Make Trades Great Again
Whether you're a seasoned professional, a newcomer, or simply interested in the trades, the "Make Trades Great Again" podcast offers something for everyone. Our goal is to promote the value of skilled trades, provide essential resources, and build a strong community of passionate individuals.
Industry Insights - Educational Content - Community Stories - Technology in Trades
Tune in now and be part of the movement to make trades great again!
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 354
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
#114 What’s the Tip of the day, To Tip or not to Tip?
Eric and Andy chat about getting tips as a mechanical contractor, do you get them and should it be expected?
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#113 Apprentice pods, part 2, part duex
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!
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#112 It's a trap!
More after hours talk but this time Andy's custy is trying to buy his loyalty. Would you take the $100?
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#111 Apprentice Pods - Revisited
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…
#110 Running for the Benji
Andy shares a story of a customer offering up cash to the first tech onsite for an after hours call.
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#109 Matt Blomquist Build_Learn_Teach
Eric and Andy talk with Matt about the the Building Trades program at Taylorville high school in Taylorville, Ill.
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#108 Bonus - After Hours Calls
Eric gets a call in the middle of the night....
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Eric Aune @mechanicalhub
Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb
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#107 The Greatest Journeyman - Rehashed
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 loo…
#106 Bonus Tattoo Discussion
Eric and Andy discuss a listeners email.
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Andy Mickelson @mick_plumb
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#105 Meeting the challenge
Eric and Andy talk about dealing with customers who have houses full of things.
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#104 Technical Work Wear
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 do…
#103 Face tattoos & Chad
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 univ…
#102 To train or not to train.
Eric and Andy answer a listeners question about training and where to find more information.
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#101 How much is too much?
The boys discuss a listeners question of how much is too much to charge.
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#100 Andy Orders A New Van!
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. And…
#99 Software Struggles
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 w…
#98 Las Vegas Live with George DeJesus & Alan Carlson AHR 2022
Eric and Andy record live at AHR 2022 in Las Vegas with @georgetheplumber & @alan_carlson.
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#97 Make a list
Eric and Andy talk about a couple things they do to help get through a monotonous task.
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Andy Mi…
#96 Bonus - Setting goals for the new year
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.
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#95 PEX Gas Pipe?! What is this stuff?
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, n…