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My buddy just bought a new 2010 Ford F 150 crew cab Fx4 and the truck has a 6.5 ft bed. I did not realize that Ford offered 1/2 ton crew cabs with 6.5 ft beds. (GMT900 1/2 ton crews are only available with a 5'8" bed). Nice truck, but the bed sides are ridiculously tall, and the 5.4 engine is nothing special. He claims that the truck has a Max trailering package and is capable of towing 11,500 lbs!!!!! I wonder how fast it would tow that load though. It has 3.73 gears and a 5 speed auto transmission.

 

I noticed that the truck has a sliding rear window with built-in defroster, which is not available on the GM trucks.

 

He is already complaining about the lousy gas mileage - around 15 and it quickly drops to 12 MPG if he drives it less conservatively.

Matt_ Senior Enthusiast

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when i was shopping around ford only had the 5.5' bed...a 6.5' would have made me given it a bit more consideration.

 

does the F150 have an auto-4x4 option yet? that was also a downfall i noted.

 

the final killer for me was they didnt have an engine that could compete with the GM 6.0 or 6.2L.

 

im not dogging ford here... these are literally the reasons i didnt buy one, they were on my list of options

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when i was shopping around ford only had the 5.5' bed...a 6.5' would have made me given it a bit more consideration.

 

does the F150 have an auto-4x4 option yet? that was also a downfall i noted.

 

the final killer for me was they didnt have an engine that could compete with the GM 6.0 or 6.2L.

 

im not dogging ford here... these are literally the reasons i didnt buy one, they were on my list of options

 

Oh.....go ahead....dog'em......I do!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nickvrebel Senior Enthusiast

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I test drove a F150 before buying my truck.

My thoughts?

*the 5.4L was unimpressive

*no auto 4WD

 

 

since then I've seen that Ford also offers it's extended cab with the short "crew cab" bed, which makes for an interesting looking truck

Matt_ Senior Enthusiast

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i was intrigued so i just checked out the 2010 builds...

 

looks like you can get a 1500 crew cab with the 5.5, 6.5 AND 8' beds! (nice job!)

 

ill tell you what... if you could get an F150 CC 6.5' bed with the 6.2L and auto-4x4, thats going to be a good selling truck!

 

(i bet fleets are going to eat up the 1500 CC 8' beds too...)

nickvrebel Senior Enthusiast

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that 5.4l trition IS HORRIBLE!!!!! I don't think it can keep with the 4.8!!!!!

funny that you should say that.... my last truck was an '03 Silverado ECSB 4.8L, when I was test driving my girlfriend was with me. I put the pedal to the floor and kinda giggled. The salesman starts bragging about the power delivery as I look at my girlfriend, she said, "is that all it has? your current truck has more snap than that!" :lol: (in all fairness, my 4.8L did have about every bolt on with a tune, but the cam and stall were still stock)

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that 5.4l trition IS HORRIBLE!!!!! I don't think it can keep with the 4.8!!!!!

funny that you should say that.... my last truck was an '03 Silverado ECSB 4.8L, when I was test driving my girlfriend was with me. I put the pedal to the floor and kinda giggled. The salesman starts bragging about the power delivery as I look at my girlfriend, she said, "is that all it has? your current truck has more snap than that!" :lol: (in all fairness, my 4.8L did have about every bolt on with a tune, but the cam and stall were still stock)

 

 

When a female notices things like that, It confirms you made the right decision by Sticking with GM... I Bought my truck last year when they were going through the bailout... took a big gamble but i have always been faithful to GM. I Ended up going with a little more truck than i wanted, but i had to have that 6.2L.... Needless to say, in 09 you had to buy ALL the bells and whistles to get it.. i wasn't really happy about that, but i did it anyways. One thing is for sure, I am not sorry i bought that baby... She runs like a scalded dog, especially since i Tuned it...

 

With a decent Tune i am sure the 5.4l Triton would be a little better, but yet i am still skeptical on that issue.... However, the truck itself, is very nice... The power plant is what really sucks....

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2009 Sierra Enthusiast

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Why is the auto-4wd important to you? I thought it seemed like a neat gadget but have been wondering when it might ever be used...

 

I use my Auto 4wd almost exclusivly up here in the snow, hte only time I switch to 4 wheel is when it's straight Ice...

Matt_ Senior Enthusiast

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Why is the auto-4wd important to you? I thought it seemed like a neat gadget but have been wondering when it might ever be used...

 

comes in very handy during NJ winters when some roads are cleared and others have ice/snow/slush.

 

also, with these vehicles having 400+ ft-lb torque its a nice thing to have during wet/rainy days and you have to pull out into 50+ mph traffic where spinning the tires or traction control killing the gas is dangerous.

 

for me, its a must have

ShimanoFisherman Enthusiast

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when i was shopping around ford only had the 5.5' bed...a 6.5' would have made me given it a bit more consideration.

 

does the F150 have an auto-4x4 option yet? that was also a downfall i noted.

 

the final killer for me was they didnt have an engine that could compete with the GM 6.0 or 6.2L.

 

im not dogging ford here... these are literally the reasons i didnt buy one, they were on my list of options

 

No problem with that. Those are pretty much the reasons I got rid of my 2006 F150 KR 4x4 with 6.5' bed. I had the optional 36g tank and it needed all of it. The 5.4l had lousy power and gas mileage. But the truck itself was built like a tank. No problems whatsoever with it. I just wanted something with more power.

 

And it really didn't have enough power to need auto-4x4 (I assume you'd want that for wet asphalt). ;)

 

Now if I could get one with a supercharged 6.2l engine, I might think about it.

ShimanoFisherman Enthusiast

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My buddy just bought a new 2010 Ford F 150 crew cab Fx4 and the truck has a 6.5 ft bed. I did not realize that Ford offered 1/2 ton crew cabs with 6.5 ft beds. (GMT900 1/2 ton crews are only available with a 5'8" bed). Nice truck, but the bed sides are ridiculously tall, and the 5.4 engine is nothing special. He claims that the truck has a Max trailering package and is capable of towing 11,500 lbs!!!!! I wonder how fast it would tow that load though. It has 3.73 gears and a 5 speed auto transmission.

 

The 2004+ F150s are stout trucks. Maybe too stout for the engines they have available.

 

I don't think it would have any problem with the load itself. But actually getting it moving over 55mph might be a chore. :lol:

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