New 2017 Superduties

Lantley wrote:


Exterior is OK.It looks like a GM product.
I am always leery of the first production years.
Let someone else be the guinea pigs. I always prefer the last production years which is when all the improvements have been made and all the bugs worked out.
I'll let someone else figure out if Ford has a real winner or a work in progress

jus2shy wrote:
Oh noes, a fully boxed frame! Where will all the semi c - channel guys argue now? Just kidding. I knew this would come down the pipe. Good on Ford. They 1 upped the market me thinks.

Also, slick move to use the same cab section as the 150. Still gives it a unique face with the bed and front clip, but realize more economy of scale for the aluminum sections. This will help minimize true price increases due to the aluminum switch.

FishOnOne wrote:

blofgren wrote:
I think the interior looks great and is a huge improvement. I don't like the exterior, though. IMO the grille and front fender badging looks terrible and the dually fenders look even worse. I liked the exterior looks of my 2003 F-350 dually much better.

Lantley wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:

jus2shy wrote:
Oh noes, a fully boxed frame! Where will all the semi c - channel guys argue now? Just kidding. I knew this would come down the pipe. Good on Ford. They 1 upped the market me thinks.

Also, slick move to use the same cab section as the 150. Still gives it a unique face with the bed and front clip, but realize more economy of scale for the aluminum sections. This will help minimize true price increases due to the aluminum switch.

New frame as I predicted many times, higher to top of bed as I predicted, I have predicted SAE J2807 compliant, I am sure it will follow.

One thing that surprises me it "LOOKS" like the puck system has the same footprint as before. Maybe with the higher rated frame B&W will increase their Ford Puck hitch ratings?

So far it looks like a huge improvement in looks to the 18 year old design.

Awesome, raise the bar everyone benefits!

This is why I don't understand why anyone would order a 2016 when this will be available not too far into the future.

Exterior is OK.It looks like a GM product.
I am always leery of the first production years.
Let someone else be the guinea pigs. I always prefer the last production years which is when all the improvements have been made and all the bugs worked out.
I'll let someone else figure out if Ford has a real winner or a work in progress

taken wrote:

Lantley wrote:


Exterior is OK.It looks like a GM product.
I am always leery of the first production years.
Let someone else be the guinea pigs. I always prefer the last production years which is when all the improvements have been made and all the bugs worked out.
I'll let someone else figure out if Ford has a real winner or a work in progress

A very common nonsense fear. Hundreds of thousands of first year models are sold every year from all manufacturers. Failures are relatively microscopic by comparison.

Cummins12V98 wrote:


You are correct but most don't think that way!

Cummins12V98 wrote:

blofgren wrote:
I think the interior looks great and is a huge improvement. I don't like the exterior, though. IMO the grille and front fender badging looks terrible and the dually fenders look even worse. I liked the exterior looks of my 2003 F-350 dually much better.

Looks an awful lot like my RAM's dash.

Lantley wrote:


I more or less agree however Ford never got the 6.0 correct. It was a disaster that Ford is still recovering from.
The early model Duramax had injector issues that were eventually resolved in later years.
Nevertheless there can be real issues with first production years that I don't need to be apart of. If the truck is truly a winner the 2018 will also be great. I do not need to be the first!