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20 Feb ’12
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Anyone have any first hand experience with this truck? I am looking at a 2009 2wd regular cab work truck 4.3l so I have the means to do side work. I would be interested in any experience people may have had.
12 Oct ’12
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No personal experience with full size 1/2 ton Chevy pickups (nothing that new anyways), but I have owned two different late model S-10's with the 4.3L. Man, that's a stout little V6! It can pull a decent load and still gets reasonable mileage. The 4.3 is actually just the old Chevy 350 small block with 2 cylinders removed (same bore and stroke). Assuming it's an automatic transmission, it'll be the 700R4 . Honestly, that drive-train combination is rock solid.
From what I hear from my two uncles who still work there (the Chevy truck plant), the 5 speed manual trans that they've been putting in them for the last 10 years or so is pretty weak and doesn't hold up well, so take that for what it is worth. Living so close to Flint (home of the truck plant), everyone around here drives a 1500 pickup.
15 Feb ’12
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we have a 2002
the only issue we have had is rebuilding the transmission a few years back, we lost reverse, it is a pretty common problem for them, since that one is a lot newer the issue might have been fixed, find out what it has for a transmission and google it, should show up if it is still a problem, but we do use it for plowing so it got a lot of use in reverse
20 Feb ’12
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Nice, thanks to you both.
15 Feb ’12
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are you doing carpentry yet? or still with the painting contractor?
20 Feb ’12
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Been working with a general contractor since the end of May. We focus on residential renovations, mostly basement/bath/kitchen. He has an addition lined up with a deposit down, but I am not sure if we will get to it this year. Also another potential addition for next year as well. Really looking forward to the additions as that is building a small house on the side of an existing one.
The scope or work has been good as we typically roll into a job, demo, prep for the subs if needed (usually electrical/plumbing), then repair and finish. It means I get to go from start to finish on a job and get a crack at demo, framing, drywall/mud, painting, finish work, fixture installation, and some light plumbing and electrical.
Heis a good guy to work for and we are both happy with the arrangement. I am not making decent money so while I am getting by I am not increasing our land fund. I will be picking up side work with those earnings going into equipment/the future business and the balance to our land fund. For eight months in I feel good, however I do not want to delay longer than necessary on land so I need to push forward harder.
20 Feb ’12
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Oh, and tiling. We do lots of tiling!
I almost forgot, we are doing a basement/bath in a really cool house. The entire house is wrapped in four inches of polystyrene insulation, so that should be about R20, with no thermal bridging, plus all the batt insulation in the stick framing. He had an addition put on a while ago that is insulated concrete forms, and on the roof he has a solar hot water heater. You do not find much of that stuff around so it has been a bit of a treat. I have talked with him a bit about it, but I will have to get some more info when time allows. I find myself working like a dog when I am on site. 
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