4.30 vs 3.71 ratio
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Hey GF, Went back searching the Tube for some new 6.2 videos. Not much new. Couple other guys with hwy climbs. Yours are the most detailed for sure. Know it takes time to put these together so thanks for doing it. Without me looking into with this info I would have already gotten a 2017 F150 and been happy until next year when I get the TT and headed up the Blue Ridge and Skyland Dr and said should have that 250. So I’m very glad that I’m waiting. Looked at 2017 6.2’s but when but when i added the 4.30 to the mix. Found none around me for miles. And none really had what I wanted, or too much I didn’t want. So I’m just going to wait until spring as long as my old truck agrees. Maybe just order what I want. She should make another winter.
With all that said.... Now when I go places, i find my self always thinking what if I was towing that TT. Would I make this pass around these trucks, where would I pull in for gas.....Funny...We just took vacation up to Big Meadows (211) Thornton Gap and then went down to Roanoke (81) and back over (64) thru Charlottesville and then back home. That would be normal trip that want to make with the new truck and around 7 grand TT. Going up to Skyland Dr and along it is where I want to be able to say. I made a good choice in truck!
So then that’s where you hear the diesel song. Does the 6.2 w/4.30 have to power to pull a pass heading up steeper part of like (81) when stuck behind a Tractor Trailer going 40 or a guy in his prius, Ha?????? Handle Skyland drive along pretty good curves and elevations. Good test I would think. Because if just getting by, then hitting out west of Colorado seems iffy. Which we do want to do one day. Good ol TFL and the Gauntlet runs. Good stuff. So boy it would be cool to see someone with video of that kind of stuff but appreciate your insite on it....Thanks Again.
With all that said.... Now when I go places, i find my self always thinking what if I was towing that TT. Would I make this pass around these trucks, where would I pull in for gas.....Funny...We just took vacation up to Big Meadows (211) Thornton Gap and then went down to Roanoke (81) and back over (64) thru Charlottesville and then back home. That would be normal trip that want to make with the new truck and around 7 grand TT. Going up to Skyland Dr and along it is where I want to be able to say. I made a good choice in truck!
So then that’s where you hear the diesel song. Does the 6.2 w/4.30 have to power to pull a pass heading up steeper part of like (81) when stuck behind a Tractor Trailer going 40 or a guy in his prius, Ha?????? Handle Skyland drive along pretty good curves and elevations. Good test I would think. Because if just getting by, then hitting out west of Colorado seems iffy. Which we do want to do one day. Good ol TFL and the Gauntlet runs. Good stuff. So boy it would be cool to see someone with video of that kind of stuff but appreciate your insite on it....Thanks Again.
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67W is Fordspeak for "widetrack monobeam front suspension and extended axle". You can call it 'Fat Boy' for short.Fat Boy's front running gear is a hand-me-down from its big brother, the Ford F-450 pickup. The Class 4 suspension uses a larger and wider axle and stabilizer bar, beefier coil springs, and stronger linkage arms and knuckles that give this one-ton F-350 more capability than an F-350 with the stock Class 3 twin-coil narrow track front suspension.
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Option 67W.
67W is Fordspeak for "widetrack monobeam front suspension and extended axle". You can call it 'Fat Boy' for short.Fat Boy's front running gear is a hand-me-down from its big brother, the Ford F-450 pickup. The Class 4 suspension uses a larger and wider axle and stabilizer bar, beefier coil springs, and stronger linkage arms and knuckles that give this one-ton F-350 more capability than an F-350 with the stock Class 3 twin-coil narrow track front suspension.
67W is Fordspeak for "widetrack monobeam front suspension and extended axle". You can call it 'Fat Boy' for short.Fat Boy's front running gear is a hand-me-down from its big brother, the Ford F-450 pickup. The Class 4 suspension uses a larger and wider axle and stabilizer bar, beefier coil springs, and stronger linkage arms and knuckles that give this one-ton F-350 more capability than an F-350 with the stock Class 3 twin-coil narrow track front suspension.
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Thought I would add a small observation I made when getting my new to me '15 250 with 58K on the odo. I bought it from a Chevy dealer-it was a Factory Ag Truck for 2 years, then they flip them and buy 40 new ones. Long story short: The Chevy dealer advertised it as a XL, long bed, 3.73. Which was fine for me "just a basic truck"...and it was a steal of a price.
When I got it home I found the original window sticker. Turns out that, yes, it is a XL, w/manual hubs and manual trxfer case, but it was a special order that has 4.3 E-Locker, 10000# GVWR package, Camper package, Snow Plow package, and 12.5K trailer hitch.
My point being, and this is a common mantra, don't believe the dealership with what they say, trust but verify.
How many "3.73s" are sitting on dealers lots that really have the "4.3s"?
When I got it home I found the original window sticker. Turns out that, yes, it is a XL, w/manual hubs and manual trxfer case, but it was a special order that has 4.3 E-Locker, 10000# GVWR package, Camper package, Snow Plow package, and 12.5K trailer hitch.
My point being, and this is a common mantra, don't believe the dealership with what they say, trust but verify.
How many "3.73s" are sitting on dealers lots that really have the "4.3s"?
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