arse_sidewards
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Some vehicles thrive on abuse though. You drive that **** like an old man and you wind up with all sorts of long term problems.
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I just got a 25 F150 as work truck and am having the same nanny problems - do any of you guys get the stupid graphic showing the seats/seat belts statuses that won't go away until over 5 mph? If so, do you know if that can be foreskinned away as well?
akguy09
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Thats how I set the idle to warm up my 07 CumminsRight now I’m using the Harbor Frieght certified high idle control at 2000 rpm to jump start a caterpillar compressor that’s dead cold. It was 1° when I got to work this morning.
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Yes, this thing does that, no I haven’t done anything about it
YotaAtieToo
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Might have to steal that idle control for my 12v. Currently wedging a tool box between the pedal and 4wd shifter, shift from 4low to 4hi to up the idle 
Levigarrett76
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wifes 22 had to forscan it, still pops up when someone removes a seatbelt.
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I got that for $1 whole dollar from HF from the bargain bin. I was prepared to pay $10. 🤣Might have to steal that idle control for my 12v. Currently wedging a tool box between the pedal and 4wd shifter, shift from 4low to 4hi to up the idle
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I’ll do my best. Forgot to snap a picture of my last truck before it went to auction
It records any time running but not in gear as “idle time” that’s not accurate on our trucks though. We high idle a lot of that time using heat hoses or jump starting stuff. So that’s not 1168 hours of sitting at 700 rpm in park.
Putting it in neutral still logs as idle time, I tried it.
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Cool thanks for that. So you have the oil changed every 5k roughly instead of going by hours?I’ll do my best. Forgot to snap a picture of my last truck before it went to auction
It records any time running but not in gear as “idle time” that’s not accurate on our trucks though. We high idle a lot of that time using heat hoses or jump starting stuff. So that’s not 1168 hours of sitting at 700 rpm in park.
Putting it in neutral still logs as idle time, I tried it.
YotaAtieToo
Thick skull
You ever pull anything with it?
Levigarrett76
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if you leave idling in gear with ebrake on does it count idle time? not even sure if the stupid electric ebrake will do that?
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Correct. Company policy but I’d probably still go that long based on experience now.
Yes. I’ve pulled a few things id say no heavier than 8K#. It did surprisingly well as far as power goes. Trailer brake controller works great. What wasn’t so great was the tongue weight an already loaded light duty 3/4 ton. This package truck doesn’t have overload springs so it’s all the spring it has to hold up the contents of the bed as is. It would pull a rock crawler on a trailer just fine even at higher elevation and on hills.
I'm surprised the air dam is still on.Bump. Meant to give a little review around the one year 20K mile mark. I’ve had the keys to it about a year and 21K miles now. So diving on. Mechanically and ergonomically I like it a lot. Same bad fuel mileage I know and love but at least it has some useable horsepower to go with it. The shocks are a little soft for the off-road I do every day but it rides nice. The brake pads are lasting longer on this one than the last one. This thing has been trouble free so far. Has had 4 oil changes and is on it’s second set of mud tires, not wearing the tires weird. The downhill assist mode works decent and use it every day now.
The things I think negatively of it: are all software derived. It has quirks like sync disconnecting and re-connecting, or saying it’s connected, counting down time on a song but won’t play the audio. The fix is to turn the truck off, open the door, close the door and restart it.
It doesn’t like being left on for the whole day, the vehicle management doesn’t. Every morning when I turn it on, I put it in tow haul mode, turn off traction control and advance Trac. I haven’t figured out the actual hour mark but somewhere around 12 hours of not turning the truck off it will reset itself and not let me put it back in tow haul or turn off traction control or advance trac. Turn it off turn it back on start over and it’s fine. I’ve been working 14+ hours a day and never need to turn it off.
I run it in tow haul all the time because that’s the best shifting logic for the mountainous area I work in. The same reason for turning off the traction control and advance trac. I use the locker every day and if I’m in a hurry 4wd every day because of the soft earth we have to bash through if not snow or mud. I haven’t bought foreskin yet, always have to many other things competing for my wallet to be spending my own money on a work truck I don’t own.
All in. I would own one of these gassers. Now that I know they exist, if I ever get where I just want a gasser pickup I’ll skip right over the 99 to 2018 gens and get a 6.8 or 7.3 truck.
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If your 07 is an automatic it more than likely has the ability to use the cruise control to enable high idle.
If I remember correctly you just hit ON and then SET and it will go to 1000rpm You can then use the ACCEL/DECEL button to adjust.
Clemson13
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It's too bad the 6.8 didn't come out till 23 since you said it's a simpler & better motor than the 6.2. I've been looking at newer used trucks and was thinking of a 22 era to keep away from the newest of the new electronics. Bring a 23+ engine it probably comes with all of the nannies no matter what.
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My personal favorite on the F150 with the blow job console shifter...backing up a trailer and you have to open the door to see because the new mirrors must come off of a car. ****er automatically shifts you into Park. Eat a **** Ford and your nanny too!
YotaAtieToo
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7.3 then?
Behind the air dam are two crash bars that hang down from the frame rails about 5" to dig in the ground.They probably put a lot of engineering into ensuring that it flops and deflects rather than rips off.
Levigarrett76
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look for 20-22 7.3. Although im on the fence about build quality/matierials from march 2020-2022. I personally own a 2/2020 build f250 7.3. Waiting any day for the massive catastrophic lifter failure.
23-up superduty has same gay **** now
TrailTamer
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What’d happen if you grab & hold the shifter and yell “don’t pull out on me just yet”
Levigarrett76
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Column Shifter not connected mechanically any more
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I'm not man handling the shifter. One is I'd have to yell out no homo. Two, it's very chinsy and feels like it's going to break with normal use unlike the previous shifter on the 6 speed.
So whatever that ****ing playschool shifter wants to do I don't interrupt because it looks expensive.
Interior quality has definitely gone down as it has become more "luxury". All of the trim on our 22' is super thin, wavy, and makes you wonder if parts aren't fully clipped in. Nope it's just ****.
But hey the truck works and today's vehicle standards are pretty F'n low so no complaints from me.
So whatever that ****ing playschool shifter wants to do I don't interrupt because it looks expensive.
Interior quality has definitely gone down as it has become more "luxury". All of the trim on our 22' is super thin, wavy, and makes you wonder if parts aren't fully clipped in. Nope it's just ****.
But hey the truck works and today's vehicle standards are pretty F'n low so no complaints from me.
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Got a good one finally . Thoroughly impressed too! This little baby shortbed pulled this 14K dump trailer with 4 yards of road base in it up and down the hills with the cruise control set on 60 no problem. It shifted down and sung about 4100 rpm a few times but it never didn’t maintain the speed the CC was set for. The disposal facility wouldn’t weigh me because I was dropping off. If 4 yards is accurate that’s 10,400# of material plus the weight of the truck and trailer.
YotaAtieToo
Thick skull
That's a respectable load for a gasser for sure. Good to know.
Big4x4ride
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Never owned a 6.2 myself, but my buddy does. Towing from Corpus to Moab last year his Stock CCSB F250 towing a 1 ton swapped JKU took 415 gallons of fuel, 2500 miles give or take for a nice 6.0X mpg.. That's towing at 75 on average, or as close it at would maintain in the hills/mountains. He was seeing upwards of 4000rpm quite often and spent a lot of time in 2-3 gear. For comparison, my CCSB Ram 2500 did just about the same drive on 254 gallons, or 9.85 mpg.
Last week we made another 240 mile trip, same rigs, same load. On the return trip, towing together again at 75-77 I was getting 10.5 ish give or take into a decent headwind. His truck took 54 gallons, for a nice 4.4 mpg. The killer with the 2 trucks together is clearly his truck doesn't like 75+ based on mileage, mine doesn't like below 72-73 or I'll get some converter shutter in the hills.
Overall, not impressed with the 6.2, and neither is he. Beautiful truck, great shape (was his FIL's), but not so good as a tow rig.
Last week we made another 240 mile trip, same rigs, same load. On the return trip, towing together again at 75-77 I was getting 10.5 ish give or take into a decent headwind. His truck took 54 gallons, for a nice 4.4 mpg. The killer with the 2 trucks together is clearly his truck doesn't like 75+ based on mileage, mine doesn't like below 72-73 or I'll get some converter shutter in the hills.
Overall, not impressed with the 6.2, and neither is he. Beautiful truck, great shape (was his FIL's), but not so good as a tow rig.
Projectjunkie
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Care to tell us what year and engine your truck is?