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Re: 2022 Superduty launch delayed
curt12914 wrote: SLE wrote: curt12914 wrote: The general manger at my dealer told me that many vehicles ordered as 2021 model year will end up being built as 2022's. He said they have many vehicles ordered that have been delayed, some that are showing as built, but not shipped........ Your dealer is incorrect. Those vehicles that are currently on order and have had VIN's issued will be 21' model year vehicles based on the VIN number. I know this as I'm sitting in this situation as I type this. Ordered 12/02/20, just got the VIN a little more than a month ago, truck not even scheduled to be built yet. If I see it before August, I'll be surprised. Sadly, it'll be a year old and the 22's will be out by the time I get it; and with the shortage of vehicles, I highly doubt I'll see one dime of discount. I ordered mine in February and got it in April. You ordered your truck on 12/02/20 and yours is not built yet? Maybe you shouldn't put much stock in what your dealer says. Your truck may be built and stored until the chip comes in. https://www.thedrive.com/news/40458/thousands-of-unfinished-ford-super-duty-trucks-are-parked-at-kentucky-speedway-due-to-chip-shortage It's waiting for a chip alright, and everything else....... It has NOT been built. I can see that via my order number and VIN through the Ford Tracking site. I have also verified with a third party ford dealer and my dealer has actually sent me the screen shots of there order block and tracking info. The Order was placed with Ford on 12/02 and it has not moved to production as of today (05/11/21). The Dealer website does differ from the consumer site and atleast provides a estimated production however that hasn't meant much as I've seen that changed by more than a month 2 separate times already. As of last month, it had an estimated production for the week May 17th. I haven't checked with my dealer in a few weeks but fully expect that isn't happening.603Views0likes0CommentsRe: 2022 Superduty launch delayed
curt12914 wrote: The general manger at my dealer told me that many vehicles ordered as 2021 model year will end up being built as 2022's. He said they have many vehicles ordered that have been delayed, some that are showing as built, but not shipped........ Your dealer is incorrect. Those vehicles that are currently on order and have had VIN's issued will be 21' model year vehicles based on the VIN number. I know this as I'm sitting in this situation as I type this. Ordered 12/02/20, just got the VIN a little more than a month ago, truck not even scheduled to be built yet. If I see it before August, I'll be surprised. Sadly, it'll be a year old and the 22's will be out by the time I get it; and with the shortage of vehicles, I highly doubt I'll see one dime of discount.603Views0likes0CommentsRe: Grand Design Solitude vs. Montana
I owned a Cedar Creek Silverback 35L4Qb for 5 years until just recently upgrading to a Columbus 385BH. Prior to that I had owned a Cherokee FW, Wildwood TT, and Wilderness TT. The 2008 Cedar Creek that we owned was built like a tank compared to all of the others. A good friend who we camped with very regularly owned a Montana of similar size and layout and both of us agreed the Cedar Creek was simply a better built unit hands down. With that said, I moved up to the current Columbus primarily due to the features and layout. It's a very comfortable RV. I however do not think the build quality is as good the Cedar Creek, unfortunately the Cedar Creek line didn't really offer a comparable unit layout wise (no rear bunk house units any longer) otherwise I would've very likely bought another. This is of course assuming a new one is built with the same quality as our 2008. I can't honestly say I looked at a new one since they didn't have the layout I was looking for.1.2KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Grand Design Solitude vs. Montana
Just curious if you've considered any others. I think there's a few more high end mid bunks to look at if you going in with your eye's wide open. Right off hand I know Jayco makes a 377RLBH and Columbus makes a 377MB both of which are very nice units. I would bet there are a couple others also. just food for thought.476Views0likes0CommentsRe: Gas or diesel
To me this completely depends on what your planning to do, how often, and how comfortable you are towing larger trailers. I've had two campers that have had GVWRs of 15,500 and 15,750 respectively that I've towed with an F250 gasser. Neither have bothered me much, matter of fact the last trip was into a 20 mph corning wind and it handled surprisingly well however I think I could actually see the gas gauge moving. Now with this said, my trips are within 2 hours of home and the camper is normally setup on a seasonal lake site so it's truly only a few trips a year and I can usually pick my day to run it down. If I were towing further distance, more often, or in mountainous terrain I would definitely have a 1 ton class SRW Diesel. If the driving conditions included crossing several states and actually doing some cross country touring, it'd be dually. food for thought.228Views0likes0CommentsRe: Looking for double bunk slideout with outside kitchen
Colombus 385Bh. Just bought one this year, pretty comfortable unit. Traded an 08' Cedar Creek 35I4QB in on it. The new rig is definitely more roomy, has a ton more feature, is more comfortable, but I do think the cedar creek was built a bit more solid. Just some food for thought.260Views0likes0CommentsRe: Differential swap
Us Nodak boys know one thing and thats wind! I helped a few buddies tune up their oil burners a few years a ago and found a comment pretty funny. I was on the phone with a shop in Denver ordering a few go fast parts and getting a custom tune set up. The shop owner asked what we were after and I said that we were looking for better towing performance and to increase mileage. I then said we don't need anything crazy power wise as we stay pretty local to our flat lands of ND, nothing like the mountains you guys gotta deal with. The shop owner laughed a little and said, the tuffest pull I ever had was in ND bucking a 30 mph head wind. At least in the mountains you eventually get to the top and get to go back down. Its one of those comments that didn't strike me until I got off the phone. thought it was worth sharing.302Views0likes0CommentsRe: Differential swap
If I remember right, mine cost around $3,700 for full axle rebuilds for front and rear and also a freshening of the ol 4R100 including a new HD torque converter. $1,700 sounds right in line, 5k is way to much. As far as mileage goes, mine was shitty before the new gears and is still shitty after, lol.303Views0likes0CommentsRe: Differential swap
The other thing to consider is your effectively increasing your torque to the ground in any given gear and at any given RPM at the cost of speed. By going from 3.73s to 4.56s you effectively increase your gearing advantage by 22%. That means 22% more torque to the ground, all else being equal. Think of gears as a lever or cheater bar. The longer the lever (deeper gears) the more torque you can put on a given bolt or object. If the object turns freely however, you will not be able to spin the large lever as fast as a small lever. Remember torque is an actually measurement of force, hp adds the factor of time and the constant of 5252 into the equation. If you compare results on a rear wheel dyno, you won't make any more HP on the Dyno but you'll make a whole lot more torque. In all reality, even though you won't make any more peak HP, you'll build hp more quickly. This makes a difference in every gear. the downside is, with deeper gears, you'll decrease the top speed of each gear. For those of us with V10/4R100 combos, think of it like this. if we tow at 65mph, we effectively increase our torque to the ground by 22% in both 3rd and 4th gear by changing from 3.73s to 4.56s. On top of this, we raise our rpms closer to the torque and hp peak of the engine. With 3.73s I turned 1800rpm in 4th and if I remember correctly around 2600 in 3rd. This engine makes peak torque at around 3,200 rpm and peak HP at around 4,700 rpm. So moving the rpm band closer to those peaks at the same speed ultimately also adds to the overall equation of increasing HP and TQ at a usable RPM. If I remember correctly the net overall effect was around 30% torque advantage at the same speed. As is expected, it's a noticeable difference!302Views0likes0Comments
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