Posted on 01/13/2014 8:06:08 AM PST by taildragger
At the 2015 Ford F-150 reveal Bill Ford trotted out what he hopes to be a "tougher and smarter" look for their iconic pickup. With tidy proportions, an imposing face and a glorious panoramic sunroof, that look is good.
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Post of the day. I would never own a car if I didn't have to.
Looks great. Wish I could afford one.
What’s with all the big grille looks. Doesn’t impress me.
Does not come in a version with a manual transmission. WTH? Every truck I ever owned had a stick.
soon as my money tree greens out I’ll be in the market.
What the hell!? Barack! get the F away from my damned money tree!!!
And in salty environments (Coasts, drilling rigs), cathodic corrosion will be interesting...
Aluminum conductors with steel reinforcing cores have been used for many decades without this problem.
Do you get galvanic action when electrically isolated from a base reference like ground?
And as reference, Aluminum body trailers with steel frames are fairly common. I own a horse trailer built that way.
That’s a classic.
Great pic.
Are we still talking about trucks here?
Yes.
To properly ground my vehicle, I make sure the wheels are touching the earth (at least 3 of them).
(Yes I am poking fun at the questioning of grounding continuity/effectiveness regarding aluminum and composite structures)
It was more of pondering out loud.
I know combining steel and aluminum in structures
can result in galvanic corrosion. But aluminum combined with steel has been used in vehicles for quite a while. Land Rover started in the 1940s. Jaguar for at least a decade. I believe it is common on 18 wheeler trailers as well.
I had to buy a Silverado for work because I need at the minimum a 3/4 ton but preferably 1 ton. Dodge doesn’t cut it, feels like a brick down the road and weak transmission. Ford doesn’t cut it because unless you have a good diesel mechanic you’ll be breaking a lot. So I was left with only one choice.
I’ve owned lots of Toyota in the past for trucks and I love them. I’m hoping they put out a one ton soon.
Towing capacity, Payload or both?
Both, have to be able to take a trailer and have to be able to handle the weight of things in the box.
I have a friend hauling a large gooseneck trailer in the Ford F-150. They now have a second level towing package (max towing). They also offer a Heavy Duty Payload Package. You can get 11,000 lb towing and ~3,000 lb payload depending on the cab/engine/frame combinations.
He has been running his for a couple years I think, hauling that heavy trailer hundreds of miles nearly every other weekend chasing the rodeos. I plan on it for my next truck for the same reasons.
http://www.ford.com/resources/ford/general/pdf/towingguides/14FLRVTT_F150_Sep11.pdf
http://www.ford.com/trucks/f150/specifications/payload/
Does that come in diesel?
Not the F150. But dual turbos on the EcoBoost has great torque at low rpms (compared to gasoline).
Up here I’d still probably stick with diesel.
I do dislike being stuck with the big three though, I’ll re-iterate that I wish Toyota would get into the one ton market already.
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