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Thanks for the explaination on "put to storage." I would have to think that all the testing , engineering ,quailty checks would be taken care of by now seeing they are sapose to be released in spring of 2010. Are there problems with these checks holding them up from meeting the target dates?
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The toppers caps from our last S-Duty model will fit the 2011MY. The box outer was revised for styling on the Single Rear wheel and Dual Rear Wheel.
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I am not Peter, but I can answer your question.
"Put to storage" means that your vehicle will be in storage until customer units start to be delivered to dealers. A number of people need to "sign off" (probably Peter is one of them) that the vehicles are "ok to ship" - which is only done after all the vehicles meet all of the engineering/quality requirements outlined. As such a thing is dependent upon all of the vehicles meeting those requirements, there are target dates, but there is no "official date".
I couldn't imagine an incentive program with a new truck (but I could be wrong).
"Put to storage" means that your vehicle will be in storage until customer units start to be delivered to dealers. A number of people need to "sign off" (probably Peter is one of them) that the vehicles are "ok to ship" - which is only done after all the vehicles meet all of the engineering/quality requirements outlined. As such a thing is dependent upon all of the vehicles meeting those requirements, there are target dates, but there is no "official date".
I couldn't imagine an incentive program with a new truck (but I could be wrong).
Both gas and Diesel 11 MY S-Duty trucks are heading to the dealers in early April.
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We spend many upfront engineering hours w/CAE and development hours to improve the ride of S-Duty under all loading conditions, curb, max. payload, and with max trailer. Having said that for 2011 MY we made extensive revisions to the Single Rear Wheel Spring design as well as adding all new shock design (on all 4 corners) that helped us improve the overall ride (especially in the rear which had some level of abruptness over small bumps when unloaded on the 2008-2010MY S-Duty). In addition, we have revised the cross car beam and add a vertical brace in the center stack area to improve virbation feedback through the steering wheel. All in all, the ride and NVH is a big improvement over our job last -- I will let you judge how close it is to a car ride. Take care.
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Ok, just let me know if you have any questions.
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This coming month - April the trucks will be at the Dealer - both 6.7L Diesel w/6speed and 6.2L gas/6speed.
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Two main reasons: due to low volumes (a sign of low customer demand) and GM's dropping of the manual offering - which, in my opion tanked our business case.
The market place in Mexico has a very high manual transmission following which enabled our FoM (Ford of Mexico) team to design and develop a 6.2L w/a Tremec manual transimssion (which meets the Mexico emissions standards... unfortunely not the North American).
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Welcome Peter glad to have you aboard. Hope to see you at the plant, I am in maint it's real rough on me looking at these new trucks all day long can't wait till I get me one of these 6.7's to add to my growing collection of Super Duty's.
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From: Shiner, TX
Greetings Peter!
I have a 2009 XLT F250 with the ZF6 manual transmission and manual shift 4wd. It's a looker, and I get comments all the time about how well it performs off road with only minor modifications. The Achillies heel, however, has been the limited slip rear axle- gullies and rough terrain leaves me spinning my wheels.
Can you clarify how the electronic locking differential operates? Is the axle "open" normally and then locks solid to "spool" when the driver selects? Or does is operate like a limited slip under most circumstances until the driver locks the rear axle?
I've also heard that it unlocks in tight turns to help maneuverability. If this is true, I can see this being a problem for some who, like me, enter ditches at an angle to keep the bumpers from dragging. Eventually I need to turn the wheel to navigate out, and I hope this would not unlock my axle for me. It's bad enough that my GM buddies have a locking rear axle. Once that G80 locks, it doesn't care if a wheel lifts off the ground.
I know I just wrote a book, haha, but if you could simply comment on the electronic locking rear axle I'd be happy.
Thanks,
Chris
I have a 2009 XLT F250 with the ZF6 manual transmission and manual shift 4wd. It's a looker, and I get comments all the time about how well it performs off road with only minor modifications. The Achillies heel, however, has been the limited slip rear axle- gullies and rough terrain leaves me spinning my wheels.
Can you clarify how the electronic locking differential operates? Is the axle "open" normally and then locks solid to "spool" when the driver selects? Or does is operate like a limited slip under most circumstances until the driver locks the rear axle?
I've also heard that it unlocks in tight turns to help maneuverability. If this is true, I can see this being a problem for some who, like me, enter ditches at an angle to keep the bumpers from dragging. Eventually I need to turn the wheel to navigate out, and I hope this would not unlock my axle for me. It's bad enough that my GM buddies have a locking rear axle. Once that G80 locks, it doesn't care if a wheel lifts off the ground.
I know I just wrote a book, haha, but if you could simply comment on the electronic locking rear axle I'd be happy.
Thanks,
Chris
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From: Frederick, MD
Greetings Peter!
I have a 2009 XLT F250 with the ZF6 manual transmission and manual shift 4wd. It's a looker, and I get comments all the time about how well it performs off road with only minor modifications. The Achillies heel, however, has been the limited slip rear axle- gullies and rough terrain leaves me spinning my wheels.
Can you clarify how the electronic locking differential operates? Is the axle "open" normally and then locks solid to "spool" when the driver selects? Or does is operate like a limited slip under most circumstances until the driver locks the rear axle?
I've also heard that it unlocks in tight turns to help maneuverability. If this is true, I can see this being a problem for some who, like me, enter ditches at an angle to keep the bumpers from dragging. Eventually I need to turn the wheel to navigate out, and I hope this would not unlock my axle for me. It's bad enough that my GM buddies have a locking rear axle. Once that G80 locks, it doesn't care if a wheel lifts off the ground.
I know I just wrote a book, haha, but if you could simply comment on the electronic locking rear axle I'd be happy.
Thanks,
Chris
I have a 2009 XLT F250 with the ZF6 manual transmission and manual shift 4wd. It's a looker, and I get comments all the time about how well it performs off road with only minor modifications. The Achillies heel, however, has been the limited slip rear axle- gullies and rough terrain leaves me spinning my wheels.
Can you clarify how the electronic locking differential operates? Is the axle "open" normally and then locks solid to "spool" when the driver selects? Or does is operate like a limited slip under most circumstances until the driver locks the rear axle?
I've also heard that it unlocks in tight turns to help maneuverability. If this is true, I can see this being a problem for some who, like me, enter ditches at an angle to keep the bumpers from dragging. Eventually I need to turn the wheel to navigate out, and I hope this would not unlock my axle for me. It's bad enough that my GM buddies have a locking rear axle. Once that G80 locks, it doesn't care if a wheel lifts off the ground.
I know I just wrote a book, haha, but if you could simply comment on the electronic locking rear axle I'd be happy.
Thanks,
Chris