Ok, this is not something I noticed while test driving the truck but it is becoming annoying nonetheless. On trips longer than 15-20 minutes the front seat becomes really uncomfortable. I'm a big guy, 6'4" 280lbs and have long legs. I don't know if that contributes to it or what but it seems like the seat just gets hard and I can't find a comfortable spot on which to sit.

Besides the leather surface, are our seats any different than Lariat seats? Am I the only one???

 

I'm 6'2", 285, and I don't have any problem getting comfortable.

I drove my King Ranch straight through, from Tampa to Washington D.C. and never felt the first bit uncomfortable.

I could have drove 10 more hours, if I wasn't sleepy.

 

When I got mine granted it is an '01 and you have a newer one I was 6'5" 340 and never had any problems. I wiegh 200 now and still have no issues not bing comfortable and even have made a 2400 mile drive in it.

 

When I was in the market, the dealership loaned me a Lariat of the weekend. I noticed those seats were extremely uncomfortable, and thought no matter how much I liked the overall truck, the rock hard seats were going to be a deal breaker.

I then took the King Ranch out for an extended test drive, and found the seats to be much more comfortable, and giving. I ended up with the KR, and only recently felt some leg discomfort on a 4 hour drive in Texas. I don't think it any more the seats, then my leg position.

 

I use the power buttons to make a V out of the seat.

The front seat bottom is max up.(thigh support)
The back seat bottom is max down. (displaces weight)
The seat back is reclined as much as proper steering will allow.(wrist on top of wheel)
With the wheel tilted down I lose some clear gauge visibilty due to the top of the wheel but, the comfort is more important.

It's like I'm sitting in my recliner playing a video game.
(except that the pedestrians I run over are real)

I thought the powers drivers seat was an option I didn't need and didn't like that I had to pay for it.
After driving other non-power F150s I learned it was an important option for me.

 

Just what is this wrist on top of wheel deal ??

Never see it in any other part of the world, but certainly when I'm in Texas it seems to be a pre-requisit of driving a truck that one ambles along with the wrist casually laid over the top of the wheel.

In other words the perfect position for not having control over the steering in an emergency !!!

 

'Wrist on top of the wheel' is measurement used for proper distance from the wheel.

While seated in the driving position, extend the arm forward over the top of the steering wheel.

If your wrist is does not reach the top of the wheel, you are seated too far away.
If your wrist is past the top of the wheel, you are too close.

This proper distance allows the hand to grasp the wheel and swing from '9 to 3' or '3 to 9' in an emergency manuver without leaning forward and allowing the greatest dexterity without changing hand positions.

(34 years, a million miles, 212 accidents avoided)

 

That's me told then !!

Still even so it would seem that it might be a procedure for finding the correct position, but not for driving like that permanently !!
(And with a big gulp/ mobile phone/girlies hand (Or other parts)/pet poodle/Smith and Wesson, or other such in t'other hand !!)

 

These are the same guys that rest their elbow on the window ledge, or worse, hold their arm vertical with the elbow on the ledge and the fingers on the top of the door.

It must be a Texas thing......

 

I never drive with my wrist resting on top of the wheel.

I'm too chicken because of my four bald tires.

 

im not as big as the original posters only 6' 2" and 220. i agree with the one that says the lariat is extremely uncomfortable. i had one for 18 months and the seats, comfort and looks, are the reasons i bought the kr. much nicer and more comfortable.

 

I have only had my KR for a month, but I will say that I drove maybe 8 Lariats and 3 different KR's before I purchased. Without a doubt, my wife and I both agreed that the KR seats were much more comfortable.

Also, we both swear that the KR's ride nicer. I know that shouldn't be the case as they are the same underneath, but all the Lariat's felt "harsh", in addition to the uncomfortable seats.

My 2 cents.

 

Not sure if it's the case with the new body style but I seem to remember reading something or maybe even being told something about the foam used in the old body style KR's... something about it being more firm than that of the Lariat to avoid over stretching of the analine hide...

 

You guys are making me feel better about my weight.



Here I am a measly 6'1" and just shy of 200 lbs.

And the KR seats are incredibly comfortable - like a big ol' armchair. The longest drive I've done so far was 8 hours, and it was no sweat. I've had vehicles in the past where I would get out after a drive like that and when I'd stand up, the legs would be tingling and stiff - not in the KR.

And it's not just a Texas things - I see guys with the arm hanging down out of the window, or up with the fingers tapping the roof. Just two days ago, wife and I saw a guy who looked like a dog in the car - he had his whole arm and shoulder out the window and had his head half out - looked like he was trying to catch the wind with his tongue hanging out the way a dog does.

 

Well, I seem to be getting more used to it. Although I would really like to have the 10-way power seats out of my Chevrolet covered with the KR leather. Those seats seemed to be more comfortable on long trips to me.

What does Ford have against power lumber and side bolster support???