Is J2807 worthless?
A recent thread was locked due to brand bickering. Before I got a chance to respond to the latest turn of the conversation. It was stated that J2807 a worthless standard by a few people... Primaril...
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rhagfo wrote:FishOnOne wrote:ShinerBock wrote:rhagfo wrote:
Shiner, are you saying Ford didn't make any changes during that time?? :h
People are always looking for improvements, model year to model year.
Besides some cosmetic changes, Ford did not make any changes to the to the trucks that would affect towing between 2011 and 2014 like Ram did in my post earlier. The 2011-2014 F150/250/350 had the same frames, axles, transmissions, brakes, suspensions, engines, power ratings, and so on.
It wasn't until 2015, when Ram made enough changes to implement J2807, that Ford redesigned the F150 implementing J2807 like they said they would do with all of their new designs and the only upgrade they made to the F250/350 was a new turbo and power numbers for the Power Stroke.
Actually the DRW F350 had a brake upgrade in '13.
Was it J2807 or the reception of the concept truck "Long Hauler", that spurred Ram to make improvements.
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I think it was competition that motivated making the improvements. The long hauler was to test the water to see if there was a viable market for such a heavy duty truck. I also think it served as a concept that drove the improvements to the latest ram trucks.
