Got the call at work the other day that my '03 7700 bi-fuel work truck was being retired. Not only was this truck my job site transportation, but it was also my office where I spent 1000's of hours doing the endless paperwork required as part of my job.

10+ years, 212,584 miles, head gaskets at 125K, trans at 185K, still rockin' the original shocks



Of course I have no input on its replacement, so I was pretty pleased to be assigned this ...

 

The fun of a 7 lugger.

Adrianspeeder

 

What's the new one have - a 3.7?

 

is the new ride bi-fuel also?

 

2003 was the last year for factory bi-fuel, but you can get a 2014 3.7 for either CNG or LPG.

 

Whew. I thought you were getting rid of the dirt truck!

 

It's got the 3.7, which surprised me as all of our 1/2 tons in the past have been V8. The job I'm on right now doesn't require the WOT pulls from the shoulder into 80 mph traffic, so I don't really know how the 3.7 will be. The 5.4 bi-fuel was pretty sluggish ...

 

No ... But the Flex Fuel designation still allows the Politicians to brag about all the Alternative Fuel Vehicles their fleet contains.

 

I don' see the dirt truck going anywhere for a long time ... It's too useful and there's too many things I still want to do to it.

 

The 3.7 will definitely get out of its own way if you wind it up like a cheap watch. WOT upshifts are at 7000 rpm. It's got more HP than your 5.4 did, but less torque.

 

Ok, I was about to say! You JUST installed that overhead consol, you can't be selling it now! Too useful and too sentimental (well, it would be for me).

What else can the bi fuel burn? CNG? Didn't know they mass produced them that long ago.

 

Yeah, the 03 bi-fuel was gas/CNG.

 

Huh, that's cool! Thanks

 

Ours were all gas/LPG ... we had a bunch of '00 and '03-'04 Heritage. The LPG systems were troublesome, probably because they weren't used enough.





Got about 2500 miles on the '13 now. Rides real nice and gets a little over 20 mpg (the '03 7700 got 12-14 mpg).

 

Oh, LPG. That's also interesting. Granted they should work, but they are adapting a gas-burning vehicle to run on the stuff, not the other way around.