Any 09's close to 100k miles yet?
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That's great to hear! Mine may actually last till I pay if off, that being the case. lol
I don't think it's possible! 234,000 in one year are 900 miles daily monday to friday. If we take 17 months then decrease to 640 miles per day.
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234k does sound like a lot, although I've seen a few weird cases where vehicles are team team for delivery trucks that hit those kind of miles.
234k equates to 3600 hours of driving if you can average 65 continuously. That's only 1800 hours per year for two years if the truck was purchased Jan 2009.
BUT, now let's look at real hours of work. Most people have 9 holidays per year, and 15 days of vacation/time off. That leaves 236 work days. The truck would need 15 oil changes, 1.5 tire changes, and at least half a dozen other shut downs for maintenance and servicing.
That drops us to about 233 work days. Fuel fills take 7 minutes on average, which equates to 30 hours per year of fueling the truck. That knocks another 4 days (averaging 8 hours per day) off of driving time.
That leaves us with 230 driving days. Assuming the driver has no employee meetings, wait-time to pick up product, or talking with customer, it means the driver needs to drive 117,000 miles in 230 working days (assuming no extended hours or weekends).
That's averaging 508 miles per day for two straight years. The only types of jobs that have that requirement for travel are sales (which I do, and there are lots of meetings in between driving) or delivery, which has a lot of wait time in reality.
Not saying it's not possible, but I'm definitely saying that truck is being operated on the fringe edge of reality! I operate about 40-50k per year on average now and it seems like all I do is drive or meet with customers. I'm even planning on replacing my drivers seat at about 150k so I can enjoy the new seat feel again...
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234k equates to 3600 hours of driving if you can average 65 continuously. That's only 1800 hours per year for two years if the truck was purchased Jan 2009.
BUT, now let's look at real hours of work. Most people have 9 holidays per year, and 15 days of vacation/time off. That leaves 236 work days. The truck would need 15 oil changes, 1.5 tire changes, and at least half a dozen other shut downs for maintenance and servicing.
That drops us to about 233 work days. Fuel fills take 7 minutes on average, which equates to 30 hours per year of fueling the truck. That knocks another 4 days (averaging 8 hours per day) off of driving time.
That leaves us with 230 driving days. Assuming the driver has no employee meetings, wait-time to pick up product, or talking with customer, it means the driver needs to drive 117,000 miles in 230 working days (assuming no extended hours or weekends).
That's averaging 508 miles per day for two straight years. The only types of jobs that have that requirement for travel are sales (which I do, and there are lots of meetings in between driving) or delivery, which has a lot of wait time in reality.
Not saying it's not possible, but I'm definitely saying that truck is being operated on the fringe edge of reality! I operate about 40-50k per year on average now and it seems like all I do is drive or meet with customers. I'm even planning on replacing my drivers seat at about 150k so I can enjoy the new seat feel again...
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OCD much? Might have been easier to say that's a heck of a lot of miles! just messing with you of course.
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In exactly 2 years of owning my 2008 I only put 12,000 miles on it. And I drove from TX to maryland and back. I guess thats a positive on the military. I get to fly everywhere 
My 2010 was bought in November of 2010 and it already has 4,000 miles... Seeing as its the nicest overall truck ive ever owned I like to show it off and drive everywhere. Ha.
My 2010 was bought in November of 2010 and it already has 4,000 miles... Seeing as its the nicest overall truck ive ever owned I like to show it off and drive everywhere. Ha.
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I have just over 101,000 miles on my 09 F-150 work truck. 5.4L XL extended cab full of tools, she weighs in at 7200 lbs fully loaded, and it's running great. I had spark plugs and a coil replaced at 87K, 4 windshields and 4 sets of tires so far. I run this truck through hell and back 5 days a week in the oilfields averaging about 200 - 300 miles daily. I run it at WOT about 50 times a day passing vehicles and govern it out at 96 mph just as much. This truck is as tough as nails!
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234k miles! Any way you can find out what his average MPG is so far? I would love to run some numbers comparing it to the potential fuel savings if he had been driving an ecoboost!
Keep us updated, sounds like he will be at 300k miles very soon, that's close to 500k KM's here in Canada! At my current rate of driving it will take me 25 years to hit 500000 KM's!
Keep us updated, sounds like he will be at 300k miles very soon, that's close to 500k KM's here in Canada! At my current rate of driving it will take me 25 years to hit 500000 KM's!
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234k does sound like a lot, although I've seen a few weird cases where vehicles are team team for delivery trucks that hit those kind of miles.
234k equates to 3600 hours of driving if you can average 65 continuously. That's only 1800 hours per year for two years if the truck was purchased Jan 2009.
BUT, now let's look at real hours of work. Most people have 9 holidays per year, and 15 days of vacation/time off. That leaves 236 work days. The truck would need 15 oil changes, 1.5 tire changes, and at least half a dozen other shut downs for maintenance and servicing.
That drops us to about 233 work days. Fuel fills take 7 minutes on average, which equates to 30 hours per year of fueling the truck. That knocks another 4 days (averaging 8 hours per day) off of driving time.
That leaves us with 230 driving days. Assuming the driver has no employee meetings, wait-time to pick up product, or talking with customer, it means the driver needs to drive 117,000 miles in 230 working days (assuming no extended hours or weekends).
That's averaging 508 miles per day for two straight years. The only types of jobs that have that requirement for travel are sales (which I do, and there are lots of meetings in between driving) or delivery, which has a lot of wait time in reality.
Not saying it's not possible, but I'm definitely saying that truck is being operated on the fringe edge of reality! I operate about 40-50k per year on average now and it seems like all I do is drive or meet with customers. I'm even planning on replacing my drivers seat at about 150k so I can enjoy the new seat feel again...
IowaAndy
234k equates to 3600 hours of driving if you can average 65 continuously. That's only 1800 hours per year for two years if the truck was purchased Jan 2009.
BUT, now let's look at real hours of work. Most people have 9 holidays per year, and 15 days of vacation/time off. That leaves 236 work days. The truck would need 15 oil changes, 1.5 tire changes, and at least half a dozen other shut downs for maintenance and servicing.
That drops us to about 233 work days. Fuel fills take 7 minutes on average, which equates to 30 hours per year of fueling the truck. That knocks another 4 days (averaging 8 hours per day) off of driving time.
That leaves us with 230 driving days. Assuming the driver has no employee meetings, wait-time to pick up product, or talking with customer, it means the driver needs to drive 117,000 miles in 230 working days (assuming no extended hours or weekends).
That's averaging 508 miles per day for two straight years. The only types of jobs that have that requirement for travel are sales (which I do, and there are lots of meetings in between driving) or delivery, which has a lot of wait time in reality.
Not saying it's not possible, but I'm definitely saying that truck is being operated on the fringe edge of reality! I operate about 40-50k per year on average now and it seems like all I do is drive or meet with customers. I'm even planning on replacing my drivers seat at about 150k so I can enjoy the new seat feel again...
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Lol I just love to crunch operating costs and numbers, hence the operating time analysis. Also I was on a phone conference for work and had nothing better to do to keep my mind occupied...
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Yah, i dont blame you on that one....i had to read that like 4 times. it blew my mind! That doesnt take much thought! I hope you make a lot of money with reports like that. And if you do, send me some 
i have a 2010 f150 and i bought it brand new last feb. with 1 mile on it and i have put 39,224 on it so far. i used to use it for work as well and got paid 400 a month plus gas...still not worth it in my opinion so i found a new job with a company van