Ford pickup sales down again others mostly up.

FishOnOne wrote:

DirtyOil wrote:
When I decided to purchase Ram, I was driving to a meeting when I was stopped at a red light, the turned green and the Ford said "nope.. not moving". I walked across the street to the dealer on the corner which happened to be a Dodge dealership. I was hoping someone from the service department could help me rescue my Ford from the intersection. While they had it in the shop, I killed the time looking. A salesman came up to me asked if he could help me with anything. I said "see that ugly red thing on the hoist?" "I'm looking for a new truck". I ended up buying one of the better looking and most reliable trucks they had, they bought my Ford(suckers). I bought a new at the time Dodge Ram CTD 3500 4x4. Have bought 3 trucks from that same dealer 2005 3500, 2012 Ram 1500 for the wife and now a 2013 Ram 3500. Would I buy another Ford... not on yer life! My brother has a 2012 F350 and I can honestly say .."he doesn't like it".. I told him he wouldn't! :W

That's interesting... 3 years ago I stopped on two different occasions to help out some fellow RV'rs who's RAM cummins powered (Or lack of power in these two cases) and one RAM pulling a gooseneck that barely made into the Bass Pro parking lot that lost a head gasket. Seen another RAM recently on I10 but already had a wrecker on the scene.

The only Fords I've seen in the ditch have been service and construction trucks working hard!

So when someone " states they went from Ram to Ford, you post "Wow", but when someone has the opposite story, you need to to add even more context to continue to flame Ram trucks...wouldn't have expected anything less from you.

I"ve had this truck now since May 9th. 2013, I have 24,000 trouble free miles on it. I've towed my 16,200# 5er all through the mountains of SC, NC, TN, VA and WVa, including the one stretch Ford ran in WVa on I64 , the New River Gorge section...funny, I topped that mountain fairly easily at 60 mph, (last 3 miles being 7%, rest was 6%), I've towed on it more times than I can count...truck has never over-heated, never missed a beat, didn't break down, just towed that 5er up the side of that mountain "easy-peasy"....course I can only compare it to the winner of all these test, the GM/Chevy D/A, (of which I owned 3, if I were to ever leave Ram, I'd go back to the Chevy D/A).

Now it would be a "major biggey" if someone else out sold Ford, but...I don't expect anything to change, Ford 1st, the twins second and Ram 3rd.., in test, GM/Chevy 1st, Ford 2nd to 3rd and Ram 2nd. to 3rd, (depending on who does the test)....rankings or sales don't make much difference to me or I'd own a Ford or a Chevy, but I don't...I never owned a Dodge/Ram truck until 2010, and hoped I didn't regret it, and I didn't, so now I have the 2013 and it's one heck of a truck...3rd place in test? last in sales? Not driven by those numbers to purchase what I purchase....

In all my travels towing in the states that I mentioned above, on occasion I've seen some trucks over heated on the side of steep long mountainous roads, but haven't seen that in a long while....no Fords, no GM/Chevy's and no Ram's.....

Bigger chance of something going wrong on our cheap a$$ trailers than any of the newer built trucks.

srt20 wrote:
When I worked for a towing company, most of the broken down trucks we towed were Fords. Most of the broken down cars were the cheap imports.
The most impressive looking crashes (most nasty looking damage) yet the occupants lived, were GMs.

The very busy independent auto repair shop my buddy works at, they recommend buyers stay away from Chrysler products. It's what they see in more often for repairs, especially with troubles that shouldn't be happening at lower mileage. But I think that is outdated since Chrysler has improved quality/reliability a bunch.

:B

What a bunch of crybabies. One guy takes advice from a guy working at a counter in an RV dealership, another reports how many Rams he sees broken down on the side of the road. Yes, we all have our preferences, but grow up a little and recognize that GM, Ford, and Ram are building very capable HD trucks, the best they have ever built. All of them are great choices. I have spent more time than I should admit working on old cars, and if you want to learn about poor workmanship, I can show you examples from the 60's and 70's that truly are junk. In today's world, if your battery goes dead or you get a flat tire, you complain about the manufacturer. Sheesh!!!!

DirtyOil wrote:
and I see as many fords piled up in the ditches.. middle of the road... on the backs of flat decks....dualies with missing wheels(should never take on oil lease roads in the first place):R

Yeah one west coast LTL trucking outfit in the late '00s warned their owners and operators they would not take on anymore drivers with a 6.0/6.4 Ford truck.
It was costing the trucking company too much money dispatching another truck too pick up and complete the run because of a broke down truck.

srt20 wrote:
When I worked for a towing company, most of the broken down trucks we towed were Fords. Most of the broken down cars were the cheap imports.
The most impressive looking crashes (most nasty looking damage) yet the occupants lived, were GMs.

Well when you sell the most trucks and/or cars, chances are that you will have a lot more "broken down".

Define "broken down" too please. Are we talking run out of gas, flat tire, involved in accident, dead battery? Because those are the main reasons vehicles are towed, and none of those indicate that the product is inferior in any way.

Nasty looking damage isn't necessarily an indication of great quality either. It just means that the vehicle is likely a total loss... not that its a superior or safer vehicle. Modern vehicles are made to crumple to absorb impact. Even relatively minor collisions can result in devastating damage.

When I worked for a towing company, most of the broken down trucks we towed were Fords. Most of the broken down cars were the cheap imports.
The most impressive looking crashes (most nasty looking damage) yet the occupants lived, were GMs.

and I see as many fords piled up in the ditches.. middle of the road... on the backs of flat decks....dualies with missing wheels(should never take on oil lease roads in the first place):R

DirtyOil wrote:
When I decided to purchase Ram, I was driving to a meeting when I was stopped at a red light, the turned green and the Ford said "nope.. not moving". I walked across the street to the dealer on the corner which happened to be a Dodge dealership. I was hoping someone from the service department could help me rescue my Ford from the intersection. While they had it in the shop, I killed the time looking. A salesman came up to me asked if he could help me with anything. I said "see that ugly red thing on the hoist?" "I'm looking for a new truck". I ended up buying one of the better looking and most reliable trucks they had, they bought my Ford(suckers). I bought a new at the time Dodge Ram CTD 3500 4x4. Have bought 3 trucks from that same dealer 2005 3500, 2012 Ram 1500 for the wife and now a 2013 Ram 3500. Would I buy another Ford... not on yer life! My brother has a 2012 F350 and I can honestly say .."he doesn't like it".. I told him he wouldn't! :W

That's interesting... 3 years ago I stopped on two different occasions to help out some fellow RV'rs who's RAM cummins powered (Or lack of power in these two cases) and one RAM pulling a gooseneck that barely made into the Bass Pro parking lot that lost a head gasket. Seen another RAM recently on I10 but already had a wrecker on the scene.

The only Fords I've seen in the ditch have been service and construction trucks working hard!