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SOCIAL INFLUENCER
The Flat Rate Master
joins the PTEN team!
Mike Berg, better known as the Flat Rate Master, is being welcomed
to the PTEN family as part of our social influencer partnership.
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PTEN (Professional Tool
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M
ike Berg, who you
may know as the Flat
Rate Master, got into
the auto repair industry out of
necessity, he says.
" I was lower middle class, and I had
to fix my own cars so I could get to work
- and I found that I was good at it, and I
enjoyed it, " he explains.
After graduating from the Carroll Tech
automotive repair program, he repaired
garbage trucks, worked in sales for a couple
equipment manufacturers, and then
spent the rest of his career in automotive
repair shops. Now, he is the shop foreman
at Anthem Automotive in Atlanta.
Throughout his career he always tried
to position himself as a mentor in the shop.
" If the kids are asking questions, I'm
always trying to help them, " he adds.
Five years ago, Berg was watching
YouTube in his spare time, and he saw a
gap in automotive repair industry for video
content. He wanted to create a channel
exclusively for professional technicians
and those training to become one. Other
channels he noticed were catering more to
the DIY segment.
" I saw the need because so many young
kids in this industry come in, and they
don't get the help they need at their shop,
so I started the channel really to help those
kids working in auto repair, " he says.
Berg talks about many different tools
on his YouTube channel and is a selfdescribed
tool junkie.
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" To say I love tools is an understatement, "
he says. " I have two 6' long Matco
toolboxes full, and two roll carts, and some
tools in storage. It's always an obsession of
mine. I'm always trying to find a better and
faster way to do my job. "
Right now, his favorite tools are the
Milwaukee quarter-inch extended reach
electric ratchet; the Launch Tech Throttle
III scan tool; and the Matco quarter-inch
impact swivels.
Berg says the best part about being an
automotive technician is the challenge.
" It's always different; you never know
what you're going to get, " he notes. " You
pull a car in with a check engine light, it's
a bad gas cap, the next one is a communication
problem, so it's always interesting. "
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October 2022
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of October 2022
EDITOR'S NOTE
NEW PRODUCTS
DIAGNOSTIC TECH
TOOL BRIEFING
TOOL REVIEWS
PEOPLE’S CHOICE WINNERS
BEST YOUNG TECH
SOCIAL INFLUENCER
INNOVATION AWARDS PROFILE
CATEGORY SPOTLIGHT
BIG-TIME BOXES
October 2022 - 1
October 2022 - 2
October 2022 - 3
October 2022 - 4
October 2022 - 5
October 2022 - 6
October 2022 - 7
October 2022 - EDITOR'S NOTE
October 2022 - 9
October 2022 - NEW PRODUCTS
October 2022 - RSC1
October 2022 - RSC2
October 2022 - 11
October 2022 - 12
October 2022 - 13
October 2022 - 14
October 2022 - 15
October 2022 - 16
October 2022 - 17
October 2022 - 18
October 2022 - 19
October 2022 - 20
October 2022 - DIAGNOSTIC TECH
October 2022 - 22
October 2022 - 23
October 2022 - 24
October 2022 - 25
October 2022 - 26
October 2022 - 27
October 2022 - TOOL BRIEFING
October 2022 - 29
October 2022 - 30
October 2022 - 31
October 2022 - 32
October 2022 - 33
October 2022 - 34
October 2022 - 35
October 2022 - TOOL REVIEWS
October 2022 - 37
October 2022 - 38
October 2022 - 39
October 2022 - PEOPLE’S CHOICE WINNERS
October 2022 - 41
October 2022 - 42
October 2022 - 43
October 2022 - 44
October 2022 - 45
October 2022 - 46
October 2022 - 47
October 2022 - 48
October 2022 - 49
October 2022 - 50
October 2022 - 51
October 2022 - 52
October 2022 - 53
October 2022 - BEST YOUNG TECH
October 2022 - 55
October 2022 - 56
October 2022 - 57
October 2022 - SOCIAL INFLUENCER
October 2022 - INNOVATION AWARDS PROFILE
October 2022 - CATEGORY SPOTLIGHT
October 2022 - 61
October 2022 - 62
October 2022 - 63
October 2022 - 64
October 2022 - 65
October 2022 - BIG-TIME BOXES
October 2022 - 67
October 2022 - 68
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