The 2019 Ford Ranger is yesterdays F-150

[85_Ranger4x4]

The farm i pickup milk on has a 2015 F150 XL, just a base model, 4wd reg cab. That thing has rotted worse in 3 years then even the worst cared for older trucks. The rockers, cab corners, wheel arches, back corner panels, its horrendous. And it gets washed once or twice a week.

2015 is all aluminum...

 

[adsm08]

2015 is all aluminum...

Allegedly. My sister in law swears up and down that magnets stuck to the doors of the 15 they had.

I never got to test that because it just got traded on a brand new 250. My dad is looking at a 16 tonight, maybe I'll take one of my RockAuto magnets along and test that idea.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Allegedly. My sister in law swears up and down that magnets stuck to the doors of the 15 they had.

I never got to test that because it just got traded on a brand new 250. My dad is looking at a 16 tonight, maybe I'll take one of my RockAuto magnets along and test that idea.

Might be something in the paint too so magnets stick to it. That is a thing for some businesses.

 

[fastpakr]

Or metal components inside the door that are close enough for things to stick to.

 

[Ranger850]

OR it's an alloy - Alumisteel?

 

[adsm08]

Might be something in the paint too so magnets stick to it. That is a thing for some businesses.

That was my first thought. An iron-laced paint, or a ferrous plate inside the door skin.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

OR it's an alloy - Alumisteel?

I guarantee it is an alloy... "alumisteel" ain't it though.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

2015 is all aluminum...

Maybe its a 14 then. Coulda sworn he said jt was 15.

Either way its rotted worse then rusty 2.0.

 

[adsm08]

Maybe its a 14 then. Coulda sworn he said jt was 15.

Either way its rotted worse then rusty 2.0.

The two years look very different.

 

[Ranger850]

I guarantee it is an alloy... "alumisteel" ain't it though.

Yeah I made that up.

 

[don4331]

My '17 has a magnetic region in the low belt line of the door - I would have said an "anti-intrusion" beam. The rest of the door doesn't attract, so it isn't ferrous paint.

 

[Ranger850]

Probably steel reinforced for rigidity

 

[pjtoledo]

OR it's an alloy - Alumisteel?

now that's an explosive idea

 

[Bird76Mojo]

The farm i pickup milk on has a 2015 F150 XL, just a base model, 4wd reg cab. That thing has rotted worse in 3 years then even the worst cared for older trucks. The rockers, cab corners, wheel arches, back corner panels, its horrendous. And it gets washed once or twice a week.

Animal crap, especially when mixed with their urine, will corrode the heck out of a truck in short order. Sticks and corrodes badly. It speeds up a natural process quite a bit.

I used to manufacture industrial farm animal equipment, so I'm used to seeing the effects animals can have on various metals. Even aluminum and stainless aren't immune to the effects in certain applications.




GB

 

[1990RangerinSK]

Animal crap, especially when mixed with their urine, will corrode the heck out of a truck in short order. Sticks and corrodes badly. It speeds up a natural process quite a bit.

GB

You couldn't possibly be implying that exposing a truck to animal waste would be a crappy idea, would you now?