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Ford trucks are well built vehicles. Mine had 234,000 when I bought it 6 years ago. I did routine maintenance checks on it (and as I mentioned did a clutch rebuild on it, plus put a new 4x4 switching unit) prior to hauling 4 full truck and trailer loads while moving on a 1200 mile round trip. Since then just been poking around on country roads, changing fluids and rotating tires, haven't done nothing else to it since, and now it's got 275,000Quote:
Originally Posted by CarolinaEwaste
Looks like a nice truck. I never can find a good one at the right price.
Dont give up took me about 3 weeks to find this one. Trick is look when you dont really need to. You will be surprised whats out there when you really dont need to look.Quote:
Originally Posted by spider03
That they are. As long as they are maintained and not drivin by a kid in high school that just got his license they will last a good while with no problems. But when something does go wrong your in for a treat. Ford seems to be the one that started the trend with taking your car/truck to a dealership to have it worked on. If you didn't do it the exact way the ford manual said to you will be cussin and busting knuckles until you get one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bear
Chevy on the other hand, used to be that you can take apart and rebuild with an adjustable wrench under a shade tree in the middle of the woods. Guess that was so when it broke down every couple months it was cheaper to get it fixed
Either way I will always own a ford
nice rig boss ------ thought ford switch the design in 96 or 97 ... anyways nice looking rig
what engine is in there ??? ....
Alright, I hope everyone is ready for their Ford design history lesson...here goes. 1997 was an odd year for Ford trucks. scrapGAME is right, they did change the design in '97, but only for the F-250 Light Duty and lower trucks. 1997 was also the first year the F-250 was split into two different weight classes. You had the F-250 Light Duty that moved over to the new '97 body style and the F-250 Heavy Duty (F-250 w/ F-350 hauling capabilities) stayed with the prior year body style. So...if you ever see a F-250 Light Duty, you'll know it's a 1997 as that was the only year for them. In 1998, all trucks switched to the new body style. I was thrown for a loop on this as well when I bought my 1997 F-250 XL Heavy Duty. It looks similar to yours PTS but mine is a single cab and has the standard Ford steel wheels and hubcaps. I'll have to get a picture of it up. Mine has a 351 and has 275,000 miles on it. They are good trucks to say the least. I've never had a problem out of mine.Quote:
Originally Posted by scrapGAME
engine is 5.8L or 351.Quote:
Originally Posted by scrapGAME
There is nothing better than having parents that are very supportive and willing to help.
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Originally Posted by skrRecycling
really? please do explain? i drive a stick and im looking at newer (used) small trucks and theyre all automatics so that kinda gots me worried, should i be hessitant to swoop an automatic?
and holy balls wow, seems like a kinda fuel heavy truck to be cruise the curbs with
Maybe I can help explain this. Heat is the biggist enemy of a transmission more so with an auto. Since an auto is controlled by a computer and has alot more moving parts then a stick. Hauling heavy loads will cause more heat generation in the tranny. Another benifit of a stick when hauling is the ability to choose what gear you want to be in when going down hills. Nothing beats engine braking. As far as a fuel heavy truck for curb shopping. Well this truck wasnt ment to be just a scrapping truck either. My daughter has her own horse at her grandparents ranch. With this truck she can also hook up to the 3 horse trailer and take her horse where ever her heart desires and she dont have to barrow my F350 diesel to do it. That and she wanted a truck. And we all know dadies little girl gets what she wants :)Quote:
Originally Posted by bluemeate
What I found when researching auto VS stick shift hauling capabilities.
Automatics trailer/load hauling capabilities are rated much higher than their stick shift counterparts due to one factor, drivers shifting judgment. Mostly, drivers using a stick, shift at too low of RPMs for the added load, where-as the Automatic shift will determine at what RPMs to shift
my old roommate had a big ol f250, she drove it like a psyco, had to be getting like 3mpg trying to drive it like a racecar
uggghhh yeah, i had my dad taking my overloaded ranger to the yard for me for a couple weeks. then one day while driving me home, hes chugging up a fat steep hill in 4th gear barely pulling 25mph, solution: more gas pedalQuote:
Originally Posted by Bear
"dad.. is this how you been driving it loaded?"
then i just thought to myself "well at least he brought in enough scrap for me to buy a new truck"
Sounds like poor driver judgement/ bad uneducated drivers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bear
Drivers will generallly choose stick for the control/ feel