New Host Mammoth

[TRIPLE8]

Well we did it, sold Lance camper and our toy hauler. Bought a 2013 Ford F350 DRW 6.7 and 2021 Host Mammoth. We pick up the camper next weekend at Toms Camperland in AZ. Hopefully the truck is up to par. Adding Timberins, upper and lower stabiloads. Cant wait.

[Kayteg1]

jimh425 wrote:

Kayteg1 wrote:
Drilled and slotted help a lot on hard braking from 130 to 80 mph.
Below those speeds they are just waste of materials.

Just wondering why those speeds matter, and have you considered that the braking force and heat generated to stop 14k is a lot more than a sports car?

The energy goes with square of speed, so to slow down vehicle from 120 mph take 4 times the energy that it would take at 60 mph.
Or from other angle - slowing down from 120 to 60 takes 3 times more energy than from 60 to 0.
That is very significant difference in generated heat and when not everything can be explained by theory, the experiments proved what it really is.

[Grit_dog]

mellow wrote:
If the OP had gotten a 450 I wouldn't mention that. The 350 brakes are one of the weak points if you ask me. I just redid the rears and front on mine, new calipers/rotors/pads/flex line. At a minimum I would suggest upgrading the front brakes to a bigger caliper with that much weight.

Hmmm, not a "ford guy", but I've had a couple F250s of that era that I used for construction work. Don't recall the brakes being a weak point. And likely the vast majority of the millions of other owners don't either.
And how, on a 2013 model (think that's what the OP said) would calipers/rotors/pads and flex lines all need replaced, unless the truck was super high miles, abused or rusting out? Sounds like you went to Les Schwab. That's their schtick. They won't do just brake pads, regardless of the vehicle. I needed pads only and was told, over the phone, pads, rotors and calipers must all be replaced....on a 3 year old truck with about 60k miles, that only needed brake pads.
Heck, my personal truck is approaching 180k on original everything except brake pads.

[mellow]

If the OP had gotten a 450 I wouldn't mention that. The 350 brakes are one of the weak points if you ask me. I just redid the rears and front on mine, new calipers/rotors/pads/flex line. At a minimum I would suggest upgrading the front brakes to a bigger caliper with that much weight.

[jimh406]

Kayteg1 wrote:
Drilled and slotted help a lot on hard braking from 130 to 80 mph.
Below those speeds they are just waste of materials.

Just wondering why those speeds matter, and have you considered that the braking force and heat generated to stop 14k is a lot more than a sports car?

[Kayteg1]

mellow wrote:
Upgrade your brakes since your going with an F350, both caliper and rotor's. I would go with drilled and slotted with ebc yellow's.

That is a lot of weight to try and stop.

Drilled and slotted help a lot on hard braking from 130 to 80 mph.
Below those speeds they are just waste of materials.

[BurbMan]

Man that's a NICE camper! Good luck and enjoy!

[markowwes]

Buzzcut1 wrote:
Whats the mileage on the F350... I have a 2011 same engine.. Two of my friends with similar year models had the Bosh CP4 fuel pump grenade and take out the engine. $16,000 repair to the motors. I was at 120,000 they were close to 130K miles. So I spent $2700 to replace the fuel pump before failure. Do a search on Bosch CP4 fuel pump failure. Other than that one issue the truck is awesome and I would not trade it for another truck. The issue with the pump is that it was designed for European Diesel which has a higher concentration of lubricity agent than US ULSD Diesel contains. The pump uses the fuel to lube and cool itself. US Diesel causes premature wear and when the pump goes it trhows metal shards into the injectors killing the engine. I now add a lubricating additive with each fill up to prevent the new pum from failing.

https://ssdiesel.com/shop/powerstroke/kits-ford/ford-6-7-cp4-2-bypass-kit-2011/

This will fix you up before the train wreck

[mellow]

Upgrade your brakes since your going with an F350, both caliper and rotor's. I would go with drilled and slotted with ebc yellow's.

That is a lot of weight to try and stop.

[Grit_dog]

Congrats triple8!

AND, on P.2 and noone has told you that you'll be over your gvwr yet! Amazing!

[K_Mac]

Congratulations, have fun with your new toys.

[Mote]

Sounds like a pretty sweet setup. Can't wait for pictures and your review of the truck and camper setup.

[zb39]

Congrats, we need pics........

[Buzzcut1]

Whats the mileage on the F350... I have a 2011 same engine.. Two of my friends with similar year models had the Bosh CP4 fuel pump grenade and take out the engine. $16,000 repair to the motors. I was at 120,000 they were close to 130K miles. So I spent $2700 to replace the fuel pump before failure. Do a search on Bosch CP4 fuel pump failure. Other than that one issue the truck is awesome and I would not trade it for another truck. The issue with the pump is that it was designed for European Diesel which has a higher concentration of lubricity agent than US ULSD Diesel contains. The pump uses the fuel to lube and cool itself. US Diesel causes premature wear and when the pump goes it trhows metal shards into the injectors killing the engine. I now add a lubricating additive with each fill up to prevent the new pum from failing.

[TRIPLE8]

Thanks everyone, can't wait for the weekend.