Let's try Ford now.

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Jeff V.
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I'm going to fill up in the next day or two. I'll make sure to track it since you're so convinced it's lying.
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My Jeep lied, my F150 lied, my F250 lied, my Ram lies...

I'm ok being wrong, but why not run actual miles and gallons to verify what your baseline is?
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Part of the problem becomes the assumption that all gas pumps click off with the same amount of fuel in the tank. I calculate and track it using the fuelly website so I do both and my 13 F150 was fairly accurate, but I could make it look better or worse depending on what I did with the pump. Did I top off last time or not? Did this pump click off with a full gallon in the neck or only half a gallon in the neck?
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Yea, not all click offs are the same, but that is a small amount. I will also visually fill up to full, or close to.
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Am I the only one who never tracks gas mileage?
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I always track it :dontknow:
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alienviking wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2024 6:31 pm Am I the only one who never tracks gas mileage?
I don't. Unless all of a sudden there is an obvious change in range. It's just that all these modern cars show mpg so I just happen to see it all the time
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I didn't use to except to get a baseline then i stopped. Now that i have the app its kind of a small addiction. Its worse when gas prices increase as its like a game to see if you beat your last fill up.
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I did when I got it but realized I drove it different to get better gas mileage and thus stopped. I knew a ballpark what it was getting.


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Did actual truck stuff with it today. Got a yard of mulch for the area by our shed. Gonna need to make a second trip for another half yard to go next to the house. I would have gotten it on the first trip, but we didn't really know how much we'd need to get the coverage we wanted. My nephew helped unload it.

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I'm really, really glad we put the bigger gate in when we had the tree removed a few years back. Using a wheel barrow would have suuuucked.

I ran into this guy when I went to get lunch. That truck is so ridiculous. :lol:

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I'd love a bigger gate. Had to unload a bunch of lumber today and carry it out back.
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Big gate is the only way to go!

With the lowering kit on your truck it really looks tiny next to the raptor!
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Right? It's hard to believe they're more or less the same truck underneath.
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Duck Vader wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:28 pm I'd love a bigger gate. Had to unload a bunch of lumber today and carry it out back.
You can’t just pull the entire load like a gym teacher with a net bag of balls? Jason with a net bag of lumber?


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No. I definitely can't do that. :lol:
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DCIV wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:05 am
Duck Vader wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:28 pm I'd love a bigger gate. Had to unload a bunch of lumber today and carry it out back.
You can’t just pull the entire load like a gym teacher with a net bag of balls? Jason with a net bag of lumber?


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Nice seeing you put the truck to use. Any difference in ride with the additional payload?
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It was a little less jarring over certain bumps. That was the only real obvious difference.
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Time for sandbags to smooth out the ride? ;)
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I had 350 lbs of sand in there for winter. I took it out to do the mulch. I'm not putting it back in.
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