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"Military Grade" does not have the same meaning it did years ago, not even close.
Growing and eventually going to high school in the midwest, I didn't know that there were vehicles without rust until I left home. Never again will we live in the north. I live just north of the arctic circle in AK for 6 years and some other frigid climates, never again...
Growing and eventually going to high school in the midwest, I didn't know that there were vehicles without rust until I left home. Never again will we live in the north. I live just north of the arctic circle in AK for 6 years and some other frigid climates, never again...
I've seen some vehicles that the steel body panels looked fairly good but the frame was literally rotted away.
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The term was stupid in 2014, and it’s just as stupid today. It would’ve been stupid in 1944, too. I’m a huge fan of the F150’s aluminum body, but “military grade“ is a silly way to sell it because it means nothing.
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I don’t think it ever did in this context. Think about the aluminum skin used an old piston aircraft. It was designed to be lightweight, not impact resistant, and road salt wasn’t even a consideration. You could make a pickup body out of aircraft skin and it would crumple with a shopping cart.
The term was stupid in 2014, and it’s just as stupid today. It would’ve been stupid in 1944, too. I’m a huge fan of the F150’s aluminum body, but “military grade“ is a silly way to sell it because it means nothing.
The term was stupid in 2014, and it’s just as stupid today. It would’ve been stupid in 1944, too. I’m a huge fan of the F150’s aluminum body, but “military grade“ is a silly way to sell it because it means nothing.
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It meant something to those of us who depended on equipment to be serviceable when we needed it.
Getting off topic now and we know what happens to those posts/threads so I will bow out of the conversation from here on out.
Getting off topic now and we know what happens to those posts/threads so I will bow out of the conversation from here on out.
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