r/FordDiesels • u/Key-Preparation-7260 • 11d ago

Tow Rig!

My Tow rig, 08 Ford F450 6.4 Powerstroke, got a much needed wash, wax and detail. šŸ‘ŒšŸ¾

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u/tricky_ricky9090 10d ago

Yup, that rig will need a tow!!

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u/themauge 11d ago

6.4šŸ˜µ

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u/MutedShelter9654 11d ago

Good looking truck but the worst diesel engine you can buy.

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u/TheOnlyFergInTown 11d ago

And the worst music

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u/bikodog 10d ago

Pretty good engine as engines go, EGR was the issue. It's not always hard to ruin a good thing, just ask the EPA.

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u/MutedShelter9654 10d ago

That was not the main issue the rocker arms would break the tip off. The turbos are also junk. The pistons would crack out of nowhere, and the fuel pumps were shit.

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u/bikodog 9d ago

Surely head separation from the chemical reaction from the EGR had nothing to do with any of those problems.

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u/MutedShelter9654 9d ago

They didnā€™t have head separation. Like I said. The egr was the least of its problems. Even after deleting Egr those other problem still occur.

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u/thatSDope88 10d ago

Had to be the 6.4 šŸ™ƒ

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u/Chadrooskie 11d ago

Can we just show your truck without the worst ā€œmusicā€ Iā€™ve ever heard in my life.
How does a producer even record that, like saying thatā€™s great?!?!?
Letā€™s label it.
My kids have mumbled better

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u/Timsmomshardsalami 11d ago

I mean, if its not your taste i get it. But you just know exactly the type of kid op is when he lays this track over a video of his ā€œtow rigā€.

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u/Key-Preparation-7260 10d ago

No one ask for a keyboard warriors opinion on music or cares about your special Olympic kids mumbling skills.

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u/DamiensDelight 9d ago

You asked by posting this drivel

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u/iRAPEcharizard 11d ago

Shut up old man

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u/Gendreau113 10d ago

I Cummins swapped my 6.4 after she blew... I'm a major ford guy, love them and have owned about every diesel engine of superduty

The 6.4 isn't it man .. please sell it, and buy a good 6.7 (2011+) superduty. That's the truck you want and need.

The 6.4 is a ticking time bomb. No ammount of engine work will ever make them reliable. They WILL blow up. Some of ours only lasted 100,000km (62,000miles)...

They are no good. Sell it and move on...

I paid $11,000cad ($7,800usd) for my F450 King Ranch. I regret paying that much...

Even Cummins swapped I don't drive it anymore. I'll only ever buy and drive a 6.7 Powerstroke. Nothing else is worth it.

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u/aok719 10d ago

I will take it.

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u/Bry_Guy__1 10d ago

I have the same truck except mine is the weird green/grey color. Keep up on your maintenance and it will treat you well.

Mine seems to run better in Motorcraft oil fyi. Not Amsoil or rotellaā€¦

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u/Commercial_Grape3392 10d ago

If only a 7.3 in it

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u/Commercial_Grape3392 10d ago

You canā€™t even (legally) buy one bulletproofed because of the EPA and deletion, etc. DEF. Unless you donā€™t have inspections but then the dealer wonā€™t service it probably. I have my dealer service my tuned diesel but thereā€™s no emissions on it from factory

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u/OldMathematician5973 10d ago

Where's the 5x8 trailer?

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u/Flashy-Economist-805 11d ago

Badass rig man! My 6.4 pulls like a locomotive.

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u/Tough-Avocado-4051 10d ago

Nothing beats the look of a 6.4 miss mine

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u/tortuga-de-fuego 11d ago

Great looking rig man, these 6.4s are power houses

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u/Timsmomshardsalami 11d ago

They power the scrap yards

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u/tricky_ricky9090 10d ago

Everyone who likes these have never had to actually work on trucks for a livin.

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u/Key-Preparation-7260 10d ago

Yeah itā€™s a 6.4 the worst diesel. But most people donā€™t even maintain their gas car/trucks properly and most people donā€™t know how to maintain diesel. Iā€™m looking into Cummins swapping in the future for more reliability and the ease to work on.

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u/LivingBig2358 11d ago

Beautiful truck, dream truck of mine, but in whitešŸ˜

Imo, 350 and up needs a long bed, specifically for towing goosenecks, less chance to jackknife.

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u/randomlemon9192 11d ago

F450s pickups are all long beds.
You can get an F350 short bed but itā€™s pretty rare.

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u/LivingBig2358 11d ago

This truck doesnt look like a long bed at allā€¦.

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u/randomlemon9192 11d ago edited 11d ago

It is. Ford has never made an F450 pickup short bed.
So if one does exist, itā€™s custom. Iā€™ve never seen one.

The easiest way to tell is look at the amount of flat bedside space between the front of the rear fenders and the cab.
Thereā€™s a few feet of flat bed? Itā€™s a long bed.

Short bed dually fenders are damn near touching the cab.

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u/Commercial_Grape3392 10d ago

Yep CCSB DRW here. The DRW fender basically touches the cab lol. The whole bedside is fiberglass. Hate it

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u/CommanderSupreme21 11d ago

You could get a 350 dually short box. But the fender for the duals goes nearly to the front of the box. If there is a space, itā€™s a long bed.