect of things I really don’t want to work for a company. Any advice from the boys and gals.

@jesusiskingofkings3960

Жыл бұрын

Make a website, and work 40hrs a week and take calls after work. When your done ask for reviews and even do some work free of charge because reviews matter the most. Up Flip is a good channel to watch.

People pay doctors for screwing up. Not so much when it comes to contractors.

Great video

3:47 I been in the trade since 2016, never have I seen a guy (or done it myself) climb attic stairs in such elegance. Witchcraft this is.

I wish I could work and learn from you or someone like you that’s wants to teach an apprentice

Useful video

Excellent video..🙂🙂🙂

Great advice! Running calls out of pick up truck? PSC motors should be basic truck stock. You could have least pointed that out or maybe I missed it? Save yourself and our running back and forth to the supply house. Helps with the GP.

@USA-GreedyMenOfNoIntegrity

Жыл бұрын

Gotta look cool. You know a $70K is better looking than a $35K van.

Well said man.

I'm actually surprised at your tips because yeah your right, wish there was a company like that around me. Instead the only company around me is one that the techs are great but the sales team ( in my opinion any one with a separate sales team is probably trying to take advantage of you from experience at least) are going to try & weasel as much money from you as they can. The first red flag was that they wanted to be around the furnace alone which is odd to say the least, But they seemed alright, right up until they attempted charge way more than it actually takes to replace a gas valve, with the purpose to attempt to force us into buying a new furnace with other things, Which of course backfires because people ain't that stupid at least i'm not & if they are willing to squeeze money from you when your freezing to death for a small part that takes 10 mins or so to do, than they are going to do it with anything bigger. & sure enough thats exactly what happened but to be honest because of the over pricing on the gas valve the likely hood I'd have them install a furnace or do any work at all is slim to none. So overpricing probably isn't good if you want sales, especially today in a world where anyone who wants to take the time can literally do it. Part of the (i'll call it a scam) they were running is they also didn't even see what type of furnace my house actually needed & not only gave a price that only a rich person could afford, but they also tried to downsize it & for the price they were charging they could of got a exact unit or bigger & still made loads of cash. The only other thing i think they probably made a mistake on is they wanted the money up front if they had payments i might have had them do it anyway despite the bad taste in my mouth & the feeling that they may have monkeyed with something because they were not happy because they tried to double charge us for the same diagnosis that was a different price than we were given to begin with. When a person can just buy a whole new one & do it all for a fraction of the cost that they were charging. If i'm gunna pay the price of a house they better be replacing every thing to do with all the whole setup wires included.

Good video ! & Definately Water damage to that Motor ! You Can see all that rusty water damage. So , You Just Replaced the Motor ? So, The New Motor Will Just Get killed again with Water ? Did U Find & Fix the Water Leak so the New Motor does not Fail ??? im Hoping so. also One Thing i dont agree with is the Meter with the Rotating head, it Just seems like a Point of failure. Has Anybody seen this With the Rotating head meters ?

please do some with sequence of operation, thanks

I’m 20 years old out of Ohio, been in the trade for about a year. I would love to come work for you and forward my career

I'm 27 and have 8 years in the trade I worked over 300 hours of ot and about 2,000 plus hours regular and I broke 94,000 this year but have work hard pick up shifts invest your life into that company and raises happen but the end result is opening your own company if you wanna make the real bucks and make what your worth.

Always keeping it real

Thank you so much my brother. I really love your advice. I have 3 an half years in this field, i love and i enjoy doing my job. Question. What if you dont feel happy to the conpany that you working for and what would do

@murkyturkey5238

2 жыл бұрын

I think you know the answer

This is what happened. This is how I screwed up. This is where I screwed up. This is what I learned. -best advice ever.

Be a team player. It pays off big time. I feel the same way so far!

@murkyturkey5238

2 жыл бұрын

Team players make good leaders

Best channel ever

I'd like your opinion on the Emerson 49P11-843 SureSwitch Relay? I am thinking of using these on the condenser units at my home. Thanks, Jenkins A/C & Heating

Gracias amigo 👍.

Great video! Do you work solo or do you have any employees?

Another case of treating the symptom, not the problem. It's an 80% furnace so most likely the drain pan is compromised or the drain is clogged. Water is going to destroy the new motor that you just put in along with the control board.

hi i have been in commercial hvac and refrigeration for 11 years and am getting my contractor's license soon do u have any tips on a pm template or pricing thank you

I want to get into s skilled trade( blue collar wirk) but I'm not sure of "what". I've got a couple things in mind but I'm not sure what to go with

Great advice , myself I am a nearly retired electrical contractor at 64 yrs old and can say I have seen a tremendous amount after working commercial, residential and industrial over fifty yrs what I am most concerned about now is a lot of the current generation coming up is into instant learning which I believe could create a substantial lack of tradesmen I hope I am wrong but I guess we will see

@bobboscarato1313

2 жыл бұрын

You're right and I'm 85 and retired 5 years ago!

@Matt-hr5ng

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been in residential for a year now and my biggest issue is finding a company not pushing sales. Annoying UV lights and surge protectors, pushing new system on anything 10 years or older. Thinking of switching over to commercial/ industrial. Working on chillers and boilers would be preferred.

@bobboscarato1313

2 жыл бұрын

@@Matt-hr5ng You better have 10 years of experience and education in HVAC.

@Matt-hr5ng

2 жыл бұрын

@@bobboscarato1313 I found a company that’s willing to train straight out of school in industrial

@bobboscarato1313

2 жыл бұрын

@@Matt-hr5ng Hey Matt; that's great!!!

What is the name of the smaller veto bag you have?

Amen sir always be honest

Hey man I have a few questions. I am an accountant, I single and I don't mind working long hours to meet my goals. I have signed up in a community college for their HVAC program and I want to have my own HVAC business. I know the accounting and administration part, what I don't know is: commercial or residential and what makes more money?

I work in sheet metal trade in Canada. Honestly it seems there is a shortage of people for the job here. If you miss days they wont even lay you off because hard to find replacement

@dr.comforthvacr8889

2 жыл бұрын

Yes sir!

I’m 18 but idk where to start . I would work hard to learn this

your filedpiece meters, i stopped using that brand for the reason that the knob selector breaking...had two of those broken. went TESTO since then, meter, gauges, wireless too, a bit expensive over fieldpiece but better built