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RE: F-250 vs F-350
The 4x4 crew cab F250 diesel with the trailer towing package is identical to an F350 SRW diesel CC 4x4 other than badging and the payload sticker. It’s likely that the F250 4x4 crew cab 7.3 with trailer towing package is sprung identical to a similar equipped F350 SRW.
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4x4ord
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09/28/23 07:20am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: How do you decide how much to spend on an RV
Our old 5th wheel doesn’t really get used much and we are quite satisfied with it so spending more to get something better doesn’t have much of an appeal but I think if I were to retire and planned on spending much more time camping there’s two ways I could see myself putting a limit on what we would spend on a new unit.
1. I think I’d have a hard time having more than about 5% of my net worth tied up in something like a trailer.
2. I could see coming up with a formula like: days per year spent in the trailer x $60 per day x 10 = price of fiver. So if I was planning on using it 100 days per year I might be willing to spend 60k and if I wanted to full time with it I might be willing to spend $220k.
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4x4ord
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09/23/23 08:00am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: How do you decide how much to spend on an RV
I don’t think I’ve ever regretted spending more to get what I wanted. When I make do with something less than what I want I end up regretting it. So we don’t buy much compared to what we could afford but when we decide to buy something we buy what we want.
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4x4ord
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09/22/23 02:51am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: 2024 Chevy HD DRW and SRW Fuel Economy Test
What really burns my arse is when I come over a hill with 115,000 lbs in tow to find a flipping Tesla putzing along at 80 kph in the slow lane on a busy 110 kph highway. What do you do? There's people doing 125 in the fast lane so getting over to the left is not going to work; Could slam on the brakes and burn three weeks wages off the brake linings and another days wages of diesel lugging the load back up the hill trying to get back to speed if you ever get a chance to get around the pesky savior of mother earth. I could just come flying up behind the cursed Tesla with the air horn blaring knowing full well it is capable of hitting 80 mph in about 1/2 of second. I could pass her on the right hand shoulder and hopefully teach her a lesson. I guess I should be more sympathetic ... after all she needs to make it from Edmonton to Calgary on one a single charge so she's only doing what she's got to do.
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4x4ord
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08/30/23 09:03am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: 2024 Chevy HD DRW and SRW Fuel Economy Test
If you want to be more accurate with your mpg calculations just calculate less often. Instead of calculating based on 300 miles go 1200 or 1500 or 15000 miles. So fill up however you choose, reset your trip odometer, drive, keep track of all the fuel you put in, not bothering to fill up in any particular manner until the last fill up, at which time you fill up the way you did the first time. Calculate, and your going to be very close. One thing I like to do to get an accurate mpg figure is start my test with a clean DPF and end the same way.
Or to make it even simpler, although what you’re saying is good basic qualitative or quantitative analysis rules, check however you like, compare to the mpgs reading that virtually all trucks in the last 20+ years have. Get an idea of how close the digital readout is compared to your actual calcs and just use that if you must know what mpgs you’re getting at any or all times.
OR, start playing car games like slug bug or the license plate game, if you need a distraction from worrying about or calculating mpgs. And if that doesn’t work, try having a few road beers or sneak a toke if you’re retired and don’t have to pee in a cup to get a paycheck any more. It’ll chill you out.
I very rarely fill my truck up from a metered pump so getting my digital mpg read out properly calibrated is something I like to do. I think in the last year and a half I’ve only fueled up at a meted pump about three times. Sounds like riding with Grit could be fun! I don’t even know how to play the license plate game and can only imagine what slug a bug is. The road beers seems to elevate my co pilot’s stress level and sneaking a toke has never even crossed my mind.
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4x4ord
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08/16/23 08:50am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: 2024 Chevy HD DRW and SRW Fuel Economy Test
If you want to be more accurate with your mpg calculations just calculate less often. Instead of calculating based on 300 miles go 1200 or 1500 or 15000 miles. So fill up however you choose, reset your trip odometer, drive, keep track of all the fuel you put in, not bothering to fill up in any particular manner until the last fill up, at which time you fill up the way you did the first time. Calculate, and your going to be very close. One thing I like to do to get an accurate mpg figure is start my test with a clean DPF and end the same way.
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4x4ord
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08/15/23 08:34am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: 2023 F350 6.7 HO Towing 10k lb Review
My '22 Super Duty was at 201 today (68 outside temp); towing nothing; driving 50 mph down a country road. The engine temp was at 185. One question I have is: Where is the temperature sensor? Could it be Ford measures 205 degrees leaving the transmission and Ram measures 160 degrees leaving the cooler?
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4x4ord
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08/10/23 03:47pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: 2023 F350 6.7 HO Towing 10k lb Review
I NEVER said it was overheated! FACT, transmission fluid lasts longer the cooler it's ran. Longer intervals on the change would be concerning to ME as I mentioned. Just my OPINION kids!!!
You probably know a lot more about this than I do but my understanding is that the viscosity of an oil is tested at 210 degrees. Non synthetic oils can't spend much time at temperatures much over that without breaking down. On the other hand synthetic oils can be designed to handle far more heat and still operate at their rated viscosity....well over 300 degrees without any ill effects. I don't know much about this but if running high transmission temperatures required more frequent change intervals wouldn't Ford specify more frequent change intervals?
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4x4ord
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08/07/23 06:13am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: 2023 F350 6.7 HO Towing 10k lb Review
I certainly wouldn't put just any old ATF in my Ford transmission but I have full confidence that if the transmission is designed to run hot, the synthetic fluid that is used in the transmission is designed to be able to provide the necessary lubrication at temperatures well over 230 degrees. If I've got the specified fluid in my transmission and no warning light is on I'm not going to be concerned regardless of whether or not I've got warranty on my truck. I guess hearing of all sorts of 10R140s burning up might change my attitude.
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4x4ord
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08/06/23 05:53pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: 2023 F350 6.7 HO Towing 10k lb Review
I should be getting my '23 Platinum with the HO in early October. Maybe should be passing on it and getting a '24.
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4x4ord
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08/04/23 08:42pm |
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RE: 2023 F350 6.7 HO Towing 10k lb Review
Do you have a '23 on order or have you rolled your order into '24?
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4x4ord
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08/04/23 02:57pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: 2023 Power Stroke vs 2023 Ram Cummins Towing Challenge
I think the secrete to better grade braking is electric axles on the trailers. Charge the batteries on the way down and help pull
on the way up.
I do not think many owners realize that Fords going down a hill on cruise control or ACC that the truck applies the service brakes including the trailer brakes. This could lead to overheating the trailer brakes without the driver realizing it. I am not sure if the others GM and RAM are the same now. I sure miss my 2015 RAM's exhaust brake going down passes and hills(always had nice cool service brakes) on my yearly commute to AZ and back to Wa.
https://i.imgur.com/zEgHlvpl.jpg
It seems to me that the computer calculates brake temperature using speed and brake line pressure and will give a warning before the brakes get hot. Although I don't like to rely on the computer to apply my brakes without knowing what is going on I think it does function in a fairly responsible manner. When the brakes are applied the transmission downshifts to bring the engine revs fairly high .... if another brake application is necessary it will downshift further. When it does apply the brakes, it stabs the brakes slowing the truck down a bit and then releases them (it does not constantly apply brake pressure). If the auto EB function is used instead of cruise control, it downshifts fairly aggressively and then allows the engine to rev to the red line to make maximum use of the EB before applying wheel brakes.
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4x4ord
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08/03/23 11:39am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: 2023 Power Stroke vs 2023 Ram Cummins Towing Challenge
I don't travel over very many highways with long steep down hill grades other than the Kootenay pass in BC. It is long .... 19 miles long. The average grade over that 19 miles is just under 4% but there are very short sections that hit over 13%. Towards the top of the pass is a 2.5 mile section that averages 7.7% grade. I've descended that grade a number of times at 21 - 25k lbs gross with various trucks. Even my '03 Duramax at 21k lbs gross and no exhaust brake held back at about 40 mph and 5100 rpm without using brakes. If you go slow enough you don't need an exhaust brake. :B
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4x4ord
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08/03/23 11:25am |
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RE: 2023 Power Stroke vs 2023 Ram Cummins Towing Challenge
^^^GM and Ford can hold back pretty good once the engine is revved up. The Cummins starts holding back at a much lower rpm but then doesn’t rev as high. Being able to hold back without dropping three gears is way nicer. So even if GM and Ford can provide the same reverse hp at 4000 rpm that the Cummins provides at 3000 rpm the clear winner is still the Cummins.
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4x4ord
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08/01/23 04:41pm |
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RE: 2023 Power Stroke vs 2023 Ram Cummins Towing Challenge
I think the secrete to better grade braking is electric axles on the trailers. Charge the batteries on the way down and help pull
on the way up.
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4x4ord
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08/01/23 10:08am |
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RE: 2023 Power Stroke vs 2023 Ram Cummins Towing Challenge
^^^If it’s just about marketing I think 8 gears and a few more ponies would probably be enough for Ram customers to be happy. If it’s about actually keeping up to Ford up the hill the Cummins being a little higher revving makes enough torque at 1075 lbft but needs 500 hp at 2800 rpm to run neck and neck with the HO Powerstroke. I think adding 80 hp might not necessarily be that easy to do. It might be easy enough to just add fuel but meeting emissions and keeping the heat away may require some significant changes.
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4x4ord
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08/01/23 07:39am |
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RE: 2023 Power Stroke vs 2023 Ram Cummins Towing Challenge
^^^And if you're happy with 6 gears behind your 2015 Cummins you'd be ecstatic with 6 gears behind a new HO Cummins. Your 2015 is probably only making about 345 HP at 2200 rpm so someone could at least argue that a 2015 would benefit from more gears. The new HO engine will make more like 415 HP at 2200 rpm .... more gears certainly isn't going to make it pull a hill any faster. It might be nice to have another overdrive gear for running empty though.
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4x4ord
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07/31/23 11:15am |
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RE: 2024 Chevy HD DRW and SRW Fuel Economy Test
The trouble with mpg tests is that they don’t take into account cleaning the DPF. To be accurate the test should start with a clean DPF and end the same way.
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4x4ord
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07/31/23 04:40am |
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RE: 2023 Power Stroke vs 2023 Ram Cummins Towing Challenge
It's just that he basically was bad mouthing something he should not have. "Bad transmission it needs more gears", it has gears he could have used them.
The standard output Cummins doesn't have the kind of torque rise that the high output does. More gears behind the Standard Output would help it perform a little better.
As presently tuned, the HO wouldn't benefit much at all by adding gears. If they ever put more gears behind the High Output Cummins they will probably flatten out the torque curve a little bit as well. By doing so they will increase the peak HP some to help it compete a little better with GM and Ford.
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4x4ord
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07/26/23 09:24pm |
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RE: 2023 Power Stroke vs 2023 Ram Cummins Towing Challenge
^^^^The guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about. The 68RFE could have dropped to 4th gear at 2000 rpm. That would have caused the engine to rev to 2440 rpm where it would have made enough power to quickly get up to speed…. then it could have upshifted back to 5th where it may or may not have been able to maintain 110 km per hour.
So, instead, it stayed in fifth at about 3 mph under the cruise control set point and slowly gained speed. I don’t see that as a bad thing.
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4x4ord
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07/26/23 01:17pm |
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