F-150 Repair Kit

[Perrysburg_Dodg]

Ford F-150 repair panel kits $8,500 per kit! 🙂 :W

[colliehauler]

thomasmnile wrote:

spoon059 wrote:

Ford is being innovative with aluminum.

Wait til they start churning them out in plastic on 3D printers....

Oh, the humanity!!!! :B

I think there is already a car that's been made using a 3D printer. If memory is right I think it was a replica Shelby Cobra. Wonder if they stuck a 3.5L ecoboost in it?

[PUCampin]

I remember trying to stick a cancer awareness magnet to the hatch of the Expedition. Took a few minutes to realize WHY it would not stick!

[thomasmnile]

spoon059 wrote:

Ford is being innovative with aluminum.

Wait til they start churning them out in plastic on 3D printers....

Oh, the humanity!!!! :B

[spoon059]

Tystevens wrote:
Yep, happens all the time. I remember Howie Long (on behalf of GM) making fun of the "man-step" and heated steering wheels in competitor's trucks, too. A few years later ...

Not just trucks. Remember a couple years ago, Apple was making fun of bigger screens on Android phones. This year, they act like they invented the 5" screen.

Yup, this is why I rarely watch live tv (I love my DVR!!!). Commercials appeal to the dumbest people. That's why you see commercials that market a truck with BEST IN CLASS TOWING (referring to a 1 ton dually) and also spout about BEST IN CLASS MPG (referring to the base model half ton with an engine and rear end not suited for towing). The idiots for whom these commercials are designed will believe that there is ONE TRUCK that combines the best in class towing and best in class mileage.

They are the same idiots who believe that one brand is inherently better than another simply because their daddy used to drive a "Fill in the blank". In reality, you cannot compare the good or bad features of a truck from 30 years ago that your daddy owned with features good or bad today. The companies have changed so drastically. Quality has declined and improved numerous times over the years in each of the Big Three.

All of this truck bashing and brand loyalty is sometimes funny, sometimes annoying. I remember a couple years ago how HORRIBLE the Ecoboost engine was going to be. Turns out it is a pretty nice engine. Not as great mileage as they hoped, but plenty of power. A couple years ago Dodge products were piles of******around a very good Cummins engine. Modern Rams are great trucks and seem to be much nicer than the old ones.

Ford is being innovative with aluminum. Maybe it'll be great, maybe it'll stink. I guess I'm okay with just sitting back and watching to see how they do before I make an opinion, rather than sway in the breeze of uninformed worthless opinions that get tossed around here like leaves in the autumn wind...

[FishOnOne]

Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
So lets look at some of these posts here.
First, as a Tool and Die Maker I'm fully aware of the different grades of Aluminum and had posted in the Ford thread the grade that Ford was using to build their trucks.
Second, we have a guy come along and says this "aircraft mechanics used beer cans to repair battle-damaged aircraft" are you freaking kidding me with this? No need to go any further with this troll.

Third, Tory comes along and wants us to believe he found a 1970's aluminum beer can "actually quite legible (except for a few shotgun pellet holes) for being outside for maybe ~40 years" even though Deer season ended on January 4th no mater which County he lives in. (got to love Google Tory)

The point of the post was plain and simple to poke a little good nature d fun at the Ford guy. Just like when I posted this.

He!! the Chevy guys got a kick out of it and didn't have a problem with it. Maybe the Ford guys should find get a little humor in their life. You guys have a good product so you should not get your panties all in a bunch! Tory guess what, I'm buying my DS a 2004 Ford Taurus OMG the world is coming to an end!

Relax boys you will live longer!

Don

Don,
Just to clarify your inaccurate statement I said my son and myself were scouting around the deer camp. This doesn't mean we were deer hunting! Always a negative assumption made by Don.

Again Don try to control the angst... :S

[Tystevens]

FishOnOne wrote:

colliehauler wrote:
Kind of funny how Chevy makes a point of saying their trucks are built of steel. If down the road they switch to aluminum what will they say then?

It's all marketing to make a sale... I remember that RAM was boasting in '12 their diesel trucks didn't require DEF and made DEF sound like it was so bad. The following year ('13) RAM trucks were equipped with DEF. That same guy also didn't mention that in '12 their 4500/5500 trucks were already equipped with DEF. That guy is a joke!

Yep, happens all the time. I remember Howie Long (on behalf of GM) making fun of the "man-step" and heated steering wheels in competitor's trucks, too. A few years later ...

Not just trucks. Remember a couple years ago, Apple was making fun of bigger screens on Android phones. This year, they act like they invented the 5" screen.

[AlmostAnOldGuy]

Don,

No harm in a little fun. This forum is much more enjoyable when folks lighten up a bit. Now, the post I would like to see is a report from you on a nice long run down to Florida. Maybe treat your better half to a few days away and give us the good news on the performance of your new rig. ; )

Good luck all,
Stu


p.s. Would rather be camping than watching another Ike Gauntlet video.
p.p.s. 11 weeks 2 days and counting until the first outing of the season.

[mich800]

wing_zealot wrote:
I had my comments all typed out. Several paragraphs about GI ingenuity, scouting at deer camp, and everything else. I even hit the "Post Message" button. Then I decided that I was wasting cyberspace on a fool's mission. Those that know, Know. Those that don't are never going to get it.

I like the way you think. Some people put more effort into deer hunting other than dusting off the gun after Thanksgiving lunch. 🙂

[wing_zealot]

I had my comments all typed out. Several paragraphs about GI ingenuity, scouting at deer camp, and everything else. I even hit the "Post Message" button. Then I decided that I was wasting cyberspace on a fool's mission. Those that know, Know. Those that don't are never going to get it.

[Perrysburg_Dodg]

So lets look at some of these posts here.
First, as a Tool and Die Maker I'm fully aware of the different grades of Aluminum and had posted in the Ford thread the grade that Ford was using to build their trucks.
Second, we have a guy come along and says this "aircraft mechanics used beer cans to repair battle-damaged aircraft" are you freaking kidding me with this? No need to go any further with this troll.

Third, Tory comes along and wants us to believe he found a 1970's aluminum beer can "actually quite legible (except for a few shotgun pellet holes) for being outside for maybe ~40 years" even though Deer season ended on January 4th no mater which County he lives in. (got to love Google Tory)

The point of the post was plain and simple to poke a little good nature d fun at the Ford guy. Just like when I posted this.

He!! the Chevy guys got a kick out of it and didn't have a problem with it. Maybe the Ford guys should find get a little humor in their life. You guys have a good product so you should not get your panties all in a bunch! Tory guess what, I'm buying my DS a 2004 Ford Taurus OMG the world is coming to an end!

Relax boys you will live longer!

Don

[ROBERTSUNRUS]

colliehauler wrote:
Kind of funny how Chevy makes a point of saying their trucks are built of steel. If down the road they switch to aluminum what will they say then?

🙂 Hi, probably the same thing when Chevy finally gives up on push rod engines. :B

[FishOnOne]

colliehauler wrote:
Kind of funny how Chevy makes a point of saying their trucks are built of steel. If down the road they switch to aluminum what will they say then?

It's all marketing to make a sale... I remember that RAM was boasting in '12 their diesel trucks didn't require DEF and made DEF sound like it was so bad. The following year ('13) RAM trucks were equipped with DEF. That same guy also didn't mention that in '12 their 4500/5500 trucks were already equipped with DEF. That guy is a joke!

[colliehauler]

Kind of funny how Chevy makes a point of saying their trucks are built of steel. If down the road they switch to aluminum what will they say then?

[hone_eagle]

Next time you are at a marina have a look at a typical sailboat mast - 6061. we put 1000's of # of compression on those babies with hydralics ,for decades,and a ball peen hammer could barely dent it.

[BenK]

Yes...one of my startups provided the over head crane controls for both steel and
aluminum smelting plants. Even the 7 dams along that river in Venezuela to both
provide the hydro power for the aluminum smelting plant and to control that river

Nasty environment, both for the control equipment and the humans out in the plant

Reminds me of a very funny thing my guys did to me...out on my first visit to
the Alabama US Steel plant.

My guys were everywhere out in the building (2.6 miles from corner to corner)
and I went out there to take a look...

They gave me a hard hat, checked that I had approved steel toed shoes and protective
clothing...+120*F out on the floor and OSHA said only 20 minute with X hours
off outside.

NO ONE would listen to me...their bosses, bosses boss...

Turns out hard hats have a color code...mine was blue...mud hen worker

Got back to the trailer and see everyone laughing and a shiny new
*WHITE* hard hat sitting on my desk...with the 2 way radio, antenna &
hearing protectors built in...inside that plant...white hats were managers...

PS...had the foreman order everyone new hard hats with built in 2 way
radio, antenna, hearing protectors...wanted my guys to not have to
have one hand busy with the radio while only one had could 'work'...