Ford aluminum truck beds are strong how?

[Sysop]

So i agree, in terms of "sharp, hard, heavy object impact from a considerable height" ... The Chevy bed certainly does appear to be stronger. It wouldn't sway my buying decision either way, but it would definitely be a point of consideration.

Agreed, but only up to being a point of consideration. I never consider beating on my tools and materials like they did dropping those blocks. Anyone who thinks this sort of abuse is normal, cannot understand normal thinking... I consider such things "pointless in the real world". If the blocks are good, you don't want to destroy them. If the blocks are trash, you don't want to destroy your tools while handling them. It's called 'protecting investments' I've seen lots of folk fired for less destructive methods of "getting work done".

Chevy is grasping at straws because Ford sales are up since the change to aluminum. Going so well in fact, they're making similar changes to the SuperDuty line (already announced previous to this ad, the bed floors will be thicker aluminum on those trucks).

Chevy simply doesn't offer as much as Ford for payload or towing capacity (REAL strength) in their half ton trucks. Their backs are against a wall and they're scrambling for anything to seem relevant.

 

[MossRoad]

Calling them 1/2 ton trucks (for any brand) is kind of a stretch nowadays anyways.

 

[farm boy00]

How well would the spray in liners work? I've heard good things about them, no actual experience though.

Ronnie

They work great for the most part. Actually the spray in bed liner was the only thing physically holding the box together on our 99 f250 7.3 diesel. Had plywood on the bottom and the fith wheel rails helped also

 

[PhysAssist]

I think this says it all:

Best selling vehicle in the United States

Ford F-Series 1948 to Present w/ Over 34,000,000 sold = America's bestselling vehicle for 28 consecutive years Actual#= 33,900,000 in 12 generations to May 2010.

List of best-selling automobiles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Top 30 Best-Selling Vehicles In America - January 2016
Rank Vehicle Number sold as of January 2016
#1 Ford F-Series 51,540
#2 Chevrolet Silverado 37,863
#3 Ram P/U 29,938
#4 Toyota Camry 26,848

number one selling vehicle - Google Search

 

[PhysAssist]

They work great for the most part. Actually the spray in bed liner was the only thing physically holding the box together on our 99 f250 7.3 diesel. Had plywood on the bottom and the fifth wheel rails helped also

Our 2011 F350 7.3L with 98K upstate NY miles is having similar issues despite a slide in plastic liner, so this summer, I will likely debride out the most rotten away parts and screw in some sheetmetal to patch it- spray with Rustoleum and then put the liner back in over top.

 

[MossRoad]

I think this says it all:

Best selling vehicle in the United States

Ford F-Series 1948 to Present w/ Over 34,000,000 sold = America's bestselling vehicle for 28 consecutive years Actual#= 33,900,000 in 12 generations to May 2010.

List of best-selling automobiles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Top 30 Best-Selling Vehicles In America - January 2016
Rank Vehicle Number sold as of January 2016
#1 Ford F-Series 51,540
#2 Chevrolet Silverado 37,863
#3 Ram P/U 29,938
#4 Toyota Camry 26,848

number one selling vehicle - Google Search

If you combine the GMC Sierra with the Chevy Silverado, GM sold more trucks than Ford in that time period.
Top 3 Best-Selling Vehicles In America - January 216 - GOOD CAR BAD CAR

 

[Sysop]

It varies so much month to month, the real figures to go by are total units sold in a model year. If you want to look at monthly figures, go with the month most recently ended. Even with low production due to downtime for the retooling, the 2015 model still retained the title of "best selling vehicle". But looking at more recent months than January:

*QUOTES*
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) sold 67,412 F-Series full-size pickups in the month of May, an increase of 9% year over year. Compared with April 2016 sales, however, that’s a decline of nearly 4.8%.

General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) said sales of its Silverado pickups tumbled 12.7% year over year in May to 45,035 units. Sales of the company’s GMC Sierra trucks dipped 7% to 17,642, for a combined total of 62,677.

AND FOR APRIL
In the full-size pickup segment, sales for April totaled 168,922 vehicles from the Detroit Three. Ford’s market share totaled 39.9%, GM’s share came in at 26.6% for the Chevy Silverado and 10.4% for the GMC Sierra. Ram’s market share totaled 23.0%.

Ford F-Series Claims 4% of May Pickup Sales - Ford (NYSE:F) - 24/7 Wall St.

As with all stats, you can pick whatever nits ya want to make the numbers add up however you like to see them. Fact remains the Ford F-Series has been and continues to be the market leader according to the sales numbers of any given model year for over 30 years now. I am yet to see any evidence that it is changing anytime soon.

 

[SirReal63]

Sales are not an indication of quality, good, better best or anything other than sales. McDonald's sells more burgers than anyone else, that doesn't mean they are the best burger. I have two F350's and a 2500HD, the Chevy is the go to truck when something needs to be done. I have owned them both, like them both but prefer the Chevy.

My SIL wanted a used truck a couple of years ago so we went looking and found a nice 04 Silverado and an 07 F150. I told him to buy the Chevy but the Ford was newer, had less miles and was pristine so he bought the Ford. Today it is literally falling apart, needs a new exhaust, rattles like a can with rocks in it, the interior is coming apart. It has a tough time towing the 18' flat bed trailer even when empty. I like to tease him about it not being able to pull a wet tampon out of a bucket of grease. For the last six months he has been telling me he wished he had bought the Chevy. The wife's Tahoe pulls the trailer better.

I have nothing against Ford's, as I said I have two, but they are old and I have no intention of every buying a new vehicle ever again and if I did I would avoid an aluminum bed. To replace the 94 F350 for a like vehicle would be close to 75K and that is insane, for a truck,

 

[s219]

If you combine the GMC Sierra with the Chevy Silverado, GM sold more trucks than Ford in that time period.
Top 3 Best-Selling Vehicles In America - January 216 - GOOD CAR BAD CAR

Yep, and it's been that way for a long time. That is often overlooked, but I think it's the reason GM is not in any panic over truck sales. I don't think they ever have been. The only time there have been huge gaps is when there were supply/demand constraints on new models (goes both ways for Ford and GM).

Chevy is grasping at straws because Ford sales are up since the change to aluminum. Going so well in fact, they're making similar changes to the SuperDuty line (already announced previous to this ad, the bed floors will be thicker aluminum on those trucks).

You have to know that the plans for the super duty were made many many years in advance, and certainly not as a reaction to how the F-150 is doing.

I think part of the reason F-150 sales are up is that it's an improvement over the old F-150. It was becoming quite stale by the end of its model run.

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Finally, for you bed liner folks, here's a pic of my bed after two years with no protection at all. Oh the horror!! I use the truck for a moving a lot of building materials (2-3 times a week typically). Most recent load was bricks. I sleep very well at night.

 

[sdef]

You new F150 owners better be investing in a bed mat. That is what I would do. Problem solved.

Yep. Mostly. I had to do the same thing on a new Polaris Ranger XP 900 as the bed is plastic and I purchased a think rubber mat. Along with something for the plastic cab flooring.