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Traded my 2005 King Ranch for a 2008 Lariat Loaded with everything except for 2 options(Sun roof, and Nav.) Has the 20" wheels from the factory as well as the back up camera. Man this thing is AWESOME!!! 5300 miles and all is GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Put a Leer 100XQ Browning Edition Topper on it, Firestone Air bags, Line X lining, Reese Signature Series 18K Fifth Wheel Hitch, Tinted front windows, Chrome Super Duty Decals on tail gate, Husky Floor Mats inside. TV/DVD from the factory and upgraded stereo with Sirius Sat. radio, man what sound!! NO PERFORMANCE MODS WILL BE DONE EVER!!!
Additional touches that are on my list of things to do... Install CB, Have a Leveling Kit put on the front, either a bull bar or brush guard, 2 Powerful off road light to complement the bull bar or brush guard.

YES I Love my truck!!!! If you own another brand I am happy for you as well!! Just stay AMERICAN!!!!!

Soo how about some pictures?!!

I'll get some posted as soon as it stops snowing long enough to wash and shine the ride. Hopefully by weeks end!! I have to go to New Mexico on buisness tuesday thru thursday.waytogo

Soo how about some pictures?!!


By the Way Sweet GMC!!!waytogo

Show us some pics.

I'll do my best to get some posted this weekend!! Supposed to snow or rain tomorrow but then it is supposed to be nice on sunday. That way I can clean it first. Just got back from New Mexico and noticed that the price of diesel was about the same as here $3.79 -$3.89 per gallon except for Raton N.M. where it was $4.09 - $4.19 per gallon.

Jeff

What kind of mpg are you getting out of the 6.4 ?

12 - 15 in town and 18 - 19 highway

The Truck is washed and pictures will be up tomorrow!!!waytogo

Cool let's see thme pics.

Hope this works here are the pictures of my truck. It goes in Thursday for the front leveling kit.waytogo

Nice ride for sure, I assume its an auto?.... Lets us know if you have any trouble with that engine. Im trying to figure out what im going to get next when the 06 is paid for.

Nice ride for sure, I assume its an auto?.... Lets us know if you have any trouble with that engine. Im trying to figure out what im going to get next when the 06 is paid for.

Thanks, yes it's an auto. Zero problems so far and just turned 5,600 miles. Hope it continues.

Nice pics of your rig.

have you checked your oil lately? you may find that your truck made its own oil!on other forums there has been alot of people with alot of fuel in there oil.im talkin quarts of oil.:eek: no joke,worst part is for says it normal.:doah:.there is people who say they replaced there high pressure fuel pump and problem went away.i would check your oil and look into this problem.definitly seems serious.goodluckwaytogo

Fantatsic looking truck!! It would be better without the cap but, still nice! O and thats not my GMC, i found it and thought it was cool lookin.

Heres mine:

05' king ranch -- Great ride for sure. I hope you really are getting that kind of mileage. I've read where some guys are getting around 8mpg on the highway. I have always been a ford guy but after tearing up (2) 6.0 engines a 03' and an 05" i bought a 06' dmax. I miss the room in the ford and started looking at the 08's today they look great and they have great rebates on them. I may wait till the 09's come out though i hear ford is changing the body style. Good luck with your new ride:cool: and keep us up to date on the good and the bad.

05' king ranch -- Great ride for sure. I hope you really are getting that kind of mileage. I've read where some guys are getting around 8mpg on the highway. I have always been a ford guy but after tearing up (2) 6.0 engines a 03' and an 05" i bought a 06' dmax. I miss the room in the ford and started looking at the 08's today they look great and they have great rebates on them. I may wait till the 09's come out though i hear ford is changing the body style. Good luck with your new ride:cool: and keep us up to date on the good and the bad.

Majority of the job 2 and 3 6.4's are getting 16-18 highway. 14ish in town. ive been on a hunt talking to everyone with one of these trucks. and thats been the average. So theyre definately getting alot better. It hurts goin from a ford to a GM huh? You lose alot of room and comfort. IMO

And theyre actually changing the bodystyle in '10. Complete with a new diesel engine...The "Scorpion diesel". The half ton will have a "Lion diesel"

Yeah it did hurt going to a chevy I've always been a ford guy. My first vehicle was a 75' ford ranchero.:eek: It was a weird yellow green looking color that looked white in parking lot lights at night. Anyway the day i drove that chevy to work ,I had to put up with all kinds of grief from all the guys. I did lose lots of room, there were only 5 dually pickups in California at the time I started looking with a sunroof when the lbz first came out, 3 in LA 1 in red bluff and 1 in merced about an hour north of here So I went to merced and bought it. It has everything it's loaded. But with the bose system you have some sort of amp under the center console.So you lose legroom. The seats feel like they are made for people with a smaller frame. I'm 6' tall and weigh 230lbs and i wear 38length jeans.so I feel kind of stuck when i'm driving. The truck sits way lower than the ford and that's the thing i dislike the most. The back seat does not have near as much room as the ford either. I have only had 2 problems with my pickup.first the cam sensor went out at about 22.000 miles and the cd player didnt show any cd's in the 6 cd changer so they are going to replace that on Monday.39569 miles now. No other problems. and thats great. One other thing I bought the extended warranty and I have a 200.00 dollar deductable and didnt know it. SO PAY ATTENTION WHEN YOU ARE BUYING AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND GET THE RIGHT ONE.:doah:

Do any of you know anything about this Scorpion Diesel other than ford is going to build it?:poke:

Yeah it did hurt going to a chevy I've always been a ford guy. My first vehicle was a 75' ford ranchero.:eek: It was a weird yellow green looking color that looked white in parking lot lights at night. Anyway the day i drove that chevy to work ,I had to put up with all kinds of grief from all the guys. I did lose lots of room, there were only 5 dually pickups in California at the time I started looking with a sunroof when the lbz first came out, 3 in LA 1 in red bluff and 1 in merced about an hour north of here So I went to merced and bought it. It has everything it's loaded. But with the bose system you have some sort of amp under the center console.So you lose legroom. The seats feel like they are made for people with a smaller frame. I'm 6' tall and weigh 230lbs and i wear 38length jeans.so I feel kind of stuck when i'm driving. The truck sits way lower than the ford and that's the thing i dislike the most. The back seat does not have near as much room as the ford either. I have only had 2 problems with my pickup.first the cam sensor went out at about 22.000 miles and the cd player didnt show any cd's in the 6 cd changer so they are going to replace that on Monday.39569 miles now. No other problems. and thats great. One other thing I bought the extended warranty and I have a 200.00 dollar deductable and didnt know it. SO PAY ATTENTION WHEN YOU ARE BUYING AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND GET THE RIGHT ONE.:doah:

Yeh those extended warranties can bite you in the ass hard!

Im going to go look at 08 super dutys this week. Theyre taking 25k plus off these trucks. Done deal there!

Do any of you know anything about this Scorpion Diesel other than ford is going to build it?:poke:

Um somewhat, theyre going to be based off the land rover diesels. but theyre scheduled for 400 hp and 700 lb tq to start with. Same dual turbo setup the 6.4 has, and it will of course be common rail. Looks like it will be a good engine.

Thats funnyrotfl I also went to look at for superdutys this week. I am way more on the page with ford, as far as knowing the different packages and the way ford puts options together. I think ford has a better built much nicer pickup, honestly the fords are more solid built. I have a big problem with the 6.0 diesel though. Im not sure the 6.4 has been out long enough for me to be sure that it's any better. I asked the internet sales manager at a ford dealer here in town about a new bodystyle change and she said that the half ton was the only change in 09' She said that the superduty was just changed and ford had no plans to change it in the near future. I know they are trying to sell all the 08's first;) I did not ask about the new diesel since I would have gotten the same answer about that. Anyway they are giving great deals on the fords. The employee priceing ended yesterday but bigger rebates should be out today or soon anyway. I think I might wait for awhile. I have a couple more years to pay on my chevy anyway.:dunno:

can you tell me what dealer is taking $25.000 off the ford super dutys.....

Majority of dealers here in the DFW area are. 5 start Ford did it for a weekend. A couple otheres i just cant remember the names.

I don't know about 25k off. I do know I have the x plan with my job and ford is offering 5500.00 rebate and 1000.00 if u finance with ford. On the f-350 I looked at that was 12000.00 off the msrp. One dealer was by Riverside Ca one dealer in Clovis Ca the other was in Corning Ca in northern California.;)

theyre doing about 17k off as of today. Only selected super dutys tho.

Great job on the new truck sounds great. You didnt see any red FX4's at the dealership did you? I just read a thread by you from like march on the Dodge side. You werent sure about a mega cab or a ford. I'm glad you got the ford, the dodge is great but who wants a heavy duty pickup with a 6ft sissy bed on it?rotfl Next thing you know dodge will go down to a 4ft bed that way it can be totally uselessrotfl,kind of like driving a car with no top on the trunk.rotfl I don't mean to pick on the cummins just the size of the bed, If you are going to build a truck at least make a longbed an option and let the customers decide. If dodge had a longbed on the megacab I would be driving one now instead of my Chevy dually;).Anyway I hope you have all kinds of good luck and good times with that new Ford. Great choice.