2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Work Truck Trim Level Overview

2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Work Truck Ext. Cab SB 4WD

Not only does the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Work Truck Ext. Cab SB 4WD add a four-wheel-drive system to the Work Truck Ext. Cab SB, but it also gains some pop in the powertrain, with a 4.8-liter V8 capable of 295 horses and 305 lb-ft of torque and 14 city/18 highway mpg. Its maximum payload is 1,633 pounds, nearly identical to that of the rear-wheel-drive Work Truck Ext. Cab SB, but its towing capacity jumps 600 pounds to an even 5,000. Front tow hooks are standard on this 4WD trim.

2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Work Truck Ext. Cab SB

The 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Work Truck Ext. Cab SB is another of the many trim options for the bare-essentials Work Truck (to give you some idea, this straightforward trim has vinyl seats and no floor mats). The short bed is just 69.3 inches long and 62.4 wide. With a shorter bed Chevy figures it doesn’t need as much juice in the powertrain, so the Work Truck Ext. Cab SB gets the 4.3-liter V6 with 195 horsepower and 260 lb-ft of torque that gets 15 city/20 highway mpg paired with a four-speed automatic transmission with overdrive, which provides the best mileage of any Silverado 1500 trim other than the Hybrid. The maximum payload is 1,635 pounds, while the maximum towing capacity is 4,400 pounds.

2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Work Truck Ext. Cab 4WD

The interior and the exterior remain the same as the base Work Truck's, but there are some noteworthy drivetrain and performance changes for the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Work Truck Ext. Cab 4WD. First, this trim comes standard with a more powerful engine – a 4.8-liter V8 capable of 295 hp and 305 lb-ft of torque that gets 14 city/18 highway mpg paired with the four-speed automatic transmission with overdrive. The maximum payload is 1,796 pounds (up from the 1,595 of the rear-wheel-drive Work Truck Ext. Cab) and the maximum towing capacity is 5,000 pounds (up from 4,395).

2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Work Truck Ext. Cab

The 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Work Truck Ext. Cab adds seating for six and a pair of reverse-opening doors to the nuts-and-bolts Silverado 1500 Work Truck. The Work Truck Ext. Cab still comes with a 4.3-liter V6, just like the base Work Truck, that's capable of 195 hp and 260 lb-ft of torque and gets 15 city/20 highway mpg when paired with the four-speed standard automatic transmission with overdrive. The maximum payload drops from the base Work Truck's level of 2,093 pounds to 1,595 pounds, and maximum towing capacity drops from 4,800 pounds to 4,395.

2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Work Truck Ext. Cab LB 4WD

The 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Work Truck Ext. Cab LB 4WD has most of the same features and specs as the rear-wheel-drive Work Truck Ext. Cab LB, with the notable exception of the four-wheel-drive system, which allows for better handling in rough conditions. The 4WD does not alter the maximum towing capacity for this trim (5,000 pounds), but it does lower the maximum payload to 1,677 pounds from the 1,828 pounds of the RWD Work Truck Ext. Cab LB and slightly lowers the gas mileage to 14 city/19 highway mpg. As with all Silverado 1500 4WD models, this truck comes standard with front tow hooks.

2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Work Truck Ext. Cab LB

The 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Work Truck Ext. Cab LB gets the additional cargo capacity of the long bed (97.8 inches long and 62.4 wide), and it also has a more powerful engine than the Work Truck Ext. Cab with the standard bed, but other than that, the interior and exterior remain the same as those of the Work Truck base. The Work Truck Ex. Cab LB comes standard with a 5.3-liter V8 with 315 horsepower and 338 lb-ft of torque that gets 14 city/20 highway mpg paired with the four-speed automatic transmission with overdrive. The maximum payload for this trim is 1,828 pounds, and the maximum towing capacity is 5,000 pounds.

2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Work Truck

The most basic trim in the wide world of Silverado 1500s is the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Work Truck. This comes with the smallest Silverado 1500 engine, a 4.3-liter V6 capable of 195 horses and 260 lb-ft of torque, and gets 15 city/20 highway mpg when paired with its four-speed automatic with overdrive. The Work Truck’s maximum payload is 2,093 pounds, and its maximum towing capacity is 4,800 pounds.

This trim features 17-inch painted steel wheels, all-season tires, a full-size spare, automatic headlights, daytime running lights, an AM/FM/CD stereo with MP3 playback, 60/40 bench seats, one year of OnStar’s Safe & Sound plan, an adjustable steering wheel, front airbags with a passenger sensing system, head-curtain side impact airbags, four-wheel antilock brakes with an integrated brake controller, Chevy’s StabiliTrak, and what every work truck needs - vinyl seats.

2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Work Truck 4WD

The 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Work Truck 4WD adds Chevy’s four-wheel-drive system to its nuts-and-bolts Work Truck. This lowers the maximum payload to 1,858 pounds, down from the 2,093 pounds of the Work Truck, but raises the maximum towing from 4,800 to 5,000 pounds. It also lowers the mileage slightly to 14 city/18 highway mpg. Front tow hooks come standard with the Work Truck 4WD, but the front airbags, side impact head curtain airbags, and Stabilitrak are all only available options, not standard as they are for the Work Truck base.

2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Work Truck Crew Cab

The 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Work Truck Crew Cab adds a pair of extra doors and seating for six to the bare-essentials Work Truck trim, but little else. The only bed option for the Crew Cab is the 5-foot, 8-inch short bed. A 4.3-liter V6 with 195 hp and 260 lb-ft of torque is still standard and gets 14 city/19 highway mpg paired with the four-speed automatic transmission with overdrive. The interior remains spartan, with vinyl seats, single-zone climate control, power locks, an AM/FM/CD stereo with MP3 playback ability, and front airbags with an on/off switch for the passenger airbag. The maximum payload for the Work Truck Crew Cab is 1,794 pounds (the Work Truck base can handle 2,093 pounds), and the maximum towing capacity is 4,694 pounds (instead of 4,800).

2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Work Truck LB

The 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Work Truck LB comes with the same spartan features (vinyl seats, 17-inch painted steel wheels, no floor mats, a basic AM/FM/CD stereo, daytime running lights, all-season tires, and a full-size spare) as the Work Truck base and the same drivetrain (a 4.3-liter V6 paired with a four-speed automatic with overdrive to get 15 city/20 highway mpg and 195 horsepower and 260 lb-ft of torque). The only real change is the extension of the bed to 97.8 inches in length. Its maximum payload is 2,003 pounds, and maximum towing capacity is 4,700 pounds.

2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Work Truck Crew Cab 4WD

The addition of Chevrolet’s four-wheel-drive system to the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Work Truck Crew Cab 4WD naturally improves handling in difficult conditions, but it also increases the maximum towing capacity of the Work Truck base by 306 pounds to 5,000 pounds, although it does decrease maximum payload by 69 pounds to 1,725 and slightly lowers the mileage to 14 city/18 highway mpg. Front tow hooks come standard with all 4WD Silverado 1500 trims.

2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Work Truck LB 4WD

The 2009 Chevrolet Work Truck LB 4WD has the same drivetrain as the rear-wheel-drive Work Truck LB (a 4.3-liter V6 with 195 horsepower, 260 lb-ft of torque, and a four-speed automatic with overdrive), but the addition of the four-wheel-drive system slightly lowers its mileage to 14 city/18 highway mpg and its maximum payload to 1,746 pounds. Yet the 4WD increases its maximum towing capacity to 4,900 pounds. Front tow hooks come standard with all Silverado 1500 4WD trims.