Lost Sheep
New member
26 a yr for me.... I used 11 for sleddin so far this yr
Vacation Time at Work?
- Thread starter blkhwkbob
- Start date
snobuilder
Well-known member
no luck involved if you felt the need to check them all the time....LOL
Never had to babysit idler bearing to that extent....shouldn't have to and won't start now....sure I will give them a spin and regrease if needed but didn't even have a chance with these.
The last set I got look like they have a better bearing in them...we will see.
True - I guess I feel better knowing what I have going into a trip, than not. Never know when something can happen, and even then you don't find everything. Especially when you are planning to be gone for 10 days on the sled.
Back to the thread subject, with those 16 days I used this year, there were 4 used in December for riding, so 20 of 30 PTO days dedicated to riding.
T
Tracker
Guest
guys the bearing thing.....I use NTN BLUE SIDED SEALED RACING BEARINGS NOW....and never look back....don't cheap out ya Ferrari...evah
I do use ALL BALLS also...sealed....black.....red is for heat and summer....black is general purpose...and blue is for cold weather applications...again
NTN BLUE SIDED SEALED RACING BEARINGS
Delete
I have unlimited vacation time- my company calls it “permissive time off”. Meaning I am free to take off as much as a want, while technically still getting my work done ( or at least making sure someone else is covering for me ).
I don’t keep track of how many days I take off.. if I had to guess I would say 25-30 days a year. That being said I am always plugged into work via my work phone so while I might be on vacation I still check emails and take calls.
Guessing around 7 days taken off for snowmobiling.
My co-worker took 4 months off to hike the Appalachian trail..the company was cool with it..
I don’t keep track of how many days I take off.. if I had to guess I would say 25-30 days a year. That being said I am always plugged into work via my work phone so while I might be on vacation I still check emails and take calls.
Guessing around 7 days taken off for snowmobiling.
My co-worker took 4 months off to hike the Appalachian trail..the company was cool with it..
Last edited:
Are they hiring? that's better than being self employed 
... why am I doing this again? 
... why am I doing this again?
harvest1121
Well-known member
I thinks 6 trips about 24 days depends on the weather could get 1 more in if it stays cold.
I'm wondering the same thing???
WorkHardPlayHrd
Active member
Sometimes being a farmer sucks!!! The cows get angry when we leave, or the machinery. The farm decided it liked the kids this past weekend though, and things went smooth for a whole two days. The kids didn't even fight. Maybe we should leave more often.
ICT Sledder
Active member
(bit of a novel below...)
Some guys on here have pretty sweet gigs, in the context of paid time off. Surprising, considering the US is close to dead last in the developed world when it comes to employer vacation time. We're actually the only first world country that doesn't require a minimum paid time off. Most of Europe is 20-30 days, as a base requirement. Make of all of that you will I guess. I'm hesitant to say the government should be compelling employers to give out vacation through force of law, but it would be nice if US employers increased vacation time on their own accord. Even if it were like X days paid time off and Y days unpaid (but allowable) time off.
My first job out of college about 15 years ago was two weeks off annually until the 15th year when it increased to a whopping three weeks, and that was it. Five sick days (which you had better be sick to use at that employer), and five holidays. Heck just taking a little time around Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Years to visit family I burned through half of my annual allotment. It sucked, and that was at a salaried, professional type job - paid time off can obviously be even worse on the blue collar side, as I've seen through the eyes of my grandfathers, Dad, and brother.
When the so-called Great Recession killed off that job I transitioned to a different career that allows me to work for myself from a home office. Never ever, ever going to go back to being someone else's employee again, even if the rug is pulled out from under me and I have to start a lawn mowing/snow plowing business, home remodeling gig, or something more hands-on. Office jobs with crappy paid time off (or the inability to use what you have) are like being incarcerated but you get to go home every night. I take somewhere around 5-6 weeks (25-30 working days) of time off these days, but obviously it's not paid. That's fine with me, and better than the alternative.
Work to live, not live to work, I guess I'd say.
Some guys on here have pretty sweet gigs, in the context of paid time off. Surprising, considering the US is close to dead last in the developed world when it comes to employer vacation time. We're actually the only first world country that doesn't require a minimum paid time off. Most of Europe is 20-30 days, as a base requirement. Make of all of that you will I guess. I'm hesitant to say the government should be compelling employers to give out vacation through force of law, but it would be nice if US employers increased vacation time on their own accord. Even if it were like X days paid time off and Y days unpaid (but allowable) time off.
My first job out of college about 15 years ago was two weeks off annually until the 15th year when it increased to a whopping three weeks, and that was it. Five sick days (which you had better be sick to use at that employer), and five holidays. Heck just taking a little time around Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Years to visit family I burned through half of my annual allotment. It sucked, and that was at a salaried, professional type job - paid time off can obviously be even worse on the blue collar side, as I've seen through the eyes of my grandfathers, Dad, and brother.
When the so-called Great Recession killed off that job I transitioned to a different career that allows me to work for myself from a home office. Never ever, ever going to go back to being someone else's employee again, even if the rug is pulled out from under me and I have to start a lawn mowing/snow plowing business, home remodeling gig, or something more hands-on. Office jobs with crappy paid time off (or the inability to use what you have) are like being incarcerated but you get to go home every night. I take somewhere around 5-6 weeks (25-30 working days) of time off these days, but obviously it's not paid. That's fine with me, and better than the alternative.
Work to live, not live to work, I guess I'd say.
after 20 yrs on the job my company gave us 5 weeks ,(plud 4 personal days , so can be 6 weeks I guess) BUT a week off was 12 days due to the way things rolled out, so if I did things right I could squeeze 60+ days off with pay
BUT while out of work on a work injury my company decided to leave the country, SO I now have every day off, just minus the pay LOL
and the injury has mostly kept me from finding a new job,a s can only work very limited
even riding sleds is a lot of pain, but like we all know, pain while having fun is always better than pain while working HAHA!
BUT while out of work on a work injury my company decided to leave the country, SO I now have every day off, just minus the pay LOL
and the injury has mostly kept me from finding a new job,a s can only work very limited
even riding sleds is a lot of pain, but like we all know, pain while having fun is always better than pain while working HAHA!
POLARISDAN
New member
8 weeks in da yoop!!!
snobuilder
Well-known member
I'm taking a sick day tomarow....totally legit