12ga diesel
Jack of all, Master of none
I thought I would do an update on my truck I bought in October for everyone to follow. I put a decent amount of miles on my truck (about 150 miles/day) and use it as a work truck first. I debated what I wanted to do when I sold my '06 for this truck. But after 2+ months and 10,000 miles, I can say I am happy with my purchase and with this truck.
About the truck; it's an '08 Silverado 2500HD CC/SB Duramax with the LT1 trim package. Nothing too special, cloth bench seats, CD w/ XM radio, z71 package, and 245's on the 16" PYO's. Exterior color is Greystone Metallic with Ebony interior. I hit 10,000 miles on Friday Jan. 2nd and the truck had 349 engine hours at that time too. At the moment as the truck sits in the driveway, I have 10,288 miles on it.
I bought the truck from Harvard Chevy on Oct. 15 and drove off the lot with the truck having 188 miles on it. I was unsure if I wanted to do any mods to it and am still pondering what if anything I want to do to it.
When we get the chance, we do use the truck to move the family. Will take to go visit family or run errands when I'm home. But for the most part, this is my work truck, it's what makes me my money. I'm a surveyor on a oil pipeline running from the U.S./Canada border in Minnesota south to Oklahoma. I'm working on a 64 mile stretch that goes from southern Wisconsin to Northern Central Illinois. When working, I'm off roading for about 75% of the time. I will be the first to say, in the stock set up, this truck holds it's own when off road. From some heavy deep rutted soil, to sopping wet 8-10 inch mud, I have yet to get stuck with this truck. (I just knocked on wood, just to be safe) With not having anyway of see when the truck is in Regen, I'm not sure how many I have had. But I can tell by the fuel gauge when I am in the middle of one.
I can tell the truck is coming out of it's break in period. I have seen the mileage picking up in the last few thousand miles, even with the winter blend here in Norther Illinois. Worse mileage I have had is 11mpg with the truck idling for about 25 hours over a two day strech. Would start the truck up at 4:30am and would get home around 5:30 or 6:30pm. Driving throughout the day but with it being about -10* as an average temp over the couple days. Have had a handful of day where the truck idles most of the day. I have had message "Clean Exhaust Filter" only twice and they were after the truck had been sitting for multiple days with majority idle time. I drive about 40-50 miles to get to the field office and then head out to the pipeline which sometimes some spots I have to to go to is 50+ miles away. So you can see where all the miles come from. I have a lot of open country roads/highway driving going to and from home, so the truck runs in perfect conditions where I almost never relize that a Regen is going on. On the good side, my best mileage has been just shy of 19 mpg. That was all highway driving with the cruise set at 75mph. So I'm sure that I could easly get over 20mpg with dropping the speed say 10-12 mph. As an average, I'm at about 15-16 mpg. I have about 500-600 pounds of equipment in the truck plus usually one other person in the truck along with me. When getting fuel I fill it up to the top of the neck of the the filler to make sure I am putting in as much as possible and getting the best hand calculated mileage. I hand calc all the time as I don't have that option on the DIC. I also have used Power Service with every tank.
Problem wise, I don't have too many things to complan about. I think the biggest thing would be a squeek I have starting hearing a couple weeks ago, that seems to be the piece of the dash that is right below the steering wheel. When you put just the slightest amount of pressure on it, it goes away. But it isn't always there. When I start it up cold, I don't hear it and might night hear it most of the day, but at random it comes and goes. Outside of that, no other problems. Have changed the oil twice, first time at 2200 miles and next at 8800 miles. Also have just done a transmission filter and fuel filter. Drained and replaced rear axle fluid also at 2200 miles. I believe I had what has been brought up here several times in the last couple weeks, about a month ago when the fuel filter went from 60% life to 0% life when I got on it while it was cold out (10*) to try to pass someone. Believe I might have had some silght gelling in the fuel filter. No other trouble with it or anything else with fuel system.
Well I think I have said plenty, but if you have any questions or comments, I'd love to hear them.
About the truck; it's an '08 Silverado 2500HD CC/SB Duramax with the LT1 trim package. Nothing too special, cloth bench seats, CD w/ XM radio, z71 package, and 245's on the 16" PYO's. Exterior color is Greystone Metallic with Ebony interior. I hit 10,000 miles on Friday Jan. 2nd and the truck had 349 engine hours at that time too. At the moment as the truck sits in the driveway, I have 10,288 miles on it.
I bought the truck from Harvard Chevy on Oct. 15 and drove off the lot with the truck having 188 miles on it. I was unsure if I wanted to do any mods to it and am still pondering what if anything I want to do to it.
When we get the chance, we do use the truck to move the family. Will take to go visit family or run errands when I'm home. But for the most part, this is my work truck, it's what makes me my money. I'm a surveyor on a oil pipeline running from the U.S./Canada border in Minnesota south to Oklahoma. I'm working on a 64 mile stretch that goes from southern Wisconsin to Northern Central Illinois. When working, I'm off roading for about 75% of the time. I will be the first to say, in the stock set up, this truck holds it's own when off road. From some heavy deep rutted soil, to sopping wet 8-10 inch mud, I have yet to get stuck with this truck. (I just knocked on wood, just to be safe) With not having anyway of see when the truck is in Regen, I'm not sure how many I have had. But I can tell by the fuel gauge when I am in the middle of one.
I can tell the truck is coming out of it's break in period. I have seen the mileage picking up in the last few thousand miles, even with the winter blend here in Norther Illinois. Worse mileage I have had is 11mpg with the truck idling for about 25 hours over a two day strech. Would start the truck up at 4:30am and would get home around 5:30 or 6:30pm. Driving throughout the day but with it being about -10* as an average temp over the couple days. Have had a handful of day where the truck idles most of the day. I have had message "Clean Exhaust Filter" only twice and they were after the truck had been sitting for multiple days with majority idle time. I drive about 40-50 miles to get to the field office and then head out to the pipeline which sometimes some spots I have to to go to is 50+ miles away. So you can see where all the miles come from. I have a lot of open country roads/highway driving going to and from home, so the truck runs in perfect conditions where I almost never relize that a Regen is going on. On the good side, my best mileage has been just shy of 19 mpg. That was all highway driving with the cruise set at 75mph. So I'm sure that I could easly get over 20mpg with dropping the speed say 10-12 mph. As an average, I'm at about 15-16 mpg. I have about 500-600 pounds of equipment in the truck plus usually one other person in the truck along with me. When getting fuel I fill it up to the top of the neck of the the filler to make sure I am putting in as much as possible and getting the best hand calculated mileage. I hand calc all the time as I don't have that option on the DIC. I also have used Power Service with every tank.
Problem wise, I don't have too many things to complan about. I think the biggest thing would be a squeek I have starting hearing a couple weeks ago, that seems to be the piece of the dash that is right below the steering wheel. When you put just the slightest amount of pressure on it, it goes away. But it isn't always there. When I start it up cold, I don't hear it and might night hear it most of the day, but at random it comes and goes. Outside of that, no other problems. Have changed the oil twice, first time at 2200 miles and next at 8800 miles. Also have just done a transmission filter and fuel filter. Drained and replaced rear axle fluid also at 2200 miles. I believe I had what has been brought up here several times in the last couple weeks, about a month ago when the fuel filter went from 60% life to 0% life when I got on it while it was cold out (10*) to try to pass someone. Believe I might have had some silght gelling in the fuel filter. No other trouble with it or anything else with fuel system.
Well I think I have said plenty, but if you have any questions or comments, I'd love to hear them.
