Best year of the Duramax from 2001-2010/11?

[kstruckcountry]

Yep all steel on the bale bed too, 3 cylinders to run it. I know the welding kits are heavy, usually with a welder on the back ours rides pretty smooth lol. Nice to be able to just flick a switch to unload it with the bale arms!

[Prokopchuk_9]

Ya man, it's an air vantage 500 with a vmac 60cfm compressor, can gouge @ 400amps allllllll day

[Prokopchuk_9]

Ya pretty sure it's like 2300lbs wet weight...dry weight like 2000 I think

[Colossus]

awesome work trucks. Thanks for sharing.

[KMGZ400]

I'd say LMM or LBZ.. I almost regret getting an LML because it is a pain to tune and delete and the cp4's being prone to failure is a little worry some, hear some horror stories.

[02suburbanZ71]

New is not always better

[Prokopchuk_9]

I'd say LMM or LBZ.. I almost regret getting an LML because it is a pain to tune and delete and the cp4's being prone to failure is a little worry some, hear some horror stories.

Ya the if a cp4 piles up it doesn't have a check valve in it that returns the fuel back to the tank like a cp3 does. It will send everything right on thru to the injectors unlike a cp3 and completely destroy those expensive piezo injectors. That and you can't get 27,500psi rail pressure out of a cp4...

[Mckenzie]

I'm partial to the LBZ's my self, that will be the next truck i get. How did you get into welding? School, experience at home...or? Looks like it is paying pretty good?

[kstruckcountry]

No problem, just more $ to drop on a cp3 conversion, lol.

 

I think Canadians are born with welding gloves on haha

[Mckenzie]

I've played around with Tig, Mig, and stick when i was in agriculture mechanization before i switched and i really liked it! Well tig an mig not so much stick haha

[Prokopchuk_9]

I'm partial to the LBZ's my self, that will be the next truck i get. How did you get into welding? School, experience at home...or? Looks like it is paying pretty good?

Well started tinkering in my grandparents garage at a young age, did a course at 17 by 18 I had structural tickets 3/32" and 1/8" flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead. Then got hired as a welder in a machine shop at 18, started machining a little bit ended up doing machinist apprenticeship now I'm a red seal machinist. Company I work for now is letting me go after my welding ticket as well since I've been welding off and on for years. Ya I work in Alberta but live in Ontario, work 14/14 schedule, 12 hour shifts, union, paid accommodations and food, welding rig, nice camp, cell phone, my own boss in the field. We have excellent rates, 68 hours double time every two weeks, 20 hours 1.5x and 80 hours reg @ $65/h (our entire package, including pension and other things) that's on our regular 14 on 14 off schedule.

 

Any work on days off is double time. It's pretty much standard pay for northern Alberta. Almost everywhere you work would be competitive with that.

[Prokopchuk_9]

Stick is the best, that's how you learn the craft. That's where you learn to control heat and learn the best technique

[kstruckcountry]

It's a lot more obvious the affects of heat, angle, tip distance when you're using stick. Took me a while to get used to MIG where it's not as obvious. Now I solder more than I weld.

[Prokopchuk_9]

It's a lot more obvious the affects of heat, angle, tip distance when you're using stick. Took me a while to get used to MIG where it's not as obvious. Now I solder more than I weld.

Depends on what process, we use suitcase extremes. 71 elite Lincoln 1/16" flux core wire for everything just about

[kstruckcountry]

I've never used flux core. Want to try it someday