I know what You mean John, My old F350 doesn't stop jarring Your teeth out until I get about 2000 lbs on it. I understand it is a 1 ton truck but I didn't think it meant 1 ton in the bed before it rides decent. lol. Take it easy.

Brad Godkin
1986 F350 CC/SRW
6.9liter/C6

 

While, my original engine was a 7.3L IDI, the next engine is a 7.3L IDIT. treefort, you really hate GM hu? Oh while, you seem to love Ford and Cummins.

Logan

 

I understand about the old 350. Shocks, what are those? I have considered putting shocks on my 55 F350 but I want to keep it as original as I can.
Mike

 

Man I wish mine was a 55. Mine is an 86 though. It has shocks but I don't think they get much use. lol. What engine does that ol 55 have in it? I am thinking about doing up a mid 50's Ford Truck when I get back to the states. Gotta love them.

Brad Godkin
1986 F350 CC/SRW
6.9liter/C6

 

Chk it out. About 3 times a week I haul 6000 pounds(6500???)on the back of my 93 F-150 4x4. Totally stock. 4-3" leaves and one
overload on each side. Squats about 2 1/2-3". Handles just fine
and got plenty of power for it. I've also had that weight plus
a 1400 pound car hauler and a 77 F-150 supercab 8'box on it.
Still did the job.
Funny thing is, I've also done the exact same thing with a 73
light half ton Chevy with 276,000 plus miles on it repeatedly.
That truck was a little squirley to drive though.
Just depends on how big your cajonies are.

Garett

 

I hauled broken concrete with my dads 78 f-150 and 5x9 trailer one time. After I had dumped it all at the recycle place and drove back over the scales it turned out I had 10,000 lbs on the old truck. The 351m did pretty good with that much weight on it and 312,000mi. , but the brakes sucked.My dad just laughed when I told him.

 

In a series of test's in Four-wheeler magazine(99 or 2K ?)of the top 5 selling trucks this was the outcome:Chevy,GMC,F-250/w v-10,
Nissan Pathfinder,Dodge Cummins.
If a tinker toy with a V-6 can out perform a Cummins, then Cummins ain't squat. The only thing the F-250 had on the GM's was 2" of ground clearance.











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"There's a little red button there,kid...don't ever, ever touch the red button!"

Garett

 

http://www.chevrolet.com/silverado/index.html not sure what it can hold or tow,, here's the specs, the more u load em up,, the stronger the dmax/allison combo feels,, I've owned my share of fords, this is the strongest pickup yet,, sorry guys

 

If you're here to troll, you can leave now. Your handle and posts indicate that's why you're here.

 

When was the last time anybody saw a late model ch*vy ambulance or
fire truck??I would tend to believe the people who buy emergency vehicles may know a thing or two about reliability.

 

For the life of me I do not understand this "Ford"/"Chevy" thing. I own a 2001 F250 SD and am very happy so far. My brother owns a 2000 Chevy and is very happy with it. I have driven it and I too think it is a nice truck. Why not focus your energy on the IMPORTS; Dodge, Toyota, Nissan, etc. In the back windows of American trucks I see stickers that say "**** on ford" or "**** on chevy". Yet, on the back of Imports I see "fear this". Take it to heart ladies and gentlemen. We are so wrapped up in our Ford/Chevy battle that we loose the big picture. Keep buying the import stuff and we will pay dearly in the end. I was in Japan on a business trip in May of 2000, and let me tell you, discrimination is the law of the land. There were numerous bars and restaurants where I was not admitted because I was a round eye, but I guarantee you they would sell me a Nikon camera or a Toyota without blinking an eye. Take a stand, take comfort in the fact that your neighbor prefers his chevy to your ford. At least you dont have a TRD (turd) parked next to you!

Mike Lunde

 

It seems most of the Chevy trucks in the Albany, NY sit nice and clean and shiny in the suburbanites driveways,....the Fords are on the highway department sites dirty , dented and scratched!! must be a reason!!
Dan / FT

 

First off, I can't believe I surfed into my beloved FORD TRUCK ENTHUSIASTS board after a long absence to find a discussion about the greatness of ch*vies.Ther must be a better place to discuss this topic.Try the che*vy truck enthusiasts site @www.boatanchor.com
Now that I'm wound up..we have a fleet of early 90s to 2000 bow tie products where I work.We have 5 Tahoe/Suburbans.I have not been to our repair facility this week but I'm willing to bet that one of them is on the rack as we speak. They go through fuel pumps and brakes at a unbelievable rate.We also have about 10 1/2,3/4 and 1 ton bow tie trucks.The gas runs are always having fuel injection problems and burn oil.The diesels are gutless,oil burning,hard starting, overheating junk.The ones we hang snow polws on have variety of front end problems and eat front tires for lunch.We also have a variety of body and trim problems, such as door handles(inside and out) that come off in your hand,bodys that crack around the door hinges,sagging doors,hoods that buckle,windows that fall off of the track ,electrical and gauge problems etc.
We also have some astro vans and s-10s and they are even worse.We have a 97 S-10 up against the fence that needs a new engine and trans at 98K. They are going to auction it instead of fix it.
I work for a small municipality and I can tell you these "trucks"
are not abused and they are serviced regulaly.Our new fleet manager
was appaled at how much the bow ties cost to keep on the road.We just got 3 2003 Dodge diesels and one of them is mine.I will say it has plenty of power,but talk about LOUD! It has 324 miles on it and it just stated to have some kind of rattle in the drivers door.We are anxously waiting for the 3 PSD we ordered.I can't wait.(For some reason the fleet, manager is just not interested in trying out a duramax
I currently have a '091 V-10 SD with 25K on it and as expected have had zero problems,a 91 Explorer with 140K on it and have had to put brakes on it twice and replace a leaky valve cover gasket.
I have gone through my 76 F-250 4x4 from one end to the other as a hobby,but it was still going strong at 240K with one engine replacement.My 68 Bronco at 102K still has the original 289 and the first time the valve covers were off was when I put chrome ones on it.

Personaly,I think I'll stick with FORD products,thank you very much

 

Tough?
I have a 1970 C-600 with 287k miles on a 361, with a 48 foot aerial lift and a 4 yard chip box that tows a Bandit 200+xp. Stilllllll going...........

I also have a 78 bronco with a 351m and about 233k miles....... stilllllll going.......

Blue oval has my vote !!!!

erik
new England Tree Service

 

Hmmm cool topic,,Just had to ad my .02 cents,,here in Eastern CT. my neighbor works at a Chevy dealer, like around 2 yr's ago, (00) when chevy had ( "The Truck") commercial's on TV, he said they were coming off the rail cars (train) with bent frames,(rear beds were touching the cabs), seems when they secured them to the rail cars, the jaring motion from traveling, was bending the frames,!! Now that had to be kinda embarrassing for them , I would think,!! Now my F-350 had some issues,with the dealer, steering alignment, tire pull,new design air cleaner, range sensor in tranny, updated radiator, etc, all under warranty, stupid stuff as I, call it.

But over all the truck is a worker, will haul a load, and frequently comes out of the local sand and gravel site over 16,000 pds, and handles it well.

When the truck has that kinda weight on it, it does'nt even look like it does, ( not like other brands ), no issues with bent frames either, as stated above,,,God I love Ford's He,,He ,



99' F-350, PSD,SC, 9' Dump, 12,500 GVW,

,, ,,,,,,Later,,,,,,,,,,,Mark