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One I didn't rest it and snap a pic that was running down the road after about an hour but whatever makes you feel better Bobbyboy. Second I would think the Ram would fair as good as the GM or better since GM chose to leave it out. And lastly sorry little boy but I'm far from "insecure" about my truck. I bought the best truck for what I needed a truck to too and that was the Ram. The same reason month after month Ram keeps gaining market shear.

Funny you should default to the "Government Motors" comments but you clowns always for get Ford got their share of Government money too. Your starting to look more and more like Tory all the time Bobby. Which is not a very good look.

Don

Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:

camperforlife wrote:

dodge guy wrote:
So, am I to assume that GM owners don't know how to load a load of bricks into a pickup?! And GM is keeping the steel bed for the half witted mouth breathers that say " hey joe bob, just dump that load into my new pickup!" Anyone that would do that deserves to have there license (any type) taken away! Not to mention the fact what contractor worth anything would be using a 1/2 ton for HD work. More than likely every single one of those actors will never put anything more than a couple bags of manure in the bed. An who puts a tool box on the edge of their bedside?!

Ford is moving ahead while GM is hanging by its own noose!

I guess you never owned a work truck, only a grocery getter. While we are always more careful with a new truck, if you have a work truck on a farm or job site stuff happens and things don't always get laid softly in the bed.

Got to agree with camperforlife here. 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.

Don

:) Hi, GM has no fear from Dodge so they didn't include it in the fake drop test. You believe anything that makes Ford look bad because you are so insecure with you no-payload slow moving Prius/Dodge. Let's see this test done to all trucks from someone like TFL. (not Government Motors)

I can reset my mileage meter and let off of the throttle and show 50 MPG too. You mileage picture is meaningless just like GM's drop test.


This reminds me of a monster truck show that I went to. They crushed the safest cars on the road. (Volvos) Days later it was noted that the Volvo pillars were cut more than halfway through with sawzalls.

Devocamper wrote:

patriotgrunt wrote:
To me this test shows GM's desperation. Like any politicians with low poll numbers, GM is using attack ads to improve their image. If GM spent more time engineering their trucks rather than developing ridiculous tests against the competition they'd have better sales.

You mean like comparing a M1 tank to a F150?

I don't know what commercial you're talking about because the ones I see show it with a Bradley Fighting Vehicle which isn't an Abrams. And by the way, the Bradley does have an aluminum hull.

proxim2020 wrote:

camperforlife wrote:

I guess you never owned a work truck, only a grocery getter. While we are always more careful with a new truck, if you have a work truck on a farm or job site stuff happens and things don't always get laid softly in the bed.

Things don't always get laid in the bed softly, but block doesn't get dumped from 6ft in the air either. I've had lots of stone and rock dumped into my 9 year old truck. Everything from sand to boulders. Not once have I had a loader load my bed so stupidly. My bed has plenty of dents and scratches, but if someone dropped blocks in it like that tomorrow then it would end in a fist fight lol. Around here if you're buying a work truck that's going to be hauling material, you're buying at least a 250. You're getting a thicker bed anyway.

No guarantees on the farm. I remember the first truck dad was able to pay cash for, a '84 Chevy K10 with the 6.2 diesel in a beautiful copper brown.

The truck was 2 weeks old and we were lowering a 3 phase silo motor that failed while trying to cut through frozen silage at -10. The chain broke dropping the 200lb motor from about 10 feet in the bed leaving a huge dent and a hole about 4" around. Dad walked around the barn out of sight coming back with what looked like teary eyes. We dropped the motor off for repair and dad picked up a 2' square piece of steel that we later welded to the bed of that beautiful new truck. He took it to Ziebart and had the bottom rustproofed and we spray painted the bed. So goes life on the farm at times.

I can name numerous fails and blunders over the years that happened with our REAL trucks. The Chevy commercial while may seem exaggerated to some but not that far off from real life for trucks that really do work.

patriotgrunt wrote:
To me this test shows GM's desperation. Like any politicians with low poll numbers, GM is using attack ads to improve their image. If GM spent more time engineering their trucks rather than developing ridiculous tests against the competition they'd have better sales.

You mean like comparing a M1 tank to a F150?

To me this test shows GM's desperation. Like any politicians with low poll numbers, GM is using attack ads to improve their image. If GM spent more time engineering their trucks rather than developing ridiculous tests against the competition they'd have better sales.

The landscape stones NOT a real world test for sure, at least not from 5', now if it were real stone dropped a foot or so that would be more real world!

The tool box is somewhat real world, :h One needs to ask just how much it weighs, is it with in real world for a carry tool box????

camperforlife wrote:

I guess you never owned a work truck, only a grocery getter. While we are always more careful with a new truck, if you have a work truck on a farm or job site stuff happens and things don't always get laid softly in the bed.

Things don't always get laid in the bed softly, but block doesn't get dumped from 6ft in the air either. I've had lots of stone and rock dumped into my 9 year old truck. Everything from sand to boulders. Not once have I had a loader load my bed so stupidly. My bed has plenty of dents and scratches, but if someone dropped blocks in it like that tomorrow then it would end in a fist fight lol. Around here if you're buying a work truck that's going to be hauling material, you're buying at least a 250. You're getting a thicker bed anyway.

Stone/gravel and mulch is much different than bricks! Anyone getting a load of bricks is using hem for building purposes and does not want them damaged.

Like I said, not a real world test. Put a bedliner in each and load it like any sane person and it is not an issue! As usual GM is grasping for straws!

camperforlife wrote:

dodge guy wrote:
So, am I to assume that GM owners don't know how to load a load of bricks into a pickup?! And GM is keeping the steel bed for the half witted mouth breathers that say " hey joe bob, just dump that load into my new pickup!" Anyone that would do that deserves to have there license (any type) taken away! Not to mention the fact what contractor worth anything would be using a 1/2 ton for HD work. More than likely every single one of those actors will never put anything more than a couple bags of manure in the bed. An who puts a tool box on the edge of their bedside?!

Ford is moving ahead while GM is hanging by its own noose!

I guess you never owned a work truck, only a grocery getter. While we are always more careful with a new truck, if you have a work truck on a farm or job site stuff happens and things don't always get laid softly in the bed.

Got to agree with camperforlife here. 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.

Don