Bob Rosadini
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Guys,
My dealer contact told me today Order guide for '25 will be out late October. I just bought a new 150 and I asked the sales guy..great young guy- if he could get a medium order guide from truck mgr. He did..'24 guide that came out in July 22!
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21 minutes ago, SoonerLS said:
I'd think that's correct. It looks like it still has the California Diesel Clean Idle decal on the door under the mirror. (I only recognize it because the F-450 in our fleet has one.)
For sure it was a diesel..in addition to decal def tank visible.
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3 hours ago, Joe771476 said:
The last three F750's I've seen have had the Power Stroke Diesel emblem. I still haven;t been able to find out if the CT DOT's are PS diesel or gas.
Well this is clearly a diesel but unless it is some sort of test vehicle with a non Ford engine, my guess is they delete PS badge to facilitate shrink wrapping.
F-650/750 will normally carry a Power Stroke badge or a "V-8" badge
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This F-750 was in my neighborhood this week. Judging by appearance of tires, looked like it had just gone into service..squeaky clean. Interesting thing, it did not have Power Stroke badges. Also I recall the trade group these national tree guys belong to had circulated some sort of letter to the AMA requesting that the industry produce a suitable class 67 conventional with gasoline power given their typical high idle hours..In this case Bartlett "wasn't buying"
Ting a bell 7M?
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13 hours ago, ice-capades said:
Thx Joey
And further to this I thought it was some sort of camper conversion..My son said "No-looked like all seats were still in place"
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13 minutes ago, 7Mary3 said:
That's a Crown! Most tandem Crowns were twin-screw. Plenty of room for the engine, usually a horivontal mount 6-71 between the front and rear axles. Some were Cummins too, but the early versons had Hall-Scott gasoline power. Radiator is on the left side behind the left front wheel, you can see the grill. Big luggage comtarment in the rear. One well built bus.
THx
Nice..in particular as owner kept the exterior original. Note panel over "School" . I imagine when he is at a show that comes off. These must have been very expensive when new given complexity. Back in Northeast, most school buses were conventional Ford/GMC/ Chevy chassis. No such thing as a pusher of any kind.
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My son is N bound on 495 NW of Boston this AM and snaps this shot of what I think is a Crown with CA plates...Is it? Long trip for an old vehicle like that!
7M3...Is it a Crown..Never saw one with a pusher...not much room for an engine I would imagine
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10 hours ago, akirby said:
AK, Thx very much
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4 minutes ago, Bob Rosadini said:
AK,
Thx...was hoping that was the case. The "automatic" traction control in my 3.31 sucks IMO ..you get that "crab like" action. I didn't realize the truck had that feature until recently- I thought 100% open dif. Which brings me to another "back in the day" story. Like in '71 Eaton approached us with a new traction control system. Had some sort of "exciter" hubs -driver activated. When "on" if system sensed higher rpm on one wheel , it would apply some air to that wheel. We agreed to participate and system was added to a single axle 358 Brockway, 230 cummins, RT 910 RR. We built a mud pit at our Albany NY terminal and it did work...in test conditions. tractor would proceed- "crab like" as it was. To the best of my knowledge, Eaton never did anything with it.
By the way AK, any idea where I can get 10 speed ratios? Without knowing actual trans ratios, I did a comparison assuming my 275/60R 20's do 608 revs per mile I came up with...3.31's in what ever gear is .9 OD and RPM's at 1800 I would be at 60 MPH
3.73's same gear, same RPM 52MPH
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10 minutes ago, akirby said:
E locker is 100% manual. Traction control is automatic and applies the brake to a spinning wheel and cuts engine power.AK,
Thx...was hoping that was the case. The "automatic" traction control in my 3.31 sucks IMO ..you get that "crab like" action. I didn't realize the truck had that feature until recently- I thought 100% open dif. Which brings me to another "back in the day" story. Like in '71 Eaton approached us with a new traction control system. Had some sort of "exciter" hubs -driver activated. When "on" if system sensed higher rpm on one wheel , it would apply some air to that wheel. We agreed to participate and system was added to a single axle 358 Brockway, 230 cummins, RT 910 RR. We built a mud pit at our Albany NY terminal and it did work...in test conditions. tractor would proceed- "crab like" as it was. To the best of my knowledge, Eaton never did anything with it.
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On 8/28/2023 at 10:55 AM, blksn8k2 said:
Both of my recent 5.0L F-150s ('18 and current '23) came with the 3.73:1 axle ratio so I can't compare that to any other ratio. The '18 had 32" tires while the '23 has 33s. I actually liked the throttle response better with the 32s and, so far, it actually got slightly better fuel mileage than the new truck even though the '23 has cylinder deactivation. With the larger tires and lifted suspension of the Tremor there is more rolling resistance and more aero drag so I'm sure that doesn't help. The new truck is still has less than 2k miles so hopefully the fuel mileage will improve over time.
The electronic locking diff is nice but because it does "lock" both wheels turn at the same speed and it can be really annoying on gravel surfaces when making slow, tight radius turns like pulling into my garage. I specifically wanted the transfer case to have the 4A setting which is why I went with the 402A High Equipment Group on the Tremor. This truck also has the Torsen limited slip front diff. Not only does all of that make this truck way more capable off-road, but it should also eliminate tearing up the gravel driveway, especially once winter sets in.
Thx for post..finally getting around to reading it as we had our 2 day truck show this past weekend and recovering from that.. So E lock dif is automatic-no driver control? And to clarify, I'm assuming it only locks when it senses a spinning wheel? I hope! Also the trans in my 22 is a 10R80 correct? Do you know what the respective gear ratios are in that trans?
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Guys-please see my post in "150"
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Guys, I bought a '22 5.0 Supercab with 9000 miles as a placeholder until I'm comfortable with new Ranger ( had a great offer on my super clean '04 FX 4 Ranger so figured I would accept it before its 20th birthday!)
But shame on me I did not think about rear axle and its a 3.31 WITHOUT a locking dif. Thing is spinning on wet grass! I 'm about 500 ft from town road so I don't want to be in 4WD when we get 2" of snow/sleet. So I'm getting used to truck size and for sure like the Coyote?- may forget about Ranger So Ive started looking for a '23.5.0, electronic electronic dif and I'm finding all kinds of 23's with 3.31s and lockers and very few 3.73's...No 3.55's
Any experienced views? The 5.0 has such much power it is easy to be "throwing stones" on start up with the 3.31's, and its great on I-495-1500 and you are close to 80MPH. but I'm thinking the lower gear 3.73 will still be great on local roads as the 10 speed will be upshifting sooner.
Opinions.
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1 hour ago, 7Mary3 said:
The 2 piece grab handles were on trucks with the side storage compartments which were built into the original C series fender wells. The H series was before my time and I never had any first hand experiences with them, but I can say I never heard any positive remarks about the 'Two Story Falcon'! From what I understand the H was little more than an N series chassis with a C series cab mounted high enough to clear a Cummins diesel, though a few H series trucks had Super Duty gasoline V-8's. I remember the last H series I ever saw was back in '85 or '86 down in L.A.'s produce market district, it was probably up from Mexico. Those ABF tractors in the picture have Page & Page rocker arm rear suspension with a dead pusher axle, kind of an enteresting setup,
Correct on grab handles. first year they were two full length vertical rods then someone had a good idea and they made storage compartments where the wheel wells were on a C series. PIE was one of the test fleets early on with a prototype..no clue how many they made...Here in the Northeast, Branch Motor Express was an early user. Talk about a helpless combo in snow country? A Page and Page with a dead axle and no lift capability! We had a bunch of B-61 single axles and when weight laws changed someone came up with idea to convert to a Pager and Page set up with heavy drive belts between the duals. They were out of service before my time.
As for the H being built on an N chassis I never heard that. The H came out in 61 and N models I believe in 63.
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Time for some eye candy for you old guys- Think these were '62's as the grab rails were two piece vs single whje theyfirst came oue
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Well probably not a shocker...Guess the drop down sill on front doors wasn't enough of an attraction?
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20 hours ago, jniffen said:
I've been driving for 49 years, driven FWD RWD and AWD in the mid-west to upper states.
I will take an AWD over the other two for winter driving, especially in deep snow and icy roads any time.
Have had two accidents (knock wood or rub plastic) and neither was my fault.
I do take insult to the blanket comment . "Seems a lot of people buy 4WD/AWD to make up for lack of driving skills.."
Generalizations such as these doesn't help any discussion, only intensifies heated arguments.I will say I do see a lot of stupid drivers going too fast in bad weather conditions, the 4WD/AWD will reduce the chance of getting stuck, but they won't stop you any quicker.
Don't be insulted..note poster said.."a lot of people"..I agree...How many times have you been on an interstate, its snowing and some a-hole blows by you in a new 4 WD or Tahoe, Explorer etc and before long you catch up to him..and he is in the median. I in my 64 years of driving in Northeast, have seen many?
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16 hours ago, jpd80 said:
Correct that’s what the common knowledge is, deductive counts between certain lists for other sources helps the process but I cannot afford the annual subscription anymore…
as far as I know the SD cab chassis units are built a Ohio
thx JP
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For those interested in Mediums
Ford Totals list Heavy truck at 8806 units
OAP Stats list heavy truck at 8350 and Super Duty at 13,457. Again question where is F-600? I'm thinking it is in the Super Duty count.
And when it comes to SD, OAP does 450 and 550 chassis and are those still built at KTP?
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This all reminds me of a commercial Ford ran in all the fleet mags "back in the day". It was a trailer plastered with the logos of all the big carriers and the by line was something like.."We are seen in good company" . If I had to bet, ABF was in that and they are probably the only one left.
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9 hours ago, GearheadGrrrl said:
I've read that Roadway's Ford C model cabovers had the lowest maintenance costs of any truck they ran.
Well Roadway was a good Ford account....plenty of Louisvilles as well.
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5 hours ago, 7Mary3 said:
That's it for Yellow-Roadway, they are closing their doors today. Sadly the merger between the two LTL carriers just postponed the inevitable. Remember all those Roadway Ford C series and Yellow GMC Brigadier tractors pulling single axle van trailers? Such a common sight up into the 90's.
7M. for sure on the Big R C models and the Yellow Brigadiers. There is-or at least was when I was there like 10 years ago- a Big R C straight job in the Ford Museum-may have been the last one built.
As for the Yellow closure, sad for sure. I'm sure the Teamster view is "we've sacrificed enough" but I have to think they cut off their nose to spite their face. I suppose they think Old Dominion, Saia etc will hire them but guys with seniority will be giving up a lot. Plus I'm sure there will be a lot of small non union outfits scrambling for a piece of the pie.
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Well one thing the Chinese upgrades do is provide a clearer separation in looks from Sprinter.. the current version and the Sprinter have very similar profiles IMO.
Current Transit shares no similarity in looks with other Fords while the China version does.
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Make that 9500!
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New Light & Medium Duty News
in Ford Motor Company Discussion Forum
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Got it..by the way as these things are now put on with adhesive I guess if you were to take it off you would have to scrub old stuff off before you could put new one on. I also see a lot emergency 450/550s around here that are clearly diesels but no badge