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jefe_4x4
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Dec 29, 2014

Ford and Chevy get all twisted up

With Fox off the Dish air, I now have a little time to browse other on-line providers. I've been wrestling with frame twist and how it effects the new Ford all aluminum frame 1 series, and other current series 1-3 products. Here is a link to something that may be of interest to potential TC buyers. Paste this in your browser:
http://blog.caranddriver.com/chevrolet-rolls-its-own-silverado-hd-vs-ford-f-250-in-pickup-flex-fest-video/
Of course there is no weight in the bed like there would be with a moderate sized TC , but this test is an indication for us. As usual, Ford is the flexiest. There was no head to head with a Dodge.
It will be interesting to see if the young engineers at Ford have really done their homework with the new series-1 and all aluminum TC lashup. Someone on here needs to be the test guinea pig for the rest of us. We will, as a loving and responsive group offer either cudos or condolences, depending.
jefe
  • I love my chevy truck. Its all steel but I can tell the truck dents about as easy as a aluminum can does anyway. I can't see the aluminum bodies being much worse than what chevy offers now.
  • The video, that's pretty similar to the results from the video made several years ago of the GMT900 series truck against the Ford.
  • tuna fisher wrote:
    Still don't like that idea, dent very easy. Can you imagine what a shopping cart will do? More than a scratch I bet.


    Dude. You do know it's NOT beer can aluminum... Right? you do know passenger jets are made of aluminum. and I believe the highest end RVs like Airstream are made from aluminum.
    You should not be afraid of aluminum. As for dents. No one fixes dents any more. They just replace the body part with a new one. Less trouble, and less expensive.
  • Still don't like that idea, dent very easy. Can you imagine what a shopping cart will do? More than a scratch I bet.
  • An aluminum F150 frame?? The new F150 has an all aluminum body, and a high strength steel frame.