2019 GMC Sierra, 2019 Chevy Silverado Ft. Wayne Assembly Plant Tour
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
- We get a look at how the new 2019 GMC Sierra and 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 pickups are being built at the Ft. Wayne Assembly Plant joined by GM's Executive Chief Engineer Tim Herrick. Things have changed since the last generation of GM trucks and these new Sierra and Silverado pickups are now being built a little differently.
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If you thought this was cool, check out our video on the Tahara, Japan assembly plant. It is pretty damn cool as well! ruclips.net/video/hC-li_WG3jI/видео.html
My 2003 Silverado was made here. 137K miles west coast rust free good running truck.
Great plant, my dad and I work there
My Sierra was built April 28, 2021. You built a sweetheart of a truck.
I ordered a 1999 Silverado. It was built at Fort Wayne. It had 200.000 trouble free miles when I sold it.
You should have kept it. The 1999-2006 trucks will go down as some of the best ever made. I’m at 300,000 on my ‘05 5.3 with a water pump being the only thing I’ve ever replaced. While million mile ones exist I’ve seen tons with over 400,000 and 500,000 miles. It’s fair to say that they don’t make them like they used to. I wouldn’t touch a newer one. I’m going to keep mine going for as long as I can. I don’t live in a rust prone area
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@@RobertSmith-le8wp 07 classic 278k she's been awesome.
I work in the GM plant that builds the Colorado and the vans. This is exactly what I do for a living.
When i worked for Chrysler St. Louis Assembly Plant...Fenton,Mo. Plant #1 South...We were building 80 Units an hour. Thus, making it the fastest union auto assembly line in the world! Outstanding Video! U.A.W. Local 136
Thanks for this video, I really enjoyed it. I would love to see a 40 min version with more detail. Maybe look at the paint shop, or other production areas. I'd honestly love to see every step of the process from raw metal all the way on up.
I wish the video was longer then this. I really enjoyed watching it and please make more videos like that.
Thanks. There really isn't a whole lot more to show for the plant and they wouldn't let us video the final quality check. I'll keep making as many videos like this as I can. Tomorrow, I'll post a video about the carbon fiber bed. Thanks for commenting!
AWESOME! THANKS.
Great video of a quality built American made product!🇺🇸
I have a 2019 Silverado ld custom (old style) summit white. I would love to see it in the plant
love chevy and gmc trucks
do you know if the workers get to change up on the parts they assemble on the truck every so often, or do they continue to do the same thing week after week until the next model year comes out? And did you get to walk out the door with those cool glasses you had on.?
I asked the same question. They do rotate people around to break up the monotony. And yup, I still have those glasses. A few of my colleagues made fun of me for liking them so much, but I don't care. They are really good.
Awesome... Please make more vids boss.
That’s the plant my truck was made in. Cool video. Thanks!
My pleasure!
Same mine has the sticker on the driver side with the plant name
Very cool! Always interesting to see the trucks being produced. Is this plant running at full capacity or have they cut shifts due to the slow sales?
Full capacity.
@@Pickuptrucktalk "full crap " built gm lame 😒
@@bradzimmerman3171 lol "full crap" yet selling more trucks than any other manufacturer in the market okay 👍
What was your feelings on overall quality in the plant? Did it seem as organized as The Toyota plant in Japan?
Yes and no. After NUMMI plant sharing GM learned a lot. Production similar to Toyota, but felt different for sure. GM plant is less rigid. Hard to see any quality differences.
www.wane.com/news/local-news/gms-fort-wayne-assembly-plant-receives-highest-quality-award/1000496751
Note how that even topped the TMMTX plant.
Question is where in the world do these truck sell because almost every single truck I search on dealer lots have the 3 number vin code; made in México. 1vin is made in Ft wayne. I even allocated a ZR2 Silverado for sale in Ft. WAYNE INDIANA AND HAD VIN NUMBER 3 =made in Mexico 🇲🇽
I knew at one time the crew cabs were coming out of Mexico and regular/extended cabs were Ft. Wayne or Oshawa... I think 2500 and up is Oshawa and Flint
I live in the great lakes region and 90% of the new truck listings around me are Ft. Wayne trucks. After Ft. Wayne negotiated to build crew cab short bed trucks I'm sure that had a big effect. Previously they were mainly making extended cab trucks with the longer bed. The change coincided with the new truck platform.
Cool. That's where my truck was made!
Some observations:
Saw the "GMT 800 Truck Team" banner on the crane in beginning of video. Even Chevy pays homage to a great truck.
Silvys and Sierras one after the other on final line. No dedicated production line for each.
Cool stuff.
Thanks for watching!
I wonder who first came up with doors-off? I read somewhere that Kaizen at Toyota came up with that idea but maybe it's such a guarded trade secret that we'll never know who actually invented the idea? LOL
Great video! I love the new Silverado but I'm jaded over the AWFUL experience I had with my 1997 Blazer. Electrical problems from day one. Had to trade it after only two years and took a 6K loss on the trade. Let's hope these modern production line processes improve quality...!
Thanks!
I had a 1998 blazer 4x4 got 250k then sold it for 3500k great truck. Sorry to here that about your blaze.
@@minnesota7010Thanks Bro, glad yours was great. Actually my Parents had a 95' that ran for at least a decade without any issues. A friend of mine same thing. Back then the styling of it was great, perfect size and was very comfortable to drive daily. One other thing, GM was non-existent in the support overall. $27K (at the time) basically down the drain.
Is it the microphone exaggerating the sound or it is that noisy in the plant?
It is pretty noisy. The mic amplifies it a bit though.
T Sav it’s always very noisy in these plants I work at the Arlington assembly plant ,same thing.
I work at Subaru of Indiana Automotive where we build a car every minute why are they working so slow?
Nice. Laying down the gauntlet!
quality maybe?
How about the Colorado,trucks?
Colorado built in Missouri. Maybe I’ll swing by one of these days.
@@Pickuptrucktalk awsome
@@Pickuptrucktalk Yea, I'd like to see Wentzville assemble the GMT-700, particularly the Duramax... and ZR2 also.
How much space would be saved if they didn’t have walking area for the workers!
Well you can’t just cram them all in!
The larger corridors in the video are actually used for tuggers/fork lifts. The small yellow lines to the side are the walking areas.
Kaiser Seagull thank you
Believe it or not, there are still people that think the GMC truck and the Chevrolet are...…."different."
Plenty of differences in packaging and features actually.
I’d love to see how they WAX their frames
Makes me wonder why trucks have almost a dozen trim levels if they’re all built the same. Sure, plenty of luxury features are worth more money, but a 30 thousand to 70 thousand range in price seems a bit much.
Marketing gets involved and creates new trim levels. It is how business works.
It's because we are paying for these retirement workers pensions, that's why they cost so much.
@@christopherconner618 plus the new female CEO she makes a whopping 27 million a year.
Notice how they never talk about or really show the plant in Mexico. It’s like it doesn’t exist.
It is strange. Good catch.
Chances are my Z71 was made here. Anyone in the Know hit me up. I will provide my vin
You could just look at your inner door sticker and it will say, or type your vin in online. Most if not all Silverado’s are made in Fort Wayne
Double cabs and crew cabs are built in different plants. Three total. One is in Mexico. So hard to say without knowing what truck you have.
My comment would be GMC and Chevrolet or built and put together at the same place why could they not put their heads together and build a truck that takes the competition out Or at least Out sell them
frank fagundes LoL the truck’s are basically the same...that was the plan in the first place
@@T3CHK1NG54 Yes they are exactly the same truck but yet they Try to compete against each other instead of the other automakers
The Silverado and Sierra are still both sold under General Motors and, especially in 2019, both brands offer significant stylistic differences. I'm personally happy that GM has two options. I've always preferred the GMC styling over the Silverado styling myself.
Also, economically it doesnt really matter that they are two different brands. General Motors outsells Ford in the truck market by quite a bit for the last 4 years straight. Besides, it wouldn't really be any more profitable for GM to combine GMC and Chevy. Sure, they could then own the "best selling truck brand" title, but what does that really matter? It means pretty much nothing when you consider that GM still outsells Ford in the truck market.
DouubleTaap I Am a GM guy and I don’t think they outsell ford even with the Silverado and Sierra combined...they have some years, but definitely not the last 4
@@T3CHK1NG54Straight from GM:
"On a volume basis, we've sold more pickups than the F-series over the past four years in a row and that continues through this year," said Jim Cain, a GM spokesman.
For all of last year, GM sold "a record 948,909" pickups in the U.S., "more than any other automaker for the fourth year in a row." That includes full- and midsize trucks.
Ford sold 896,764 F-series last year."
This includes The Canyon and Colorado mid sized trucks as well. I never said that the Sierra and Silverado alone outsell the F150 for 4 years in a row. I only said that GM outsells Ford in the truck market.
Some Chevy trucks are made in Mexico now...
Yup.
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WHAT no hard hats in assembly area !
Guess visitor and employee safety FAR DOWN on priority list even below quality control !
I have worked in an automotive plant...only select areas require a hard hat...lots of workers have plastic inserts in baseball caps if they have to stick their heads in vehicles....moral of the story is you really are just talking out the side of your neck
Letting you know that a hard hat saved me from serious head injury in a plant accident, also hats were mandatory even for visitors .
Captain Stabbin but you just watched a video where lots of people didn’t have anything on their head...what is your point..you where proved wrong before you even commented...did you even watch the video?
Any job working in a pit or requiring you to go underneath the hood while on the line has mandatory bump caps. There are no conveyors above walkways, all conveyors are placed in areas that do not see heavy traffic. There are also steel grates below the areas that do have the conveyors.
Those guys are doing a really good job at covering up their disappointment that they're not building tough Ford trucks. I guess they've made peace with that. I mean someone's gotta make Brand X.
Love watching vehicle manufacturing videos. Ok, what's up with all those black body plugs in the rockers on the white truck starting around 5:53? I counted 9 of them and stands out like a sore thumb on the light colored trucks. Also, the new 19 1/2 tons are hideously ugly and the 20 HD line is even worse. C'mon GM, really!
Love my 2018 silverado..new bodies..horrible looking.
Love my 06 classic body style
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Look at all that Garbage Motors...lol..
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@@captainstabbin9338 lmao..follow the leader kid.
Says that guy that still thinks a pop can on wheels is the king of trucks LMFAO! Tell us how "tough" that aluminum foil "military grade" rolling joke of a truck is!
that pop can is stronger than anyone's...lmao. Best in class safety kid.