2015 GMC Sierra 2500HD - Duramax, 4x4
Well, here it is. My work truck. The mobile office I call home for 8-ish hours a day (sometimes more).
I've had this truck since new, and as of this post it has 17,500 miles on it. It's a good truck, and performs its duties well. I think its a tad overkill (I'd prefer a Colorado, or a Van), but I'm not complaining. It takes the daily routes like a champ, and like most GM truck's I've driven, rides very car like. I try not to idle it very much, and the GPS makes sure it doesn't get romped on too hard. It get around 14.9 MPG, and thanks to the huge tank, I can go around 400 miles between fill ups. Only defects so far have been a cracked fuel filter housing, and the driver seat is starting to tear.
Lets go through the rest of the truck, starting with my "office".
The driver's seat is where I spend a good bit of my day. To my immediate right is my center console, filled with various things like medicine, pens, keys, and so on. This console also doubles as a third seat if you flip it up. The cup holders hold my phones and pass cards... as well as cups.
Next to that is my computer. That's where i get my orders from. All my field work routes through that. It's actually new as well, a Dell Latitude E6540. I'm trying to keep it clean.
On the transmission hump is the power inverter, and my WiFi hotspot (for the laptop). The inverter is obviously used to power my laptop, but it also powers any plug in tools I have, as well as my printer, and any other A/C adapters I have.
Next up is the passenger side, or as I call it, "The Closet".
The passenger side is really a catch all for whatever I don't want in my way. The floorboard sometimes is used as a trash can.
The seat holds my Every Day Carry bag (I'll do a post on that later), as well as Chromebook, and a few other things. It really depends on what i'm doing for the day as to what goes there. Some of the items on the floorboard get changed in and out. Speaking of the floorboard, it currently holds my printer, hand held meter computer, and a host of cables and chargers.
Finally, here is the radio.
This is about the only part of my truck I interact with. The truck is equipped with BlueTooth, so I use it to stream my Google Play Music, or Pandora. The center console also has an SD reader, as well as an USB slot, so I could play music from them as well.
Below the radio are the buttons. The only one you need be concerned with is the left one. The Traction Control button. Now I think we all know what happens when you push it, but do you know what happens when you hold it down? On this truck (and most every other modern GM product), If you hold down the TC button for 5 seconds, it also turns of the Stability Control. What does this mean? Well it certainly doesn't mean you can do donuts or drift in parking lots. Not at all....
So that's about it. Thats my work truck. I'f sure I'll cover a few areas of it in greater detail in the future, but that's the gist of it. Thanks for reading!