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Groover
Jul 03, 2015Explorer II
lbrjet wrote:
Groover, 7-8 months to build you a new truck if you order now? What in holy heck is Ford doing?
From what I have been able to find out they have not been able to get enough frames to meet production and have been forced to changed vendors. Since they can sell everything they can make they have chosen not to bring in the complications of a different frame and knock out as many of the one frame as they can. In addition, they tell me that most of the long wheel base frames (required for max payload package) are sold to fleet users that buy base models and negotiate hard so are much less profitable. The few people like me that are trying to buy a loaded model for personal use are just not adding enough to the bottom line to get a good place in line.
I am not happy about it but after having a 3/4 ton for many years don't feel that I am ready to drop back to a standard 1/2 ton. I do own one already and it is a little soft. I am also not willing to put up with the ride that my old 3/4 ton gave plus my motorhome is not rated to pull a 3/4 ton which is part of what I want it for. I am evaluating options but am not in a hurry so I will probably wait. At least this way I will get the next generation Sync system and may be able to get adaptive cruise control.
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