I have a friend that only uses ford trucks at his work place and all he says about them is that they suck. He says there always breaking down, and contiously having probs with there rear ends. I personally dont believe him and want to know what you guys say about ford trucks in the work place compared to the other brands? He once told me a story where his uncle purchased a 4.2l v6 f150 and tried hauling numerous oversized trailers and said the truck sucks. Then he said his uncle got a cummins deisel dodge and had no problems with the trailers. Its like comparing apples to oranges. This guys obviously dont know crap about trucks and he thinks his dads 5.9l magnum is the ****. I just want you guys to let me know what u think?

 

Hmmm... I wonder what kind of response you are looking for; seeing as how you posted this question of a Ford truck enthusiast (sp) website.

Do you have any reason to believe that he would flat out lie to you about the Ford trucks at his work breaking down?

 

I think the reason is because i have a ford truck and tell them little facts about the trucks i love so much. From experience and from what i have seen. To me it seems as though he gets bothered due to the fact that my truck has 172000 plus miles and still running strong (except for a little fixes i do here and there but so far havent cost me alot). He purchase a modifed eclipse gst and since the day he got it, its only ran right about once or twice and now is parked in the front of his house totalled. He had told people to watch out because that car is been know to run 11s, but the best at the track he could pull was a high 16...lol

 

I wish i could drive a FORD truck at work instead i drive an Isuzu delivery truck with a 350 chevy V8 under the cab I told the owner of the place he should have bought a Superduty and put an enclosed box on it instead of getting the half breed truck he got but he said the FORD was too much for what he wanted so he went with what i have to drive and well so far it has ran great but i keep expecting that Chevy engine to fail one of these days I know the trany is about shot on it as it slips every now and then a heavy duty truck and they get a auto all i know is I hope I'm near the shop when the engine or trany bite the dust.

 

No ***** Sherlock. You said it right there. You don't buy ANY v-6 4x2 work truck and try to tow heavy loads with it. Yeah, any work truck you try that with will tear itself apart.

Of the places around here, the vast majority run nothing but Ford work trucks. Oh they may have a plush Chevy for the foreman to drive around and eat donuts in while the men work. But the truck that haul the concrete, blocks, wood, etc in beds are all Fords. F-250 service trucks and F-350 trucks to tow trailers is also the norm. Go figure. To me that says it all, what do the people who WORK use? FORD!

There's more than a few F-550 and F-650 box trucks around too.

Magnum

 

I have a friend with a landscape business, he has a fleet of over foutry late model Fords, everything from little 150s to dump trucks.
His personal ride is a 350 EXcab 4x4 with ORP.
None of the fleet has ever been troublesome.
His wife runs V10 Excursion. She constantly has her foot in the radiator with that thing, never a problem. They live on a ranch, their personal vehicles and all the fleet regularly see offroad use.

All the company mechanic has to deal with are brake jobs, alternators, starters, and the occasional water pump - typical wear parts, nothing out of the ordinary considering the mileage the trucks see.

 

I work for a school district and you know how government agencies go, always with the lowest bid, because of this they havea mix of Chevys, GMCs, and Fords, no dodges though. In the last 3 years or so though all of the new trucks have been F-250s, F-350s, E-150s, E-250s, and even some Windstars for the day to day driving work. I personally get to drive the Windstar or one ot he E-150s, or even my F-150 on the rare days when all of the vehicles are in use. I have not heard of any major problems with the fords, but there are a couple Chevys in back that never move from their parking spots. Just shows that they are the best price for the strength in my opinion.

 

Let's see- my boss has an E-250 van, my partner has a 91 F-150 x-cab, my F-150, the other guy's Taurus, my former partner's Bronco II, his brother's Bronco II, half the contractors we do work for have Ford vans or p.u.'s
Very few of the sub-contractors have anything but Fords. If I can recall, one heating contractor has a GMC, most of the plumbers prefer Dodges, but most go with the Blue Oval.

 

Okay, when was hte last time you saw a chevy or dodge ambulance? Up until recently Ford was the only manufacturer that would honor the manufacturers 3 year / 36,000 mile warranty if the vehicle was turned into an ambulance.

Think about this, diesel engine, cold start up & then WOT down a bumpy road. Then some normal driving, then an hour or two of idling, then WOT down another bumpy road. This is why most of the box type ambulances are on a 450 chasis now. The van types are still on the 350 chasis. This is hard on any vehicle, but imagine throwing an extra 3000 pounds of metal & equipment on a truck & then bouncing down that bumpy road. Ford's new superduty chassis do the job & then some.

 

I drive an f-150 single cab long bed 4x4 4.6l for my work truck. Yea I have had my share of problems with my truck but only because i work in the oil field and drive 8 to 16 hours a day on rough rough roads. Here is my list of problems that i have had my experinces with:

Rear axel housing come out of the diff.

Snaped somthing in my steering

emergency brake cabel replaced once a month(gets ripped off)

My tail lights dont work, just my blinkers and my head lights

My number 8 coil has broken its bolt and is held in place by a bracket now and still wont run right and for that it has been in the shop bout 8 times

And now I have a weird squeling sound coming from the front(not the brakes or cv joint) had them checked

but BYE FAR I WOULD DRIVE MY FORD in the oil field over any other vehicle, oh yea for an i dea on how much i drive its a 2000 i got the truck in april of 2002 with 15000 miles on it, it now has 66000 miles on it But that is all my company buys now is fords

 

the family construction business has had its share of Chevs and Fords and the truth is.... NO DIFFERENCE


Both have 150, 250, 350 and 450
Both offer V8 gassers and diesels
Pickups of all configuarations
Vans in regular and long, full enclosed or chassis cab
similar equipment and trim
equal aftermarket parts (ladder racks and such)

THey both have breakdowns and broken components... different for each manufacturer but they both have the same down time and same repair costs over the long term



So it really boils down to personal choice even though I lean to Ford

 

OK - if Ford trucks suck, then why is that all they have at his work place, hmmmm??? Must mean that the others suck more, at least as far as the person buying the vehicles is concerned...

 

I run 300+ miles a day in my 2001 4.6L XL and thus far, the only issue was getting a few quirks out of the system the first few months. Someone fell asleep the day my truck rolled off the line, guess. Other than normal wear on the brakes (what IS the deal with the sticky caliper pin anyway?) no rrepair issues have arisen yet. On the downside, only 14 MPG. A buddy told me a Tornado may help, so I'm installing one this weekend along with a K&N air filter, so we'll see.
We have over 40 drivers running anywhere from 200 to 450 miles a day, delivering auto parts in a 200 mile radius of Indianapolis and in the last 3 years, I have seen driver after driver left by the side of the road with non-Ford trucks and vans. Newer vehicles, older vehicles, it doesn't seem to matter. The Fords are the only trucks out there that seem to be able to handle the daily grind without costing an arm and leg in repairs. We have a couple of drivers in Dodge Ram diesels, but I guess they pay through the nose from the word go.
My last truck was a 1997 F150 4.6L XLT and I would be driving it today had it not been totaled by an idiot 18yo girl who didn't know how to drive in snow. I had 170K on it and the only repair I made on it was rebuilding the tranny at 55K. That's not as bad as it sounds as I bought it used with 30K on it and it was still under extended warranty when I lost 3rd gear. I put another 115K on it after repairing the tranny and never had to do a thing to it except the brakes (again with the sticky caliper pin). As a matter of fact, I never even got around to changing the plugs while I had it.
I'll stop rambling now, lol.

Tim

 

Not this one! I'll take my E250 over any of the others!

I see more Ford work truck than any other around here. They must be good for something.

Comparing a 4.2 F150 to a 5.9 Cummings is just plain stupid!

 

This is kind of like using a .222 to deer hunt and then complaining when you find out it doesn't kill as well as a 7mm magnum!

It doesn't mean the .222 is a bad caliber-it means you don't know ***** about rifles!