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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 05:25 PM
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I could see this turning into an interesting campfire discussion next spring.
 
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 07:17 PM
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I am with a few of you guys on the fact that you cant blame the truck for an idiot owner, so it shouldn't even be a choice. Stupidity is not an accessory Ford offered with its truck, Heck it's not even Standard on 'em. That is all on the owner. Now as for stupid engineering, thats a whole other story.
 
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 07:27 PM
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Exactly. Assume proper maintainence. What's the weak link in the actual truck as a whole?

Another way to think about it...if you were given $10K and a stock 7.3 truck, and someone told you they needed a rock solid reliable truck because they were headed somewhere away from civilization for a while and couldn't have a broken down truck.

Obviously you can't 100% for sure prevent a problem, but what's the first thing you would upgrade to provide this reliability no matter what he's doing with it?
 
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by jtharvey
I could see this turning into an interesting campfire discussion next spring.
i agree i mean theres good points on every side i think alot has to do with what you want the truck to do.
 
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