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[npalen]

Maybe thunder thighs by the trailer stepped on the tongue.

That's hilarious! Thunder Thighs.

 

[npalen]

Seriously, is very sad how few know how to calculate MPG. Don’t know “miles per gallon” means “miles divided by gallons”, or even how to determine how many miles they drove since previously purchasing fuel.

“Math is hard!”

I can go 80 miles on a fourth of a tank of gas. Yeah, and it's a 32 gallon tank!

 

[Renze]

And if I come across as being snippy I apologize. I am currently on day 10 of quarantine for immediate family member testing positive with me and my parents being exposed, and with good likelihood that both of my elderly parents will be dead by the end of the month.

Just for the record: Both my parents contracted Covid19 in the hospital after my father had major artery surgery and a stroke.
They knew this could be serious at age 69 and age 77, but when i phoned them, they were joking that my mother couldnt smell my fathers morning farts in bed anymore, they decided to see the bright side of things because laughter is the best medicine.

My dad has had a rough two years, hes still on medication to help his heart heal after the stroke, he broke his ribs on the way to hospital for checkup because they thought going by bike is healthier than by car, and my father rolled over after hitting the metal drink cans in the luggage bag my mother lost whilst cycling in front of him. And the year before he had agonising pain from a broken vertebrae, caused by osteoporosis.

Though it can get very nasty if your body reacts badly to Corona spike protein, death is indeed possible. Yet for my parents it was like a solid flu. My mates grandfather is 87, but after using 7 liters of oxygen at its peak, hes back home. The only thing is that his (grand)children have seeded lawn on his vegetable garden, as he is no longer fit enough to grow a quarter acre of vegetables for the entire family and half the church. But hey, hes 87 !

Covid19 is a serious illness, but even at age 80 you have an 80% survival rate. I had the same worries about my elderly parents like you, but they did quite ok, while my 45 year old sister had terrible headaches from Covid19 and has been unable to work for months: you just cant predict it.

I hope your parents stay positive and get well just like mine did !

 

[check]

A full size gasoline pickup still isn’t getting 35 mpg. Half that would be pretty good. The eco diesel isn’t even claimed to get that much. Why did they waste all the time and money to develop a diesel that burns more expensive fuel to get a claimed 32 mpg when a Hemi is getting 35 mpg? A diesel vehicle has historically gotten nearly double the mpg over a comparable gas burner.

Well, my 2016 F150 super crew with a 5.0 V8 gets just over 20mpg on the highway.

 

[check]

I can go 80 miles on a fourth of a tank of gas. Yeah, and it's a 32 gallon tank!

Yup. 20 mpg - that’s about what I get.

 

[4570Man]

Well, my 2016 F150 super crew with a 5.0 V8 gets just over 20mpg on the highway.

That I believe. But 20 and 35 are a long way apart.

 

[check]

Yup. 20 mpg - that’s about what I get.

Oops! 10 mpg - not so good after all !

 

[RandyT]

Just for the record: Both my parents contracted Covid19 in the hospital after my father had major artery surgery and a stroke.
They knew this could be serious at age 69 and age 77, but when i phoned them, they were joking that my mother couldnt smell my fathers morning farts in bed anymore, they decided to see the bright side of things because laughter is the best medicine.

My dad has had a rough two years, hes still on medication to help his heart heal after the stroke, he broke his ribs on the way to hospital for checkup because they thought going by bike is healthier than by car, and my father rolled over after hitting the metal drink cans in the luggage bag my mother lost whilst cycling in front of him. And the year before he had agonising pain from a broken vertebrae, caused by osteoporosis.

Though it can get very nasty if your body reacts badly to Corona spike protein, death is indeed possible. Yet for my parents it was like a solid flu. My mates grandfather is 87, but after using 7 liters of oxygen at its peak, hes back home. The only thing is that his (grand)children have seeded lawn on his vegetable garden, as he is no longer fit enough to grow a quarter acre of vegetables for the entire family and half the church. But hey, hes 87 !

Covid19 is a serious illness, but even at age 80 you have an 80% survival rate. I had the same worries about my elderly parents like you, but they did quite ok, while my 45 year old sister had terrible headaches from Covid19 and has been unable to work for months: you just cant predict it.

I hope your parents stay positive and get well just like mine did !

I hope we all turn out OK. Nephew completes his quarantine today and can go back to work tomorrow after testing positive 10 days ago. So for the rest of us we still have 14 days to go. Dad age 80 has COPD, diabetes, past lung cancer and had part of a lung removed, and signs of early heart disease. Mom age 87 is wheelchair bound, 3 heart attacks, weak kidney function, and osteoporosis of her back and hips. Me I am over weight but have lost 20 pounds in the past 3 months and other than that seem to be relatively healthy so I am hoping.

 

[California]

That's hilarious! Thunder Thighs.

Oh man. Friends invited us to their fancy swim club. The wife walked to the pool with a towel around her.

Husband said as she dropped the towel: "Look! Thunder Thighs!"

Abrupt end of a happy day.

 

[Darryle]

Looking at the frame drawing pulled from Mopar, it appears that there is a design flaw in the area right in front of the axle, it also appears that this is quite close to the location of the break.

 

[nikerret]

Are you talking about the ECO display. That by itself doesn't mean it is in MDS mode. I can tell when mine 2011 goes into MDS which is extremely rare. When it happens it is always on a flat no head wind interstate with the cruise set, and you can tell because you will get a harmonic vibration in the steering wheel.

It’s been a couple of years, since I was in one. I thought I had to go into one of the menu’s. The “ECO” flashes regardless of what menu screen you use. Ours were the ”police”/“special service” whatever they were called. They didn’t have the same menus as the regular trucks, which we also had a few of.

 

[sea2summit]

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Looking at the frame drawing pulled from Mopar, it appears that there is a design flaw in the area right in front of the axle, it also appears that this is quite close to the location of the break.

That is really weird. Both bed mounts and all three lateral members are behind it. You’d think they’d try to push some of them to the other side of it.

 

[ning]

pretty sure this qualifies
for all i know may be over the weight limit
and definitely doesn't have the load secured properly
(not my pic)

 

[fruitcakesa]

pretty sure this qualifies
for all i know may be over the weight limit
and definitely doesn't have the load secured properly
(not my pic)
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The truck may not be overweight but the load sure is

 

[old and tired]

Glad to see the thread back on track but boy Oh boy, That load is one of the scariest I've seen... in so many ways!

 

[Jstpssng]

Glad to see the thread back on track but boy Oh boy, That load is one of the scariest I've seen... in so many ways!

They're putting a lot of faith in that tailgate!

 

[blacktruck]

They're putting a lot of faith in that tailgate!

I don't know that I recall ever seeing a weight limit for the tailgate but I am pretty sure it is being exceeded in that picture. Those little cables holding it up must be stretched to their breaking limit.

 

[Midniteoyl]

I don't know that I recall ever seeing a weight limit for the tailgate but I am pretty sure it is being exceeded in that picture. Those little cables holding it up must be stretched to their breaking limit.

Depending on the truck and year, I've seen anywhere from 250lbs to 500lbs. The 500lbs one was a truck with full metal bars instead of cables.

 

[blacktruck]

I remember riding on the tailgate with my brothers or friends back in the day. Usually the truck was loaded with hay or something and it was a short ride to the barn or field and only on country or field roads. Probably none of us weighed over a 100 lbs then. Far different circumstance than what is pictured there. Way different times we had then.

 

[sea2summit]

Depending on the truck and year, I've seen anywhere from 250lbs to 500lbs. The 500lbs one was a truck with full metal bars instead of cables.

So what you're saying is they aren't even close?