Collision repair technician(bodyman) here. Been doing it 12 yrs and am currently looking to do something else. The money is pretty darn good for no harder than I really have to work, but Im only 33 and already have back problems, and I dont want to be the 50 yr old grumpy body man with a bad back and shot knees. Dont know what it is about bodymen/mechanics, but most that I have worked with who are over 45yr old are some of the most grumpy and miserable SOB's I have ever had to work with.
TNHillbilly, my best friend runs CNC for Baker/Hughes here in Tulsa OK, and he works third shift, and he makes $28/hr. I see ads all day long round here for CNC guys at $22-23/hr.
i yoused to be a truck mechanic that wasn't so bad then i went to mitsubishi motors car shop as service manager i was 23 at the time grumpy miserable staff grizzling customers ah'''' i left and broght a farm
