Hey Guys,

I just wanted to hear some of your reasons for not buying the new Chevy Heavy Duty truck. I am a big Ford man, and I figured I'd pull into the Chevy dealership with my 2000 F-350, Crewcab, Lariet, 4X2, and go and take a look at the new "Heavy duty" trucks from Chevy. Well my main reason for never owning one, is because Ford has done me well, but also, the new Chevy's are TOO SMALL! I couldn't believe it, my head hits the roof. Now, I am 6'8" tall, and i have a solid 4" above my head yet, and i find the driver's seat in the chevy too cramped, everything is built too tight. Anyway, i just wanted to hear some of your guys reactions to the new "H.D" trucks from Chevy, and what you thought. I'll keep my Ford over a Chevy ANYDAY!!!

Mark

 

In my family experience, the Ford vehicles we've own'd seemed more solidly built than Chevy. Body panels of the Fords didn't rust, the interior held up better to normal wear and tear without developing squeeks and rattles, the steering/suspension seemed to required less maintence (tires lasted longer, alignment lasted longer before needing re-aligned, steering always was solid.
All of the vehicles we've owned (both Ford and Chevy) had good engines and tranny's that lasted well over 100k miles..


So naturally, every vehicle I've personally owned have been/still are Fords. They've always treated me well..

I bet Chevy is also capable of making good trucks, but why should I switch from Ford?

 

I have been a loyal Ford Fan ever since my first truck at age 16 every Ford I have ever owned has served me well. My brother is opposite, he has owned 3 GMC/ Chevy pickups, and had transmission/motor problems in all of them. I agree that Chevy could make a decent truck, but it would take a miracle for them to top the Superduty line of trucks.

thanks

Murph

 

Last October I was elk hunting on the continental divide between Montana and Idaho. We (three outfits: a dodge, chevy and my ford) were in a blizzard and about 18" of snow had fallen. A heavy duty cummins diesel dodge was pulling a small trailer and had a load of gear (4 wheelers, tents, stoves, etc.). The dodge's 4 wheel drive went out and he jack-knifed his rig with the trailer even with all 4 wheels chained up. Seems diesel had dripped down on the electic vacuum operated servo that engages the front hubs and dissolved the rubber bushings. No vacuum = no 4 wheel drive. (Note that the Ford has a manual hub for just this situation and, also when you get stuck in 2 wheel drive before the wheels turn to hook up the auto hubs)

Enter the Chevy. The Chevy chained up all four wheels and began towing the trailer. On top and in the snow, one of the cross bars on one of the Chevy's rear chains broke loose. As the cross bar whipped around, it wrapped around the fender cross brace that runs from the cargo box to the outside bottom of the rear fender just aft of the rear wheel. The chevy owner thought he was getting stuck so he gunned it (high rpm required for torque). When he did this, he torqued the entire cargo bed and rear fender ($700 fix). (Note that the Ford unlike the chevy or the dodge has a protective plastic sheet which protects this brace from sticks, loose chains, or whatever)

Enter my new 2000 F250 SD SC 5.4L auto 4x4 Lariat. I chained up and bailed them both out. Because their outfits were busted, they also got to ride in the Ford and were impressed by the low RPM torgue of the 5.4L in the heavy snow and the general truck finish. It is a fine looking machine.

As both the dodge owner and the chevy owner put it, "I'm buying a ford next time."

True story!

 

I just bought a new 2000 F250 V10 SD CC SB 4x4 in October, so I only have about 2500 miles on it. I own a 93 GMC ext C1500 4x2, which is now for sale. I was looking forward to buying a new GMC as my '93 had served me well with only normal wear and tear (125K miles in 7 years) but because of the new "HD" I couldn't find a 2000 that what was I wanted. The new "01 HD" for GMC have not shown up on any lots around here yet, so I really don't know what to think of it. I just knew I didn't want to buy a truck in the first year of production that I wanted to pull a real load with. So I, stopped at a Ford lot, to take my first real look at the F250 Crew Cab, and 3-1/2 hours later I drove away with a new truck. So far I am extremely pleased with my purchase and look forward to many years of towing pleasure. If the New Ford had not been equipped the way I wanted, in a color I liked and a price that was fair, I'd still be driving my GMC and would still be happy. You just gotta get lucky anymore no matter what brand you buy.

NEWB V10

 

Your nuts. Read through these postings. I cant drive my s.d. to the store without something going wrong with it.

 

 

Daisy. If you want advice about anything wrong with your truck, fine. If you want to compare your trucks problems, with others who have the same truck, fine. If you want to share, realistic problems with us, fine. But, if you just want to whine about your Superduty, please go over to the Chevy section over at www.pickuptrucks.com, you WILL find a lot of sympathetic people who will console you and point out why you shouldn't have bought a Ford. My truck was a lemon when it was first bought, and it was a lemon for five years until everything wrong with it was replaced. Whinning about it doesn't help.

Daywalker
92' F-250 351 4x4 xlt 4.10 5spd sprcab lngbed

 

How about price? The new 8.1L is over over a grand, and the allison auto is around 2000. Not to mention how much more the Hd is over a Superduty.



Pastmaster's 1993 XLT 5.0 E40d 3.55LS Normal Cab/Long bed Loaded from the factory with aid of...MSd 6a ign/s.p. wires, blaster coil, Hypertech Chip, K&N filtercharger, Cat-back dual exhuast w/o mufflers, 3.5", echo tips, Accel distributor cap, Dark Mocha over light mocha. 5% Dark tint, Alpine Cd player/remote, Pioneer speakers.

toydestroyer1(No Email Addresses In Posts!)

 

>In my family experience, the Ford
>vehicles we've own'd seemed more
>solidly built than Chevy. Body
>panels of the Fords didn't
>rust, the interior held up
>better to normal wear and
>tear without developing squeeks and
>rattles, the steering/suspension seemed to
> required less maintence (tires
>lasted longer, alignment lasted longer
>before needing re-aligned, steering always
>was solid.
>All of the vehicles we've owned
>(both Ford and Chevy) had
>good engines and tranny's that
>lasted well over 100k miles..


The BIGGEST reason not to buy a new ford is the whole firestone issue. Why would you continue to support a company that knowingly killed people?


>
>
>So naturally, every vehicle I've personally
>owned have been/still are Fords.
> They've always treated me
>well..
>
>I bet Chevy is also capable
>of making good trucks, but
>why should I switch
>from Ford?
>
Because they aren't know for killing people to save a few bucks.

 

>Last October I was elk hunting
>on the continental divide between
>Montana and Idaho. We
>(three outfits: a dodge, chevy
>and my ford) were in
>a blizzard and about 18"
>of snow had fallen.
>A heavy duty cummins diesel
>dodge was pulling a small
>trailer and had a load
>of gear (4 wheelers, tents,
>stoves, etc.). The dodge's
>4 wheel drive went out
>and he jack-knifed his rig
>with the trailer even with
>all 4 wheels chained up.
> Seems diesel had dripped
>down on the electic vacuum
>operated servo that engages the
>front hubs and dissolved the
>rubber bushings. No vacuum
>= no 4 wheel drive.
> (Note that the Ford
>has a manual hub for
>just this situation and, also
>when you get stuck in
>2 wheel drive before the
>wheels turn to hook up
>the auto hubs)
>
>Enter the Chevy. The Chevy
>chained up all four wheels
>and began towing the trailer.
> On top and in
>the snow, one of the
>cross bars on one of
>the Chevy's rear chains broke
>loose. As the cross
>bar whipped around, it wrapped
>around the fender cross brace
>that runs from the cargo
>box to the outside bottom
>of the rear fender just
>aft of the rear wheel.
> The chevy owner thought
>he was getting stuck so
>he gunned it (high rpm
>required for torque). When
>he did this, he torqued
>the entire cargo bed and
>rear fender ($700 fix). (Note
>that the Ford unlike the
>chevy or the dodge has
>a protective plastic sheet which
>protects this brace from sticks,
>loose chains, or whatever)
>
>Enter my new 2000 F250 SD
>SC 5.4L auto 4x4 Lariat.
> I chained up and
>bailed them both out.
>Because their outfits were busted,
>they also got to ride
>in the Ford and were
>impressed by the low RPM
>torgue of the 5.4L in
>the heavy snow and the
>general truck finish. It
>is a fine looking machine.
>
>
>As both the dodge owner and
>the chevy owner put it,
>"I'm buying a ford next
>time."
>
>True story!



um, sure

 

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 24-Dec-00 AT 10:28 AM (EST)[/font][p]Oh GEEZ, now we have another troller.. But I gotta respond, sorry:
The quote:
The BIGGEST reason not to buy a new ford is the whole firestone issue. Why would you continue to support a company that knowingly killed people?
end quote:

Ford did not kill people, not knowingly or otherwise. Beware of media hype creating news rather than reporting news..

If you truely believe that Ford did this, then you'd also believe that you should not buy chevy trucks either.
Remember back when chevy had the fuel tanks on the outside of the framerails, which during a side impact would leak? Resulting fires left many people dead..

We know for a fact that the media overhyped that situation, they tried numerous times to create a test situation which would cause an explosion because they wanted to show that clip on TV. However, they couldn't do it, so they had to place an extra device in order to create the fire..

Also what about the issue with some chevy cars would blow up if hit from the rear. Or the Dodge caravan that would eject the rear occupants out of the van on a rear impact.. The list goes on..


All of the vehicle makers have been blamed for causing deaths at one time or another.. Its what happens when you mix the media and lawyers looking to make ratings and money..

So, by your standards you should walk to work..

 

I've had 3 GM products in the past. Bad luck with all 3. I'm on my 5th Ford, just kept trading up. Ford trucks ARE tougher than chevys. I've beat the H*ll out of my Fords and they just want more. I currently own a 94 F250 SC 460/auto 3.55 4x4 and a 99 F250 SD SC PSD 6 speed 3.73 4x4. I LOVE them both!!!!!

 

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 24-Dec-00 AT 02:13 PM (EST)[/font][p]400HP794x4, Firestones, big deal. Firestone ATX on wife's Explorer, 53000 miles with no trouble. 94 and 99 F250's Firestone Steeltex, no trouble. 3 sets of Firestones no trouble.

Sorry 400 HP, this was for Roger B.

 

theres nothing wrong with ford trucks, its just bad treads, if i was to buy an explorer(i wouldnt) id put set of eagle alloys, w/BFGs, i was never to crazy about firestone, nor explorer factory rims, but the point is, its the tires not the truck.

John Floyd
South Mills,NC
'86 F150 2wd 300 6
Crane Cam 260/272
stock manifolds, w/ staight pipe