Has anyone seen the Ford production, "The Truth About Trucks?" I picked up the DVD at my dealer. But you can view it here. It's about 20 minutes long. They take apart all different brands of trucks and compare them.

 

Yup, although it's been at least 3-4 weeks since the last time it was posted so I'm sure there are lots of new members who haven't seen it yet.

 

I'm not a new member and I have never seen it. Every time I go to the Ford dealer, their presentation thing isnt working. I guess the DVD Player is NOT Built Ford Tough

That was honestly, the best 20 minutes I ever spent looking at something on the web. Makes me all that much more confident about my pending purchase ('05 F-150 S'crew 2WD). Thanks for posting that.

 

Have not seen that yet--just checked it out. Time well spent.

 

The whole truth and nothing but the truth about trucks

If you ain’t got a Ford, you’re jealous!

 

Guys that drive a truck from one of those other car makers say that this vid is biased towards Ford. Well DUH, you think we don't know that? BUT, all the facts are there. Like it or not!

 

what it does for me is answer the question on why these trucks suddenly got heavy in the redesign. After seeing the heavier duty parts, it's almost justified.

All of the GM guys that go off on their lighter weight trucks... well I just think of that unreinforced front end...

and Toyota retains their title of 7/8's truck.

 

Not all the facts, ford chose to leave certain information out.

AKA the dodge that they rarely showed.

 

I too noticed that they really didn't talk about Dodge too much.

At the same time, anyone that has their heart set on a Hemi Ram isn't going anywhere near a Ford. I think this tries to keep the fenceriders from going Toyota or Nissan and a little FU to the GM fanatics.

 

Well, I can say from experience that the frame does what it is suppose to.
When i hit that Camry broadside at 40+ m.p.h. I barely felt the impact inside the cab.
The frame had to be replaced on my truck, but, it did protect me.
Frames can be replaced, people can't.
Another thing i learned....i never really knew that Toyota Camry's could fly.

 

but now you do and your next vehicle certainly wont be a Camry!

 

I got the chance to drive a 2005 4.7L Dodge Crew cab? this past week end that belongs to my oldest step son. It is a very nice truck that seemed to be very refined and easy to drive but I could never leave my beautiful F-150 for another.

 

I have also drivin my friends Ram 1500 4.7, it was my 2nd choice before purchasing my F-150.
It excells in different areas, I chose the F-150 based on these differences:
Dodge rode like my old 01 F-150, unrefined ride with bed hop on the freeway.
Dodge interior was noisy, including wind whistle through the windows.
Other than that, i believe it ranks #2 when looking at all the full size trucks on the market.

 

I also own a 2003 Jeep and 2002 Caravan. Both of them suck as far as the heating and cooling system goes. You can't direcet the air flow in the direction you want. I also saw this in the Chrysler trucks. This was one feature that I really liked in my F150. Sometimes its the little things that count.

zman

 

I busted out laughing when I saw the tow hook and bed bolt comparrison.

Those are huge differences. The rest of the video was impressive but those last two are a lot of Wow....wonder if the rest of the truck is like that.