With more than four decades under his belt as a Struck team member, Warren finally hung up his hard hat. For 42 years, his dedication to the Struck name and MAGNATRAC customers was second to none.
Warren’s career with Struck started out as a simple summer job. He worked with the company owner to organize the shop and perform miscellaneous jobs as needed. After gaining extensive knowledge through on-the-job training, he became an integral part of the Struck team. Eventually, his responsibilities lead to packing orders and painting parts. His more recent roles included Production Manager and Lead Tech Support.
As times changed, so did Warren’s job role. From full assembly of machinery to offering tech support over the phone, MAGNATRAC machines slowly began to run through his veins on a 24/7 basis. Once Warren had the full support of Struck owners, he was starring in the company videos. Take a close look over the past four decades, and you can see his hair slowly fade from back to a bright, wisdom-filled white. You might even recognize him from the large number of print ads that date all the way back to the 1970s.
When troubleshooting needed to be done during manufacturing or for customer support, Warren was an integral part of the solution. He always worked closely and efficiently with other Struck team members to find the answers and helped everyone like a close friend. As surprising as it might sound, many of our customers became his friends just by the time they spent talking with him over our support phone lines.
Will things change at Struck now that Warren isn’t working with us? Definitely. Several of our units that were produced in the early 70s and 90s (such as the MD1200, MD1600, MT1800, MT2000, and MT3000) will no longer offer live tech support. However, replacement tracks or other limited parts can still be ordered.
If you ask Warren if he misses his job, he won’t skip a beat to holler back with a resounding “No!” It’s not that he doesn’t like us — he swears that he does — but Warren has been working full-time, rarely taking vacations and always talking about retirement since the day he started working for Struck. In fact, he made it a habit of coming in on weekends just to get projects finished up so they weren’t still sitting there on Monday morning. He’s earned retirement, and by golly, he’s going to enjoy it.
There aren’t many people like Warren around anymore. His strong work ethic, dedication to organization, and laid-back attitude always meant he was getting work done right the first time, and always on time. As an instrumental piece of Struck’s quality control process, he was often responsible for training newer employees. We at the Struck corporation greatly admire his hard work and dedication…he will be sorely missed.
Congratulations on your retirement, Warren! On behalf of everyone at Struck, we wish you the very best of luck in the next chapter of your life.
We invite our team, friends, and customers to leave a message…we’ll make sure Warren sees them!
Happy Retirement Dad! This is definitely you and something you installed in me, “His strong work ethic, dedication to organization, and laid-back attitude always meant he was getting work done right the first time, and always on time.”
Thanks for being a great person, a wonderful work and the best dad ever!
Enjoy a long and healthy retirement. I hope your customary retirement clock is a new Magnatrac. And, just maybe, you can slip in for marketing work. We are going to miss that friendly face.
a great tribute to you and Struck-well deserved. Love my Struck and my relationship with Struck. Couldn’t be more pleased with the product and the service. I,m sure Warren had something to do in the background of my calls to Struck.
Congratulations on reaching that great and well deserved milestone . Take some time for yourself and rest up for your next adventure has only just begun. Grandchildren and greatgrandchildren and great-greatgrandchildren a and that already increasing honey-do-list is only just beginning. Struck has designed a great product..and I am sure you have had some input….that I hope to be owning in the near future. Congratulations on your well deserved a.nd much needed retirement. Good luck in your next adventures … make the most of it …. and enjoy …. Thank You for being part of this magnificent Machine.
Sincerely;
Over the past 20 years we’ve owned three different Struck Crawlers, all of them built like little tanks and able to do much more work than some people think they could. For every transaction, Warren was ready and willing to make the process go smoothly. During 34 years in the workforce, I have come across precious few individuals with the knowledge and professionalism Warren demonstrated every time I spoke to him. This coming summer we will be buying our fourth Struck, and I’m sure we’ll miss Warren greatly during this purchase process, but we’re very happy for him! If anybody deserves a rest, it’s him. Congratulations Warren!
Hi Corey and Lisa. Thanks for your kind comments. We’ll make sure to let Warren know. On a side note: if you ever have interest in doing a write up for our blog based on your experience, feel free to share your story here. Thanks again for your kind comments.
I hope they let you come back if you get tired of retirement!
Thanks for all your help on my MH4800. You made Struck, one of – if not the best company that I have ever purchased from. No matter what problems I had in the beginning you were there above and beyond the call of duty. The three cylinder Yanmar diesel that I put in my MH4800 works like a dream. Thanks for all your help! Next will be the variable piston hydraulic pumps.