6.0 Chat Thread

Thanks all.

The truck is actually at a Ford dealership. The sales guy I spoke with on the phone had no idea what an OASIS Report was. Admittedly, he's rather new to the job. The Service Manager wasn't there (it was near closing time) so he said he'd follow-up on it.

Here's the CarFax

I went for a test drive with the wife riding shotgun that same night because we were bored and had to go into town anyway. The sales guy was with another customer so they just threw me the keys and off I went.

There was the sound of something metal hitting something under the truck but I couldn't think of what it could be while driving. It wasn't loud, and it didn't sound heavy. It didn't concern me too much considering my 6.9 makes plenty of noises, but since I was on back-roads (we live in a very rural area) I pulled over to crawl under the truck with a flash light to try to identify the source.

I wasn't able to find it, but I did notice a lot of oil on the back of the engine and the transmission. That, coupled with some twine being used to hold the fender liner in place was enough for me to stick a fork in it. If you're rigging things as simple as a liner...what other things were skimped-out on? Plus all that oil...

I drove my 6.4 for 5+ years and was very used to how it drove and shifted. The 6.0 (this one, anyway) was nothing like it. I actually liked the 6.0 more because it has a rough-around-the-edges feel to it. The same thing I love about my 6.9. The 6.0 had more power and better shifting than my 6.9, obviously, but I couldn't drive down the road and feel it shift and think, "that's how it should feel", or, "that's not right.."

I'm going to keep my eyes open for an '06 or '07 CCLB King Ranch. I'll "settle" for a Lariat if after 6 months to a year I can't find my King Ranch.

When I do find it I'll be spending the $ to have it gone over by someone knowledgeable with them. I can't wait! I have the fever!

2 Weekends ago we went out 60+ miles into the Gulf for Red Snapper while the season is open.

Last weekend we went Scalloping.

This coming weekend we're going back out for more Red Snapper.

The weekend following that we're racing in either Cordele Georgia (Crisp Motorsports Park) or Kinston Alabama (South Alabama Speedway). I can't remember which track my dad was wanting to hit again because we go to both often enough. It'll be fun either way.

After that, it's back-and-forth to Alabama with the race trailers to load-up everything from my Grandparents house before we put it on the market. Not looking forward to that one.

The 6.0 has been, and will continue to be, getting a workout!

We went out about 70 miles into the Gulf on Sunday. We didn't get into any Red Snapper like we hoped we would...but...we caught a few Grouper. Some nice-sized Black Sea Bass, a few Spanish Mackerel (trolling) and threw back more Grunts than I care to count.

The water was GLASS. I can't remember the last time I saw the Gulf that calm.



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Here's a video of how calm it was while Trolling.

Here's what it looked like from the crow's nest / upper station.

And we came across a couple pods of Dolphins.

And the ONE time I didn't bring my cast net.

I took TON's of pictures and video while trolling / drinking. I just can't get over how ****ing beautiful it was. Jeez!