Is it worth is to become a diesel mechanic still?

We had a great little shop at the 50 truck Milk hauling facility I worked at .

Every mechanic in there was a pissed off hard headed hating life kind of guy.

I worked in the body shop for a year at a Pontiac dealership 38 years ago .

i know me and the head painter were making bank so we were happy and smiling . Others in the body shop doing body work not so much.

But they were still not as unpleasant as the mechanics doing warranty work .

Number one reason I would never get a brand new vehicle and risk it having to go into the shop to have some underpaid mechanic rip into it to find a mystery problem. .

Where do you live ?


My next profession is going to be a boat surveyor , $5000 course to get accredited for insurance and a couple years to build the business.


Boats are selling like Hot Apple pie at the fair. Every 4 years or any sale they need a $20 a foot inspection/survey.

Look into it. If you have more questions PM me.

 

My next business is tuck-pointing. Unlimited bricks around here and half of them look like arse! Tiny start up cost and craigslist ad and bam!

 

There is a HUGE shortage of workers for any repair vocation, dealers simply can't find qualified people. Trucks, in their current makeup, ( not these flaky electric jobs) will be around for years to come, and a better job, I doubt you'll find. Today, I think there's very little self diagnosis, and are basically, a "parts replacer", and modern shops have all the gear to make repairs a snap. No more balancing transmissions or rear axle carriers on your chest. It's one of the few aspects of trucking today I say, go for it.

 

Also don’t forget about the industrial side and or heavy equipment. Always a need for heavy equipment mechanics. But you better be ready to be well rounded, hydraulics, electrical, welding, as well as engines, different types of transmissions.
Lots of specialty tools and lots of money for the tools. But you can make good money. If you go that route after a few years of rebuilding hydraulics, electrical diag. Go on a service truck hours will be long and you will be sore and tired but the $$$$$$$ is often really good. Especially when on a Saturday night a dozer blows a hydraulic motor and has to be up by Sunday morning. $$$$$$$$$$$. All the way to the bank. Just food for thought
But as mentioned before don’t do it on a whim. Like any career it takes time and patience to gain the skills needed to be good at your chosen craft. Some have it some don’t. Same as driving a truck.

 

Youve got a better easier path to 100k home every night?

As you are, i dont want you near my truck, "i want the easiest thing i can do" go answer phones if lifyifting a receiver wont strain your arm

Absolutely no one that's good at their job got at that way only doing things that were easy

 

I dont know about easily........

Some would say its only tad bit harder than driving? TIC

 

Yeah that was poorly worded. I meant not working 14 hour days and for week/s away from home and your family at a time.

Around here good mechanics are looked at as the super hot girl in high school that everyone wanted to know and take to prom. lol

 

Get a taste of heavy equipment and you'll never want to touch a truck ever again lol.

 

Nothing like repacking a cylinder on the back of your service in the snow with a ####ing gland nut seized

 

I grew up fixing trucks and spent my first year as a mechanic on trucks. Got that first taste of heavy equipment and haven't touched a truck since.