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Triple-Turbo 12-Valve Cummins Engine

Tomorrow's Technician

Courtesy of Engine Builder by Evan Laux Mike Martin’s passion for mechanics and tinkering with engines started at an early age. He honed his skills by attending vocational school for auto mechanics and had a shop teacher who owned a Sprint Car, which allowed Mike to tinker with his own streetcar and turn it into a hot rod.

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How Long Does It Take to Be a Diesel Truck Technician?

Arizona Automotive Institute

Diesel Truck Technicians can help keep our economy moving by maintaining, repairing, and diagnosing issues with diesel engines. This equipment can be found in large commercial vehicles such as semi-trucks, school buses, and delivery trucks. How Long Does It Take to Become a Diesel Truck Technician?

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Meet Nick Hummel, B’laster Instructor Of The Year Candidate

Tomorrow's Technician

This wasn’t an altogether altruistic move, because the Jeep was part of a much more complex series of trades between his uncle, a friend, the aforementioned Jeep and a Dodge Dakota pickup truck that Hummel had taken a fancy too. Nick has his Class A CDL but realized truck driving was not the career he wanted.