Why Didn't You Boys Tell Me This Thing Was So Big?!!
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Why Didn't You Boys Tell Me This Thing Was So Big?!!
Holy Schmidt!
I just drove my new F-150 home from the dealer this evening and about fell over when I realized I couldn't fit the truck into a standard 8' garage door without folding the mirrors in!
And talk about filling up a garage stall -- mine is a standard cab with a short box and I've still got all I can do to squeeze it into a 20' deep garage! My once roomy 3-car stable is now like living in a two bedroom apartment with 5 roommates!
Then, to top it all off, as I'm pulling the thing into my garage I start to hear an awful sound -- as if I'm pushing or dragging something underneath the truck. Stop, get out, look around, but see nothing. So I jump back into the truck and pull ahead a little more -- same thing! Then it dawns on me -- don't tell me I'm scraping the roof of my brand-new truck on the bottom of the garage door opener!
I get out, and barely have the heart to look up at what I might see. Fortunately, it's only the plastic handle dangling on a rope that releases the opener arm from the garage door itself dragging across the top of the truck! Whew!
But seriously -- I think I may have been driving a Ranger for too long, as I'm a little overwhelmed at how massive these trucks really are!
Pictures will follow early next week, after I've had a chance to get some of my mods installed -- rims & tires, Magnaflow Cat-Back, etc. Hopefully by then some of the shock will have worn off!
I just drove my new F-150 home from the dealer this evening and about fell over when I realized I couldn't fit the truck into a standard 8' garage door without folding the mirrors in!
And talk about filling up a garage stall -- mine is a standard cab with a short box and I've still got all I can do to squeeze it into a 20' deep garage! My once roomy 3-car stable is now like living in a two bedroom apartment with 5 roommates!
Then, to top it all off, as I'm pulling the thing into my garage I start to hear an awful sound -- as if I'm pushing or dragging something underneath the truck. Stop, get out, look around, but see nothing. So I jump back into the truck and pull ahead a little more -- same thing! Then it dawns on me -- don't tell me I'm scraping the roof of my brand-new truck on the bottom of the garage door opener!
I get out, and barely have the heart to look up at what I might see. Fortunately, it's only the plastic handle dangling on a rope that releases the opener arm from the garage door itself dragging across the top of the truck! Whew!
But seriously -- I think I may have been driving a Ranger for too long, as I'm a little overwhelmed at how massive these trucks really are!
Pictures will follow early next week, after I've had a chance to get some of my mods installed -- rims & tires, Magnaflow Cat-Back, etc. Hopefully by then some of the shock will have worn off!
Last edited by ddellwo; 06-23-2005 at 10:13 AM.
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Hey I tried to tell you...my first words on this sight were: "man this thing is big"!
I keep in the driveway because my wifes Yukon xl takes up a third, my workshop another third and there's only enough room for the kids bikes.
It sits lonely in my driveway, collecting the dust from all the Murrieta CA construction.
I miss my garage!
I keep in the driveway because my wifes Yukon xl takes up a third, my workshop another third and there's only enough room for the kids bikes.
It sits lonely in my driveway, collecting the dust from all the Murrieta CA construction.
I miss my garage!
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Yeah, they are beasts. When I first got mine I took it downtown (DC) and it was just ridiculous. There was no where to park it and it just dwarfed all the econoboxes. When a friend of mine down there saw it he walked up and said, "good grief, this thing's taller than I am", then just shrugged and walked away.
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Originally Posted by J-150
I guess you didn't measure before you bought.
And the fact that I wouldn't be able to pull it into the garage door without first folding in the mirrors? I'll admit that I didn't even THINK to check for that!
I thought about just parking it in a stall with access through the larger 16' door, but then the length of the vehicle becomes an issue, as it rides up into my workbench. So, I guess I'll just have to get used to the "Big Gulp" in my third stall!
The last full size truck I drove with any regularity was my dad's 1972 Chevrolet when I was back at home. That truck was a longbox versus my shortbox, and I'll guarantee you the dimensions of my new Ford are MUCH bigger than that old Chevy, even though the Chev was technically a bigger (3/4-ton longbox versus 1/2-ton shortbox)truck!