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New Ford Duallys are 6+ months out?

gunracer1 said:
he did my 16. i just have never done the front windshield. how well does it calm down the led lights coming at you?
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Hard to say just yet, it rained pretty hard most of the way so I'll saw was drops and wipers.

My wife is super glare sensitive, the reason I wanted to try the tint. Another buddy gets his done for that reason and he thinks it's worth it.

I'll try and report back.
 
CarterKraft said:
The thing about hauling ass is you have to consistently haul ass, weave in/out of traffic etc. because as soon as you got the next town and a red light here I come :lmao:.

Don't get me wrong you can make up time going faster, I don't debate that but it's hard too do.

I already told this story I think but this July we went to the river for a toobing trip. I pulled down there at 65mph on US 281 a rural 2 lane highway.

Half way down the majority of our group who was running in a convoy caught us and pulled in behind me. I told my wife I can't believe they are gonna follow me (because I drive slow) but they did for a few miles and at the second passing lane they all passed us 75+ and flipped us the bird, mooned us etc. it was fun.

As we get to the next big town they all pull in to the gas station and fuel up. A mix of GM, Ford pickups and motorhomes.

We pass them and honk and continue on to the RV park as we had left full of fuel and with a 48 gallon tank I can go there/back without stopping.

In the next 100 miles we had left they didn't catch us and in fact didn't get there with in 30 minutes of us.

Would they beat us if they didn't stop for fuel? I'm sure they would but at the pace they we're going I don't think they could without getting fuel.

I was sure to let them know how peaceful it was getting setup without them there :lmao:

Again not saying it's not faster just my experience.

Going up to Colorado and New Mexico on the longer stretches I see the same cars/trucks pass me to only see them again and hour later.
I have counted up to 8 times of passing.
There are also rigs RV etc. that we don't even see again, so their faster speed obviously works for them. I will bump up to 70 across certain stretches just because there isn't shit to see or shit to run in to.
Particular to this truck 70 gets decently above 2000 rpm and the wind drag makes a noticeable decrease in MPG.

I'll test it on the new one.
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i'm at 80/85 going to Colorado. i don't get into a hurry getting up to speed. but once im rolling im doing 9 over.
 
gunracer1 said:
i'm at 80/85 going to Colorado. i don't get into a hurry getting up to speed. but once im rolling im doing 9 over.
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You are the truck i don't pass again nothing wrong it, my trailer tires are rated for 75 mph so I'm not really worried about anything in particular but when pulling at max gross weight in the 100+ temps of summer I try not to push shit to the max.

If my Ford Trailer TPMS sensors read temperature on the new truck I'll feel even better about how hard to push.
 
CarterKraft said:
Going up to Colorado and New Mexico on the longer stretches I see the same cars/trucks pass me to only see them again and hour later.
I have counted up to 8 times of passing.
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I've passed people 8 times in 10 minutes
with the cruise control set to 70

edge up on their bumper, pass with the foot to the floor as you should when you've got 90hp in a 4500lb turd, let off once back in the right lane
rinse and repeat until they get mad enough to quit slacking off every time they get ahead
 
HillbillyDeluxe said:
As for all you ****s that tow at 80+ mph, all that time you think you're making will be more than lost when you're sitting on the side of the road with a flat or even worse in the ditch because you lost control. Yes I see it every day.
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Steering wheel holder is just mad he cant keep up with the bull wagons :flipoff2:

I tow right at 80 going the entirety of 130 and then 10 to SA from auction house to auction house on the regular. That's the safe speed. Otherwise I'm playing tiddlywinks with dipshit freight haulers.

Edit: that's grossing 15k-20k. Over that I'll drop it down the 70ish. All depends on the truck and where it wants to eat to keep from down shifting.
 
gunracer1 said:
he did my 16. i just have never done the front windshield. how well does it calm down the led lights coming at you?
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I ran 50% on the windshield and 5% on the back window and sides. I would have gone darker on the front. 50% isn’t shit.
 
[486] said:
I've passed people 8 times in 10 minutes
with the cruise control set to 70

edge up on their bumper, pass with the foot to the floor as you should when you've got 90hp in a 4500lb turd, let off once back in the right lane
rinse and repeat until they get mad enough to quit slacking off every time they get ahead
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Yeah that happens to me too even going slow AF.
I am talking about passing or getting passed multiple times by people from pulling over (for whatever reason) not just trucks, all sorts of vehicles that haul as between stops to only get passed by the much slower 🐢.
 
Aisin said:
I ran 50% on the windshield and 5% on the back window and sides. I would have gone darker on the front. 50% isn’t shit.
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Assuming there is a legal limit still on the front windshield?
 
CarterKraft said:
Yeah that happens to me too even going slow AF.
I am talking about passing or getting passed multiple times by people from pulling over (for whatever reason) not just trucks, all sorts of vehicles that haul as between stops to only get passed by the much slower 🐢.
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If you have to stop because the wife is whining you have to go faster to make up for it. You have the luxury of not stopping.
 
TRINDU said:
Steering wheel holder is just mad he cant keep up with the bull wagons :flipoff2:

I tow right at 80 going the entirety of 130 and then 10 to SA from auction house to auction house on the regular. That's the safe speed. Otherwise I'm playing tiddlywinks with dipshit freight haulers.

Edit: that's grossing 15k-20k. Over that I'll drop it down the 70ish. All depends on the truck and where it wants to eat to keep from down shifting.
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My truck will run as fast as I want to burn fuel :flipoff2:. Anything above 70 and Im getting 5mpg. 65ish it gets 6+.

You gross 10k less than I weigh empty :laughing:
 
HillbillyDeluxe said:
My truck will run as fast as I want to burn fuel :flipoff2:. Anything above 70 and Im getting 5mpg. 65ish it gets 6+.

You gross 10k less than I weigh empty :laughing:
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That slap wore-the-fuck-out 6nz should do better than that.

Juat keep your slow ass out of the hammer lane, us 4-wheelers have places to be :flipoff2:

I'm also making more $ per mile :flipoff2:
 
Aisin said:
Most places it’s illegal. I’d go 30% on the front. 70% is a waste of money.
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So that would be 30 light permission vs 70, 30 would be visually darker outside right?

I have hell with tint %.
 
Does the ceramic tint act similar to polarized glasses?

Led lights that aren't aimed right make my blood boil, I think my eyes are more sensitive to light than most?

I'm not sure about actually tinting my windshield though.

Maybe one day they'll have auto darkening windshields like the eye glasses :laughing:
 
[486] said:
I've passed people 8 times in 10 minutes
with the cruise control set to 70

edge up on their bumper, pass with the foot to the floor as you should when you've got 90hp in a 4500lb turd, let off once back in the right lane
rinse and repeat until they get mad enough to quit slacking off every time they get ahead
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Driving home tonight from a job was a slick shitshow. Me in the box truck following a bit behind random guy in a pickup doing about 55mph which was perfect for conditions. Then some fuckin suv jersey driver decides to pass because omg can't be behind this square thing. Only to cut in front stabbing the brakes every 30 seconds going 5 mph slower than i was. Like fuck off and crash already.



I sure was thinking of wanting a new truck in my heat stopped working, refilling puking trans, why don't my rear brakes work truck. But I think about 90k for future expensive problems I can't fix with junk around the shop, for a pickup with wizz bang doodads i don't care about. I go back to fixing old junk.
 
Dethmachinefab said:
Driving home tonight from a job was a slick shitshow. Me in the box truck following a bit behind random guy in a pickup doing about 55mph which was perfect for conditions. Then some fuckin suv jersey driver decides to pass because omg can't be behind this square thing. Only to cut in front stabbing the brakes every 30 seconds going 5 mph slower than i was. Like fuck off and crash already.



I sure was thinking of wanting a new truck in my heat stopped working, refilling puking trans, why don't my rear brakes work truck. But I think about 90k for future expensive problems I can't fix with junk around the shop, for a pickup with wizz bang doodads i don't care about. I go back to fixing old junk.
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I've driven a box truck exactly 1 time, it's a nicer newer one with plenty of power, and it was still one time too many. :laughing:

"I can fix it though" can get pretty tiring at a point. On the other hand, there is nothing more frustrating than getting something new, it still breaking and not being able to fix it. :mad3:
 
arse_sidewards said:
That's not a diesel thing. That's a turbo thing.

Sure, diesel helps. But boost makes everything pull like that. That's why everyone loves their Ecoboost Transits (until they have to repair them and the realities of European garbage can no longer be avoided).
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Do you know your giving your opinion to the one guy on the board that probably knows more about charge air to the cylinders than most on here?
Sorry CarterKraft , maybe this guy will give us a lesson in thermodynamics next.
 
Latest adventure with the service truck. Went to pick it up at the shop earlier today for my trip to Mississippi tomorrow and suddenly the radio is fucked. It was fine on Thursday when I parked it and today it looked like this......


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YotaAtieToo said:
Does the ceramic tint act similar to polarized glasses?

Led lights that aren't aimed right make my blood boil, I think my eyes are more sensitive to light than most?

I'm not sure about actually tinting my windshield though.

Maybe one day they'll have auto darkening windshields like the eye glasses :laughing:
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I'm not sure really, I was warned there can be some of the odd polarized lense effect in the corners of the windshield when wearing polarized glasses but I had the wife demo the owners truck and she didn't see any...

Tinted windshields aren't really new around here, a buddy has his '15 Tahoe and Dually tinted, no issues.

It's usually just for trying to keep the summer heat down but I figured it can't when driving into the sun, night time headlight glare wasn't my goal but if it works for that it will be awesome.
 
SLOWPOKE693 said:
Latest adventure with the service truck. Went to pick it up at the shop earlier today for my trip to Mississippi tomorrow and suddenly the radio is fucked. It was fine on Thursday when I parked it and today it looked like this......


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You need my son to enter test mode for yah and royally fuck it up.:lmao:
He used to do that to my old truck and I finally told him I was going to punch him in the nose like a man if it stayed fucked up :mad3:

Might be time for a 8" screen swap.:smokin:
 
i always stop 3 times on the way to colorado. i regularly pass the same truck 2 to 4 times. i stop at Electra, Amarillo, piss break in the middle of nowhere new mexico. but honestly, my bladder dictates that i drive no further.
 
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