2015 f150

[MastuhWaffles]

The F-150 is starting to look more like the super dutys, which is cool cause I like super dutys.

 

[Chris_North]

The only time I let it crank for oil pressure without it starting was right before I started it for the first time. It had been sitting for several years before.

The plastic manifolds are great for weight and texture but it sucks when the metal fittings corrode, grow and bust them.

I didn't really mean cranking it to build up pressure, I was thinking more along the lines of while initially cranking and shortly thereafter all those parts that are moving without the same level of lubrication they would receive after already running for several seconds.

Ah I didn't know that about the manifolds. On the bright side, it should be that much easier to get apart when that happens, haha.

 

[bobbywalter]

Like any vehicle there are always people who buy them not for their intended purpose and like something else about it. As for a Crew Cab 8ft bed you would have to be around roofers, landscapers, arborists, and some other lines of work.

Roofing was convenient with that type of truck for the reason of piling three or four guys in with tools and small supplies not delivered to the job. The best part about the crew cab 8 foot bed was the fact we could fit all our ladders on the truck and full sheets of plywood in the bed. Was able to do most jobs without the tool trailer because everything fit in the truck along with the crew.

Landscaping was another area the crew cab 8 foot bed came in great use. three to four man crew, trailer with equipment, and an 8 foot bed boxed off for grass clippings, leaves, brush, sand, mulch, whatever you need to bring in or take out for the job.

Arborist load the crew and gear, tow the chipper, have the 8 foot bed boxed off for wood chips.

Plenty of use for crew cab 8 foot bed. I really and ive been in a lot of fields have never seen anyone make use of a 4 door pickup with a 4.5-5ft bed besides looking cute pulling up to the job and taking their toolbox out of the bed because they don't want to put dirty tool in the cab.

i haul all that shit in a ranger....and use racks to haul really big stuff. 6 ft bed.

Must be a real difference in areas. Every Landscaping crew around me has a crew cab 8 foot with either a box or stake body. Every mid sized or larger roofing crew has at least one crew cab 8 foot with racks for ladders. Every contractor has at least one crew cab 8 foot with racks. Almost every tree company large or small has a bunch of crew cab 8 foots for multiple uses. And every single livestock farmer has one or two crew cab 8 foot trucks on the farm. One stake body for hay and a hay trailer, and another for the horse or cattle trailer.

My point though was a 4 door truck with the absence of a bed is useless as a truck. The only four door trucks should be crew cab 6ft or 8ft beds. yes they are huge trucks and not practical unless you need one but so is having a 4 door pickup with a tiny bed you can barely put anything in. Throw a cap on most of these new trucks with four doors and its the same size as an SUV only the SUV can actually fit more because the entire cabin is connected and open unlike the truck.

huge difference in areas.

I have a 2011 f150 Supercrew 4x4 with the 5.0 Does good hauling the kids and cargo.
I like the truck for the most part, but i hate all the plastic snap together cheap build quality of newer vehicles. plastic intake manifolds....really?
And the sheetmetal body panels are very thin.
I have hauled all kinds of stuff in my 5'.5" bed and the high bed sides help some...like hauling firewood.
I wish Ford would quit messing around and build that Bronco concept for production already!! no thrills plain interior...not alot of crap I don't want or need.
It would be in my driveway in a heartbeat.
And on the topic of the diesel trucks as city vehicles....I call the "ricers of the future"
Big stacks...rolling coal at stop lights....etc. Just plain silly if you ask me.

your 10 years behind the diesel ricer revolution.

plastic intakes are good for some stuff......really really good for others. as the composites develop they are pretty reliable too now.



the canbus and new wiring is the devil....but it is what it is.

for those that can afford new rigs.....this is the shit....awesome rigs if you can dump it every two years....hell i have dirt on or in my truck older then that.

 

[96Indyram]

Yea living in the middle of dodaa Kansas... were usually 10 years behind everyone on the trends. Lol