Drivers aren’t picking up on natural gas-powered F-150

Fuel Fix ^ | April 16, 2014 | Ryan Holeywell

[WayneS]

I can't imagine why people wouldn't flock to this vehicle, what with the thousands of natural gas filling stations we have located all around the country....

...oh wait...

Never mind...

[Darren McCarty]

Where would I be able to fill up?

[al baby]

Can you lay a 4X8 sheet of plywood flat in the back ? if not it is a useless P/u in my book

[Red Badger]

Drivers also face the challenge of finding places to fill up.

That's the main problem....................

[thackney]

I have natural gas piped to my house. Add a compressor and I would have more convenience than the gasoline engine for daily use.

[cableguymn]

make it run on methane and use these to fuel it..

http://www.outsideonline.com/news-from-the-field/Cow-Fartpacks-Are-Here.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=facebookpost

as close to unicorns and skittle farts as your gonna get.

[thackney]

Loss of space typical of a large tool box.

[Repeal The 17th]

Old Red just wants to "pickup" some plain old unadulterated gasoline!

[Paladin2]

Ford used to offer CNG Econolines. Chrysler had some CNG Vans too.

The vans tend to have more room underneath and between the frame rails for the "gas" tanks.

[thackney]

Natural Gas is methane.

[thackney]

More vehicles running on Natural Gas means less demand by others for Old Red’s gasoline.

[WayneS]

That’s a good point.

I do not have gas service at my home, but those who do have it might be able to make use of a nat-gas-fueled vehicle; as long as they didn’t need to take any long trips; and if it didn’t cost $10,000 more than a comparable gasoline-fueled model.

[Yo-Yo]

The article isn’t clear, so are these dual fuel trucks or CNG only?

For consumer use, dual fuel trucks would probably sell much better than CNG only trucks. CNG only are most appropriate for fleet use, as they require a special filling station be installed. For home use, you can put one in at home, but would like the ability to switch to gasoline when on the road.

I’ve see dual gasoline/propane conversions, but I’m not sure if it’s even possible for a gasoline/CNG conversion.

[cuban leaf]

Drivers also face the challenge of finding places to fill up.

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It’s the only part of this article that really matters. Once that changes, more people will use it.

[al baby]

Did you ever hear about my storing gasoline thread?

[cuban leaf]

Can you lay a 4X8 sheet of plywood flat in the back ?

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HAHAHA! That’s my litmus test as well. :-)

[Repeal The 17th]

You are always the optimist.
OK; Everybody; Go buy a natural gas vehicle; Do it today!
Do it for Old Red!

[PapaBear3625]

I have natural gas piped to my house. Add a compressor and I would have more convenience than the gasoline engine for daily use.

Until government notices that your doing it this way means it gets no fuel taxes off you.

[Slambat]

“$1.25 less per equivalent gallon of gasoline”

And the lack of BTU’s make up the rest. Just not as much
bang for the buck as gasoline and I mean real gas not that
10% alcohol crap.