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Driving an F-350
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 5:21 am
by DiscoDino
...and not just any F350, a souped up one that Ford has for the military (SORV ones). A dear friend of mine hooked me up on it...
6.0, turbo deisel, 325hp, 560lb/ft, 33" MTR, lockers, M12,000 Warn, bumpers, protection, and LOADS of other stuff for the military (suspension, CTIS on the Dana axles, etc...)
May not be our pot of tea, but it was a pleasure to drive...thought I'd share...
My comments to them are (which is evident)
1. weight
2. 33??? needs 37s
3. front bumper HUGE
4. suspension too bouncy
That's it for now...
Enjoy...
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:51 am
by Mrs Ludacris
I have welded a few of the 350 TJM bullbars together and they are a very tidy nice looking bar but
f*** they weight a ton. But that is what you get for a big truck. Nice.
LudaCris
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 2:38 pm
by DiscoDino
So is that a TJM? I thought it was a Warn?
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 5:09 pm
by Loanrangie
Still an oversized, overweight pile of yankee scrap steel
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:05 pm
by CRUSHU
DiscoDino wrote:So is that a TJM? I thought it was a Warn?
I thought it was ARB, as most bullbars in the US are.
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 8:41 pm
by Gwagensteve
It's certainly not ARB, but doesn't look like the TJM bar for the 350 either.
I too think it might be Warn.
Do you have any closer photos, especially of the rims (and CTIS?)
And just how did you get the opportunity to drive this? They cannot be common anywhere in the world!
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 9:50 am
by uninformed
Mrs Ludacris wrote:I have welded a few of the 350 TJM bullbars together and they are a very tidy nice looking bar but
f*** they weight a ton. But that is what you get for a big truck. Nice.
LudaCris
i don't think he was saying that it had a tjm bar, just that he had welded a few....
serg
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 4:36 pm
by cloughy
Gwagensteve wrote:It's certainly not ARB, but doesn't look like the TJM bar for the 350 either.
I too think it might be Warn.
Do you have any closer photos, especially of the rims (and CTIS?)
And just how did you get the opportunity to drive this? They cannot be common anywhere in the world!
Interseted in CTIS are we there is a bloke who fabs and sells them locally to, he even has CTIS on a P38A can get details if your interested
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 6:53 pm
by DiscoDino
The CTIS is Dana Corp made, no more input from my end - I can ask if you want...I don't like it, I feel standard beadlocks, and GREAT tire that has strong sidewalls and can withstand loads of crap is far better, more reliable and cheaper to use.
But that's just me
