I graduated last year from a vocational school for diesel mechanics and I plan on attending college in the near future for diesel mechanics. I just recently drove up to Ohio Technical College over the weekend with my friend and checked the place out. The rep was very nice and showed us all that we wanted to see and overall it looks as though one could obtain a very good education there. The only things I didn't like about the school was it seemed like it was to small and everything was kind of crammed and their heavy equipment training was not as big as I had hoped. Also, a handful of the instructors and employees were not that friendly. And lastly, those Cleveland roads sure are rough and tight.
I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with this school or any other. I want to go check out some other places but I'm not sure where to start. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated but please give me a reason and not just a name with a bunch of exclamations. I would like to head more in the direction of heavy equipment instead of trucks but anywhere with a mix would be fine. I just don't want to spend 30k-40k on a school when I can find somewhere else better suited for me. Thanks for any help!

 

Have you ever took a tour to northwestern up there in lima ohio.
click on this http://www.unoh.edu/
this is what you might be looking for

 

A buddy went to WyoTech in Wyoming and loved it.

Plenty of heavy equipment to work on.

 

I enjoyed my time at WyoTech.
Learned a lot in a fairly short time.

 

Thanks for the replys fellas. I planned on checking out wyotech in blairsville PA for sure but I will also look into northwestern. The only thing that scares me about wyotech is when researching it on the internet I heard many bad things about the way they teach. Several different websites had people claiming it was a joke and they pretty much just handed you something and said it's broke, fix it without any type guidance. But there are always those types out there and I'm sure it's like anywhere else, you get out of it what you put in.

 

Dont get me wrong I am not a recruiter, but have you thought about the service first. You will get hands on training on either equipment or trucks. I would lean towards equipment from your the way you talk. Go in get the services training and get paid while you recieve it. Then when your done take the money that they give you for schooling GI BILL and go get certified to that way you get your training paid for and you get your follow on training paid for as well. You would be alot farther ahead in the long run. I am a Marine by traded have worked on and around equipment pretty much since birth from dairy farm to highway construction to the Marine Corps engineer operator. But I see way too many techs in shops along the roads that have no real life experience behind the wrench. Go get the experience and then get the training on the stuff that escapes you after... thats just my two cents...

 

There is a Wyotech in Pa. also.

 

I have considered the military option before, but I'm just not sure its the right path for me. I mean I'm no drug fiend junkie jailbait or sissy boy don't get me wrong..I guess it's just something I need to look into more. Thanks for the advice!!!

 

I don't know how old you are Blacksmokebro, but Benboonie has a good idea there. A friend is a helicopter mech here in town and that's how he went. Said he never really had to look for a job, once they knew he was ex military he had the job.