If your thinking of buying a new Super Duty
If you are thinking of buying a new Ford Super Duty wait for the 2017's. http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/money/cars/2015/11/30/2017-ford-f-series-pickup-tough-capable/76491184/
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The pure marketing 'military grade aluminum' and is marketing at it's best...
There might be a bit of difference in the hardening, but the alloy is
pretty much the same.
Other marketing stuff are the golf ball and hockey shot into the bed
Not a fan of pickup bodies, especially the bed made of ALU
Though material science continues to move forward....like the new alloy
and processed glass with High Elastic Moduli of a 54Al2O3-46Ta2O5. Think
the lighter metals might find some higher tensile strength alloys in
the future, but don't see any yet
Galvanic action is also of a concern for me and not many know that ALU
is scartificial to FE in some conditions and the potential thermite
issue is always there when FE (rust) and ALU are present
Just purchase what you like and forget about what the herd thinks...
There might be a bit of difference in the hardening, but the alloy is
pretty much the same.
Other marketing stuff are the golf ball and hockey shot into the bed
Not a fan of pickup bodies, especially the bed made of ALU
Though material science continues to move forward....like the new alloy
and processed glass with High Elastic Moduli of a 54Al2O3-46Ta2O5. Think
the lighter metals might find some higher tensile strength alloys in
the future, but don't see any yet
Galvanic action is also of a concern for me and not many know that ALU
is scartificial to FE in some conditions and the potential thermite
issue is always there when FE (rust) and ALU are present
Just purchase what you like and forget about what the herd thinks...
