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Message: <blockquote data-quote="C_Hallbert" data-source="post: 4038923" data-attributes="member: 42957">Ford trucks have a defect in their structural design that can all too easily creat a twist in their frame when crossing a ditch or gully with a heavily loaded bed if the load gets distributed across the vehicle’s center axis (front right x rear left; or front left x rear right). I’ve seen this happen in off-road conditions to otherwise beautifully made trucks. I had a 2009 4x4 7.3L Diesel Excursion which was the ‘Cat’s Ass’, but they don’t make them like that anymore. The Ford 6.7L Diesel has e superb power curve, but if you’re going to use it hard, one should spend the money for ‘Bullet Proofing’. Also, the old Ford 5 or 6 Speed Manual Transmissions (I can’t remember which) were great, but they don’t make them anymore, either. I’m going to stick with my old 2002 Flatbed RAM 2500 4x4, 5.9 Diesel, 5 Speed Manual Transmission, 35 Gallon Fuel Tank and a 90 Gallon Auxiliary Fuel Tank for refilling our Tractor, Zero Turn Mower and Side x Side Diesels., and a Warn 16.5 Pound Winch until I can’t drive anymore, then I want it buried with me…..it’s only weakness is it’s BOSCH VP-44 High Pressures Fuel Pump. I bought this rig new in October 2001, but didn’t know that they’d just changed from the more reliable Mechanical High Pressure Fuel Pump. I had a ‘Juice With Attitude’ programmer installed years ago, but only use it to monitor the engine and for towing heavy loads in hill country.</blockquote>

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