The axle is placed further back to increase load capacity and stability while towing. The closer you can get the weight of the load to being between the axles, the better the truck will handle (decreasing the polar moment of inertia). And longer wheelbases are more stable while towing heavy loads.
you can get steel bumpers, painted or not depending on the trim level
????? The axel is in the same place as the current model.
This is a three bar grill on the edge....
This is a three bar grill on the Super Duty...
They do not look a like as some people have stated. Class is now over...Stop speculating about what the new truck will look like because most of you are wrong. In four short months you will all see it. Sorry about the rant but no one has seen this truck out of camo, so no one knows what it looks like.
(by the way, I am no one )
can you comment on if there is sheet metal changes or just a grill update?
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The axle is placed further back to increase load capacity and stability while towing. The closer you can get the weight of the load to being between the axles, the better the truck will handle (decreasing the polar moment of inertia). And longer wheelbases are more stable while towing heavy loads.
Thats what I thought too, but it seems kindof backwards to do that on the light duty truck instead of the superduty. My f150 is a long wheelbase, and Its haulled way more than ford ever intended, never really had a problem with lateral sway or other problems.
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Standardizing (sp?, it's late) of the frame?
From what I have noticed, the frame comes in three sections (front, mid, and rear). The only section that seems to change with the wheelbase is the mid section (roughly from the front door to the end of the cab). Which would then mean all the trucks have the same front and rear. oh, and that "future" truck scetch is a bunch of B.S.
I guess that could have significant cost savings over the older trucks. My f150 is 3/16 steel channel from bumper to bumper, all one piece (diesel is 1/4"). It can't be cheap to build a machine big enough to stamp something of that size.
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can you comment on if there is sheet metal changes or just a grill update?
Define sheet metal changes...The whole truck or parts of the truck
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Well.. are we talking 500-taurus change or '07 focus-'08 focus changes? or somewhere in between?
Are they moving the truck to the expedition platform with this update? or next generation?
The entire front end is new (everthing past the dash), the floor pan is new, brand new design on the back, new IP, new HVAC/radio stack, new seats and counsel. The 09 will be on the T1. Thats all I can really say...mums the word on exact details.
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"mums the word" Big brother is watching you LOL!!!!
Can I stir the pot a little more?
I drove a 2010 today.................
2010 or 2010.5 ????
I'm supposed to go back to NMPDC early next year for that build.
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It was a 09 with 2010 parts on it. Ever try chasing down a electrical issue when a truck has wiring and components from 2 different years? HHHHHHHHHelp
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