Fx5
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I have to say that this thread is just sad 
You see you all assumed that the FX5 was out and already undergoing heavy testing however the last I heard, and all I seem to find online about it was that is was merely a concept vehicle that was dreamed up, however not likely to reach the showroom floor. The 5th wheel was positioned as it was not for a wheelie bar, but instead for a rudder. This idea was dreamed up to counter GM's quadra trac four wheel steer. With a tire mounted in the middle it would have the ability to "scoot" the rear end left or right, depending on which way you turned the steering wheel.
Further testing found the system to be inadequate at best, as the forcing of the rear end caused severe tire wear on the outter most rear tires. This is something that was not expected during initial tests. The original concept had the 38 inch outters with the 35 inner, therefore limiting steering as it was.
Perhaps Big Orn's wishbone lift could help the situation and devise a way to counter the tire wear issue by folding the outter axles up allowing the center tire to steer. Further testing needed.
Argh, I suppose this one photo could be released, it is THE 38 outter, 35 inner style.
You see you all assumed that the FX5 was out and already undergoing heavy testing however the last I heard, and all I seem to find online about it was that is was merely a concept vehicle that was dreamed up, however not likely to reach the showroom floor. The 5th wheel was positioned as it was not for a wheelie bar, but instead for a rudder. This idea was dreamed up to counter GM's quadra trac four wheel steer. With a tire mounted in the middle it would have the ability to "scoot" the rear end left or right, depending on which way you turned the steering wheel.Further testing found the system to be inadequate at best, as the forcing of the rear end caused severe tire wear on the outter most rear tires. This is something that was not expected during initial tests. The original concept had the 38 inch outters with the 35 inner, therefore limiting steering as it was.
Perhaps Big Orn's wishbone lift could help the situation and devise a way to counter the tire wear issue by folding the outter axles up allowing the center tire to steer. Further testing needed.
Argh, I suppose this one photo could be released, it is THE 38 outter, 35 inner style.
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Now if I understand this right... If I get the wishbone set up, I can pull one rear tire off the ground and squirt a little gear lube on the nearest fire hydrant? (Of course it would have to have the correct amount of friction modified as well as use an upfitter switch for the Positive Interference Silicon Squirter option. No petrol based products allowed.)
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Originally Posted by 03SD
Now if I understand this right... If I get the wishbone set up, I can pull one rear tire off the ground and squirt a little gear lube on the nearest fire hydrant? (Of course it would have to have the correct amount of friction modified as well as use an upfitter switch for the Positive Interference Silicon Squirter option. No petrol based products allowed.)
Fire Hydrant + raising 5th wheel = ??? You're not getting me to take that bait, 03SD! More shocking news about the FX5…it looks like the ACLU has raised its ugly head again in protest against the legal department at Ford. It seems as if there is some question whether the truck can or cannot have any connotation deriving from or alluding to masculinity. See excerpt below:
from The Patriot’s Tribune
From time immemorial Ford trucks have been the poster “child” for men. No other truck in the world has ever held that title more than these massive achievements of engineering. Now, with help from Lee Roy, a lawyer for the ACLU, Chevrolet and Dodge are fighting back. But…not with the power and prestige that one would assume in research and design, but with lawyers. Mr. Roy, at a press conference yesterday, stated, “Ain’t no way they gone get a way wid it. They been the top dog on the shelf for too long as it is, but to come all off up in here and bear out a consumer project focused on the appeals and confidentials of the sexual ambiguity of our nation has placed them at a conclusion!”
Translators were not present at the time of the release, however, but we are certain that Mr. Roy was referring to the new FX5 that Ford will introduce later this year.
From time immemorial Ford trucks have been the poster “child” for men. No other truck in the world has ever held that title more than these massive achievements of engineering. Now, with help from Lee Roy, a lawyer for the ACLU, Chevrolet and Dodge are fighting back. But…not with the power and prestige that one would assume in research and design, but with lawyers. Mr. Roy, at a press conference yesterday, stated, “Ain’t no way they gone get a way wid it. They been the top dog on the shelf for too long as it is, but to come all off up in here and bear out a consumer project focused on the appeals and confidentials of the sexual ambiguity of our nation has placed them at a conclusion!”
Translators were not present at the time of the release, however, but we are certain that Mr. Roy was referring to the new FX5 that Ford will introduce later this year.
And, why hire the ACLU?
Any comments?
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Originally Posted by Fredvon4
No way this thread dies on page two...TTT
I am waiting to see if any one has more fantasies of me in drag! Geeeze, guess I got to shave my legs again and hang a set of Truck Nutz off my back side for you all to get a thrill.
I am waiting to see if any one has more fantasies of me in drag! Geeeze, guess I got to shave my legs again and hang a set of Truck Nutz off my back side for you all to get a thrill.
We don't care what you wear...
I thought the Fx5 was to get the new Hybrid V12 Gasoline Twin Turbo, hydraulic slave assist with the modified 5R110W that has OBD6 implemented to apply the OD to any of the 3 forward gears and reverse giving 6 forward ratios and 2 in reverse. Rumor has it Ford will have a two detent stem mounted switch that controls tow/haul and second detent apples clutch lock up on demand.
Come on Fred, don't give us that "I thought" stuff - if you know what you know, then spill the freakin' beans! Don't keep us peeking through the outhouse door for goodness sake!
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From: Allen, Tx
Originally Posted by Big Orn
Really, Fred, you're cool. You know what it's like, though, when the chips are down and we figured we'd light a fire under you since you have the inside scoop on things like this. Maybe you can share with us the info I know you're bound to gather on this slightly disturbed subject.
We don't care what you wear...
We don't care what you wear...
I think he was digging around his Fendi Mini Bauletto purse for some powdered base (Light Ivory loose powder) to conceal a liver spot on his face. He was smoking a cigarrette, he hit it with the powder brush and since the cigarrette was smeared and saturated with Signature Creme Red Salsa lipstick, it slipped and fell down between his legs, burned through the Victoria's Secret Secret-Pink thongs and singed his unmentionables. Of course the heel of his 4" Juliet Classic stiletto heel shoes got caught in the Husky floor mats and BAM! Our good first-shirt slammed headlong into the Blue Oyster bar, which coincidently was his original destination.
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Originally Posted by n578md
The cross-dressing remarks sure may explain a thing or two. I think I know how this happened, it wasn't no "East Texas tree" either:
I think he was digging around his Fendi Mini Bauletto purse for some powdered base (Light Ivory loose powder) to conceal a liver spot on his face. He was smoking a cigarrette, he hit it with the powder brush and since the cigarrette was smeared and saturated with Signature Creme Red Salsa lipstick, it slipped and fell down between his legs, burned through the Victoria's Secret Secret-Pink thongs and singed his unmentionables. Of course the heel of his 4" Juliet Classic stiletto heel shoes got caught in the Husky floor mats and BAM! Our good first-shirt slammed headlong into the Blue Oyster bar, which coincidently was his original destination.
I think he was digging around his Fendi Mini Bauletto purse for some powdered base (Light Ivory loose powder) to conceal a liver spot on his face. He was smoking a cigarrette, he hit it with the powder brush and since the cigarrette was smeared and saturated with Signature Creme Red Salsa lipstick, it slipped and fell down between his legs, burned through the Victoria's Secret Secret-Pink thongs and singed his unmentionables. Of course the heel of his 4" Juliet Classic stiletto heel shoes got caught in the Husky floor mats and BAM! Our good first-shirt slammed headlong into the Blue Oyster bar, which coincidently was his original destination.
Btw – is that Fred’s wig precariously protruding from the driver’s side front fender?
I guess you’ve heard by now that Mr. Lee Roy has crushed the FX5’s 5th wheel hydraulic extension option. Read on:
from The New Titan
Oh, yea, Lee Roy, ACLU’s lead lawyer, has been lobbying again with Jesse Jackson. He feels that, with Jackson’s help, he can remove all doubt about whether or not Ford’s references to sex and/or gender will enter the mainstream of America.
“But it’s not that simple,” said Ford’s crisis management chairperson, Sheryl Crow. Yes, that’s right that Sheryl Crow. Her and cyclist Lance Armstrong have been fighting hard for Ford’s new design since early-January.
“Our project team has worked very hard on this,” Crow continued. “It’s a setback, but not major. We’re well into the second phase of the hydraulics accumulation procedure and ready to retrofit.”
“What these guys (Roy and Jackson) find so distasteful is the fact that even women will now want the new FX5 and they can’t seem to get over it,” Crow concluded with a smile.
The flaw of the newly designed extension was discovered and eliminated in the test vehicle, but, as with all newly designed systems, has came back to haunt the engineers. The frequency of the defect was reduced, but not eliminated it seems. And another defect (unknown to The New Titan at this time) previously unseen, began occurring in the design.
“We know what’s going on off up in there,” Roy said outside the ACLU headquarters yesterday. “But, we’re gonna bear down hard here. We’ll show ‘em and then we’ll see who’ll eat crow…”
Oh, yea, Lee Roy, ACLU’s lead lawyer, has been lobbying again with Jesse Jackson. He feels that, with Jackson’s help, he can remove all doubt about whether or not Ford’s references to sex and/or gender will enter the mainstream of America.
“But it’s not that simple,” said Ford’s crisis management chairperson, Sheryl Crow. Yes, that’s right that Sheryl Crow. Her and cyclist Lance Armstrong have been fighting hard for Ford’s new design since early-January.
“Our project team has worked very hard on this,” Crow continued. “It’s a setback, but not major. We’re well into the second phase of the hydraulics accumulation procedure and ready to retrofit.”
“What these guys (Roy and Jackson) find so distasteful is the fact that even women will now want the new FX5 and they can’t seem to get over it,” Crow concluded with a smile.
The flaw of the newly designed extension was discovered and eliminated in the test vehicle, but, as with all newly designed systems, has came back to haunt the engineers. The frequency of the defect was reduced, but not eliminated it seems. And another defect (unknown to The New Titan at this time) previously unseen, began occurring in the design.
“We know what’s going on off up in there,” Roy said outside the ACLU headquarters yesterday. “But, we’re gonna bear down hard here. We’ll show ‘em and then we’ll see who’ll eat crow…”
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"Did I read about this in “The Man-Boy American” magazine?"
Oh,you mean the famous NAMBLA publication, Gayme? (Look it up, I'm not making anything up! No, I'm not a member! Wow wow wow! When I say a "member", I mean not affiliated with that organization.) I had to look "carthusian" up in the dictionary. Where did you dig this fossil from? The 11th century? (The word, not FredVon.) I've never seen pictures of Fred but I imagine him like Max Klinger:
"Btw – is that Fred’s wig precariously protruding from the driver’s side front fender?"
I have it on good authority that it is his "thatch", but not from his head. That had to hurt.
"we’ll see who’ll eat crow…”
Can you say that in a news article that talks about Cheryl Crow? This article is not very forthright. Are they saying that Cheryl Crow doesn't like the idea of something hydraulic that extends? (She does have a large following in the lesbian community.)
What about their dubious fifth wheel/third leg parallel? All that for a lousy fifth tire. And I cannot imagine Lance Armstrong getting involved with something that has more than 2 wheels.
We haven't heard much from the original poster in all of this. Doesn't he realise what time, thought, and work went into these replies? The countless seconds I spent editing the FX5 picture, the countless minutes spent replying etc... I wonder if we have answered his questions?
Oh,you mean the famous NAMBLA publication, Gayme? (Look it up, I'm not making anything up! No, I'm not a member! Wow wow wow! When I say a "member", I mean not affiliated with that organization.) I had to look "carthusian" up in the dictionary. Where did you dig this fossil from? The 11th century? (The word, not FredVon.) I've never seen pictures of Fred but I imagine him like Max Klinger:
"Btw – is that Fred’s wig precariously protruding from the driver’s side front fender?"
I have it on good authority that it is his "thatch", but not from his head. That had to hurt.
"we’ll see who’ll eat crow…”
Can you say that in a news article that talks about Cheryl Crow? This article is not very forthright. Are they saying that Cheryl Crow doesn't like the idea of something hydraulic that extends? (She does have a large following in the lesbian community.)
What about their dubious fifth wheel/third leg parallel? All that for a lousy fifth tire. And I cannot imagine Lance Armstrong getting involved with something that has more than 2 wheels.
We haven't heard much from the original poster in all of this. Doesn't he realise what time, thought, and work went into these replies? The countless seconds I spent editing the FX5 picture, the countless minutes spent replying etc... I wonder if we have answered his questions?
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Originally Posted by n578md
And I cannot imagine Lance Armstrong getting involved with something that has more than 2 wheels.
When she heard about the FX5 she was ecstatic…
We haven't heard much from the original poster in all of this. Doesn't he realise what time, thought, and work went into these replies? The countless seconds I spent editing the FX5 picture, the countless minutes spent replying etc... I wonder if we have answered his questions?
And about that photo of Klinger? You do realize that Fred more favors a bulldog – if he favors anything at all, right? (Whoa! – that painted a hurly picture.)
“Carthusian Crusher”? They’re a group of cross-dressers – an association really. I was getting my taxes done a few weeks ago and, while flipping through the stacks of magazines, found a couple of raunchy ones. I saw the pic of a crushed Super Duty in the NAMBLA (Man-Boy American) mag and read a few lines. I’d never heard of them, myself – you need to know that, n578md – and did a little research. Seems that they have a website, which the guidelines here prohibit us posting, that really tells it all. If you do happen to run across it, don’t access it. It’ll keep you from solid foods for days.
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From: Allen, Tx
Originally Posted by Big Orn
And about that photo of Klinger? You do realize that Fred more favors a bulldog – if he favors anything at all, right? (Whoa! – that painted a hurly picture.) .
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Originally Posted by Big Orn
“Carthusian Crusher”? They’re a group of cross-dressers – an association really. I was getting my taxes done a few weeks ago and, while flipping through the stacks of magazines, found a couple of raunchy ones. I saw the pic of a crushed Super Duty in the NAMBLA (Man-Boy American) mag and read a few lines. I’d never heard of them, myself – you need to know that, n578md – and did a little research. Seems that they have a website, which the guidelines here prohibit us posting, that really tells it all. If you do happen to run across it, don’t access it. It’ll keep you from solid foods for days.
Nooooo!, not you! You'd never be a member of such an organization. No sir. (Fred, maybe, but not you!) Although we did see dark-colored dually with a NAMBLA sticker on the tailgate (or was it on the driveshaft?) at the intersection of 82 and 8 while on our way to TXK. And it wasn't a diesel either... Having been a member of FTE for a while and knowing that real men have diesels, it might have been you!
These magazines were probably five exits past "raunchy" I bet. I wouldn't frequent a tax establishment with such material but I can see where some of the more dynamic and avant-guarde members of New Boston's high society might...
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