MAKING IT WORK Zach Evans:
Zach’s Transmission
and 4X4 LLC,
Longmont, Colorado
either they take on a shop as a busi- ness opportunity, or they start out on the bench, turning wrenches. Of the two, the second path is the far more common. Zach Evans was one such busi-
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ness owner. Zach started out in much the same way as a lot of technicians. He loved fixing things, so he took auto repair courses at a tech school near his home in Durango, Colorado. After he graduated, the school helped find Zach a position at a local shop. Zach started out at the bottom as
an R&R tech and worked his way up. And, like most technicians, he moved around a bit. At one point he worked for ATRA President Jim Rodd. After 17 years, he’d risen through every posi- tion available in a transmission repair shop and was working as a rebuilder/ diagnostician. And he was very well respected in that capacity. That’s when he had “the moment.”
Those of you who followed a similar path know “the moment”: That’s when you find yourself asking, “Why am I spending all my time making my bosses rich? I should open my own shop and make it for myself!” [Stop snickering — you know you had “the moment” too!] So he took the plunge. Zach started small, working out
of his home garage, doing a few jobs while still bringing home a paycheck from his regular gig. Finally he decided he was ready, so he rented a shop in Longmont — a small town just north of Denver — and opened the doors of
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here are basically two ways that people start out in the transmission repair business:
by Rodger Bland
members.atra.com www.atra.com
Zach Evans, Owner
GEARS May/June 2010
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