Check out the loaner they gave me.

[Progeny2021]

Being that I'm in the great state of Iowa, I do have a hankerin' to hook up to something like this and pull it around town

Pull it down the interstate on a lowboy. Hoping the dealer added a fifth wheel connector for goose necks....

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[Trigganometry]

Get a video of stomping on it so we get the real deal of this beast spooling up! ?

 

[Progeny2021]

Get a video of stomping on it so we get the real deal of this beast spooling up! ?

If a coyote will fit between the Ranger wheel wells you know darned well a 7.3 will. I would tell the dealer someone stole the powertrain and all of the necessary modules....

 

[Trigganometry]

If a coyote will fit between the Ranger wheel wells you know darned well a 7.3 will. I would tell the dealer someone stole the powertrain and all of the necessary modules....

Only evidence we have is a 10mm socket!

 

[RANGER_MARC]

This thing is HUGEMONGOUS!

Years ago, when my Explorer was having some (rare) mechanical issues taken care of at my Ford dealer's shop, the dealer paid the rental fees for basic transportation. Still, since the rental place, Enterprise, if memory serves, had an F-150 on the lot, I gladly paid a few dollars more per day for the upgrade. So I drove an entry-level 150 for about a week and loved that truck; fun to drive and with a great view of the road (from above, that is)! Still, it was tough to park and barely fit in my garage--you could only move from one end of the garage to the other with the door open, which would hardly be practical in winter! So when the Explorer hit the five-year, 100,000-mile mark, we traded up to a Ranger, which gives us about ninety percent of the benefits of a 150 with hardly any inconveniences--and it fits in my garage! P.S.: The wife hated the 150 but loves the Ranger, which is a nice plus: happy wife, happy life, as the saying goes...

 

[OrangeStreak]

I was looking for an F-150 when it dawned on me to check my garage dimensions (house built in 85). The 2018 F-150 Extended Cab length would have given me only 1/2" clearance from the front of the garage wall to the inside of the closed garage door! The Ford spec sheet on this truck showed it a little over 19' long... hard to image a vehicle almost 2 stories long Really glad to have opted for the Ranger...a little over 10" clearance to walk in front of it and 10" behind it...really nice fit!

 

[RANGER_MARC]

I was looking for an F-150 when it dawned on me to check my garage dimensions (house built in 85). The 2018 F-150 Extended Cab length would have given me only 1/2" clearance from the front of the garage wall to the inside of the closed garage door! The Ford spec sheet on this truck showed it a little over 19' long... hard to image a vehicle almost 2 stories long Really glad to have opted for the Ranger...a little over 10" clearance to walk in front of it and 10" behind it...really nice fit!

Your garage looks to be about the same size as mine, which means we both made the right decisions when we picked up our new trucks...

 

[Synfulz]

I had a Lincoln MKz and when it needed some servicing you always get a comparable Lincoln. Well they gave me a new Navigator. What a sweet ride. So I get home and the wife who was unaware of the loaner issue, looks out and sees the Navigator in the driveway. She asked "what's that"? I said my new Lincoln. She freaked lol. ?

 

[OrangeStreak]

Years ago, when my Explorer was having some (rare) mechanical issues taken care of at my Ford dealer's shop, the dealer paid the rental fees for basic transportation. Still, since the rental place, Enterprise, if memory serves, had an F-150 on the lot, I gladly paid a few dollars more per day for the upgrade. So I drove an entry-level 150 for about a week and loved that truck; fun to drive and with a great view of the road (from above, that is)! Still, it was tough to park and barely fit in my garage--you could only move from one end of the garage to the other with the door open, which would hardly be practical in winter! So when the Explorer hit the five-year, 100,000-mile mark, we traded up to a Ranger, which gives us about ninety percent of the benefits of a 150 with hardly any inconveniences--and it fits in my garage! P.S.: The wife hated the 150 but loves the Ranger, which is a nice plus: happy wife, happy life, as the saying goes...

When the ladies are happy, everybody's happy!..

 

[Bullet]

I don't see a PowerStroke badge.

Is that the 7.3 engine?

Engine is a 6.2
For as big as the truck is it still gets up and goes.

 

[Progeny2021]

Engine is a 6.2
For as big as the truck is it still gets up and goes.

Be glad the dealer didn't offer you this 'loaner'.....

 

[mtbikernate]

I used to drive an F250 for work quite a bit. was a standard cab, long bed, but it also had a dump bed added. picked up lots of gravel, mulch, fill dirt, and dumped many loads of brush into our brush pile with that thing. turning radius was garbage and I'm glad I never really needed to try to park it at any shopping centers. the places I drove it were open enough that the maneuverability wasn't much of a problem.

this summer, I have been able to drive a brand new fully loaded F150 Lariat crew cab short bed. it's a comfy ride, for sure. first time driving something with both heated AND cooled seats. sadly, it's just a rental so I may only get another month of driving it before we turn it in. then I'll be back to driving basic Transit vans for work. I really hate the ergonomics/control layout in those vans.

 

[RangerVol]

They put me in an Explorer while body damage during shipping was fixed.
They kept it 3 weeks before I got it back.
F250 is big but I probably would've gone with the smaller vehicle for my needs.

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