Re: My Ford F250 4x4 Diesel Truck Quote:
Originally Posted by ku69rd .... Believe with an open cargo bay area, there might be a slight dip in performance with handling and Mileage taking a hit due to its poor aerodynamics shape?
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As mentioned earlier, I had the pleasure of owning two of these F-250 SuperDuty trucks. I have also owned a few Ford F-150s.
There have been tests done on the effect of various cargo configurations. Most notably, fuel average tests done with the tailgate up and the tailgate down. One would think that with the tailgate up and locked, making an air dam, that fuel average would suffer. But on these F-250s the tests results were barely distinguishable from one another. Such is the torque and power of these massive and wonderfully designed diesel motors.
In fact, there have been accidents with these trucks wherein the driver was pulling a 1500 pound trailer or less and forgot the trailer was there, such is the power and handling of this massive truck....it is large and powerful on a scale that few average Indian drivers can comprehend. You dwarf Ford Explorers and Safari-sized SUVs as you blow by them on the hwy.
Handling of these 7000lbs trucks is superb and not effected by configurations of the cargo box by enlarge. The only concern is if you have a sliding rear window that opens onto the cargo box. Depending on the tailgate position and what you have in the cargo box, you can easily have a lot of leaves and dirty debris blow into your cab thru the rear window via vortex and air swirl.
Last edited by DirtyDan : 27th April 2014 at 09:10.
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