Tow Vehicle ..PURCHASE made!

[TN22.....Brady 22]

First off, CONGRATULATIONS!

I had always owned Gas trucks, and NEVER considered using cruise control while towing, until I switched to Diesel. It truly is unreal how easily the diesel seems to pull compared to all of my previous gassers.

Regarding tank size, I feel like I researched this as much or more than you did while searching for a truck. When I had my F250 V10, it was a shortbed also, which for some reason Ford thinks must have a 26-28 gallon tank (26 for gas, 28 for diesel). I was getting ~6-7 mpg towing in the gasser which means I was stopping every 120-130 miles for gas, at least yours is diesel and you can go a little further. The tank I was certain I was going to buy was the Titan Tank replacement (https://titanfueltanks.com/), until I learned they only are made for diesel   with that in mind they offer a 50 gallon replacement tank that will fit in the same space as your 28 gallon. They are sold direct or through a local garage, and I found that most local garage(s) will offer a better price than listed on website and installation is included.  Probably not a purchase in your near future, but worth looking at for future consideration.

 

Again, Congratulations on your new purchase that is a nice looking truck.......now about that front tag.....

[twiceblessed....nacole 433]

Interesting that a larger tank, will fit the same space....thanks for passing along the info! :)

[Helmsey......Todd 134]

Thanks for the link!

 

 

Okay... you and GradyBunch stink      On the fuel tank...we'll take a wait and see on that.  The larger tank would be nice but, we still have little ones so an extra stop on the way to the Fort isn't the worst thing for little legs and little bladders :)  The rest of the time, we're pretty local with our camping.  Silly that Ford put in such a small tank (I think the extended cab is larger?).

 

It's been my experience that the bladders in the truck dictate the stops more than the fuel levels when traveling long distances :)

To get the larger fuel tank you have to have the long bed with Ford, I think mine is in the 38 gallon range but not 100% sure on that.

 

 

 

First off, CONGRATULATIONS!

I had always owned Gas trucks, and NEVER considered using cruise control while towing, until I switched to Diesel. It truly is unreal how easily the diesel seems to pull compared to all of my previous gassers.

Regarding tank size, I feel like I researched this as much or more than you did while searching for a truck. When I had my F250 V10, it was a shortbed also, which for some reason Ford thinks must have a 26-28 gallon tank (26 for gas, 28 for diesel). I was getting ~6-7 mpg towing in the gasser which means I was stopping every 120-130 miles for gas, at least yours is diesel and you can go a little further. The tank I was certain I was going to buy was the Titan Tank replacement (https://titanfueltanks.com/), until I learned they only are made for diesel   with that in mind they offer a 50 gallon replacement tank that will fit in the same space as your 28 gallon. They are sold direct or through a local garage, and I found that most local garage(s) will offer a better price than listed on website and installation is included.  Probably not a purchase in your near future, but worth looking at for future consideration.

 

Again, Congratulations on your new purchase that is a nice looking truck.......now about that front tag.....

 

Yep, that's the tank I was thinking of. Initially I was going to add one but got a little sticker shock and decided it wasn't worth it for another 12(ish) gallons.

[tim5055 120]

Interesting that a larger tank, will fit the same space....thanks for passing along the info! :)

yea, they make it happen. I researched this also, but found the stock 28 gallon tank works out very well when towing. With the 35 foot trailer I still need to stop regularly and hit the head or stretch my legs. I love my toys, but found I didn't need this one.

Are you a Good Sams member? If so you can sign up,for a Flying J/Pilot RV card. It gives you 6 cents off the cash price at almost all Pilot/Flying J locations, but the biggest benefit is that it starts the pump at the truck islands without going inside and leaving a credit card. The only downside to the card is that it has to be tied to a bank account and paid each month via funds transfer. I just set it up tied to,an old credit union account I had and leave very little money in that account.

https://www.rvpluscard.com/ProgramDetails/

[twiceblessed....nacole 433]

 Yeah... because we bought from Camping World (yuck!!) we actually have a 3 year GS membership.  Good tip on the old bank account... we may look into that and use your idea.  It would be nice to pay at the pump.

[swimmarz 72]

Congrats!  I now have Truck envy.... ill be making that purchase in 2 years when the van is paid off

[GaDawgFan.....Kelly 799]

Congrats on the truck. Jason drives an F250 diesel now, so we've played with the idea of selling the Class C and buying a 5th wheel to save $. 

 

PS- I think you ran over something dead, and it hit your front plate. :)

[LONE-STAR 370]

Congrats on the truck. Jason drives an F250 diesel now, so we've played with the idea of selling the Class C and buying a 5th wheel to save $. 

 

PS- I think you ran over something dead, and it hit your front plate. :)

Do I hear toy hauler?

[rtguy007 74]

Interesting that a larger tank, will fit the same space....thanks for passing along the info! :)

yea, they make it happen. I researched this also, but found the stock 28 gallon tank works out very well when towing. With the 35 foot trailer I still need to stop regularly and hit the head or stretch my legs. I love my toys, but found I didn't need this one.

Are you a Good Sams member? If so you can sign up,for a Flying J/Pilot RV card. It gives you 6 cents off the cash price at almost all Pilot/Flying J locations, but the biggest benefit is that it starts the pump at the truck islands without going inside and leaving a credit card. The only downside to the card is that it has to be tied to a bank account and paid each month via funds transfer. I just set it up tied to,an old credit union account I had and leave very little money in that account.

https://www.rvpluscard.com/ProgramDetails/

I just used a pilot right north of Lexington KY. The truck lanes took my visa and my good sam card (not the rv card) and gave me the discount. I was dreading having to go in but this one worked out well.

[twiceblessed....nacole 433]

PS- I think you ran over something dead, and it hit your front plate. :)

Yeah, those Georgia fans just keep getting in our way but guess what... they too bleed orange and blue! :)

I just used a pilot right north of Lexington KY. The truck lanes took my visa and my good sam card (not the rv card) and gave me the discount. I was dreading having to go in but this one worked out well.

Good to know!!

[twiceblessed....nacole 433]

Kelly, NaCole told me that you have some ugly looking golf cart. I bet my new truck and gorgeous license plate will run over that thing and make it look better.   Tom

[LONE-STAR 370]

Kelly, NaCole told me that you have some ugly looking golf cart. I bet my new truck and gorgeous license plate will run over that thing and make it look better.   Tom

Well I can tell someone is getting use to riding around in a big truck.

[rtguy007 74]

Kelly, NaCole told me that you have some ugly looking golf cart. I bet my new truck and gorgeous license plate will run over that thing and make it look better.   Tom

Well I can tell someone is getting use to riding around in a big truck.

Thinking the same thing.

[Travisma 1,317]

Hopefully this doesn't become true for you, but RAMS's do rule

 

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[rtguy007 74]

Hopefully this doesn't become true for you, but RAMS's do rule

 

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That is exactly what my Siberian would say. She is a hyper and snotty little.....you get the point. :D

[bhall 115]

Had to up arrow that.  That's why my 47 Ford has a Chevy Motor in it now :)  Someone had to make it reliable.......

I kid.....

kinda.....

[LONE-STAR 370]

Well I have had all 3 and the only one that hasn't left me stranded is Ford and I have had more Fords then any other brand. But there all man made and none are perfect.

[tim5055 120]

Well, for a long time I was responsible for a fleet of about 300 cars.  Mostly domestic with a couple of foreign jobs thrown in.  The Chrysler/Dodge products were the first to succumb to debilitating issues that caused their demise.  GM products fell off next and Fords held up the best.  But, as Michael said, all are man made and you can have problems with any of them.

[bhall 115]

The origin of my disdain is from my days of being a mechanic at an independent repair shop where we worked on all kinds.  I hate all car engineers because of it and really hate the Ford and Volvo ones.  I have probably spilled about 7 units of blood onto those two makes and would love to make an engineer/designer work on the junk they design.  To be fair, a lot of the problems on the cars were from inferior parts supplied by shady suppliers and then slapped on the vehicle at the factory.  I also truly believe that geography and climate have a lot to do with vehicle durability and dependability.

[BigTom 76]

The origin of my disdain is from my days of being a mechanic at an independent repair shop where we worked on all kinds.  I hate all car engineers because of it and really hate the Ford and Volvo ones.  I have probably spilled about 7 units of blood onto those two makes and would love to make an engineer/designer work on the junk they design.  To be fair, a lot of the problems on the cars were from inferior parts supplied by shady suppliers and then slapped on the vehicle at the factory.  I also truly believe that geography and climate have a lot to do with vehicle durability and dependability.

I agree, Ford engineers are the worst. Ford trucks lost me  in 1965 when   they came out with  twin I beam front suspension then the 2 piece spark plug you had to buy a small socket for and a special tool to pullout the broken plug. Also  they are the hardest to work on. When I bought my last trucks I would not even consider a Ford

[Travisma 1,317]

All makes and models have their issues and quirks.

 

Was it the Monza that had to have the motor unbolted from the motor mounts and jacked up to get to one of the spark plugs?  Later models they cut holes in the fender wells and put a removable plate over it to get to the plug.

 

The public just accepts shoddy merchandise anymore (not just cars) because that now seems to be the norm, and the lawyers and bean counters would rather pay a settlement for a defect than spend the extra $$ to fix the issues. 

 

Remember the Pinto exploding gas tank and the 5 cent washer fix from the 70's?  And they still didn't learn, now Jeeps have gas tank issues.

 

And the manufacturers blame the fickle public on why they don't make items to last.  Their "surveys" say we would get bored of a car that lasts 300,000 miles or a TV that works for 20 years.

 

I didn't post it to bash Ford (Dodge Rules), I just thought it was funny that it popped up on one of my feeds so soon after they settled on a truck after so much searching.

[Travisma 1,317]

The origin of my disdain is from my days of being a mechanic at an independent repair shop where we worked on all kinds.  I hate all car engineers because of it and really hate the Ford and Volvo ones.  I have probably spilled about 7 units of blood onto those two makes and would love to make an engineer/designer work on the junk they design.  To be fair, a lot of the problems on the cars were from inferior parts supplied by shady suppliers and then slapped on the vehicle at the factory.  I also truly believe that geography and climate have a lot to do with vehicle durability and dependability.

I was at a Postal Technical school years ago in Norman OK.  The instructor used to work for an oil company in the field and had gotten laid off during the big bust.

 

He told us that they were working on some huge piece of equipment out at a drilling site, and this bus full of people came barreling up to the job site.

 

Everyone piled out and ran over and started looking over this giant piece of machinery.  Of course all the workers were wondering what was going on. 

 

They asked the escort who were all these people swarming all over the machine.  Guy explained these were a lot of the engineers that designed the various pieces of the machine, and they had never seen one put together!  Their groups worked independently of each other and had no idea what they were really designing and what it was going to be doing once it was totally assembled.

 

The workers then understood why it was so hard to keep the equipment running and so hard to repair.

 

That's why frame members are in the way of an oil filter, and a fender well needs to be bent out so an alternator will clear.

 

No communication.

[GaDawgFan.....Kelly 799]

Do I hear toy hauler?

That's probably what we'd get... Just talk now though.

[GaDawgFan.....Kelly 799]

Kelly, NaCole told me that you have some ugly looking golf cart. I bet my new truck and gorgeous license plate will run over that thing and make it look better. Tom

I bet between Halloween and Eggfest you'll ride in the beautiful cart.

[keith_h 420]

I agree, Ford engineers are the worst. Ford trucks lost me  in 1965 when   they came out with  twin I beam front suspension then the 2 piece spark plug you had to buy a small socket for and a special tool to pullout the broken plug. Also  they are the hardest to work on. When I bought my last trucks I would not even consider a Ford

 

I won't argue with this. I would like to get the engineer that designed the mounting of the A/C compressor such you have to fully remove all the bolts so you can move it out of the way to replace the water pump. I do feel some of the loss of ease in repairing cars was unavoidable. As they've had to add more mandated junk to the engine to meet federal standards you run out of convenient places to put them. Of course that isn't an excuse as to why Ford couldn't have designed more room to service the accessory belt/alternator/etc on my daughter's ZX5 Focus.