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HI ,
I'm J.R. live in South Central PA.
Retired from teaching after 35yrs. Got my Pilot's license in May, and am now running a small construction/remodeling business with my best friend.
I had a S-10 xtreme but could not haul a 2x4 without cutting it 1/2.
My wife said" You've worked hard all your life, Get the truck of your dreams"
Wrong thing to say>>> Within a month I located and bought my 2007 F350 XL chassis cab.( Magnum truck sales Lima, Ohio )
Had a diamond plate flatbed made for it with under bed tool boxes.
Got some custom fit mossy oak breakup seat covers, Upgraded the headunit to a 6 disc-Mp3, replaced the stock speakers with J.L.Audio/ Diamond audio 3ways, & a powered 8' sub.
Installed a temp/compass rear view mirror and bug guard to keep the stones/bugs off my nice red truck.
Bought the truck with 21K on it has 25K on it now > LOVE THE TRUCK!!
Would have liked better gas mileage 11>16 Best
Would like to have key less entry (working on that)
It's nice to be on line !!
J.R.
I'm J.R. live in South Central PA.
Retired from teaching after 35yrs. Got my Pilot's license in May, and am now running a small construction/remodeling business with my best friend.
I had a S-10 xtreme but could not haul a 2x4 without cutting it 1/2.
My wife said" You've worked hard all your life, Get the truck of your dreams"
Wrong thing to say>>> Within a month I located and bought my 2007 F350 XL chassis cab.( Magnum truck sales Lima, Ohio )
Had a diamond plate flatbed made for it with under bed tool boxes.
Got some custom fit mossy oak breakup seat covers, Upgraded the headunit to a 6 disc-Mp3, replaced the stock speakers with J.L.Audio/ Diamond audio 3ways, & a powered 8' sub.
Installed a temp/compass rear view mirror and bug guard to keep the stones/bugs off my nice red truck.
Bought the truck with 21K on it has 25K on it now > LOVE THE TRUCK!!
Would have liked better gas mileage 11>16 Best
Would like to have key less entry (working on that)
It's nice to be on line !!
J.R.
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HI acf6,
Got the 5.4 , Yea I know stock ford power plant but solid as a rock !
Where I live it's 10 mile to get diesel and don't care for the smell.
I don't tow a lot , Small 5x10 tool trailer occasionally and the 5.4 doesn't know it's back there.
Got my recreational license June 21st ( the day the world was to end)
fly a 1970 cessna 150 & a friend's 140 from a small Grass field (Cove Valley Airport 6G6 .
Keep working on yours it's well worth it!!!!!!
Thanks for the reply
J.R.
Got the 5.4 , Yea I know stock ford power plant but solid as a rock !
Where I live it's 10 mile to get diesel and don't care for the smell.
I don't tow a lot , Small 5x10 tool trailer occasionally and the 5.4 doesn't know it's back there.
Got my recreational license June 21st ( the day the world was to end)
fly a 1970 cessna 150 & a friend's 140 from a small Grass field (Cove Valley Airport 6G6 .
Keep working on yours it's well worth it!!!!!!
Thanks for the reply
J.R.
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The 5.4 is a great engine! that is also what i am running. i highly recommend you look into an SCT X3 tuner with custom tunes by mike @ 5 star. you fill find he is talked about all over this forum for excellent tuning and customer service. i just got mine about 2 weeks ago and its like an entirely new truck (better MPG too)
I cant remember the year, but a flight academy owns them and i have most of my hours in an older Piper Cherokee and a few in a Piper warrior. i believe i have around 26 hours...unfortunately right as my instructor said i was doing great and ready to solo was when i had to stop
i fly out of KHFD in hartford, CT which is actually a fairly big field. i believe its 4200x150, so practing landings were very easy here. It was a whole new experience when he took me to some of the smaller fields that are just a single runway that are 50' wide! cant wait to continue eventually after college!
I cant remember the year, but a flight academy owns them and i have most of my hours in an older Piper Cherokee and a few in a Piper warrior. i believe i have around 26 hours...unfortunately right as my instructor said i was doing great and ready to solo was when i had to stop
i fly out of KHFD in hartford, CT which is actually a fairly big field. i believe its 4200x150, so practing landings were very easy here. It was a whole new experience when he took me to some of the smaller fields that are just a single runway that are 50' wide! cant wait to continue eventually after college!
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Welcome to FTE and to owning a Super Duty. You have a great truck there. I'm like acf6 in that I had to stop my training as well. I only needed one last solo cross country and the final check ride and i would have been finished when I ran out of money. i figured I would take a break and then get back to it. That was 17 years ago. I miss flying, and I keep telling myself that now that I can afford it I need to go back and finish. Now time is the problem. Just not enough of it...
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HI acf6,
Got the 5.4 , Yea I know stock ford power plant but solid as a rock !
Where I live it's 10 mile to get diesel and don't care for the smell.
I don't tow a lot , Small 5x10 tool trailer occasionally and the 5.4 doesn't know it's back there.
Got my recreational license June 21st ( the day the world was to end)
fly a 1970 cessna 150 & a friend's 140 from a small Grass field (Cove Valley Airport 6G6 .
Keep working on yours it's well worth it!!!!!!
Thanks for the reply
J.R.
Got the 5.4 , Yea I know stock ford power plant but solid as a rock !
Where I live it's 10 mile to get diesel and don't care for the smell.
I don't tow a lot , Small 5x10 tool trailer occasionally and the 5.4 doesn't know it's back there.
Got my recreational license June 21st ( the day the world was to end)
fly a 1970 cessna 150 & a friend's 140 from a small Grass field (Cove Valley Airport 6G6 .
Keep working on yours it's well worth it!!!!!!
Thanks for the reply
J.R.
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Hi Acf6,
Yea the SCT X3 tuner with custom tunes by mike @ 5 star sounds just what I am looking for ! Where and how do I get one sep up for my 350 chassis cab???
Thanks
J.R.
Yea the SCT X3 tuner with custom tunes by mike @ 5 star sounds just what I am looking for ! Where and how do I get one sep up for my 350 chassis cab???
Thanks
J.R.
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Welcome! I joined a few months back but had completely forgotten I did and have been cruising the forums almost daily without ever bothering to log in. Decided I would "register" and realized my email was already in use haha.
I would say I'm a new member as well. JR, I like the truck man, looks sharp!
I'm running a 2v 5.4L in a 2002 F250 std cab/8 ft box. She's got 117k on her and runs like a dream still.
Quick question for you folks out there if anyone reads this: I'm running 2.5" exhaust from the cat back to a flowmaster classic 40 which dumps out in front of the rear wheel. My hopes were that with the shorter distance the exhaust had to travel that I would gain better velocity and therefore maintain low end ooomfff. Should I have kept everything at 3" even though I shortened the distance the exhaust needs to travel?
I would say I'm a new member as well. JR, I like the truck man, looks sharp!
I'm running a 2v 5.4L in a 2002 F250 std cab/8 ft box. She's got 117k on her and runs like a dream still.
Quick question for you folks out there if anyone reads this: I'm running 2.5" exhaust from the cat back to a flowmaster classic 40 which dumps out in front of the rear wheel. My hopes were that with the shorter distance the exhaust had to travel that I would gain better velocity and therefore maintain low end ooomfff. Should I have kept everything at 3" even though I shortened the distance the exhaust needs to travel?
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