Certified Wrench Podcast

On this weeks episode I take a drive to my buddy's house to do a podcast in his shop and to hangout and shoot the sh!t. We discuss his background, from working in dealerships to getting out on his own and starting his business. Spencer is a linebore machinist and is learning the day to day struggles and accomplishments of starting a new business and it is great to watch him grow! Hope everyone enj...

On this weeks episode we take the podcast to Australia! the wife and I are joined by Scott "Scruff Dog" Jackson, Scruff is a John Deere construction field tech and we dive into a little bit of everything in this episode form service trucks, pay rates, difference is currency and kilometers to miles and a little bit of tool talk. The wife and I learned quite a bit from this episode and glad we got t...

On this weeks episode we are joined by Kheldon Stapley and we call him "The Rambler" because, well.. just listen to the episode and you will understand! All jokes aside, Kheldon is a CAT technician out of Utah that has recently gone to the dark side and joined us in the field service side of the trade. Kheldon is also known for his major following on his "Ravenlocke13" Instagram page with almost 9...

On this weeks episode we had some technical difficulties with the original episode so we pushed Josh's episode a week forward! In this episode we talk about his military career in the Marines and how that got him into the heavy equipment trade, we also talk what he's doing now and hobbies and how we hate tools and working on stuff in our free time. Super cool laid back episode, hope y'all enjoy!

On this weekends episode we did not have time to schedule a guest due to being on call, so I went solo and talked about stuff that I listen to day to day and also talk about a couple personal life things and give my opinion on some topics. Hope y'all enjoy this short episode and be ready for upcoming episodes!

On this weeks episode I have my wife on as my on as my cohost and together we talk to Mike Castro. Mike is a local union field technician who works on crew trucks and other equipment in Hollywood for the sets of movies and tv shows. We talk about new technician, helpers, his type on work etc. This was a fun episode and learned a lot about an industry that we didn't even know existed! Hope y'all en...

On this weeks episode we changed it up and I am joined by Trent Norton and Travis "Buda" Glenn again and our weekly guest is Carlos Nunez. Carlos is a friend of mine that came down here to Texas from Oklahoma and he is a John Deere AG field tech that went through the Deere tech program and we talk a bit about that, service trucks, tools and footwear. With this group podcast things were slightly al...

On this weeks episode I am joined by Mrs. Certified as my cohost and we are joined on the phone by Myranda Carter. On this episode, we discuss what led a former pageant girl to start turning a wrench and her journey to becoming a technician. Myranda is the first female technician that we have hosted on the Podcast and we hope to be joined by more in the future as it is apparent that she was able t...

On this weeks episode I am joined by Wade Bohde, he is the owner operator of the newer business Freedom Field Service. On this episode we dive into being a new business owner and the politics of starting a business and the pros and cons. We discuss where he started, experience, tools and much more. Wade is rising fast with his company and has been doing great his first year and we are glad to be p...

On this weeks episode I am joined by one of my best friends "Buda". We discuss how he started and where he's at now and little random stories in between from our past, we also discuss service truck organization, service trucks, tools and more. This episode was just more of a laid back and shoot the sh!t buddies type episode to make up for our last episode that we tried to record while having a few...

This weeks episode we are joined by TJ Woodland AKA Mr. Blackfoot of Blackfoot Mechanical LLC out of Austin TX. We discuss his background, college, underwater diving career and his current career working out in the oil fields of west Texas and the difficulties of being away from home. We talk tools and trucks including his new service truck that requires a CDL and the obstacles that come with obta...

On this weeks episode we have Mrs. Certified Wrench (aka Kate McCormack) joining us. This week we talk how she got to where she is today, pay raises, how to deal with difficult customers and also how to manage working as a field technician and being the wife to a field technician. We are hoping to have more females in the trade join us and give some insight on their day to day life as a field tech...

On this weeks episode I am joined by my buddy Tim "Skeeter" Gentry, He is a field technician at the local caterpillar dealer here in north Texas. We discuss how he got into the industry and where he's at now, we talk about his take on certain machines, dealership talk and much more. We also dive into a dark time in his career that came out pretty positive in the end! Hope y'all enjoy this episode....

On this weeks episode I am joined over the phone by Zeth Key, Zeth is a Deere Ag technician based in Illinois and has an awesome youtube channel known as ZK Mastertech. Zeth and I linked up and we discuss how he started the youtube channel and the tough times at the beginning, we also discuss other topics about the industry, he shares a crazy story and we just have a good time sitting back and tal...

On this weeks episode I am joined by Trent Norton again in person and we bring on Chris Hadley of Hadley's Field Service in Salt Lake City UT. We discuss being an independent company owner and the ups and downs, employees and how hard it is to find qualified technicians, tool talk and more. Chris also is featured in the Certified Wrench cover art. I do apologize for the phone cutting out in certai...

On this weeks episode of Certified wrench I am joined by a buddy Antonio Martinez and we talk about how we met, old times, Antonios history and his opinion on schooling and other stuff in the trade. I really enjoyed sitting and talking with him and hope we can hang out again! Hope y'all enjoy!!

In this episode I am joined by my friend Kyle Rowe and we discuss how he got where he got where he is in his career and he give his opinions on certain topics in the industry. I do apologize for the shorter episode and horse voice, I have picked up the ick thats going around!

Episode 2 I have my good friend Trent Norton on and we talk about how we met and how he ended up in the field service industry. We go through a couple different suggested topic and give our opinions on them and our experiences with situations also a couple stories, thanks for tuning in!

Welcome to Life of a Field Tech with Colton McCormack! On this very first episode I have my wife join me and we sit and talk a bit about how I ended up being a field technician and how we both ended up together in Texas. Shout out to Chris Hadley of Hadley's Field Service and Wade Bohde of Freedom Field Service for the permission to use their photos on our cover art.