Comments on: Dodge Work Truck? Watch for This Recall http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/18/dodge-work-truck-watch-for-this-recall/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:51:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Old Donn http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/18/dodge-work-truck-watch-for-this-recall/#comment-23709 Old Donn Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:20:42 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/18/dodge-work-truck-watch-for-this-recall/#comment-23709 Quality control problems at Chrysler? Imagine that! Any wonder why the Germans want out? 2 questions. 1) I drive a GMC pickup. Does that make me a cowboy or a soccer dad? And, 2) Have the sparkplugs shot out of anybody's Ford Triton 5.4 V8 recently? Quality control problems at Chrysler? Imagine that! Any wonder why the Germans want out? 2 questions. 1) I drive a GMC pickup. Does that make me a cowboy or a soccer dad? And, 2) Have the sparkplugs shot out of anybody’s Ford Triton 5.4 V8 recently?

]]> By: Roscoe http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/18/dodge-work-truck-watch-for-this-recall/#comment-23676 Roscoe Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:55:55 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/18/dodge-work-truck-watch-for-this-recall/#comment-23676 In my experience, contractors buy Fords, cowboys buy Chevys, folks without a good Ford or Chevy dealer buy Dodges, and Suburbanite Soccer Dads buy the other "trucks". We've used exclusively Ford trucks over the years and I'd no sooner use anything else for WORK than I would throw out all my tools and try to reassemble them from Harbor Freight. In my experience, contractors buy Fords, cowboys buy Chevys, folks without a good Ford or Chevy dealer buy Dodges, and Suburbanite Soccer Dads buy the other “trucks”. We’ve used exclusively Ford trucks over the years and I’d no sooner use anything else for WORK than I would throw out all my tools and try to reassemble them from Harbor Freight.

]]> By: Chuck Cage http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/18/dodge-work-truck-watch-for-this-recall/#comment-23560 Chuck Cage Mon, 19 Feb 2007 06:27:17 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/18/dodge-work-truck-watch-for-this-recall/#comment-23560 Chris: I think the concept is that un- or under-greased bearings would start by making noise, but'll eventually fail completely causing more grevious damage. Roscoe: I have to admit that the I've only owned two trucks -- a '67 Dodge and a '97 F150. I liked 'em both. Sean and I have spent most of the last week with our heads in, under, and through the guts of an '06 GMC Sierra Denali, and it seems pretty reasonably made. I know everyone has pretty strong opinions on trucks, but they all seem to have some serious ups and downs as far as I can see. Besides the nasty heater core swap, I'm pretty happy with the F150. Chris: I think the concept is that un- or under-greased bearings would start by making noise, but’ll eventually fail completely causing more grevious damage.

Roscoe: I have to admit that the I’ve only owned two trucks — a ‘67 Dodge and a ‘97 F150. I liked ‘em both. Sean and I have spent most of the last week with our heads in, under, and through the guts of an ‘06 GMC Sierra Denali, and it seems pretty reasonably made. I know everyone has pretty strong opinions on trucks, but they all seem to have some serious ups and downs as far as I can see.

Besides the nasty heater core swap, I’m pretty happy with the F150.

]]> By: nrChris http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/18/dodge-work-truck-watch-for-this-recall/#comment-23525 nrChris Mon, 19 Feb 2007 04:40:13 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/18/dodge-work-truck-watch-for-this-recall/#comment-23525 Road noise results in loss of control and crash? I have been in some distracting cars, but that just doesn't seem to add up. If it is a real safety issue wherein the bearings are faulty and the wheel could fail, they should make no bones about that. Instead they seem to be focusing on the annoyance of road noise. On a truck no less. Hmmmm. Road noise results in loss of control and crash? I have been in some distracting cars, but that just doesn’t seem to add up. If it is a real safety issue wherein the bearings are faulty and the wheel could fail, they should make no bones about that. Instead they seem to be focusing on the annoyance of road noise. On a truck no less. Hmmmm.

]]> By: Roscoe http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/18/dodge-work-truck-watch-for-this-recall/#comment-23405 Roscoe Sun, 18 Feb 2007 21:39:05 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/18/dodge-work-truck-watch-for-this-recall/#comment-23405 Dodge "Work" Truck? That's your problem right there. Dodge “Work” Truck? That’s your problem right there.

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