Ram vs Ford vs Chevy frame twist

The tailgate wouldn't open with all four tires on the ground. We were loading wood.

Boy some people sure get butt hurt in here.

I'd call the WAAAAmbulance but it's powerstroke engine blew up again.

This is old and only serves to stir the pot.

RobWNY wrote:
I always chuckle with these tests. Ike Gauntlet, Frame Twist and on and on. If your preferred brand of 3/4 or 1 ton truck doesn't win then the test is flawed or it's not a realistic test. Ford, Ram and Chevy all make capable and excellent trucks. They all will do a fine job. The same is true of the aforementioned three trucks and the Toyota and Nissan in the 1/2 ton class of truck (forgive me if I missed a top selling brand). It's more about personal preference in looks, color schemes, features and what you'll be using the truck for. Is it a dedicated tow vehicle, is it your everyday driver, does it look cool to you, price, what your family has always driven and a host of other things all play a role in forming our opinions and what we ultimately drive. Maybe instead of the "mine is better than yours" mentality, we should just be thankful we're in a position financially to have a truck that is capable of doing what it is we want to do with it!

Well it sounds good for you flat landers.

But - here I it is - a real true story - had a loaded Ford 3/4 ton in no where Utah. Going through a nasty bit of sand. The frame twisted so bad I had to crawl trough the window - both doors jammed and the tail gate was useless.

A Dodge came through the same spot with out a problem.

I always chuckle with these tests. Ike Gauntlet, Frame Twist and on and on. If your preferred brand of 3/4 or 1 ton truck doesn't win then the test is flawed or it's not a realistic test. Ford, Ram and Chevy all make capable and excellent trucks. They all will do a fine job. The same is true of the aforementioned three trucks and the Toyota and Nissan in the 1/2 ton class of truck (forgive me if I missed a top selling brand). It's more about personal preference in looks, color schemes, features and what you'll be using the truck for. Is it a dedicated tow vehicle, is it your everyday driver, does it look cool to you, price, what your family has always driven and a host of other things all play a role in forming our opinions and what we ultimately drive. Maybe instead of the "mine is better than yours" mentality, we should just be thankful we're in a position financially to have a truck that is capable of doing what it is we want to do with it!

I used to go off-roading with my 460 powered Bronco with highly modified drivetrain, never once did I stop to unload the truck when I was flying through the mud holes or crawling up the sides of a ravine.... I don't recall any body else doing it either.. However I have seen plenty of boxed frames rusting out from mud water and debris collecting in them..

Yep, when I used to off road in a heavily modified Ford truck, it could be hard to get the tailgate open. Luckily I rarely find myself in situations like this:



I guess if a person insists on extreme off road driving while loading/unloading the bed, it might be good to drop the tailgate first if driving a Ford. This probably fits <1% of SD owners.

Oh God I get so tired of this nonsense

We have actually ran into this problem with the ford. Needed to open tailgate while truck was off road in a ditch like hole. Tailgate wouldn't open, but it opened on the chevy.

Off course it was easy enough to open the drivers door and drive the ford forward a bit.

If I ever have nothing better to do than load my F250 to the max and drive it up on offset ramps until a wheel is hanging, then I'll admit a GM or Ram would be better suited for such a useless waste of time. Until then, I much prefer a C channel chassis, twin I-beam IFS and Sterling rear end.

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

Iraqvet05 wrote:
This has been posted in the past. I simply don't see the validity in this. If you put your truck though those extremes, buy a rock crawler.

You don't have to do rock crawler duty or play twister to have $2,000 dollars worth of damage done from a weak frame.

Here is 6 pages worth of talk about radiator problems

3 pages of leaky radiators

OK...are these the exceptions or the norm for Ford? I don't see the majority of people here having these issue but then again most people here dedicate their trucks to haul their TTs or 5ers and most won't take them over anything higher than a curb.