Re: Aluminuma trucks
[Re: Donnersurvivor]
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I have a 2017 aluminum body f 150-it is in as good a shape as when bought new.Lots of salt on the roads here in winter too. I have has the frame undercoated twice.
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Re: Aluminuma trucks
[Re: Donnersurvivor]
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03/29/24 03:54 PM
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The truck thread made me curious, does anyone have a 2015 or 16 F150 Aluminum body truck and if so how is it holding up 8 to 9 years on?
I'll go down to my friends Ford Dealah Ship And get you pics of peeling paint and Blistahs
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Re: Aluminuma trucks
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03/29/24 03:56 PM
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Those Aluminum Ford parts are being stamped out not too far from my house.
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Re: Aluminuma trucks
[Re: Donnersurvivor]
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03/29/24 04:02 PM
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Also have a 2017 F-150 long bed. Body looks like new. No issues so far. Aluminum body
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Re: Aluminuma trucks
[Re: Donnersurvivor]
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We've got several in our fleet with no issues, and no beat up beds, either. They all get line-xed before they go out on the street, though.
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Re: Aluminuma trucks
[Re: Donnersurvivor]
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I have a 2015 f150 with the 2.7 in it. Looks like the day we drove it home from the dealer. Used it to pull an 8x20 cargo trailer (4000 lbs) loaded with a 570 quad and a full size ranger 800 along with about a 100 beaver traps to Arkansas and back. Got 11 mpg. If I ever update it will be the 3.5 or I'll step up to a 250
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Re: Aluminuma trucks
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03/29/24 05:32 PM
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The truck thread made me curious, does anyone have a 2015 or 16 F150 Aluminum body truck and if so how is it holding up 8 to 9 years on?
I'll go down to my friends Ford Dealah Ship And get you pics of peeling paint and Blistahs Sounds like a paint issue not so much rust. I would love to see the pictures. I think I remember they weren to aluminum frames on the half tons also and my only thing I could think of that was good would be that wouldn't rust. But I thought I would rather have a steel frame in a wreck, off road, and halling
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Re: Aluminuma trucks
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03/29/24 08:38 PM
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Do they use aluminum fasteners or do they have some coating to protect the steel bolts from the corrosion? Someone with a truck newer than early 2000s can answer for sure but I believe they use Galvanized fasteners.
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Re: Aluminuma trucks
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03/29/24 08:39 PM
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Do they use aluminum fasteners or do they have some coating to protect the steel bolts from the corrosion? No clue on the fasteners. No issues with my 2015 yet. Steel that old would be by now.
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Re: Aluminuma trucks
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03/30/24 08:40 AM
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I watched a YouTube review of these aluminum ford trucks. It seemed to pass with flying colors. They used galvanized fasteners. Just hope a meth head doesn't figure out which trucks have aluminum bodies. I wonder if the frame is aluminum?
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Re: Aluminuma trucks
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03/30/24 10:28 PM
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If the frame was aluminum I would steer clear, I've seen WAY too many aluminum horse, cattle and atv trailers cracked and broke to pieces. Alright if you are strictly driving on good paved roads, but aluminum doesn't hold up to the stress of potholed gravel roads nearly as well as steel. They're steel frames. Ford used the weight saved by making the body panels out of aluminum to beef up the frame.
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