Sweat & Grime

It's been 3 weeks since we've been on the microphones and we come back with a bang! We had a great time talking to Greg Johnson, owner of Pete Black Plumbing. We discuss what it's like having a career in the plumbing trade along with a variety of non related topics.

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Sweat & Grime is a podcast created for the skilled trades, hosted by the skilled trades. Bryan is a free lance heavy equipment operator and content creator, Rick is an owner/operator of an excavation business, and Matt is a general contractor.

Luke and Luke, hosts of the Dirt Bags Podcast join us this week to discuss everything from running a dirt company, to marketing, to website development, and SEO.

Luke Eggebraaten is the owner of Phaser Marketing and Luke Payne is the owner of Black Iron Dirt. They created the Dirt Bags Podcast to shed more light on the dirt world and skilled trades men and women.

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Sweat & Grime is a podcast created for the skilled trades, hosted by the skilled trades. Bryan is a free lance heavy equipment operator and content creator, Rick is an owner/operator of an excavation business, and Matt is a general contractor.

This week we speak with one of our local contacts, Mandy Sabo, a Power Systems Inside Quote Representative at Michigan CAT. We know Mandy because she was the rental coordinator who we got a lot of our equipment through over the past few years. On this episode we discuss her career change and her history in the skilled trades.

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Sweat & Grime is a podcast created for the skilled trades, hosted by the skilled trades. Bryan is a free lance heavy equipment operator and content creator, Rick is an owner/operator of an excavation business, and Matt is a general contractor.

This week we speak with one of Matt's old friends from when he was a superintendent. Safety Dan joins us to talk about job site safety and how it has changed through the years. We also discuss what it takes to become a certified safety trainer. Dan is now the Safety Director at L.S. Brinker.

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Sweat & Grime is a podcast created for the skilled trades, hosted by the skilled trades. Bryan is a free lance heavy equipment operator and content creator, Rick is an owner/operator of an excavation business, and Matt is a general contractor.

This week we hang with Totton's friend, Peter Flint, who is a surveyor up in Alaska. We dive into some interesting projects he's helping on as well as discuss what it is like surveying in the wilderness.

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Sweat & Grime is a podcast created for the skilled trades, hosted by the skilled trades. Bryan is a free lance heavy equipment operator and content creator, Rick is an owner/operator of an excavation business, and Matt is a general contractor.

This week we spend some time with the star of The Dockman. Jerry Wilson discusses how he got into the dock and seawall space from his landscaping background.

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Sweat & Grime is a podcast created for the skilled trades, hosted by the skilled trades. Bryan is a free lance heavy equipment operator and content creator, Rick is an owner/operator of an excavation business, and Matt is a general contractor.

Join us this week as Dylan and Justin with VanGordon Land Solutions discuss some of the in's and out's of land clearing. We had a great time with these guys and went a little long!

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Sweat & Grime is a podcast created for the skilled trades, hosted by the skilled trades. Bryan is a free lance heavy equipment operator and content creator, Rick is an owner/operator of an excavation business, and Matt is a general contractor.

This week we are joined by Cesar Alcala, a 20 year old junior superintendent. He gives us some insight into what it's like running a crew of people older than himself and some of the challenges he faces. He also gives us a window into what it's like working full time while getting his construction management degree.

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Sweat & Grime is a podcast created for the skilled trades, hosted by the skilled trades. Bryan is a free lance heavy equipment operator and content creator, Rick is an owner/operator of an excavation business, and Matt is a general contractor.

This week we had the privilege of having FAE in studio along with their company spokesman, Edwin McCain. We had a great time interviewing these guys about their business as well as Edwin's personal land management company.

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Sweat & Grime is a podcast created for the skilled trades, hosted by the skilled trades. Bryan is a free lance heavy equipment operator and content creator, Rick is an owner/operator of an excavation business, and Matt is a general contractor.

This week we had a great time chatting with Lorne Beauregard with Beauregard Excavation. We spent some time discussing some of the recent economic developments and how they will impact the industry over the next 6-12 months. From there we just have a good time getting to know Lorne.

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Sweat & Grime is a podcast created for the skilled trades, hosted by the skilled trades. Bryan is a free lance heavy equipment operator and content creator, Rick is an owner/operator of an excavation business, and Matt is a general contractor.