2017 F350
What people think about 2017 F350,good ,bad ?
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"At least us Ford guys get a decent sized cab with our LONG BED trucks. To get a few more inches in your rear seat you Dodge Megacab boys have to give up the option to have a real 8ft truck bed.
Talk about little...the regular quad cab that comes on a Dodge with an 8ft bed...keeps me and a lot of other contractors from even considering the brand.
The other main reason I passed on considering the Dodge was that to get the max rated towing in the Dodge, I had to drive a 2wd reg cab dually! Really??
I'll take my max tow rating in a fully loaded F450 crew cab long bed 4x4. Only comes one way....easy to figure out...one and done.
Don't even get me started on the turning radius...no comparison with the wide track front axle...made the Dodge feel like my old 7.3 CCLB compared to the F350 and F450 duallies with the wide track.
In my opinion they should add some wider rear fender flares and axles on the SRW trucks and make that wide track standard on all Superduties."
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Give me a break! The inside dimensions on any of the big three crew cabs are not enough different to even mention. Are you talking 3rd ben RAM's????
Too hard to figure what a 3500 RAM Dually with Aisin and 4.10's can tow???? I guess you did not notice the RAM has a MUCH higher rear axle carrying capacity than the 450????
My RAWR is 9,750# yours is 9,100#. None of this is really too hard to figure out. Just an FYI every F450 that came to the DRV factory with a F450 had air bags. One guy even had Fox Shocks with bags and said he was looking into Fox Quad shocks because the bouncing going down the road was killing him.
I am at my RAWR + 130# and my combined is 32,950#. Pretty simple to see who can tow the heaviest 5er within their SAE ratings. I have a SB clutch and pressure plate in my tool box that will be removed so at that point I will be at my max on the rear axle. ONLY way to tow more weight is to tow a gooseneck trailer since they usually have about 15 percent pin weight. Actually more weight can be towed with a triple axle 5er they are closer to 20 on the pin.
First pic 2011 NO bags with 4,500# pin second pic 2015 MAX RAWR factory bags.
Maybe you should have spent a couple minutes figuring out the simple weight charts. read the bottom line. That is for a 3500 4x4 DRW with Aisin and 4.10's.
Talk about little...the regular quad cab that comes on a Dodge with an 8ft bed...keeps me and a lot of other contractors from even considering the brand.
The other main reason I passed on considering the Dodge was that to get the max rated towing in the Dodge, I had to drive a 2wd reg cab dually! Really??
I'll take my max tow rating in a fully loaded F450 crew cab long bed 4x4. Only comes one way....easy to figure out...one and done.
Don't even get me started on the turning radius...no comparison with the wide track front axle...made the Dodge feel like my old 7.3 CCLB compared to the F350 and F450 duallies with the wide track.
In my opinion they should add some wider rear fender flares and axles on the SRW trucks and make that wide track standard on all Superduties."
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Give me a break! The inside dimensions on any of the big three crew cabs are not enough different to even mention. Are you talking 3rd ben RAM's????
Too hard to figure what a 3500 RAM Dually with Aisin and 4.10's can tow???? I guess you did not notice the RAM has a MUCH higher rear axle carrying capacity than the 450????
My RAWR is 9,750# yours is 9,100#. None of this is really too hard to figure out. Just an FYI every F450 that came to the DRV factory with a F450 had air bags. One guy even had Fox Shocks with bags and said he was looking into Fox Quad shocks because the bouncing going down the road was killing him.
I am at my RAWR + 130# and my combined is 32,950#. Pretty simple to see who can tow the heaviest 5er within their SAE ratings. I have a SB clutch and pressure plate in my tool box that will be removed so at that point I will be at my max on the rear axle. ONLY way to tow more weight is to tow a gooseneck trailer since they usually have about 15 percent pin weight. Actually more weight can be towed with a triple axle 5er they are closer to 20 on the pin.
First pic 2011 NO bags with 4,500# pin second pic 2015 MAX RAWR factory bags.
Maybe you should have spent a couple minutes figuring out the simple weight charts. read the bottom line. That is for a 3500 4x4 DRW with Aisin and 4.10's.
