The Texas State Highway Patrol has evidently started using F-150 extended cab pick-ups in the DFW area. I saw one this morning sans radar gun just north of Ft.Worth on I-35W. Anybody know anything about it?

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1999 Black Roush-Lowered Lightning - w/Super Chip (YEEEOW!), JBA Headers, F-1 Cobra hood, Power Surge air kit, CD Changer, Towing Package,Grey Rhino, clear corner lenses.

 

Sixpipes,

Yep, I saw him on I-20 the last time I was up there. There are also two running around the NW side of Houston. I have also seen Harris, Ft. Bend, Montgomery, & Brazoria Co. Sherrif's deputies driving them. Some are 4WD and some aren't. They're kind of hard to spot until it's too late. Only one I have seen so far has had a lightbar on it.

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Chuck 'Wyldman' Shelton
wyldman@houston.rr.com
Black 99.5 Lightning Build # 1273, DOB 5-14-99, NLOC #315
Best run to date 13.16 @104.8
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those are some cool looking trucks..i watched one from my office window the other day (i-10 west & hwy 6). he was doing a roadside inspection of a 18 wheeler. i think they are part of the 18 wheeler crackdown that is going on in the houston area..personally i think they would look a lot nicer if they were black lightnings like yours wyldman..but we would probably have to pay for them...

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The San Antonio police department uses both Ford Explorers and F-150s. The explorers are used by the evidence department and the F-150s are primarily K-9 units. Dunno about troopers though.

 

Saw one the last time I was on I-35 near Gainsville on my way to Oklahoma. Pretty nifty lookin trucks.

 

I was told by a fellow trooper that I frequently talk to, said that these F-150's main purposes are to pull over tractor trailer rigs and any other large trucks to check their load weight.....scales in bed of truck.....he also told me not to worry when you see them unless you are spotted near him in a large truck, or if im pulling a ragged over weighed trailer w/ my Lightning and the trailer tires smoking! haha

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David Sauls (Alvin,Tx.)
White 99 #2895
birth 7-26-99
Superchips
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The Orange County Sheriff's Dept. here in Orlando uses F-150's also. (In addition to their Crown Vic's, Mustang's, Harley's, Sea Do's, speed boats, bicycles, etc.)

Mike