2005 F150 4x4 106,000 original owner.
Haven't had any problems with the bearing as of yet but will be moving to Alaska late spring and don't want to be caught in the middle of nowhere with bearing failure.
Wife will be driving my truck pulling a 28" RV and I'll be driving a gas guzzling Uhaul.
I replaced actuators 2 yrs ago and just ordered new brake pads and powerstop rotors for the trip.
The cost of the hubs vary from $49 to over $200. Do the cheap ones on Ebay hold up? Was thinking of the Moog hubs from rockauto if I do go ahead and buy some.
I know even new bearings could fail but since I plan on keeping the beast for another 10 yrs I'm leaning towards new hubs.
Any opinions will be appreciated.

 

I wouldn't buy wheel bearings just for this trip. If anything I would do it for preventive maintenance but even then I say wait until you have an unusual feeling or some outer tire wear.

 

Yeah, I was thinking that it would be more of a preventive maintenance thing with a little extra reasoning. Hell they may go another 100,000 miles.

 

If they are not making any noise, I wouldn't change them. They don't usually fail as soon as they start making noise. My 02 left front started making some noise when I turned right at about 129k miles and I had it changed. If you are worrying about wheel bearings, what about the rear axle bearings? I have a bearing noise in the rear too that I haven't sorted out yet. It could be a tire, but I suspect it is a wheel bearing or diff bearing.

If you start thinking about preventive maintenance, what about the alternator, the fuel pump, etc?

 

The one thing I'd be sure to check and / or replace on that vintage of truck is the Fuel Pump Driver Module (FPDM) up above the spare tire. If that bad boy goes - like they are prone to do - you're really screwed in the middle of nowhere.

 

I concur ^^^ on the FPDM.

I've seen wheel bearings last as little as 10,000 miles all the way up to 200,000 miles and everywhere in between.

I wouldn't sweat it.