Make Trades Great Again

The guys are back in the studio (their garages lol) for a bonus episode talking about an email sent in from a listener.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email

How to set your rates, pay yourself and save for the future.  The guys are regrouping after some family time away from the daily grind. Here is a rerun of one of the most talked about topics in our 100+ episodes.  There are countless books, videos and experts who can teach this subject, we are not any of those but we have done it ourselves. If you want to listen to a couple small business owners t...

Eric and Andy chat about getting tips as a mechanical contractor, do you get them and should it be expected? Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email

Part 2 of the Apprentice pods episode from a year ago for you enjoyment while Eric and Andy spend a little time away with family.  Enjoy! Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email

More after hours talk but this time Andy's custy is trying to buy his loyalty. Would you take the $100?  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email

The guys are out this week but we wanted to revisit one of our most downloaded episodes. A year ago Chad joined us as we talked about the next generation of apprentices and how things are changing in the trades.  Training today's youth has evolved in ways we probably didn't expect. The controversial "Apprentice Pod" concept, first talked about here on the MTGA podcast was intro...

Andy shares a story of a customer offering up cash to the first tech onsite for an after hours call.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email

Eric and Andy talk with Matt about the the Building Trades program at Taylorville high school in Taylorville, Ill.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email

Eric gets a call in the middle of the night.... Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email

We're looking back on some of our most downloaded episodes this week. Episode #6 "The Greatest Journeyman" is in the top three for listened to by our awesome audience so we thought why not take a look back, see if we could expand on the topic of what it takes to be a great journeyman.  Or what it takes to be a bad journeyman...either way we hope you enjoy this episode and thanks to...

Eric and Andy discuss a listeners email.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email

Eric and Andy talk about dealing with customers who have houses full of things.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email

Ditch the canvas and denim. There are so many types of work clothing you should be looking into. If you're interested you can use Eric's Truewerk discount code:MECHANICAL15 to save a little bit of dough. Those Carhartt pants, were they your dad's?  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas...

By request: What's your guys' thoughts on visible tattoos and service techs? The guys invite Chad back to talk about service workers and face tattoos. The conversation is extended out into the IG universe to hear from some friends in different trades as well. In the end we learn that Andy's nana needs some welding done at her house and Chad is way into Starter hats. Ugh, its a long...

Eric and Andy answer a listeners question about training and where to find more information.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email

The boys discuss a listeners question of how much is too much to charge.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email

Its harder than ever to get a sweet set of wheels these days but Andy figured it out. Have you!  Covid has killed the buzz on vehicle buying. Whats our there? Not a whole damn lot that's for sure. Andy takes us thru the quickest way to get a new cargo van during the pandemic.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feed...

A few weeks ago Eric cut he cord with one business software used for marketing, scheduling and overall operations only to be bombarded with questions about 'which software did he dump? The guys talk what these types of softwares can do and what they don't do in the 99th episode of MTGA. Send your topic ideas and questions to Andy or Eric via Instagram to either @mick_plumb or @mechanical...

Eric and Andy record live at AHR 2022 in Las Vegas with @georgetheplumber & @alan_carlson.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email

Eric and Andy talk about a couple things they do to help get through a monotonous task.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email

Are you into resolutions? We aren't but in this bonus episode we break down some methods for setting yourself up for success when setting goals.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit...

The plumbing & HVAC industries continue to evolve and this week the guys are talking about a brand new gas piping material coming to North America, PEXALGAS.  Can the trades adapt to changing codes, new materials and tools? Or are there always going to be those who resist? Is there a place in the HVAC & Plumbing industries for pex gas piping?  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a...

Eric and Andy talk about a few things they are looking forward to in the new year.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb Newsletter sign up: https://bit.ly/MH_email

Eric and Andy answer a Brad Klevin (sorry if I butchered the spelling!) in regards to rural supply chain, how do you deal with the day to day issues of getting materials in a rural area.  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feedback or topic ideas over on our social channels! Eric Aune @mechanicalhub Andy Mickelson @mick_...

A listener wrote in asking the guys about smoking or chewing on a new build or remodel job, what their thoughts are on the subject.  Both Eric & Andy are former tobacco users and had quite a bit to say about it, thanks to Kirk Mitchell @grizzlykirks for the topic and question!  Text the guys your ideas & feedback! Get a free 2 hour online course at www.propane.com/hybrid  Send us your feed...