Is this for real?

[GSD]

F-250???

 

[Mike]

I dunno? Did you try to attach one?

 

[NJKen]

F-250???

WEll, you got the puter on so lets teach ya how to link!
No insult intended, it's all in fun.
Ken

 

[Swany]

F-250???

Yes, the F-250 is real, just not as good as the F-350

 

[GSD]

Yes, I tried the upload thing in the post area, but didnt work I guess.

How come I used to upload pics so easy?

Anyway it was a F-150 truck, but with F-250 emblems, and an old guy owns it, and he said they are rare!

 

[GSD]

WEll, you got the puter on so lets teach ya how to link!
No insult intended, it's all in fun.
Ken

Yeah! How do we do it now??

 

[adrianspeeder]

Anyway it was a F-150 truck, but with F-250 emblems, and an old guy owns it, and he said they are rare!

Ahh, the ole LightDuty F-250. In the 97-98 gap before the superduty, Ford took the new style F-150, gave it a beefer suspension, 7 lug wheels, and a higher GVWR. A V8 was needed, and it had different axle choices. After the superduty was introduced, you could still get one of these "heavy f-150s" but not badged as a F-250 anymore. If you look close sometime, you will notice that in addition to the seven lug wheels, after 99 it has F-150 badges on the side, and on the tailgate it says "F-150, 7700" for the higher GVWR.

There are actually a bunch of these "5/8" ton trucks runnin around, you just don't really notice. I'll post some pics tonight.

Adrianspeeder

 

[GSD]

Ah-ha!

And I thought I noticed 7 lug wheels

Thanks for setting me straight!

 

[GSD]

Ahh, here ya go a goofy f-250!

 

[DBogo]

i thought those were always kinda cool

 

[SUPERDUTYSPV]

I too have always like those F-250's. They are cool.

 

[silverado3500]

Only thing I never understood was why the 7 lug wheels?

 

[Swany]

Only thing I never understood was why the 7 lug wheels?

keeps the costs down from the regular 8

 

[The Warden]

keeps the costs down from the regular 8

Actually, I think that's true. I seem to remember hearing that the 7-lug wheels aren't as strong as 8 lug wheels (in order to save on weight and price), but Ford needed wheels stronger than the 5-lugs used on F-150's. They put 7 holes instead of 5 or 8 so that they wheels can't be interchanged (i.e. you can't "accidentally" put LD F-250 wheels on a Superduty, or you can't put F-150 wheels on an LD F-250).

I think that was the case, but I could have it wrong...probably saved Ford $.50 or something like that

 

[silverado3500]

It probably cost ford more to have a tool up for a 7 lug wheel. I would think it would have been easier (and cheaper) to use the regular F-250 superduty or hd wheels instead?

and the bean counters strike again!