Newly retired from GM HD truck plant in Flint

47? not even in your prime yet :).

I admire Keith and others like him, enjoying retirement (y)
Me too. I was retirement eligible years ago, but hung on to bank more savings. Calling it quits in six or eight months — and hoping I don’t come to regret working the extra years.
 

Me too. I was retirement eligible years ago, but hung on to bank more savings. Calling it quits in six or eight months — and hoping I don’t come to regret working the extra years.
I am 59 and have been on the assembly line for 30 years. Don’t care how good of a job you have. Not a pleasant place to be. The last 15 years I drove off the end of final assembly. Spent 10 minutes with truck doing alignment and roll testing. Walk back and do it again. About 18,000 steps per day, no joke. Looking forward to the next chapter. ✌️
 

I am 59 and have been on the assembly line for 30 years. Don’t care how good of a job you have. Not a pleasant place to be. The last 15 years I drove off the end of final assembly. Spent 10 minutes with truck doing alignment and roll testing. Walk back and do it again. About 18,000 steps per day, no joke. Looking forward to the next chapter. ✌️
This is why I love forums, get to chat with members from all walks of life, each with different perspectives about fun, work and life. So much fun here, being part of this GMC AT4 Forum family.

18,000 steps per day, wow! I'd need to run over ten miles a day to do that, I may at best manage a 4-6 miles run on a working day, time and weather permitting. I feel so guilty not having run or biked as much as planned this year; this darn GMC truck sucked up a lot of my time LOL

Working in factories is hard work for sure; having previously owned several electronics manufacturing plants in other countries, I know assembly line work is repetitive, however, despite being an owner, I worked hard and long hours, usually onsite, being an example to thousands of workers in the plants.

I'm significantly older (than you Keith), well past retirement age, however, love what I do, its mentally challenging, and I intend to continue working as long as my brain cells keep functioning. Now, being a self employed technology consultant/contractor, has its pros and cons; pros are great $ when you have a contract, cons are 0$ between contracts, no unemployment pay etc. In my line of work, technology jobs are extremely competitive, I need to continually strive to be better than the best to attract clients with deep pockets. I thank the lord for being so kind to me.
 

Congrats on retirement. My Father in law did 35 years at Linden.
People don't have any idea how hard that assembly line job is on the mind and body. I did it for six weeks, then quit and went back to erecting buildings.
If anyone asks me what it was like I tell them to open there silverware drawer, take out 4pcs, close drawer, open drawer, put pieces back in, close drawer. Now repeat once a minute for Exactly 8 HRS. Taking exactly 15 min for coffee, 30 min for lunch and bathroom breaks. Try that for 30 years.
 

Thank for letting me join. Newly retired from GM HD truck plant in Flint. My family and I walked a 2024 AT4 3500 HD , volcanic red crew diesel down the line. Clean build sheet at the end and have had no problems. Will be pulling a gooseneck trailer in the future.
Welcome to the group, Post some pics.
 

Welcome to the group, Post some pics.
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Congrats on retirement. It will take 2 or 3 months for it to settle in. Sweet truck and welcome to forum.
 

Congratulations on your retirement! Also thanks for building my truck, I couldn't be happier with it.
You must have seen some major changes on the line in the past 30 years.
Did you build the topkicks and Kodiaks in flint back in the 90s?
 

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