Ford ambulance shuts down- patient dies...

[p-Bar]

Son works for A**** city they work in out lying areas also . they bought a few new Ferd F450 and have grenaded all of them . The committee wanted the Dodge/Cummins and someone up the food chain must have been partial to ferds went that route not sure whats up now

 

[Wayne M.]

Yep. Good ole politics. A while ago we were all lined up for sterling/ rams. Then the same thing happened. Poof.

 

[Wingate]

In addition, one of our units (2012) just ingested two valves while running outside when the crew was inside. They came out to a their brand new ambulance making one of hell of a clatter in the pt. s driveway. Talked to service writer on this as I had to pick it up. He said they were never able to determine why on a 17k miles motor, it failed so badly? It was a $20k job they were not happy about doing.

This is a known and very common issue. Exhaust valve failures on the 6. 7L Ford diesel is common...

 

[p-Bar]

Why would you use a engine that has just been developed and has no track record and use it as an emergency vehicle? Who's smokin' crack

 

[JR]

I find it amazing that even after the flops with the 6. 0 and the lawsuit that followed, the 6. 4, and now the 6. 7 that Ford still sells more pickups than anybody else. Obviously a BUNCH of people are smokin crack.

 

[Wayne M.]

When you are dealing with muni contracts and preferred vendors and such, and basically getting the vehicle that fits the spec, this is what happens. A pattern begins- maybe 10-20 years ago, and it just grows from there. Hey the 7. 3 Econoline wasn't a bad bus as we know, and that's the bus that got the stamp of approval. But, the bean counters don't care about a troublesome engine as much as getting the bus into the fleet and satisfying the contract. I have personally lived through a chassis changeover on the fleet I work on, and it was a huge learning curve for the new manufacturer. Now that they are in, they're untouchable, even though the product has gone downhill.
Add to the fact that Ford does make the most versatile line. The possible chassis/ cab combinations are dizzying.

 

[Sticks]

The new Cummins are not immune from regen either. Have 3 in our fleet. 1 service truck, 2 field trucks. Both have had the DPF replaced, and the service truck twice. For the service truck, it is a HUGE PITA when it demands the regen. PTO stops working, and always when you have your crane and outriggers out. Can't go for a drive on the highway, and can't do regen just sitting there. Have to hot wire the PTO to get the crane stowed and hope that you are not at that point of DPF plugged.

 

[p-Bar]

They need to make these DPF's serviceable like the big rigs . It's a big cost outlay to replace

 

[jgillott]

Ran across this rig in Orangeburg SC last Friday.

I also noticed a gas powered Chevrolet unit from their city when I was buying fuel.

 

[Wayne M.]

That looks good. Been seeing more and more CTD's as work rigs.

 

[p-Bar]

Yes it's taken a while but agree a lot more C&C's . Tow trucks, service rigs