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[kozal01]

I don't know about the 7.3 power stroke being slow. A company i worked for years ago coverted a regular cab, short bed F250 with naturally apirated 7.3 to a dually with 4.11 axle.

Since it was a short box, this was by far the goofiest looking truck you have ever seen.

That truck would easily roast the tires with a pallet of concrete in the bed on a gravel road when shifting to 2nd gear and flooring it.

Every new employee with that company experienced it the first time they drove that truck. And everyone was out watching them take off with it the first time

I hooked onto the 30ft gooseneck trailer and went to the northeast corner of Vermont for a load of cedar boards. I had the trailer rounded with lumber.

I hit some pretty big hills and would run up them without having to downshift.

I pulled off into a truck stop and had two vehicles follow me in wondering what I had for an engine in that truck

By todays standards they are slow but they were pretty quick for back in the day. I used to borrow my dads 97 350 with the 7.3 to plow with, it had an aftermarket turbo, straight pipe and a banks 6 gun tuner and it was quick, even with a front back blade on it and it would push snow like a bulldozer. The quickest powerstroke I drove though was when I was still in the Army, my unit's maintenance had a standard cab long box with the 6.0 and that thing ran like a r@ped ape. We used to fight over who would drive it, that thing would move! No emissions BS and Im pretty sure the guys tweaked it a bit too.

 

[Jstpssng]

Now that you mention it, these Daihatsu HiJets have a load capacity very close to the lowest rated 1/2-tons.

700lb payload the last time that I looked at them. It's been a long time since I've seen a pickup with that low payload. Heck, DigginIt hauls more in his Taurus.

Also, off-road only in the US.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

700lb payload the last time that I looked at them. It's been a long time since I've seen a pickup with that low payload. Heck, DigginIt hauls more in his Taurus.

Also, off-road only in the US.

I think it's 350 kg.

Either way, they can indeed be registered in the USA. I never bothered to register mine since it's not driven much on public roads.

 

[WinterDeere]

Lots of kids running around my area with trucks like that. Jacked up 2wd models talking smack about how their trucks will out pull anyone.

Kid starting talking smack to my coworker at the local truck stop.

Kid said his truck would out pull anything. Let's go out and hook up right now and we'll settle this!!!

Coworker said "Your on!!!"

He then proceeded to walk out to his dodge dually diesel and said "Let's go Junior!!!"

Kid started back tracking in a hurry

Kids tend to confuse horsepower with torque and traction. His truck may indeed climb a hill the fastest, but when it comes to pulling a dead load, weight and gearing are all that matter.

 

[4570Man]

Back when F550's came with the 6 speed manual transmission, you just put the truck in granny gear, eased off the clutch till it caught and then let off the brake and got on the throttle.

Granny gear would pretty much idle up a hill, even with a heavy load on it.

My Ford dually with a manual 6 speed and 3.73 rear end gears isn’t geared as low as I’d like really. I usually pull it in 4low when I’m pulling a trailer off road until I get back on the pavement. I don’t have power lock hubs so 4 low isn’t actually 4x4. My trailer has 17.5 tires which pull hard on dirt but it requires more clutch slipping than I like to get going without going on 4 low.

 

[WinterDeere]

I had a 1978 Ford with Dana 60's front and rear, wearing 5.38:1 gears, and powered by a little Ford 400 cid thru a C6 tranny. I could lite up the Ø40" x 17" tires on dry pavement, with that gearing, but it did not get great gas mileage. Highway speed was 60 mph... when you were feeling dangerous.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Kids tend to confuse horsepower with torque and traction. His truck may indeed climb a hill the fastest, but when it comes to pulling a dead load, weight and gearing are all that matter.

It's not just kids.

When doing 60-120s with our Challengers my girlfriend has 90 hp over me, yet it's not until around 100 that hers start pulling away.

And you'd be hard pressed to find even a 50 year old Redeye owner that won't claim his is much quicker than a pedestrian 707 hp version. Which on a prepped surface and with drag radials they definitely are.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

I usually pull it in 4low when I’m pulling a trailer off road until I get back on the pavement. I don’t have power lock hubs so 4 low isn’t actually 4x4.

That's what I do with my M1008. Put it in 4 Low to be nice to the transmission.

Its 4.56s are low, but it's still a strain on the transmission to get moving with a load behind it. And I'm lazy, so the right front hub is usually locked. That way I only need to lock in the left one when 4WD is needed.

 

[Grumpycat]

I was surprised to find that I can't get my truck from Ford anymore: F350 XL extended cab/long bed. I paid $27,000 for my truck, ordered with everything I wanted on it in 2004. Now, (if I read their website correctly) the cheapest F350 extended cab/long bed is now the Lariat, starting at $63,460 (and for that I would have to get a lot of extra stuff I don't want, like carpet).

Good thing my current truck will last until I die.

What cab do you consider to be "extended"?

SuperCab or
SuperCrew?

 

[Runner]

What cab do you consider to be "extended"?

SuperCab or
SuperCrew?