[AT] Now Trucks pulling tractors

[CBear81438 at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/24/2005 7:30:08 PM Central Standard Time,  
louis at kellnet.com writes:

I am not  sure what you meant about not sure which way the front end is
going.   Can you clarify?



The Ford front end still uses a kingpin style of steering spindle.   Even the 
4 wheel drives with leaf springs  The Chevy 2wd    coil spring front end has 
a 4 bar linkage that keeps the wheel camber relatively  the same no matter 
what load you put on it.  A Ford on the other hand  changes the wheel camber as 
the wheel travels up and down in an arc with the  center of the pivot point 
where the axle pivot bushing is..  These bushings  are also mounted in rubber and 
cause a lot of trravel under load.  
 
That said, I have 4 Power strokes I drive.  2 are 95 2wd 350's  one 4.10 rear 
and one 3.73.  They both have been across the US several  times loaded and 
unloaded.  the 4.10 rear gets 9mpg and the 3.73 gets  14.   The others are a 02 
4wd 250 that will pull more than the 03 450  4wd with the 6.2 powerstroke.  
The 250 has 14000 lb springs front and rear  and weighs 10,000 at the curb.  I 
have not found anything that will hold  the road or ride as well as it does.   
I would get rid of the 450 in a  heartbeat..  It is probably the most 
efficient method of turning good  diesel fuel into noise that I have ever seen...  
Gutless as it can  be...
 
Cecil in OKla