Good evening folks.
A nasty surprise for me this morning, both my F150`s left tires were totally flat and I`m thinking it`s just from the cold. Luckily I always park in my shop so it was fairly close to an air compressor, from these leaks I need to add air in less than an hour. The tire shop was backed up all day so Monday I hope they can get me in.
Randy- Hopefully the landlord is more mature than your present neighbours and he straightens them out.
Grant - congrats on the Edge!
Gerry - it`s great to hear your local RCMP have Super Dutys like around here but there is the odd cheby.
Steve- Good evening to you too. Long pants, heavy shirts with long sleeves and many layers to keep warm these days.

 

Howdy Morris.. sorry about your surprise. You going to have your tires filled with nitrogen??

 

Thanks Steve, I`ve had a few problems with other vehicle tires going flat as well so that sounds like a really good idea if I can find a place that handles nitrogen. I`ll Google it to find out more on using nitrogen.

 

Nitrogen vs Air In Tires - Why Nitrogen in Tires - Popular Mechanics

 

That's the way to go M, nitro is more consistent .... good luck

 

It sounds good but it`ll depend on who I can find to do it and the cost. I'm almost ready to start using inner tubes with these problems in cold weather.
It`s really weird how my 98 Ranger, with factory aluminum mags hasn't ever had any cold tires problems since I bought it in 2001.

 

Morris if you need to add air every hour to your tires, have you thought of checking for a slow leak? I have never had tires leak that fast, even in -50 weather.

 

Sounds strange eh Randy, usually rims don't leak that fast...... good luck Morris

Good Sunday morning prairie gang, have a good day

 

Morning Boys and Girls.

Randy, that sucks bro!! MIL has a problem like yours. She's 87, going through CCare, stuggling as it is and these guys just don't care. Absolutely no respect. Duplex as well. He works at BP in Selkirk, I may pay him a visit there if it continues!!

Morris, if there alum rims,you will most likely have to get them pulled off and the beads cleaned. 99% of the time in this weather it's water that gets in the bead, freezes, then as the cycle continues it quickly gets worse. I've never had it on my Ranger either with alum rims but buddies with the F150 have.

SHERMIN....... GRANT....

Speaking of RCMP SD's, I saw one wipe out last winter on main. New stretch by St.Andrews golf coarse of concrete, usually asphalt used these days, but this was all new concrete. I usually take that route in/out of the city and KNOW its waaaay slipperier at anytime of the day or night. It's like it's polished there or something. Anyway, there was a head on further south, he was FLYIN coming up behind me, 8am ish with school busses out and I said to myself as I easily drifted over to the shoulder maintaining speed...."ohhhhhh he's gonna loose it, oooooohhhhhh boy, he's gonna loose it here guaranteed" and sure enough as I said the last word and the road started to curve to the left he started into the looooooooooooong sideways skid. I'll bet he slid for 200+ feet on the road, then wiped out over the meadian sending him into a heavy spin, across the oncoming 2 lanes and 50feet into the ditch. His mirror was busted off from missing a pole and another 5feet and he would have busted through the creek's protective gates and fell down another 10' into the creek bottom. THe ditches at the time were pretty full of snow. I'm not no traffic analysis guru and played in the snow many times in my time. For him to slide that far on the road, then in the ditch that far, he was movin. Anyways, I didn't end up pulling over as the road ahead had the head on accident and the lights and sirens were all over the place so I thought it would be safer to just carry on.

Story of the day :P

-33 with no windchill this morning here, going to stay like this all day and -6 by morning!! Be a nice warm break but the roads will get sloppy.

 

Looking through the 6.7 forum, I found Sherm's new truck > https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...your-club.html

Curtis - That's too bad about your MIL, I know how see feels lol.

Grant - Post up some pics of the Edge!

Oh and its -38 this morning here without the wind!

 

Here's a few pics...





Morris, I've bought quite a few vehicles from Royal Ford, influenced a few sales for them also. They've always been top notch to deal with. I've visited other dealers, other brands from time to time, and never get the same vibe. Royal Ford has great personalities right from the janitor to the owner.

 

BEAUTIFUL TRUCK! Now to throw on some real tires and a DPF delete and your set!

 

haha...beat me to it Randy Read about your duplex experiences. We recently moved to an acreage after a year of living in the city. I can't handle city life. Impossible to avoid human interaction outside the house. We lived in a nice neighborhood, but having 8' between neighbors got old in a hurry.

I've never had a vehicle damaged by another person on purpose. I fear what my actions would be in such a case. If we go somewhere that requires we leave a vehicle in public overnight, I try to take our least expensive/least valuable vehicle. It sucks to live in a society where there are people who have no respect and regard for others belongings. No regard for others personal privacy etc...

 

I'm going to wear out the factory socks first For a change...lol. I won't be touching the DPF unless I have issues that cannot be resolved. I like the idea of having full warranty, that's why I buy new stuff lol....

 

Good plan, I had to DPF delete. My DEF fluid was freezing and for some reason my truck wasn't going into regen which should have caused it to go into limp mode but the truck wasn't. Only thing the dealership would do was thaw my truck, so I took matters into my own hands and pulled the DPF off before it left me stranded in the middle of no where. We don't have cell service for the last 3 hours of our drive home, and there isn't a lot of traffic, so I didn't want my girlfriend and I to get stuck with a dead truck and no cell service waiting for someone to come rescue us.