What age are you guys mostly, and what kind of work do you do?

I have been on this site for some time, and really like my Silvy alot...I was trying to pay atttention, to see what type of people drive these trucks....I see most people, that are between the age's of 30- and 40, driving around, not alot of older or younger people...but that could be just in my area. Also, most people I see do some kind of work with their trucks, so I was wondering what kind of work....So why doesn't everyone list how old they are and what type of work they do, so we can see that Chevy type of guys or gals....(yet to see a gal driving a Silvy...but anywho...).....

I forgot, let me be the first one....22 and business owner in the soffit, fascia, eavestrough fields....

I'm 22, Assistant Operator and Maintenance Supervisor of The Bicknell Wastewater Treatment Plant. I am also a Firefighter and Employed by Knox County Emergency Medical Services.

25 yrs old (today is my BDay). I'm a union electrician, getting ready to top out, out of IBEW Local 481. I don't work out of my vehicles.

neato, i didn't know that there were that many younger guys out there...I thought most people were over 30....oops...please continue....

i am 19 years old and going to college/working at a tow yard

Is over 30 that bad? I still feel like I'm about 24-25... LOL. Actually, I'm 31 but still get carded at the liquor stores every now and then. I take it as a compliment! I'm a telecommunications tech. We have a contract with BellSouth and do most of their equipment installation. I travel all over the southeast and try to keep the miles off my silvy. I've got a 88 s-15 that does most of the work, although the gas mileage isn't much better than my full size. I'd guess-ti-mate that I put about 40k+ per year on a vehicle. The last 2 years I wore out a 95 grand am. Just sold it about a month ago with 198k on it, then found this cheap little s-15 w/ only 112k on it. If it lasts a year I'll be happy.

I am 19 and going to college.....I work in a restaurant and am getting into construction....

im 19 and im a mechanic until i get out of college. im on my last semester (2 year program) for HVAC. which is heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. im getting my associate's degree.

28, I´m a mechanical engineer and I design parts for the vette, but not the silvy :grinno: I also did some troubleshooting today for an afiliate plant.

I'm 20, going to school and own my own business.

I am 16 years old, Currently I am looking for a job.

- Kevin

I'm 20, but don't tell the guy at the liquor store :D. Going to college to be a mechanic. 'Round where I live, most of the pickup drivers are 35+, mini trucks go down to 16 or thereabout. Meet some of the older C/K drivers at the auto parts stores (most love my truck :)... dunno why, it's all stock).... most of them just getting oil/air filters. The Chevys are truly great trucks (older ones anyway, heard some bad things about the newer ones... may just be cause a newer trucks shouldn't have ANY problems). I'll be very suprised if mine doesn't go at least 200,000 miles (high performance engine just waiting to be dropped in:))... gets a beating almost every day, and just asks for more!

looks like i am the old man of the forum at 42, i am a FAA airframe and powerplant mechanic for most of my career. now i estimate over and above structural repairs for L-3 communications an aircraft modification facility.have had chevys all my life and not only trucks. my 02 Z71 was the first brand new vehicle (other than motorcycles) i have ever owned so i went all out and got the four wheel drive with all the bells and whistles.

Now that someone else got the "older than me" tag..

I am 38 and work for a large city as an Engineer Associate, I do field engineering for the water/wastewater utility. I make sure the contractors, utility crews and engineers meet the specifications and still provide usable creations and repairs that work in the field.

"We don't make the widget, we make the widget work better.." :chair:

looks like i got the old man tag now i am 44 and am a water/wastewater treatment plant operator. Own a 2000 chevy silvy LT ext 2wd.Drove chevys than a dodge now back to chevy. Never leaving chevy again love my truck.Just treated truck with seafoam.made a difference.tell more later after driving.

33 and I'm a software tester to put it simply.

Not very exciting, but the company's wholly owned by an insurance company and business is steady (which is nice in such a shitty tech job market) .

My only complaints are I can't wear my earrings and I have to wear slacks. But hell, I deal with it! :D

Tell you all the truth I didn't know that there were somany people on this forum that had something to do with the water/wastewater industry!

Im 25 and I am a Electrician in Alabama ,so the pay sucks. I work out of a 2004 and drive a 2001 personal truck

ok i guess i get the old man badge. 49, 50 next week. worked for GM at the assembly plant in framingham, mass from 73 until 89 when it closed, as everything from a line grunt to repair, went to saturn in 91 then moved back here in 95 to maine, (daughter alergic to the entire state) now work construction as a welder, carpenter, and anything else that pays good, no one touches my cars, trucks unless its trany work and even then i take trany out and replace, sorry guys i dont own a CK just 2 burbans, but mechanicly mostly they are the same had a stroke last dec. and the doc said to take a year off. thats why i'm here so often, just trying to help and keep myself buisy.

Im 25 and the Service manager for a office equipment company

Greetings,

I'm still waiting to see the "old guys". I'm only 50 and own a computer hardware/software and consultant operation.

White Lightening

I am 21 and I work for a semi truck company

Tell you all the truth I didn't know that there were somany people on this forum that had something to do with the water/wastewater industry!
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The funny thing about the W/WW job, everybody provides and keeps my job flushing or is that rising?? As a city grows the old parts of town get older and new inventions keep me busy. I don't get paid to lift a shovel or run a plant, I get paid to find solutions to keep the water going up hilll and the wastewater going down hill. It's a shitty job but someone has to do it...

24; Warehouse manager for a chemical distributor. Soon to be overall manager. :smile:

25, meat manager full time, and butcher part time.

Im 32 and work as an bench/avionics technician for a aerospace company.

neato, I put this post up last night and already 30 or so posts...that's amazing....I see that there are a couple of 'old guys', and that I expected....I thought that these 'old guys', only drove Silvy's and that I was the only one that drove one that was so young....So I am very impressed that there are a lot of younger people around 19 or so, that own these trucks.....Very interesting.....Thanks for all the great posts....keep her coming....

46 going on 26. diesel mechanic

30 years old, just had my first baby on 3/9/05. (http://www.matilynn.com). I work as a Network Operations Manager for a tech company (http://www.gtw.net).

I love my baby and my Silvy.

30 years old, just had my first baby on 3/9/05. (http://www.matilynn.com). I work as a Network Operations Manager for a tech company (http://www.gtw.net).

I love my baby and my Silvy.


Congrats! :cheers:

23, college student, college grad once August rolls around, then who the hell knows....

I am 46. I'm an Electronics Technician at an urban combat training center for the Army. Most of the troops going "over there" come through our training center as a final prep for their deployment. I bought the Silverado last July, so I could semi retire the '72 Blazer that's been my daily driver since 1989. I expect to use the truck to tow my dirt track Camaro this summer, and hope to start the resto on the Blazer next winter. I'm new to this forum, but expect to visit regularly. Thanks for being here guy/gals.

I'm 52 and a self-employed millwright. I own a 2001 K-2500 Silverado standard cab with the 6.0L engine. It gives me plenty of power for pulling the trailers plus hauling whatever materials I need.......I had a 1996 K-2500 Cheyenne w/the 6.5 Diesel and I loved that truck. It would work all day and night.......untill I blew a head gasket and pitted both the block and the head on the passenger side. Anyway, I got a fantastic deal on the Silverado. It only had 23,000 miles on it, and the dealer let me have it for $11,000., so, I work w/the "Silvy". My only complaint is the gas mileage, but what are you going to do?? You get what you get.

im 31 but feel older ,work as utility at a chemical lime plant in tx,and my silverado still clunks :evillol:

33, I think. Nuclear Weapons Liason for DOD. Nuff said.....

Does that mean you will have to take out everyone on this forum now??????? Never know with those new national security rules.:killbarne

Last Year I turned 30 this Year I'm 30 something.....

I work for a Local tourist attraction. http://www.butchartgardens.com
I'm a computer tech on site part of a team of 4 that provides 7 days a week coverage to the company.

Man, there a lot of replies you guys....very neat...I see that there are alot of different jobs, from resturanters, to all sorts of technical work.....I wanted to add some other thread to these posts, so I was wondering, What type of music to Silvy'ers like to listen to in their trucks? Just my ever ending quest to find the identity of the Chevy fanatic....

I guess I'll be the first one to start....Please don't get me wrong, but I know that a lot of younger people might hate me or something (young people these days, eh?), but I do like country music a lot, you know like Tim Mcgraw, Brad Paisley, Alan Jackson, Faith, Toby, Martina, Joe....just to name a few.....I also like to listen to some dance music, on occassion......

Hell, I'm in Texas so i sure as hell listen to country....LOL....I listen to just about everything from rock to pop to latin to country....the list goes on and on.............EXCEPT for religious/gospel type stuff.....that just don't float with me..........

metal and rock for the most part. favorite bands to listen to while driving....danzig, slayer, tragically hip.

btw, any other meat guys here lol
or just me?

So we got some rockers here, and some country folk...nice to know that I am not the only one....

Godsmack, Korn, OLD Metallica, Greenday, ect...
Eazy E, Too Short, Eminem, NWA, ect...
Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, Tom Petty ect...
I also listen to Funk, Country, Punk, anything really.

My music tastes are too diversified to name a particular group or category of music. But I am a Metal/Rock first and foremost.
Out of that category I would have to say that Godsmack is my favorite. I have seen them in concert 4times, each one better than the last.

31, Aviation structural mechanic in the Navy. My current job is "instructor". Teaching the future airframers. Oh, and heavy metal all the way.... Iron Maiden, Rage, (no, not rage against the machine), Manowar, Testament.... And the only country I'll buy is Johnny Cash.

Guess it's time I chime in on this post..... I'm 50 and a semi-retired union pipe welder. Mostly living off my investments :)
Music I enjoy ranges from Floyd to Alice In Chains to The Beatles. And all ole' time rock and roll!! My son is 19 and he's always burning me new cds' to listen to. There's some pretty good music being made by Gen X. I'm particuliarly fond of Limp Bizkit. (even know the correct spelling). Good post sk!

well iam 30 and work for union gas in canada

Godsmack, Korn, OLD Metallica, Greenday, ect...
Eazy E, Too Short, Eminem, NWA, ect...
Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, Tom Petty ect...

SWEET!!! It has to be OLD METALLICA though.....not their sissy whimpy whiny crybaby shit now!!!

Wow, do I feel old. 47, general construction contractor, civil engineer, Scoutmaster and all around jack of all trades. Not too bad with computers and electronics.

Love cars, trucks and boats.

My ultimate is to build a 40' cigarette offshore hull with 3 screws pushing around 2000 hp. Zoooom...

Nice idea for a poll.

Country, rock, heavy metal for me... as soon as I have some sort of sound system in my truck again (factory AM/FM went out). Might have to duct tape a boom box to the dash.

Rock, Classic rock, Southern rock, Country, even some rap now and then. On long drives I'll listen to ESPN, Fox news, or Talk radio on XM. It seems easier for me to stay awake when I can get into the conversations on the radio... Besides, sometimes you actually learn something new.

18- highschool student goin to Michigan Tech in the fall- work at best buy and discount tire. Country, rock ....

I'm 38 tomorrow, and have been a telecommunications Engineer for Intel (read: Satan) for the last 7 years in NJ.

My musical tastes vary by mood, but lately music hasn't been as important to me as it was when I was younger. Overall Rush is my favorite band.

Im 18 still in high school but i get out everyday on "co-op" to go to work which is plumbing for the family business. After june ill be plumbing full time and have my own service truck. Just cuz i need money but i think the next spring im gonna go to some type of school for business management and also auto mechanic (sencondary intrest). As far as music goes i like hard rock/ metal and country music. Favorites are marilyn manson, rob zombie, godsmack, metallica, toby keith, kenny chesney, allen jackson, tracy byrd, tim mcgraw...and a few more.

That's so wierd, I never expected people to like rock and country together....what a difference, your surfing the radio, and the 'old mettalica' comes on, and then you change to tim mcgraw...jokes....Anyways, rock or country on....!!!Chika-chika-slim shady.....

Okay..seems to be my turn now. The weekends over, maybe my brain still functions.

I'm 23, be 24 April 4th. I'm a full-time Network Administrator/Tech Support for the local school system. Part-time installer of emergency lights/sirens/etc... Also sell and install and kind of audio/video equipment you can imagine. Employed by 3 Fire Dept's in the area, as well as the local EMS. Also do some DJ'ing on the weekends to make some extra cash.

As far as music.... Stevie Ray Vaughan is my all time favorite..I love the blues, hands down.
I can, and do listen to anything.
Any kind of guitar music I'm into..Brad Paisley, Van Halen, Hendrix, Ozzy, Black Label Society, Megadeath etc... Limp Bizkit is also a favorite of mine..the old stuff anyhow.

I forgot anything else...my head is kinda hurting a bit.

Hm. Missed the part about music, so I'll chime in again.

All-time favorite band is KISS. I own every album, except most of their compilations (what's the point?)

I'll listen to pretty much anything, with the exception of gangsta rap and top 40. Lately, I've been listening to a lot of Jazz (Braxton Brothers, Ray Charles) and an Irish folk/pop singer named Cara Dillon. I like the Corrs and Mary Black too.

I also like 80s punk - Dead Kennedys, Dead Milkmen, Subhumans, etc. I detest The Sex Pistols.

When I go to the gym to work out, it's Anthrax on the MP3 player. A fast, steady beat makes it easier to run on the treadmill or elliptical. Plus, the music rocks! :D

ok, i guess its my turn...
im 19 and I work for a general contractor/ construction company as an assistant project manager/ estimator. Their about to send me out of the office to work onsite in a trailer for this big casino & racetrack were building. I will probly be their for about 2 years.

Music... i listen to alot of stuff, mostly metal or some newer "screamo" stuff. Bands like From Autum To Ashes, Lamb Of God, As I lay Dying, Mortal Treason, Alexisonfire, E-Town Concrete, Poison The Well, Hatebreed... all the way to some lighter stuff like 311, Jimmy Eat World, Bright Eyes, Billy Talent The Used... I also love classic rock as well. I could go on forever on this topic....

Me next :biggrin:
31 soon to be 32 , at the moment i am what ya call a belt technition. Basically means i splice conveyor belts although there is alot more to do than just splicing belts. Have done all sorts of work from brake/punch/slitter/band saw ect,ect,ect operator to welding. Music preferences covers a wide spectrum fron chevelle,anthrax,megadeath to garth brooks among a few other country artists.