Military grade aluminum LOL

Fordlover wrote:
I'd like to see more than ~3 seconds of partial shots of the GM bed (and why a second or two of the outside ?WTF? other than to avoid more shots of the damage). Tricky photog work does not impress me.

:) Hi, exactly. All trickery from the liars at GM. I saw rounded corners on the GM load, but you can't see the Ford load. Also did you notice there were two tool boxes. The one used in the Ford had the bottom re-inforced with plate steel. You could see in the video how much harder the (heavier) box hit in the Ford. Also how did concrete blocks make such sharp cuts into the Ford bed? This is all BS.

Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
As I posted in the other thread "I have hauled two loads of stone dropped in the bed by a skid loader and three loads of mulch also dropped in by a loader. Not a single dent or hole in my bed.

I bought a truck to use it to haul things in. Looks like the Blue Oval gang can't do that with their trucks. Aluminum has it's uses in a truck just not in the bed! Maybe Ford will go back to a steel bed when they add their baby diesel. BTW you guys do know Ford is going all aluminum in their HD trucks also right! Looks like they will need to rethink that idea, at lest for the bed."
link to other thread

My bet is Ford will very quickly switch back to steel in the bed, if not they will be losing a whole lot of sales.

:) Hi, not Aluminum, but I have had several loads of rocks in my truck without dents too.

Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
Watch this Troy then ask yourself if this is what you want your next truck made out of!

Ford Tough NOT!

Don

:) Hi, where's the drop test on the Dodge??????

What was the thickness of that box Steve? A whole lot thicker than what Ford is using, but lets not let facts get in the way here or anything. Try comparing apples to apples here lol!

OK no one would dump those blocks into the bed of any truck. But if I were making that commercial I would drop #2 stone, BTW the same stone that was dumped in my truck. Not one single dent but yes the bucket was about mid point to the cab not as high as what was in the GM ad.

The other thing they should have done (GM) was loaded a pallet of those blocks in to the trucks then just knocked one or two off and see what happens. Hell if a empty tool box punched a hole in the bed, one of those blocks sure would. Point is you don't make a pick up truck BOX out of aluminum and then market as "Built Ford Tough" or "Military Grade Aluminum".

As for the crash test comments, that has nothing to do with the again "Military Grade Aluminum" but the fact that the front wheel is designed to fold sideways protecting the floor board! Great job on Ford's part and you can bet GM/Chevy and Ram will be copying it.

Don

The thing I find funny is the other post about this the OP was never called names but if Perrysburg Dodgeboy dares post anything showing a design flaw (and that is what this is) than I'm a "little boy" or part of the "Ram Mafia". But when Troy and a few others post smack about Ram or GM/Chevy it's all good? Whatever.

some one is getting their panties in a wad, several years ago I drove a tri axle dump truck , guess what? it had and aluminum bed with a liner in it , it would withstand b stone being dumped into it with out denting or holes being poked into it , the whole time I drove it, it would cube out before it grossed out , so put a liner in the bed and solve the dent and puncture problem , I was a fleet manager of a little over 100 trucks and about 25 pieces of heavy equipment, I can tell you what light duty trucks held up and which ones did not

Bird Freak wrote:

1jeep wrote:

ronharmless wrote:

Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
Watch this Troy then ask yourself if this is what you want your next truck made out of!

Ford Tough NOT!

Don

What you going to do when Dodge starts building their trucks out of aluminum? Forget you made all these snarky comments for the last two years?

it will be made from special Italian cummins aluminum! Far superior to anything ford or chevy can produce.

I think you are both wrong. Im not sure Fiat will even be around then considering the debt they have and cannot pay. With China in deep negotiations to buy them out it will be Chinese alumn. with a Chinese running gear if they are still building Rams.
Lets also remember this thread was not started as a GM vs Ford deal but just by the insecure Fiat guys to try to bash Ford again. What are you boys going to try to be proud of when your brand no longer exist?:S

On edit here I just want it to be clear my remarks do not include all Ram owners. Just the little boys that are always trying to start Ford or GM threads just to try to bash them. They know who they are.

Tweet Tweet little bird try to keep up to date lol.

Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) has denied rumors that it would acquire a majority share in Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, a move that would likely involve purchasing large quantities of shares on the stock market (unless the founding Agnelli family was willing to sell, in a reversal of its past policy). Link So let me ask you what do you think of Volvo? You guys do know it is now owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group a Chinese company right. They now are build very good cars again after Ford all but killed them! I know because we bought my DD a 2001 S-80 that was the biggest pile of junk I have ever owned!

BTW, you won't find one post of me bashing GM, why because they don't build junk. Every last Ford I have ever owned was in the dealership more then the road. The longest I ever owned a Ford was three years and that was only because Ford replaced the junk 3.0 V6. Only auto company I ever sued was Ford. Not one time did I ever think about suing over any of my Chrysler products and I started buying Chrysler's long before I went to work for them. Traded our Aerostar in on a Plymouth Grand Voyager and never looked back at Ford again.

Don

Oh ronharmless if Ram is stupid enough to build a pick up truck box out of aluminum and not providing protection for the bed. Like oh I don't know a bed liner, plastic or sprayed. I will be the first to post who dumb they are. Good God a empty tool box put a hole in the bed! What do you think will happen if something slides forward and hits the front of that box! But I'm sure it would be the fault of the owner right?

Talk about Fan Boys! You clowns can't even admit Ford screwed up big time here! LMAO

Well, just for kicks and giggles...

The new 2017 Ridgeline had a similar Test with rock dropping and the bed fared better than either of these two... No dents or scratches... Plastic beds.....the future of truck beds :B

Thanks!

Jeremiah

NC Hauler wrote:
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DANG!!!:E..So even those of us who said nothing negative about Ford, it appears as though you're actually hoping we who own a Chevy/GM or Ram may have a wreck and WILL have to be cut out of our trucks with feet and legs mangled..Just my perception of your statement...Pretty sick to the point of being hateful and spiteful, over something as silly as talking about truck beds?!? Who really cares??...Every brand gets slammed in these forums, but very few talk about someone needing to be cut out of their truck with morbid injuries to their feet and legs.....it's gotten that bad:?

Jim

Never said I wanted it to happen or implied it. Simply said a person had my sympathy if it did happen. And would surely hope there was no fire if a person's legs were trapped.

dodge guy wrote:

Denny & Jami wrote:
That's a stupid test,nobody in their right mind would do that to any truck. I used trucks for work for years and would never load something that way.

I own a F350 SD and a F150 and the F150 is a car truck when compared to F350.

Denny

Yep! That's what I said in the other thread. Stuff only gets loaded like that in a dump truck. Anyone that loads like that deserves what they get! A bedliner will protect some from that kind of damage, but any person with half a brain would never dump a load of bricks into any pickup truck bed. And when you are buying bricks, they are to use for building purposes and you don't want them damaged!

Or you are using them for fill.

I picked up a load of river Rock for landscaping last year. Loader dumped it in the bed of my Silverado. 1400#s worth.

Cinder blocks 4 high filled up my bed and then some. Boss wanted them saved so I hauled them in my truck, over 400 of them.

I use my truck. It ain't pretty but it owes me nothing since bought new in 03. As far as AL bodies, I wish them luck. Paint problems and corrosion will be great when plunking down 40-50k on a truck. I'm sure body shops are cringing on having to fix and paint them. We will see if the mfgs stand by their warranties.

Anybody remember the paint from the late 80s to mid 90s?

Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
Watch this Troy then ask yourself if this is what you want your next truck made out of!

Ford Tough NOT!

Don

OK Don Juan... :B I'm sure the F150 will continue to be a great truck that's built in America by an American company. If I were to buy a new .5 ton today it would be without a doubt a F150.

Bed Meets Rock

BTW... All my previous trucks and my current truck has a heavy rubber bed mat to protect the bottom of the bed. :W