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fanrgs
Mar 08, 2015Explorer
SkiSmuggs wrote:As I mentioned on another thread, I want to hear from someone who has actually got one of those 2015 HD F-150s delivered to them. Because I ordered one with exactly the above-quoted specifications (except on a 4x4) on August 15, 2014, the first day that 2015 F-150 pricing was released. The first estimated delivery date was mid-January 2015, the second was mid-February 2015, and the third was late March to early April 2015. Last Friday, February 27, I got a call from the dealer that the new build date would be July, with delivery in early August 2015--one year after I placed my order.
"However, we have discovered one truck brand that may tow fifth wheel trailers up to 11,712 pounds and not exceed the ratings. That truck is the 2015 Ford F150 with the 3.5L V6 EcoBoost. The configuration that meets this requirement follows: 3.73 gear ratio, 4X2, 163.7" wheel base, SuperCab. With two passengers, the loaded vehicle weight is 5,388 pounds. The GCWR = 17,100 and the GVWR = 7,850."
This is a Ford truck we are talking about, the "best-selling vehicle in America for 38 straight years," not a limited-edition Ferrari! I convinced even the General Manager of the Ford dealership that the reason for the delay is that Ford can't meet the max tow and HD payload numbers published on their Website. That's because, for the first time this year, they finally agreed to use the voluntary SAE J-2807 tow standard that Dodge has been using for several years. Since Ford is selling far more aluminum F-150s than they anticipated, they don't really miss a few cancelled orders for HD payload-max tow trucks and the really pissed-off "buyers" who tried to order them.
So, "show me the money, Ford" because I don't believe a word of your 2015 F-150 HD payload capacity any more. And I am a "Ford guy" who owned a '57 Ford and a '64 Ford in the 1960's and had many more since then.
Short story long, I cancelled my F-150 order last Monday, got my deposit back Friday morning, and bought a 2015 RAM 2500 diesel Friday afternoon. Which is what I should have done 6.5 months ago.
Now that I got that rant out of my system, what was this thread about?
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