Here's the upgraded truck from the 1995 F-250. This is a 2007 Ford F-350 XLT 4x4 6.0 Diesel. Yep, I heard all the horror stories on this engine...It didn't scare me. It only has 75000 Miles & 1800 Hours on it!
We've had an opportunity to upgrade the truck so when I found this particular truck we bought it. It may seem wild that our 1994 Non Slide-in truck camper would push this F-350 but some weighing shows It's pushing close to the 13,000 GVWR of the truck rating when fully loaded. Hitch extensions, Front hitch, generator, Airbags, Full of Water & Fuel, etc. add up the weight quick!
Anyways, This time I tried to set out to be regularly Under GVWR but I'm no Weight Police. Our 1995 F-250 was regularly over GVWR by 300 lbs w/ no ill effects. It's a hard game to play "match a camper" with all the Dry weight stickers thrown out. It's no wonder some are overloaded. Ever talked to a dealer?
It still takes some facts so I will get a weight slip to put here on this page. At the end of the day the added weight for the bigger Lance 990, & safety was the basis for my decision on a dually.
Here's a Short List of Items I've done to get it ready for the Slide-in Truck Camper:
TorkLift Super Hitch, 48" Towing Extension, Fast Gun Tie Downs. Air Lift 88398 LoadLifter 5000 Ultimate Air Spring Kit with Internal Jounce Bumper & 74000 Wireless Air Controller. (Not Shown) Also, Front Hitch Install to carry Generator on Hitch Tray. Plastic Mud Flaps on all 4 wheels.
Flushed Coolant & replaced w/Peak Final Charge Global OAT (Red Lid). Not the Pink lidded Peak bottles pictured above. I just used those old bottles for recycling the flushed coolant.
Rancho RS9000 Adjustable Shocks. These are turned up to 9. I don't have these shocks on the front yet.
I Change Transmission (External) filter that the Ford Dealer couldn't get loose. They did a Trans Flush w/Heated tool. I had them use the LV (Low Viscosity) & not the SP that it originally called for.
To top it all off was an oil change. 5w-40 FS Rotella & Fram TG9549 w/New Oil Filter Cap (Motorcraft EC-781). Wrong or Right... I searched around on various oil filters for the 6.0L & I feel Fram does a descent job on their filters. This filter has a Internal Support system that is not found on other filters. Which may describe why Fram doesn't make an Ultra (wire backed) for the 6.0L. We have choices w/our machines & oil/filters are no different... Isn't that fantastic?! I also put on a Fumoto F-111 Valve on the Oil pan drain to make changes a little easier. I'll stick to a 5-6k mil drain schedule.
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