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Old Feb 1, 2019 | 10:21 AM
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Hello all, welcome to the second month of the year.

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Old Feb 1, 2019 | 12:27 PM
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Seems that Ford finished building my truck!

 
Old Feb 1, 2019 | 01:50 PM
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Good luck with that. When they built my truck, it sat on the platform in Kansas while waiting for the train. Then it sat almost two more weeks after it arrived somewhere in the east bay.
 
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Yea, no biggie, transportation can be like that, scheduling and organizing tens of thousands of vehicles that's expected. At least the transporters aren't planning on any strikes.
Well It just got updated and moved up the delivery date.I don't mind that either.
 
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Exciting. It's like tracking your amazon.com purchase, and watching it move across the country.
 
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Amazon lol,received a box of upgrades for the truck today, shopping for goodies and waiting for more deliveries!
 
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You've got mods for the truck, and you don't have the truck yet?

With newer cars, I would suggest to everyone to buy an OBD II device w/ BlueTooth and/or WiFi, then get the cheap Amazon.com Fire Android. Pretty neat toy to play with. You can use either Torque or FORScan. A lot less than the $150 I paid for a Scan Gauge II.




 
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That’s coolness on your truck coming soon.

I did the first of the month grocery shopping and came home to collapse on the heating pad. I’m not sure why my back decided to not play nice. At least it is raining cats and dogs outside, so I don’t have to do anything tomorrow.

 
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I am surprised they did not give you the option to go pick up your truck at the factory.

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Sounds like Tesla. Pick it up yourself in Fremont.
 
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Yep, I got the dongle to connect to my laptop for ForSkin, forscan I mean along with some LED headlamp bulbs and under body lighting for when doors are open.
I have a Bedrug Impact liner on the way and changing all the bulbs to LED interior/exterior.
Deciding on wheels, opened up a dealer account with Fuel wheels but might go with some ALCOAs.
I'm addicted to customizing and uplifting my vehicles, been doing it since the 90's.
I also ordered my truck with the PTO., looking into something for that but first minor exterior and interior mods.
 
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Happy Saturday all.

Sounds like a plan Superduty. Can't wait to see the finished project.

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What about adding power to that new truck? Are you getting everything sold by Gale Banks?
 
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Originally Posted by Nighteyez
Happy Saturday all.

Sounds like a plan Superduty. Can't wait to see the finished project.

Jim
Happy Saturday and will keep posted. Thank you!

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What about adding power to that new truck? Are you getting everything sold by Gale Banks?
Hey Fifty150,
No power adders, even if I lived in a non smog state I would keep the powertrain stock and smog legal. Not to fond of coal rollers.


 
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Originally Posted by SuperDutyPWR
Not to fond of coal rollers.
Are you planning on operating with some sort of "bio-diesel"? With the diesel trucks we have at work, I buy Propel HPR. Since it's not mine, I'm not checking the expense log to figure out what the cost per mile or miles per gallon are. But what I can tell you, from personal observation, is that the engine is quieter and there is no black smoke belching from the exhaust. I don't know all the particulars in regards to energy content. So I don't know if you will get better or worse power and torque. But not once have I ever tried to haul a load, and it just did not have enough power.


 



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