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skinrider440
02-07-2003, 11:31 AM
i have cattle that i raise and sell. I have about 80 or so head of cows and a couple bulls.

These are two I will be selling in march. Should get about $2,000 each for these two.

Stevie-D
02-07-2003, 11:35 AM
im a janitor in the summer
i get a a nice tax return in april tho

Glow Plug
02-07-2003, 11:36 AM
mines called my parents check book lmao lol i usally don't put any money into my bike :eek:

DEAL
02-07-2003, 11:38 AM
I don't have a job but I try to pay for a much as I can with my limited income.
I like buying things myself rather than having my parents buy it for me , tho they did buy me the quad.

Moto92
02-07-2003, 11:42 AM
im a male prostitute

lil400exman
02-07-2003, 11:49 AM
land surveyor i specialize on robotic systems and construction stanking and grading ;)

HondaRancherES
02-07-2003, 12:02 PM
Babysitter

Chanman420q
02-07-2003, 12:06 PM
I pay for my quads... As far as parts, my dad usually pitxhes in to make it run if something brakes or i absolutely need something, like my tires, but as far as like axles, exausts etc i gotta pay for it.

rookiex
02-07-2003, 12:13 PM
Sponsors,mom and dad,work

QuadTrix6
02-07-2003, 12:16 PM
i own a bread route, i work 7 days a week and have 4 days off a year :( i just hired this guy to work sundays so i will be giving up some money but its worth a day off :D

nuttynewt
02-07-2003, 12:21 PM
I bootleg corn whiskey, steal hubcaps, and spend my weekends rolling unsuspecting drunks leaving the local saloon. And in the summer, I kill groundhogs, muskrats and such, and sell them to really old blind people as tame rabbits.

This winter, I was really hard up for some cash, and I took the aluminum siding off my house trailer and sold it to the scrap yard.

skinrider440
02-07-2003, 12:26 PM
Originally posted by nuttynewt
I bootleg corn whiskey, steal hubcaps, and spend my weekends rolling unsuspecting drunks leaving the local saloon. And in the summer, I kill groundhogs, muskrats and such, and sell them to really old blind people as tame rabbits.

This winter, I was really hard up for some cash, and I took the aluminum siding off my house trailer and sold it to the scrap yard.

rotflmao Hey get me some moonshine

FourFiftyFour
02-07-2003, 12:55 PM
I worked as a computer graphics designer for quite a while and I saved my entire paychecks for a quad.. I didnt even buy a soda or grab somethin to eat with my paychecks...I finally bought my quad and then a week after, I got laid off, now im trying to do graphics design at home until I can find a job

NTPRacing#19
02-07-2003, 02:06 PM
i work in the excavation feild and play on loaders and excavators and bulldosers all day

2fastandfurious
02-07-2003, 02:15 PM
FireFighter/Paramedic, I do some quad and car repairs as well as farm work on my hours off.

02-07-2003, 02:23 PM
I knock off ice cream trucks..:huh











I manage Computer networks actually...:D

L.Vegas400
02-07-2003, 02:36 PM
i defend the rights of each and every one of you, day in and day out, if you really think about it, you guys pay for my stuff:blah

sportraxrider10
02-07-2003, 02:41 PM
in the summer i'm a landscaper with my uncle and in the winter i'm a lazy @$$:blah

A4StrokeGuy
02-07-2003, 02:42 PM
Full time golf coarse ground dept. and work at home on the farm when i'm not mowing grass. I pulled in over 10k this year, not to bad for a 18 year old :eek:

Jordan

MSL
02-07-2003, 02:47 PM
i defend the rights of each and every one of you, day in and day out, if you really think about it, you guys pay for my stuff

Well worth the price.
Thanks for what you do for us ;)

ROGERS
02-07-2003, 03:03 PM
My income pays the bills, My wifes income pays for my racing habit!:devil

nismo
02-07-2003, 03:08 PM
in the summer i mow lawns and cut down trees but i am only 15 and make at least $1000 a summer it helped me buy my X and fix it many many times(not the best way to spend it would rather put more mods on it):ermm:

DGR Designs
02-07-2003, 03:33 PM
nothing yet. but come june 13th (my 16th bday) im being forced to take over payments of my quad no matter what. job or no job. if i cant pay, i lose it. but i have a job workin at a quad dealership lined up for when that day comes

trx400ex
02-07-2003, 03:46 PM
Buying cows.
Selling cows.

Rip_Tear
02-07-2003, 04:02 PM
I work all summer, and occationally during the year.

pharm
02-07-2003, 05:06 PM
well i have a little drug bisness in my school and i get plenty of money for that to not have to work hard hours but it dose get old runing from the dare officer.

yellowex01
02-07-2003, 05:17 PM
I own a flooring company ..

chavez
02-07-2003, 05:45 PM
I knock off ice cream trucks..

hey RICO that last truck have some people in it heading north from the border? My cousins are late for dinner and i was just wondering LOL

I am a construction site manager for a mechanical contractor. HVAC/PLUMBING

this is a cool tread by the way

AlaskaSpeed
02-07-2003, 05:55 PM
I raise cats, pigeons and moose..

BlazingYamahaYz
02-07-2003, 06:01 PM
i work at farms during the summer, work at Ben's house in my off time(his parents pay me to do the work that he is too lazy too:p ) like $7 an hour.......i made enuff last year to buy about $1000 worth of stuff for my bike, $150+ on people at christmas, and still had enought to buy me a new helmet(Niiiiice M2R SX-90) and some food...

02-07-2003, 06:03 PM
i work at a deli:huh

stocktires
02-07-2003, 06:08 PM
work for dad full time in summer, and from 3-5 durning school. I've been working with him for 4 1/2 years now, all is good and so is cash flow.
And when I have the time and need $ I detail cars on the weekend. That normally takes about 8 hours
I've paid for every part on my quad myself!

300exryder
02-07-2003, 06:15 PM
If I want it, I pay for it. I'm only 15, but my parents have never financially aided me in anything since I was 12. I saved $1,200 for a mountain bike, $1,300 for my first quad and $3,000 for my 300ex. After school and Saturday I work at a local nursery; planting cuttings, filling pots, deliveries, and greenhouse maintenance. When people ask me what I do, I just say I plant flowers. ( sounds funny because I'm a big kid and I play football, not the "flowery" type.

luvmyex
02-07-2003, 06:40 PM
I do carpentry work.And with all my other bills its not enough.I might have to start robbing banks:devil

02 Red Rider
02-07-2003, 06:40 PM
I am a Sr. Technical Analyst for a major wireless company = Computer Geek for a cell phone place. LOL:D

z400rider23
02-07-2003, 07:15 PM
State Investigator :D

Chanman420q
02-07-2003, 07:40 PM
Originally posted by z400rider23
State Investigator :D

Like drug busts... :D

CBW
02-07-2003, 08:28 PM
i dont have to pay for mine,,,,,,,,,,i guess ,,,,,,,from what i have been told i dont even have to wipe my own @$$:huh :confused2

z400rider23
02-07-2003, 08:31 PM
Sounds like my kid

killed300ex
02-07-2003, 08:38 PM
full time farmer in th summer lol summer is when i make 9% of my income. lol i put in 50+ hour weeks during the summer lol and i turn 16 on feb 20 this year lol my parents hete me working this much but hey whatever lol. Its pretty sad during the summer they see me for an hour when i wake up and an hour before i go to bed lol. other than that i snowblow some driveways and mow some lawns
killed

BlazingYamahaYz
02-07-2003, 08:38 PM
to mention, i also paid $1100 for my bike, so i had well over $2000 from working in the summer....nto bad for a 13 year old(at the time)...not even the whole summer, like 2 months or so...

killerworm
02-07-2003, 08:40 PM
Well, I'm in the Air Force and now that my quad is almost done being rebuilt...I'm leaving to "fight the war" for a while. The irony is phenominal!! All I want to do is ride my R for the first time and no luck. Work comes first though...damn I hate saying that!!

Mason

Woodsrider
02-07-2003, 09:17 PM
I am a certified Acura technician. So I work on cars on the side, and I dabble in powdercoating on streetrods, ricers and Motorcycles. Latley more and more of the money is coming from pc and less from wrenching:D I hate wrenching:blah

Pappy
02-07-2003, 09:23 PM
hey soggy...if you work at acura...then you sell my batteries:D

Chanman420q
02-07-2003, 09:33 PM
Originally posted by CHRIS WATERS
i dont have to pay for mine,,,,,,,,,,i guess ,,,,,,,from what i have been told i dont even have to wipe my own @$$:huh :confused2

lol lucky

Woodsrider
02-07-2003, 09:40 PM
Originally posted by Pappy
hey soggy...if you work at acura...then you sell my batteries:D

Yep, sure do, but they got our stickers on them;) Best looking battery you got in the warehouse:D

Pappy
02-07-2003, 09:45 PM
lmao...actually the drivers love them because of the flat tops....they can stack a few more batteries on the cart that way:macho

Martin Blair
02-07-2003, 10:12 PM
I find old things arround my house to sell, i dont steel it, just old stuff like my RC plane and car. I do chores arround the house buts thats only 20 a week, im looking into a job at a paintball field near my house.

toby400ex
02-07-2003, 10:25 PM
lawn mowing in the summer and some skid plates here and there:rolleyes: I pay for most everything, but i sometimes get a loan from the parents.

QuAdRaCeR244
02-07-2003, 10:32 PM
My parents buy me my stuff. They say that good behavior, good attitude, and good grades are good enough so they buy the stuff for me.:D

hondaracer31
02-08-2003, 06:57 AM
I own a construction company, pipelines mostly, that pays the bills. I maintain a motocross track in the summer, that pays for racing.

So, I'm a big kid that likes to play in the dirt!:D :macho

DGR Designs
02-08-2003, 07:33 AM
sweet some of you guys have awesome jobs

02-08-2003, 07:44 AM
Originally posted by pharm
well i have a little drug bisness in my school and i get plenty of money for that to not have to work hard hours but it dose get old runing from the dare officer.

Your a drug dealer???? that's nice..:rolleyes: I bet mom and dad are proud..:huh

250x#93
02-08-2003, 08:01 AM
I shovel horse sh*t in the summer at a farm, I also mow lawns and do other odd jobs. All the money I make in the summer go's into my car and quad in the winter:D Now I'm looking for a part time machining job:devil

bigbadbrad
02-08-2003, 08:31 AM
all year round i am am a dish washer. make good money in the summer when the resurant is busy. i also work on farms when there is no snow. and i mow lawns. i used to work at my school as a janatoir wich was good money . i made close to $3000 dolors in 2 and a half years being a janitor. and i wias only 12. i bought my 300ex when i was 14. i paid for it in cash. my parents did not pay one red cent for it. the only things my partents pay for for my atv is parts that i get for my birth day or christmas, gas once in a while, and i loan money form them when i need some parts but aint got no money. i am probally making 4 grand a year. thats pretty good for a 15 year old who does not even have his licence.

oh yeah i frogot. in the fall i get 2 weeks offf from school to work on the farm during potato harvest. i work for 2 weeks. put in close to 150 hours in 2 weeks and make a grand after taxes. so that pays for my parts too.

chad400ex
02-08-2003, 08:55 AM
Hey Soggy, glad to hear you are working again. Last time we rode you weren't. SO, congratulations on the new job!! You got any pictures of stuff you've been powdercoating? I might be interested since you live "fairly" close to me.

I just started my new job (college actually paid off). I'm a structural engineer for Bonneville Power Administration. I design transmission towers, substation structures, etc...

RED121572
02-08-2003, 09:03 AM
I work for a telecommunications installation company. We are contracted by SBC, Sprint, Time Warner just to name a few.

I work all over the freakin place. I live in Ohio and currently work in Chicago during the week. Over the summer, I was in New Jersey for three months. For two years before that, I worked in and all around the Detroit area. I work four ten hour days, so three day weekends are nice.:D

Jay300ex
02-08-2003, 11:18 AM
I have had many jobs, and have never had anyone pay for things for me. Since I was 13 I worked for my dad in his printing factory making $8.00 and hour, during the summer. Now I am almost 18 but I dont make that much, I work at Wendy's because it is most compatible with my school hours, but hey I make $6.65 there and thats not bad. That pays for the quad loan, car insurance, girlfriend, and gas money. I havent bought parts for the quad in like a year because I am saving for college, but I get a lot of income bringing home friend's engines ( dirtbike, atv, motorcycles ) and I fix anything thats wrong with them. That is my talent, and I am going to school for it. Big money =)

Jay

luvmyex
02-08-2003, 05:31 PM
Originally posted by RED121572
I work for a telecommunications installation company. We are contracted by SBC, Sprint, Time Warner just to name a few.

I work all over the freakin place. I live in Ohio and currently work in Chicago during the week. Over the summer, I was in New Jersey for three months. For two years before that, I worked in and all around the Detroit area. I work four ten hour days, so three day weekends are nice.:D
You ever do any work for nortel?They work on sprint alot .you may have worked for a friend of mine.But he's mostly in the southeast

mrusk
02-08-2003, 05:55 PM
Ever since i was 14 (almost 17 now) i had a real mans job, framing houses. I frame all summer and during the school year on days off and on weekends. During the school year i work at a trailer shop. I am shooting for 12k this year.

matt

yellowex01
02-08-2003, 06:44 PM
Originally posted by mrusk
Ever since i was 14 (almost 17 now) i had a real mans job, framing houses. .

matt


So I am assuming by you having a REAL mans job at the old age of 14 you were a goffer?:D

Sparks425Ex
02-08-2003, 06:48 PM
I run a polishing business and pretty much take bakc bottles and cans. It is working for me so far.

RED121572
02-08-2003, 08:25 PM
Originally posted by luvmyex
You ever do any work for nortel?They work on sprint alot .you may have worked for a friend of mine.But he's mostly in the southeast

Ive installed Nortel switches for Sprint, but never actually worked for Nortel.

RED121572
02-08-2003, 08:28 PM
Your shooting for 12K this year? Ugh....I remember those days. :ermm:

But hey, you gotta start somewhere!:D Good luck to ya!

RED

Martin Blair
02-09-2003, 12:09 AM
Originally posted by QuAdRaCeR244
My parents buy me my stuff. They say that good behavior, good attitude, and good grades are good enough so they buy the stuff for me.:D

U suck, this kind of stuff should be outlawed.

CHAR250R
02-09-2003, 10:12 AM
Full time aircraft mechanic, and I'm a plumber, too. Every once and a while when things get tight, I'll knock off the local liquor store for lunch money.

dabombdale
02-09-2003, 10:26 AM
i work at a local motorcycle shop, great discounts :D

ieatglue
02-09-2003, 10:57 AM
i work for the government as a statistic. i draw unemployment ($300 a week for sitting on my @$$ ain't bad) before that i was working construction, laying pipe (great job)

roostin_dale
02-09-2003, 11:47 AM
I Mow Yards, landscaping and crap like that...ive got GREAT pay for a 14 year old, ive been doing it since i was 10 or 11. I make enough a year to buy my quad(+ mods).

I also buy my own speakers and Home theater/audi equiptment.

I actualy dont want my parents to buy my stuff because I like to say I raised the money myself....

nick23
02-09-2003, 12:11 PM
i have sponcres to pay for my ****.....

skinrider440
02-09-2003, 12:16 PM
Originally posted by sponge_bob
i work for the government as a statistic. i draw unemployment ($300 a week for sitting on my @$$ ain't bad) before that i was working construction, laying pipe (great job)


that is what i did too until about a month ago. then pipeline went down the craphole. i still work there and other places. What company did you work for and what size pipe did you lay. We lay from 4" up to 20". did you run equpment or what did you do?

zephead400ex
02-09-2003, 01:03 PM
My mom owns a resturant in our hometown, I worked for her for 4 years as a cook...damn good one too:) Now I work for a company called KeyCreations, Inc. I am an IT Support Technician...and WAYYYYYYY underpaid:) I detail vehicles when I have time - I work full time and go to college full time!

DESDAK4
02-09-2003, 01:07 PM
I build the bombs all those Air Force pilots deliver to anyone who thinks taking the USA on is a good idea:macho

Jay
USAF

3x440ex
02-09-2003, 02:59 PM
all year round i am am a dish washer. make good money in the summer when the resurant is busy. i also work on farms when there is no snow. and i mow lawns. i used to work at my school as a janatoir wich was good money . i made close to $3000 dolors in 2 and a half years being a janitor. and i wias only 12. i bought my 300ex when i was 14. i paid for it in cash. my parents did not pay one red cent for it. the only things my partents pay for for my atv is parts that i get for my birth day or christmas, gas once in a while, and i loan money form them when i need some parts but aint got no money. i am probally making 4 grand a year. thats pretty good for a 15 year old who does not even have his licence.
Good for you kid!!!;) my sons 12 now and i think i'll put him to work with me this summer washing houses.....i tried working him when he was 10 but all wanted to do was play his game boy :rolleyes: he's a good kid though.......even though his mother spoiles him rotten.

300exQuadracer
02-09-2003, 03:58 PM
i get up at 6 in the morning and do chores every day, and make a little money from that, i work at my dads auto shop, but most the time its just helpin out on the farm as a hired hand and i love being able to say that i bought my quad all by myself and my rents havent put a single cent into it and i`m proud for the fact that i tore the whole thing down this winter, got it powdercoated and put it all back together the right way all by myself! not bad for only being 16 huh

ieatglue
02-09-2003, 04:31 PM
Originally posted by skinrider440
that is what i did too until about a month ago. then pipeline went down the craphole. i still work there and other places. What company did you work for and what size pipe did you lay. We lay from 4" up to 20". did you run equpment or what did you do?


i worked for ECI out of garden city KS. we laid from 2" up to 36" pipe. i ran trenchers, trac hoes, back hoes, and dozers. i wasn't to bad but they sent me to MN for the winter to work and it is too cold up there for me.

3x440ex
02-09-2003, 04:33 PM
you should be proud of yourself......there's too many kids now adays that just want to sit back and let mom and dad pay for everything...it's good sighn that you're gonna go somewhere in life...

stocktires
02-09-2003, 09:20 PM
I started working full-time during the summer when I was 11. To get a kid motivated, just show them the power of the dollar (tell him to start buying his own toys, lol). I bought my own 300ex when I was 12, then my 250r right b4 i turned 14 and after 2 years of working on it I now have a mint national mx race ready quad all to myself.

If you want something bad enough, you will find a way to get $

cjpoole1
02-09-2003, 09:28 PM
communication technicain

TheChknhwk
02-10-2003, 08:01 AM
telecommunications technician.... test & repair dsl circuits & T1's... DSLAMS, copper loop testers, Ciscos, routing & switching, blah, blah, blah... Anyone have any telecom connections in Michigan let me know - I'm looking to change companies:D

Hawk

exriderdude
02-10-2003, 08:09 AM
i pull tits:blah

300exQuadracer
02-10-2003, 01:35 PM
Originally posted by exriderdude
i pull tits:blah

dairy farmer??

bigbadbrad
02-10-2003, 06:15 PM
thanks 3x440ex
i dont mind working because it is beter then sitting around and doing nothing. and also you learn stuff from working that u dont learn in school

TRXMaddness
02-10-2003, 06:47 PM
I pay for my quad by defending our country. I have been stationed here in Virginia Beach at a Master Jet Base called NAS Oceana, which holds the largest and some of the fastest jets known to man. The great part is watching and hearing about the targets that were hit on the missions that our pilots drop those bombs.

anywhereEx
02-10-2003, 08:19 PM
I SPEND YOUR MONEY:huh Nearly a unlimited budget of taxpayers money.

Oh and I used to work with the gay guy that posted the last post:confused2 Sorry Russ I had to:o

spliffy
02-11-2003, 03:11 PM
I'm A General Manager At A Printing Company.

exriderdude
02-11-2003, 03:17 PM
Originally posted by 300exQuadracer
dairy farmer??


yup:D

TRXMaddness
02-11-2003, 03:19 PM
I see how it is... LOL

It's all good though. I'm proud to serve my country just sick of this f***ing squadron.

DirtDiggler
02-11-2003, 03:32 PM
Truck Driver............joy

300exQuadracer
02-11-2003, 04:53 PM
Originally posted by exriderdude
yup:D

good deal i know all about that stuff!! i help a dairy farmer out in the summer when they go on vacation