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pods8, on 19 March 2013 - 09:09 AM, said:

Apparently there was a tsb regarding a seal on the bell housing. My understanding was it should have been caught via the VIN upon delivery, or during the two oil changes prior to the seal failing. It sounds like a visual inspection would alert the tech to seepage. Funny thing is that I had mentioned smelling transmission oil smells

I am always watching my gauges as I find it entertaining and going from Fort Collins over to Fruita hauling the trailer on I70 I was curious what the temp would be. It seemed to run around 193 and peaked at 200 and dropped right back down. It runs around there on the highway all the time, so I wasn't alarmed.

The max tow package on mine added telescopic mirrors and the integrated trailer brake controller, which gives you some nifty info on the info screen these trucks have. Really cool is a feature where it tracks miles on trailers you can name, so when you plug in a trailer you pick which ever one it is that you have entered. Nice to know how many miles are on the bearings.

Hi all, I am the one who spoke to Thinair today about the ecoboost. I did sell my Hawk and to be clear my Hawk was a shell which may have affected my mileage. I did generally rely on the "lie-o-meter" but did also occasionally hand calculate. Mileage after a bit was all over the map with the Hawk. Depended on how hard you drove it. With air bags and E load tires it handled just fine, but realistically with people and stuff you are pushing the numbers...yeah I know...someguys are running Tacoma's and they are fine. I personally disagree with that. If a sticker tells me what the limits are I listen. That's just me.

The truck is now at 30k miles. The transmission left me on the side of I70 outside Rifle Colorado on a Sunday night. That was fun Ford and the two local dealers stepped up and had me back on the road by Tuesday afternoon...complete tranny tear down and rebuild. Not bad, but at 18k on the odo, I wasn't expecting to blow the truck up. Waiting currently for a recall part for something or another that is supposed to fix some surging and power loss at highway speeds when starting to pass...occasionally the truck will seemingly lose power for a millisecond and then carry on like nothing happened.

Would I buy the truck again? Maybe. It is a nice truck, the ecoboost motor has serious nuts. I towed a 23 foot travel trailer all over the southwest the fall and winter and the truck doesn't seem to lose any snot even over the biggest passes. Someone commented on towing a trailer vs the weight of a camper. The difference is trailers of any size will have brakes. If I turn up the trailer brake gain high enough you can lock up the brakes on the trailer...no truck camper I know ADDS power to the brakes.

Next truck will be a 3/4 or 1 ton. Does anyone ever say I wish I had LESS truck when towing, hauling etc? I don't want to buy another truck when my wife decides she wants a bigger trailer, or I want to load a Hawk to the gills and feel confident.

Stan@FourWheel, on 06 August 2012 - 12:21 PM, said:

That is Awesome!!! I am guessing it could be done out of a little lighter material, but flat out ingenious.

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Ramblinman, on 22 July 2012 - 11:51 PM, said:

Is that close to what the plate on the back of the camper states the weight is?

How do you like those tires?

5444, on 04 July 2012 - 09:31 AM, said:

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