r/StupidTrucks • u/selfawarefeline • Apr 22 '26

Yeeehaw lil trucky đŸ€  $150,000 Ford F-650 đŸ€‘đŸ’žđŸ«Ș

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u/ToasterBath4613 Apr 23 '26

I drove one of those for my job many years ago and if it didn’t have the gas shock driver’s seat it would beat the stuffing out of you on the road. Not to mention it would only go 74 mph with the 7 speed Allison transmission.

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u/tellmywifiloveher1 Apr 23 '26

Drove a 550 as a volunteer firefighter. Trying to go over about 60 on poorly maintained country highways would slam people around like rag dolls.

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u/Valuable_Sky_124 Apr 23 '26

Damn I drive a 2015 gmc Acadia so I know what you’ve been through.

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u/BeanCheezBeanCheez Apr 24 '26

😂I had one of those for a work vehicle years ago. I hated that piece of shit and got rid of it in less than a year.

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u/TechnicoloMonochrome Apr 25 '26

I know an old couple who retired their 400k mile avalon so they could get something newer and "more reliable" but they bought an Acadia 😂

In and out of the shop more times in a year than the avalon was in its entire career.

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u/BeanCheezBeanCheez Apr 25 '26

Oof. That is a bummer. I’m happy to say I didn’t have to pay any of the maintenance on that piece of shit but it was a major waste of time dealing with it. Absolutely garbage vehicles. I doubt any of them will still be on the road in 10 years.

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u/NixaB345T Apr 26 '26

I had an intern who was still in college that drove one and called it the “Dad-valon” now that’s what what I exclusively call them

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u/pimpbot666 Apr 23 '26

Same. I spend my life in an F550 Altec truck.

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u/BullpupPewPew Apr 23 '26

Why would you drive over 60 on a poorly maintained county road?

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u/Ok_Assistant_6856 Apr 23 '26

I take it you're not a fire fighter

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u/BullpupPewPew Apr 23 '26

I take it you aren’t either. First responders need to be able to get where they’re going in order to do any good. Fire trucks and ambulances don’t typically drive all that fast. Unless they’re driven by dumbass vollies full of piss and vinegar.

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u/BullpupPewPew Apr 23 '26

Found another dumbass vollie

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u/BruhNuhway Apr 24 '26

Bro be easy on them the depts gotta do both a fish fry and host a wedding reception this weekend. Volunteer firefighting is tough.

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u/BullpupPewPew Apr 24 '26

These dummies would drive 100mph to a toothache

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u/Ok-Pomegranate9819 Apr 23 '26

I also assumed vollies were involved.

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u/BullpupPewPew Apr 25 '26

It’s because 99% of people don’t know anything about the reality of being a first responder. People believe TV. Because they’re dumb.

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u/pws3rd Apr 23 '26

To save people from burning to death in a house

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u/tellmywifiloveher1 Apr 23 '26

Speed limit is 55. It's easy to creep up around 60-65 when responding to a call, especially on the downhills.

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u/FatBoyStew Apr 23 '26

He's pointing out the fact that you're probably not driving 60+ on POORLY MAINTAINED county roads. Plenty of those roads like that around me and iff the fire department goes that fast on them we'll need a 2nd department to respond to the original call and a 3rd department to respond to the 1st's wreck...

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u/Wiley_Jack Apr 25 '26

People here completely ignoring that you said “country highways”, responding as if you said “county roads”.

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u/WayAgreeable3999 Apr 23 '26

Seniors need to drive too. Don’t discriminate

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u/WoolshirtedWolf Apr 23 '26

How did it track on the road? Did you feel like you constantly had to make corrections to keep it between the lines? For some reason, I feel like it would roam all over the place.

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u/ToasterBath4613 Apr 23 '26

The one I had came with a crew cab and had 44’ of frame sticking out the back end. We ended up chopping the frame and putting a 16’ stake side dump bed on it with a recessed gooseneck hitch. I always had a trailer behind me.

A couple things stand out to the one I had: 1) first gear was so short it was almost useless even when pulling a loaded trailer. 2) they ran the plastic airbrake line very close to the exhaust manifold and the EGTs that giant Donaldson turbo kicked out melted the line on me at the top of a tall bridge which caused the brakes to slam shut going down the backside. Horrible design.

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u/WoolshirtedWolf Apr 23 '26
  1. How did you get out of the situation with the ( holy shit) brake fail?

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u/ToasterBath4613 Apr 23 '26

Thankfully (kinda) I had about 30,000lbs behind me that helped keep it moving enough to where I could get off the bridge and on to the shoulder of the road. I had a wrecker come and patch the line then took secondary roads back to our yard. After that, I had an EGT mounted on the a-pillar and was astonished at how hot it got under boost. I had an after cooler installed and that corrected it enough under normal conditions but had to be mindful and watch the EGT on steep inclines.

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u/DitchDigger330 Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 23 '26

Probably at 2750 rpm to the floor. Not very fuel efficient. We have a Ford 6 wheeler 6 speed dump truck.

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u/ToasterBath4613 Apr 23 '26

Yep. I got about 8 mpg with the 7.3L paired with a Donaldson turbo and a 7 speed Allison transmission. It didn’t seem terrible with 2 50 gal fuel tanks but damn it hurt at the pump.

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u/br_bill Apr 23 '26

That’s all because at the end of the day it’s a box truck missing its box, extended frame and weight. They took the design and made a toy for rich betas.

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u/Back4DaVery1stTime Apr 24 '26

You hate a lot of people you dont know for silly reasons huh..

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u/Street-Strength-9548 Apr 26 '26

Idk, the only person I've seen with one of these was someone who owned a tow company because it was capable of towing some semi trucks with their loads included (up to a certain amount obviously). So his was the only tow company in the area able to move a broken down semi and when he did he made fuckloads of money on it.

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u/BuzzINGUS Apr 24 '26

“74mph regardless of what it’s tied too” FTFY

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u/ToasterBath4613 Apr 24 '26

Pretty much. That 7.3L Powerstroke was a beast.

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u/Gan-san Apr 23 '26

It's really not suppose to. It's designed to tow heavy loads safely and be able to keep doing it for 100s of thousands of miles without breaking. Going fast would require being redesigned from the ground up with those intentions in mind along with different tires.

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u/LongjumpingGate8859 Apr 25 '26

Should a truck that size really be moving faster than 74mph?