Test drove a new Ford F250 for about 6 hours today
07-28-2011, 06:15 AM
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07-28-2011, 07:10 AM
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I have been studying up on the 2011 250/350's PSD also. I hope you current drivers might know the answer....
Ford is advertising the benefit to the factory intergrated trailer brake controller. However, the small print says "trailer brake controller verified to be compatible with electrically actuated drum brakes only".
Does anyone have any realtime experience about the compatibility of the ford system with brake right EOH and disc brake system?? Thanks...
Ford is advertising the benefit to the factory intergrated trailer brake controller. However, the small print says "trailer brake controller verified to be compatible with electrically actuated drum brakes only".
Does anyone have any realtime experience about the compatibility of the ford system with brake right EOH and disc brake system?? Thanks...
07-28-2011, 07:19 AM
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07-28-2011, 11:23 AM
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07-29-2011, 01:19 PM
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See I've never gotten the praise for the Allison? Fords torqshift seems to handle more abuse stock and especially when modded before starting to let go, those Allisons starting letting go or having issues with even just a tune. We've had one that had an EFI live tune and transmission started slipping, vs two of the 6.0 Fords still in the fam with SCT tunes and 1 is at 120k miles and the 5R110 is still fine. Heck even on the Duramax boards they'll warn you about the trans lol.
Either way both are waaay better than the pos 48LE in the previous Rams.
Either way both are waaay better than the pos 48LE in the previous Rams.
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07-30-2011, 08:26 AM
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See I've never gotten the praise for the Allison? Fords torqshift seems to handle more abuse stock and especially when modded before starting to let go, those Allisons starting letting go or having issues with even just a tune. We've had one that had an EFI live tune and transmission started slipping, vs two of the 6.0 Fords still in the fam with SCT tunes and 1 is at 120k miles and the 5R110 is still fine. Heck even on the Duramax boards they'll warn you about the trans lol.
Either way both are waaay better than the pos 48LE in the previous Rams.
Either way both are waaay better than the pos 48LE in the previous Rams.
07-31-2011, 09:12 AM
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I am back with more info....
Salesman Bert Sheppard of Covert Ford, Austin, Texas offered to let me take a F350 home for the week end. He said "take it to the lake with your boat and see how it goes-no obligation". I could not pass that offer up.
The F350 handled the task well. I also determined that the factory integrated brake controller is compatible with the BrakeRite EOH controller. Just plugged in and the trailer brakes came to life.
Really nice....air conditioned seats - who da' thunk it!!
Salesman Bert Sheppard of Covert Ford, Austin, Texas offered to let me take a F350 home for the week end. He said "take it to the lake with your boat and see how it goes-no obligation". I could not pass that offer up.
The F350 handled the task well. I also determined that the factory integrated brake controller is compatible with the BrakeRite EOH controller. Just plugged in and the trailer brakes came to life.
Really nice....air conditioned seats - who da' thunk it!!
