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GreyGrizz wrote:cchagros wrote:YOURADHERE wrote:My 7.3 just had 2000+ miles put on it over the weekend and crossed 100,000 miles...Im so proud.
285,000+ on my 2002. You got a ways to go...lol. I'd still haul trailers cross country with it in a heartbeat. Still strong as an ox and constant as the North Star. Just had to change the ICM modual , on my 02 work truck. Had to remove left inner fender well to get at it. $600 bucks to replace. Electronics, made in Brazil something to be proud of Ford.  I am very proud of Ford.its the only American Auto Truck Company left in the USA!GM is in limbo,and waiting to die....UAW is sucking the life out of it..
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This seems to be a Ford owner circle jerk so I'd like to add my 1992 Silverado, with the 350, has 162,000 miles on it and is still running great. The only thing replaced has been a radiator at 155,000 miles or so.
I also had a 1993 Lumina Euro with the 3.1 that had 180,000 miles on it when I sold it to a neighbor. It had over 200k on it and was running great when they got rid of it.
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I have been in the lite trucking business for 30 yrs,and Ford has given me the best all a round service.I've use Chevy, GMC,Dodge,and none would carry the load like the Fords....I could have been lucky,and have seen Chevy work for others,but they diid take the tough use(always over loaded) like the Fords.
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jhess wrote:I have been in the lite trucking business for 30 yrs,and Ford has given me the best all a round service.I've use Chevy, GMC,Dodge,and none would carry the load like the Fords....I could have been lucky,and have seen Chevy work for others,but they diid take the tough use(always over loaded) like the Fords. When you get into serious trucking, there's really only two contenders. Macks for moving dirt, and Pete's, for moving freight. Anything else is a car with a truck-like appearance.
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GreyGrizz wrote:jhess wrote:I have been in the lite trucking business for 30 yrs,and Ford has given me the best all a round service.I've use Chevy, GMC,Dodge,and none would carry the load like the Fords....I could have been lucky,and have seen Chevy work for others,but they diid take the tough use(always over loaded) like the Fords. When you get into serious trucking, there's really only two contenders. Macks for moving dirt, and Pete's, for moving freight. Anything else is a car with a truck-like appearance.
I agree, up until now all you guys have been talking about are pickups. Trucks move freight/dirt. I would have to throw Kenworth into the "serious" trucks.
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Super serious is the Western wheels"Peterbuilt" the mans truck hands down,with a big "Cummings"We have been using them for as long as harry has had hair!Not many hang with them,but I do like Kenworth!Long Haul is Peterbuilt!
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Grizz a Mack was real good for hauling coastal,dumps,etc. can't be beat.
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Now here is a TRUCK! This was state of the art in 1975. Here is shown with one of our CAT Challenger and 5 blade V-blade, also pictures of when we rebuilt the heads and resleeved and re-ringed the pistons. This is after 650,000+ miles (a good portion of those were idle hours as well since we have hydralics for the different tralers we tow).
Replacing all the brakes.
For those that don't know, this is a 2 stroke diesel so all those are exhaust valves.
The truck loaded going to the machine shop to have the sleeves removed and new installed (the only part we could not do ourselves)
The heads at the machine shop after being magnafluxed to check for cracks. Again not a do-it-yourself job.
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Those are some great pics,Thats some huge parts.lol
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princevaliant1975
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Haha, yeah. That head alone is probably 150lbs. That is why I like working on cars, pickups, and motorcycles. Everything is much smaller and somewhat easier to work on.
Here are some other BIG parts. We had the spur gear break in the final drive on our bigest CAT tractor (75C, 380HP 6 cylinder with variable cylinder management)
Here is a poster of a cut away of what broke.
This is a $2500 gear
This is part of the differential, sort of like a limmedt slip portion of the 3rd member in a traditional car rear end.
This is the differential houseing, this holds about 30 gallons of oil
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