Bryan T, I was in the same boat. Not interested in trucks...or Ford. Until I purchased a new '14 Raptor and now the '17. Resale value on the first one was awesome, lost very little money.
You know, the first generation isn't all that expensive. You can find them for sale online for less than $25,000. Especially the ones that had the 5.4.
You had a Raptor. No need to call the tree service guys just tie some para cord to the hitch or w/e and tie the other end to the tree, throw the raptor in 4 hi, turn off traction and stability mode shift into manual mode, 1st gear, then (make sure there's plenty of slack so you can build enough speed.) then floor it, you want the para cord to tense when the raptor has accelerated to about 8 mph. It won't uproot the tree (that's what the new super duty line up is for) but it'll shake the tree violently and knock your drone on down! Also, it shouldn't hurt the Ford! I have no idea what I'm talking about and I shouldn't own or be around heavy machinery. Do it though. Since the new F-250's frame is 2400% strong than the already ridiculously strong predecessor I bet that'd be able to accomplish much more impressive feats of strength, like demolition: tie chain to goose neck hitch, tie other end of chain to the chimney in the house, (this had better be a VERY strong 75-100 foot chain) and follow the aforementioned steps for the Raptor drone retrieval project. Definitely clear out the house first because that bitch is goin' down!
I’ve been looking forward to seeing this video since you mentioned it in another review and I wasn’t disappointed. That Raptor looks like a very fun truck all the way around. I guess it’s fun off-road and civil on the road? How was it driving down the freeway? Anyway, another great review and thanks. By the way, did something get spilled? Looks like something was dripping when you opened the center armrest.
Good review, nice truck. Timely drone rescue, I spent this morning rescuing mine from a tree. Fortunately it was on my property. Unfortunately I had to wait a month for the end of fire season and then take down 3 trees to get to it. Wood won't be wasted but a morning was.
Really dislike the sound of the ecoboost. Would take less performance in exchange for that 6.2L V8 sound. Should have at least be an option to spec the v8
So yeah, it got 3rd place in the Baja race (stock full class). Now on the surface this sounds awesome, dig a little deeper and you find that it came 3rd of 3 finishing vehicles. So what beat it? A 1999 Hummer H1 took first place and a 2014 Toyota Land Cruiser took second. So the race is really punishing, there must be a lot of vehicles that didn't finish right? Nope, the full stock class had 5 entries, all of them finished the round trip of the race course but you only have 36 hours to do so and two of them didn't make that cutoff, the raptor only made it with 52 seconds to spare mind you. So you want an awesome high speed offroad vehicle that's still in production? Get a Toyota Land Cruiser, it's cheaper to buy, cheaper to maintain and finishes the Baja faster than the Raptor. Do you want a Ford pickup for hauling the family and gear around, get a normal F-150 or Super Duty. Don't have a family and want a coolish pickup and can handle the short bed? Get the Raptor. Just don't buy the sales pitch hook, line and sinker.
Ford should put this 3.5L V6 in the next Ecoboost Mustang. I've heard this engine is supposed to address the problems of the Ecoboost lineup, such as carbon build-up, thru tricks such as the mentioned piston cooling. So was all that trouble getting the drone back worth the whirlwind date with this beauty?
How much did it end up costing you to get the drone down? I guess even a couple hundred bucks is better than replacing it. A cheap Phantom 4 is $800 just for the drone.
Love Driven, love the raptor, love twin peaks and cherry pie, don’t need the opinion of a dude wearing flip flops in the woods. Cheapens Driven’s usual quality.
Not real impressed with a 6 cylinder or the looks of it at all! I think I rather have the new GMC AT4 with the 6.2 L V8! That's a sweet truck for the Desert and date night!
