Show me your Ford truck!

Big said:

That's not a 2023. Maybe a 22.

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Probably a 22 then. It was brand new and we broke it in right.

ColonyPark said:

I’m curious as to why also. We have the Lincoln counterpart, the Corsair. It’s our first winter with it and Mrs. CP seems happy with it in the snow. I always run the stock tires the first winter, then buy a set of snow tires. The Michelins that came on it have a decent tread pattern and I had hoped they’d be good in snow. So far so good, but I’ll still buy winter treads next fall. Also, the Corsair has the different drive mode settings and the slippery setting does help. I noticed the same in my Expedition also.

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Sorry for the late reply since I didn’t know you asked until just now catching up on the thread. Anyways they are regular Michelin street tires and even with all seasons that I’m going to put on this summer she’s a total wuss and scared to drive in anything more than light snow

Big said:

That's not a 2023. Maybe a 22.

This is a 23.
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That is a tremendous improvement.

56FordGuy said:

Probably a 22 then. It was brand new and we broke it in right. View attachment 886281

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It's always good to have a reliable co-pilot.

Kbar said:

Sorry for the late reply since I didn’t know you asked until just now catching up on the thread. Anyways they are regular Michelin street tires and even with all seasons that I’m going to put on this summer she’s a total wuss and scared to drive in anything more than light snow

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No worries and perfect timing as I was reading this thread. I always get accused of being willing to “drive through anything”. That used to be the case, but with everyone else on the road that you have to be watchful of, it’s less so now. For the 8 mile round trip commute to work, all seasons would be fine except…..for the two hills she has to descend in the morning and climb in the afternoon. Total elevation change of 200’ in 3/4 of a mile. The hills both have fairly deep ditches on either side. I don’t mind spending the money on snow tires.

Long read, Well my F350 6.0 Liter (Pictured above in an earlier post) ) started blowing smoke, injectors had gone out and had some other issues that coded. Google said Injectors are said to normally last about 128,000 miles, I had 159,000.

In 2014 I had put in a new Brain Box as well as an EGR (THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN A BULLET PROOF) replaced in Albuquerque NM. Didn’t have to replace the EGR at that time but knew it was time to go out.

I was on my way to Iowa to pick up a load of my furniture and other stuff from my barn that I had stored when we went full time in our Motor Coach in 2000. Trailer and items weighed 16,000 Lbs and I didn’t want a problem on my way back to Az. in the middle of (Jack Sprat No Where) pulling 16K trailer and have to rely on (Dippy Dipstick) to work on my truck.

When they got into the engine a few days ago the EGR was a Dorman (Chinesim Junk) not a Bullet Proof EGR that I had requested.

So as long as they had it tore down for another $350 I had them replace the Chinesim Crap one replaced with a Bullet Proof.

Sooooo, I had it all fixed and $6,500 later I got my truck back yesterday. Still a hell-of-a-lot less expensive then a new truck at $85,000 plus. Only a few months of payments to make up the cost of the repair compared to a new truck payment. I don’t need the GPS and the other new fangled stuff in a new one.

I have to say TriTech Auto in Lake Havasu City, Az., a highly rated shop that specializes in Ford Diesel’s did a bang up job. They even detailed it before I picked it up.

Jr. John said:

Still a hell-of-a-lot less expensive then a new truck at $85,000 plus. Only a few months of payments to make up the cost of the repair compared to a new truck payment.

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Each time a major maintenance item or repair comes up I sit down with my wife to discuss it before moving on. Is it time for a new truck or do we fix this one. Each time she says the exact same thing - a $xxxx repair is still a heck of a lot better than the payments on a new truck.

And now especially with new trucks hard to get and hearing more and more of stupid simple stuff going wrong with new trucks (manufacturer’s sourcing parts from different/worse vendors) I am trying my best to keep my truck for as long as possible.

Now that I have an aluminum body at least that should hold up better than my last few trucks - just the undercarriage to worry about now rust wise.

My new 500HP Explorer ST. (Not mine, but identical)

ColonyPark said:

I’m curious as to why also. We have the Lincoln counterpart, the Corsair. It’s our first winter with it and Mrs. CP seems happy with it in the snow. I always run the stock tires the first winter, then buy a set of snow tires. The Michelins that came on it have a decent tread pattern and I had hoped they’d be good in snow. So far so good, but I’ll still buy winter treads next fall. Also, the Corsair has the different drive mode settings and the slippery setting does help. I noticed the same in my Expedition also.

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We have a 2017 MKC - the forerunner to your Corsair. Drove it home across town in a tornado one spring night two years ago - the Michelins that came with it did a great job. You won't have to change the tires unless you really want to.