2006F350
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Sort on long winded, but ...
Last Aug, I finally got the truck of my dreams. Got a 2006 F-350 DRW CC King Ranch, 6DI, Torque Shift, 13,000GVW. Was Ok for a couple months, the the big bug hit.. had to get the 5W to go with the truck. After much shopping, comparing price to size, equipment, etc., we ended up with a 2006 Everest 364Q FW. On the maiden voyage (1 day after picking up the 5W, we headed to Austin TX from Memphis TN. Fantastic trip, really didn't want it to end. Anyway, we had found a couple minor problems with the 5W, so the day after we got back, we took it back to the dealer. They looked it over, said no problem, but because of their backlog, would take a week to get to it. No problem, didn't have any plans until the end of the year. They said to leave the trailer parked in an easy location in their lot. Again, no problem (I thought). No one (the tech that briefed us on delivery, not the owners manual, nothing) mentioned anything concerning the fact that the extension legs could be dropped too far. Well, as you can imagine, I drove to the location, unplugged the cord, dropped the extension legs, let go the pins which snapped right back in, release the hitch, hit the button to lower the legs, raised it enough to drive out, got about 1 foot and came to an abrupt halt. The front of the 5W (2500 Lbs) was sitting on my bed rails. No damage to the trailer, $1600 damage to the back of my 3 month old baby, and sever damage to my pride. I'm sure that everyone knows that this can happen, and now I know. Guess my point on this is that would it not be reasonable for the mfg to put a red marking or something on the extension to let a new user know when the legs are extened too far? When you buy extension pole saws, etc., there is always something to let you know that it can only be extended so far before it becomes unsafe. According to the dealer, the legs had dropped so far that the pin was on top the leg, not thru it. That being the case, when I go to pick it up, before I move it 1 foot, I'm going to drop the legs to that point, and paint a red strip around the leg in the 2nd hole from the end so if I see red, I know I've gone too far.
At least, Enterprise Rental gave me a 2005 F150 to cruise around in to ease the withdrawl symptoms of not having my baby to drive.
Thanx for letting me get all this pain and suffering off my chest.
Ya'all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Larry
Expensive lessons are the one's you don't repeat (usually)
Last Aug, I finally got the truck of my dreams. Got a 2006 F-350 DRW CC King Ranch, 6DI, Torque Shift, 13,000GVW. Was Ok for a couple months, the the big bug hit.. had to get the 5W to go with the truck. After much shopping, comparing price to size, equipment, etc., we ended up with a 2006 Everest 364Q FW. On the maiden voyage (1 day after picking up the 5W, we headed to Austin TX from Memphis TN. Fantastic trip, really didn't want it to end. Anyway, we had found a couple minor problems with the 5W, so the day after we got back, we took it back to the dealer. They looked it over, said no problem, but because of their backlog, would take a week to get to it. No problem, didn't have any plans until the end of the year. They said to leave the trailer parked in an easy location in their lot. Again, no problem (I thought). No one (the tech that briefed us on delivery, not the owners manual, nothing) mentioned anything concerning the fact that the extension legs could be dropped too far. Well, as you can imagine, I drove to the location, unplugged the cord, dropped the extension legs, let go the pins which snapped right back in, release the hitch, hit the button to lower the legs, raised it enough to drive out, got about 1 foot and came to an abrupt halt. The front of the 5W (2500 Lbs) was sitting on my bed rails. No damage to the trailer, $1600 damage to the back of my 3 month old baby, and sever damage to my pride. I'm sure that everyone knows that this can happen, and now I know. Guess my point on this is that would it not be reasonable for the mfg to put a red marking or something on the extension to let a new user know when the legs are extened too far? When you buy extension pole saws, etc., there is always something to let you know that it can only be extended so far before it becomes unsafe. According to the dealer, the legs had dropped so far that the pin was on top the leg, not thru it. That being the case, when I go to pick it up, before I move it 1 foot, I'm going to drop the legs to that point, and paint a red strip around the leg in the 2nd hole from the end so if I see red, I know I've gone too far.
At least, Enterprise Rental gave me a 2005 F150 to cruise around in to ease the withdrawl symptoms of not having my baby to drive.
Thanx for letting me get all this pain and suffering off my chest.
Ya'all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Larry
Expensive lessons are the one's you don't repeat (usually)
