Fred is RED

[TRD270]

Oh boy... You mean Ford had to reverse engineer the LS and it took them took them 25 years to figure out how to build a half decent engine?

😉

#Triggered 😘

 

[Hickey]

Had to take Fred to the dealer today to get the windshield wiper recall done, and to find out why the wipers stopped wiping. The wiper motor gave up the ghost. They ordered one from Detroit and it should be here in a week.

 

[Hickey]

Fred came home with a new wiper motor today. As cheap as the parts are, I’ll just replace it myself if it ever happens again. I’d prefer that versus not being able to drive my truck for the last 3 weeks.

 

[Hickey]

Fred will be two years old next month and has 22,000 miles on it. I’ve been hauling gravel this week, which I’ve not previously done with this truck. Thanks to the 18 year old loader operator, I’ve now pulled more weight with this Godzilla motor than I ever did with my 2017 Ram Cummins 3500. It didn’t pull it quite as well as that Cummins did, but I’m shocked at how well it does with 24,820 lbs gross weight. That’s about 800lbs more than the gross weight when I pulled @Greg and my buggies back from the PNW last November. The trailer is right at 3k and I hauled two loads of 13k of gravel in it yesterday.

 

[N-Smooth]

OMGoshzilla

 

[Hickey]

OMGoshzilla

#Heckinhaulin

 

[RockChucker]

Godzirra!!!!

 

[Hickey]

Fredverlander

 

[nnnnnate]

What do you think that rack weighs? Also, if someone was without a tractor would they be able to unload it from a truck?

 

[Hickey]

What do you think that rack weighs? Also, if someone was without a tractor would they be able to unload it from a truck?

The rack weighs 125 right now. I can unload/load it myself without the tent on there, but I don’t want to, because I have a tractor. 😁 I just tip the rack up on one end and set that end on the tailgate, then lift and slide it in.

 

[nnnnnate]

That’s kind of what I do to get the tent up on my trailer. It’d be nice to have a rack for my truck but I don’t want to deal with bed mount stuff because I really like my roll up cover. I don’t have anywhere to store a rack like yours though so there is that too.

I have just left the rtt on my trailer for the last couple years.

 

[moab_cj5]

That’s kind of what I do to get the tent up on my trailer. It’d be nice to have a rack for my truck but I don’t want to deal with bed mount stuff because I really like my roll up cover. I don’t have anywhere to store a rack like yours though so there is that too.

I have just left the rtt on my trailer for the last couple years.

It doesn't help if you already have a cover, but I run a retrax XR with a Yakima Overhaul rack so I can use them at the same time. It's not inexpensive, but it fits my needs perfectly.

 

[Hickey]

Fred turned 3 years old a couple days ago. 30k on the odometer and I’ve got some death wobble showing up. I added a Bilstein steering damper, and that helped in a few ways, but I hit the worst death wobble initiator in Utah (I-215 NB at 700 south) on Thursday and I’m ready to bite the bullet on an upgraded track bar.

Any suggestions on an upgraded track bar for a late model F-350?

 

[Trate D]

Got any weird wear or cupping on those Goodyears? Those factory Goodyears are known for causing death wobble when they get uneven wear. Also check the track bar ball joint at the axle (If you decide to not go aftermarket track bar). Just a few other suggestions…

 

[Hickey]

Got any weird wear or cupping on those Goodyears? Those factory Goodyears are known for causing death wobble when they get uneven wear. Also check the track bar ball joint at the axle (If you decide to not go aftermarket track bar). Just a few other suggestions…

The Goodyears are actually wearing quite well.