My buddy's F250 Tremor has the factory clutch type front LSD, and the one time we needed it, it wouldn't work (even with tires straight and brake check). He was trying to turn around the crew cab length truck on a small grown in jeep trail with a small grown in trailhead parking area in a foot of heavy frozen granular snow. Fortunately his Ford factory Warn winch worked great. If I can get to it, I may get the Eaton truetrac this summer.

 

diesel?

 

No, gas 7.3.

 

good to know, might not take me long to find out, any extra weight over that winch in batteries and alternators and or 2kw inverter stuff etc.? i find more weight equals more issues so this will be interesting to see how my stripped xl lightweight build will do in this stuff...

 

No extra weight up front, just winch and two batteries and two alternators, and an aluminum ladder rack in the bed. Part of the problem was the Falken Wildpeak AT3W doesn't have much traction in that type of deep heavy frozen granular snow. We didnt have enough room to use momentum in that spot.

 

Or at least the standard-issue 6.7L that's in the pickups. I understand the reason, but doesn't mean I can't wish for more!

 

haha, no extra weight up front except winch, dual batteries/alternators....i have had good luck with my at3's on the half ton, will see how these at4's do on this much lighter front end 6.8 that has no winch, no extra batteries/alternators and ~35lb sway delete...i'll add a light bar at some point but they don't weigh much, curious to see how different this will be to what i'm used to in my similar themed half ton

 

Is there any information on what colors the 2027 Super Duty will come in I’m hoping they bring back silver

 

Just get an autolocker. Yukon Grizley or Detroit.

 

Can we please start with the 6.7 SO at least, Mr Ford?

 

Even the detuned PSDs with 4.88 gearing is no slouch.

 

Not saying it is, I have ten currently with some gear ratios that are 5.30

For the most part, I have no problem with them, but when loaded at 50,000 lb, nice to have a little extra HP.

And for the record, technically they do have a C and C with a HO variant.

 

My f550 will only accelerate so fast. The computer clearly dials the engine back. Doesnt granny shift as bad as the Cummins though.

Loaded at 17k, full throttle is a daily occurance. But...........the truck is never really too slow. It gets the job done. I wonder if my employer orders "extra detuned", or if my f550 is the same as everyone elses.

 

It might be nice for the driver's butt dyno to have some extra oomph but the average fleet buyer just want the job done and the per mile cost as low as possible over the life time of the truck.

 

Every fleet manager Ive had, that uttered the words "highway gears" in a positive light, has been fired or retired. It took a while, much too long. But good riddance to those weiners.

You wont keep field techs, without high quality service trucks. The low quality slobs, get cheap vans.

Transmission reliability is more important than 1mpg ( or less ) on the highway, that we'll just idle away, trying to stay warm. Trucks are so expensive, that its cheaper to outfit them correctly. The XL off road is going to sell well. Being able to idle down a pole line road gently, is more professional than keeping your momentum up and breaking things.

Managers are getting CCLB's, when their F600's are getting passed down to new techs.