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F-250 6 0 Turbo Diesel
I bought one recently for my right-hand man as a thank you for his performance last year.
It was one that had the bad injection sensor, before it even acted up the dealer phoned him and said to bring it in for a swap-out. They did a free oil change and lube while it was there in way of an apology for the inconvenience. They said it didn't need to be re-flashed since it was produced after the change-up in software had been made. Other than that no problems so far.
Does he like it, you couldn't slap the smile of his face, I think he slept in it for the first few nights...then he put a garage door in the side of his bedroom.
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Chief, I wouldn't want to spoil you, it might go to your head and we all love you just the way you are !!!  MAO
I firmly believe that people should be compensated in proportion to their value to me, last year he proved invaluable, it was the least I could do. He was not the only one heavily bonused, if not for them I wouldn't have had a company to come home from the hospital to. There was NO hesitation on their part, they just pitched in and ran with it, so much so that they actually achieved a 10% increase in profits.
This winter, with my doctors & good lady's permission I might add, the entire senior staff is going to the Bahamas for two weeks for a 'Management Retreat' nudge, nudge, wink, wink ;->
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I inherited my management views & methods from the same place most of my other opinions were formed, our family & the farm they built up and still run. I'm the ninth generation on the same land. We may not be using the most widely accepted methods, but our 'family' includes many people who are not 'blood' relatives, but have worked for us a long time, including several who are multi-generation employees. Many of the farms which we own but only share-crop are managed by former employees or relatives of employees.
We have never been 'followers', always 'leaders', during the mid 1800's our family was proudly the northern end of the underground railway. To this day there is a community of people nearby who are the decendants of former 'runaway' slaves who settled in the area and built a church & school.
We have always believed people should share in the prosperity they create. IMHO, it is the greatest single motivator there is, someone who feels as though the money they are making is at least party theirs will work harder to earn it, and treat the customer with more care and attention.
Bankrupt companies taken over by management-led employee buyouts by and large have a much higher success rate than any other single group.
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Unfortunately I have to agree with you on that one. A few years back I had it stuck right in my nose. I had my uncle who is an MD in central CA get me in touch with a farm labour placement service in the hopes of bringing up some Mexican farm labourers, as well as a few for the contracting business if it could be done legally.
When these Mexicans found out that we would feed them, give them a free place to live, AND pay them they almost stampeded the bus terminal. After the first ones arrived they were amazed at the conditions up here, and also that they got Sundays off and we provided a van they could use to go to church if they desired.
At the end of the season we made an offer to two of them to sponsor them if they wanted to emigrate to Canada permanently and we would loan them money to bring their families up too. The one was so awestruck all he do was cry, the other was so excited he forgot how to speak English and I thought he was going to give himself brain damage he was nodding his head so hard and he nearly shook my Dad's hand right off.
All we can do is try to improve our little peice of the planet.
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Actually I was thinking that maybe we should organize the first annual Tractor Point Members Conference, strictly, of course, for purposes of discussing ways to improve the board, tips on use & maintenace of our equipment, etc.
Of course if the agenda included a little about cigars, wine, food, fishing, boating in general, and maybe a little sightseeing & duty-free shopping for the ladies...
Just in the interest of advancing our knowledge, etc., of course....
Think the ladies would buy it?????
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I must be the luckiest guy in the world, other than just because of my missus.
I've got a fleet of Ford's, all with the 6.0 PSD.
I had ONE, problem with a first year model, it was fixed quickly and without hassle under warranty, since then they have been problem-free.
Guess I should buy some lottery tickets.
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Our trucks are all built at the KTP in Louisville, as far as I know the only differences are in labelling (metric) and so on.
There were some early injection problems, that was the one problem I did have with the one, I don't know what they did to it other than it was fast & free,  .
The tranny is not an issue to us since all our trucks are 6 speed manuals.
I'm not sure what turbo problems they could be having. I do know of two trucks, both belonging to the same stupid tow truck owner, that had both major injection & turbo problems.
However, once they realized he was running regular cheap 10W-30 oil in them they were able to solve the problem, and terminate his warranty....
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The difference being, weight is not the critical factor in designing an engine for a pickup.
That's why they will happily spend thousands of dollars for aluminum wheels. Even just a few pounds of paid frieght lost due to the extra weight of steel wheels alone over nearly a million paid miles adds up to more money than hundreds of aluminum wheels.
An engine with dramatically less weight is a huge selling point in this instance.
Besides, only the smallest of delivery trucks would have an engine as small as a 5.9 litre Cummins. The ISM which is pretty standard in Cummins-powered tractors is an 11 litre displacement as an example, the bigger ISX is 15 litres. That is 2.5 times the size, a big difference.
In a pickup the only weight consideration is that of the relatively light suspension in a vehicle that small. The big goal is smooth power, to compete with the equivalent gas motor. In that case the 8 cylinder wins hands down.
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Here's the way I look at the situation.
Ford sells (in round numbers for this discussion) about a million F-series trucks a year.
Of that total we know from published data that about 40% of those trucks are F-Super Duty units, or about 400,000 units.
Of that 400,000 units roughly 75% of them are diesels, that means the sell about 300,000 PSD-equipped trucks a year.
If this problem has been supposedly been going on for 3.5 years now, since the release of the 6.0 l. PSD that means there are over a million trucks out there.
If even 10% of those million trucks had a mere fraction of the problems as those we are now hearing about it would be on every TV news broadcast and in every paper, magazine or bathroom wall around the world.
I suspect the 'problem' in most of these cases is the 'loose nut behind the wheel' syndrome.
I seem to recall reading posts from some people on this very board about their 'piece of junk' Kubota's or John Deere's a few times, do you agree with them as well.
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