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A year ago my younger brother bought a 2005 King Ranch from Powerstroke Specialties. He named it Ol Bessie. I don’t know why. He’s kinda weird.
It was gorgeous. I say it WAS gorgeous because it was spun into a concrete highway divider during the winter weather here in DFW several months ago. The frame became roughly diamond shaped instead of the rectangular shape we all know and love. The photo doesn’t do the damage any justice. Believe me, she’s a hot mess from the front and driver side.
Five Star Ford’s collision center took one look at the truck and said “Nope. We won’t touch it.”
This was particularly upsetting to me because my brother planned to give me the truck later this year.
What to do?
Big thanks to Fuzzpuss for his help today. I had to load the truck onto a semi this afternoon and the batteries were dead flat. Mr. Puss jumped started the dead truck in mere minutes and I managed to drive it awkwardly onto the trailer.
The truck is going back to Georgia where Bill Hewitt and his crew will pull out the engine and build me another truck. The engine and transmission in the wrecked truck appear to be fine.
I really love my own 2006 F250. I’m at 244K miles. Aside from the rare head scratchers and dang squealing serpentine belt issues I’ve had very little problems. I bought it new with 6 miles on the clock and my behind has sat through every mile since then. However, there is no getting around the fact that she is a work truck.
I was really looking forward to driving that clean white 2005 King Ranch on sales calls and fancy dates with a pretty lady. That thing was so nice.
I'm thinking about selling my King Ranch dually. Only has 153k; PM me if interested. On the belt squeal - I had that issue also. I attribute mine to the 7 fan clutch setup having way more drag than the stock electronic clutch. I pulled the belt & hit the fan pulley with my palm sander & roughed up the surface a bit, & it's been quiet ever since.
Mr. Puss jumped started the dead truck in mere minutes and I managed to drive it awkwardly onto the trailer.!
I've been called lots of things, but never Mr Puss, slacker.
For the record, I was only there because I was working nearby, and I was told I could have any parts I could remove before the flatbed arrived. If only I knew how to remove a steering wheel. I really wanted that King Ranch wheel in my truck. Nearly perfect condition, although there's twice as many buttons as I have on mine. But I did drive away with interior door panels and other random moldings to replace my terribly faded ones, so the jump start was the least I could do. Good thing we had two sets of jumper cables, because that thing was dead as a door nail.
So thanks for the parts, Mark (and brother), and you're welcome for the jump start (even though you could have done it with your truck).
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