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You guys make things expensive using those mats. I just throw a piece of 1/4 inch plywood in the bed which also has line-x. Never had a dent.
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What is your reaction to the Chevy commercial about the ford alum. Beds.
I guess no one told them Toyota's have plastic beds in them for a LONG time, and they are pretty hard to break.
I like the old day commercials when they drove trucks off flip ramps and drove them off cliffs with parachutes to show you how tough they were. That said, I think an aluminum truck bed is a stupid idea.
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They make the Ford bed look bad
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well Chevy, Dodge, and Ford have been using aluminum hoods for about 8-10 years now. Any issues? Nope. This isn't beer can aluminum.
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This isn't tin can aluminum. Tin cans are made from aluminum?
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This isn't tin can aluminum. Tin cans are made from aluminum? Ha! good point. fixed.
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Camp is where you make it.
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This isn't tin can aluminum. Tin cans are made from aluminum? Aluminum cans are made from aluminum. Tin cans are made of tin.
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My 2007 Avalanche was my last GM vehicle. The only thing gayer than a Chevy Avalanche, is a Honda Ridgeline.
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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My biggest problem with GM is they abandoned our country and their trucks are over 50% made in Mexico. Owned and drove them for years. Ford was about to do the same thing until Trump came along.
Have Fords now and would not worry about Aluminum beds. My 07 f150 other than the breaking spark plugs has been the best truck I have owned. Get a liner no problem.
Good luck and shoot straight all.
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How many go around dumping a [bleep] of chunks of concrete in your pickup that you will have to unload by hand? If I'm hauling chunks of concrete i'll use a dump truck.
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ya know...
I saw the tool boxes hitting those truck beds. They didn't show what was in those tool boxes on impact. The boxes were latched firmly closed.
I wonder if one tool box was empty and the other full of wheel weights??? Would an advertiser do such a thing?
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Most people that buy a puny arse 1/2 ton pickup/car never put anything but a sack of groceries or a case of beer in it anyway!!!
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I used to think my Ram 1500 Hemi was a big truck until i pulled up alongside the big Ram 3500 diesels... ditto the Ford 350s...
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Sure is a lot of dents in new vehicles lately. They seem lightly made no matter what material is used.
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I'm very glad I don't own my Ford F-250 anymore and am very pleased with my 2016 Ford F-150. Tossed a 1/4" rubber mat in the back of mine and doubt I'll ever have any issues with what I do.
Biden's most truthful quote ever came during his first press conference, 03/25/21. Drum roll please...... "I don't know, to be clear." and THAT is one promise he's kept!!!
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I used to think my Ram 1500 Hemi was a big truck until i pulled up alongside the big Ram 3500 diesels... ditto the Ford 350s... I don't know about Ford, but with the Rams, the 2500 and 3500 are the same truck except for the springs. All the other parts are interchangeable.
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I think Chevy's attempt to ding Ford fell short of the mark. I hardly see a F150 TV commercial but apparently that little metrosexual that does Chevy truck commercials appears in one of their commercials every 5 minutes or so it seems.
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Nope. Bed length is different, hood, bumpers and front fenders. Cab structure may be the same, and the doors, I think.
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GM's commercials irritate the crap out of me!
Where did they get that doofus doing the commercials anyway? He looks like a real expert! +1 on both of those points!.
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Well, most of my last F150s issues were related to hecho in Mexico. Line-x was independently tested and DID make a huge difference to strength of material underneath it. Patagonia had or still has some large military contracts, so they play both sides. I got pissed at gm too. I still prefer Toyotas, period. Gonna sell my cruiser and buy another tundra before I look at any of the big 3 half assed stuff again.
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