New 2017 Superduties

Sport45 wrote:

Grit dog wrote:
Not sure if 7 cameras is enough??? If that sells trucks then guess I'm out of the target market.
I'll probably never get one now. Ben driving F series company trucks for 20 years now and my company won't buy Fords anymore due to the aluminum bodies. Heavy construction means we spend a fair amount on bodywork. Why double that cost?
All the new trucks are reliable and wil pull a house with the diesel, so just the skin alone made it a no go for a company that buys about 1500 pickups a year.
And why change the trans behind the 6.2 if not adding gears? Those are solid transmissions they work great and hold up well too.

Our work trucks are worked and look like it. They get beat up and none will ever see the inside of a body shop unless it's to make it driveable again. Construction trucks aren't even supposed to be washed between oil changes. :)

Seems silly to let an aluminum body scare you away from all of them without even trying one.

Scare me off?? Lol.
I don't buy Fords, never bought one except broke ones to fix and flip, but been driving about every model year of F series as company trucks since the mid 90s. My motto years ago became " the only good ford is a free ford." Hahaha
Maybe your outfit doesn't fix their jalopies, but the company I work for and most large companies, in my experience, keep their rigs decent looking.
Either way, no denying that cost of ownership, be it out of pocket costs or insurance premiums could be a deciding factor to buy or not.
But for the company I work for the "insurance company" is us. At least for sub $30k claims, they are a job cost. Self insured.
Plus, a lot of larger companies, construction or otherwise are leasing passenger vehicles rather than purchasing them. The lease companies will make sure they are fixed or charge a pretty(er) penny to fix them.
Not saying they suck, just saying fixing dents will cost more.