My 2015 Ford Transit Experience

ishipforexcellence · Feb 9, 2015

I should be getting a commission on these darn things! Lol

scottm4211 · Feb 9, 2015

Is your 16.54 hand calculated or by the dash readout?

xiggi · Feb 9, 2015

What highway speeds do you drive at?

ishipforexcellence · Feb 9, 2015

xiggi said:
What highway speeds do you drive at?

Lol, 62-65 not sure if you saw my previous post and this is a dig or if you missed it

ishipforexcellence · Feb 9, 2015

scottm4211 said:
Is your 16.54 hand calculated or by the dash readout?

I plug my fuel cost, and how much fuel I've used into my dezl Garmin and it calculates based on distance I've run.

xiggi · Feb 9, 2015

No dig missed some posts

BiggMaNN59 · Feb 12, 2015

I don't have a Transit yet but have been talking to a guy I know that drives a 2015 extended and highest roof 1 ton dually rear end. He hauls 3 pallets of bottled water and 2500 lb skids of softener salt. It has new diesel and said it drives like a car but when he drives in deep slush or soft wet roads the motor bogs way down and has very little power. So far averages 14.6 mpg but does equal Amy of city and highway deliveries. There is enough space between wheel wells for pallets. Is this type of performance others are getting also?

ishipforexcellence · Feb 17, 2015

I have Eco boost 6. Single rear wheels. High roof extended length. I have not experienced those issues in those conditions. I avg 16.5 mpg.

OntarioVanMan · Feb 17, 2015

ishipforexcellence said:
I have Eco boost 6. Single rear wheels. High roof extended length. I have not experienced those issues in those conditions. I avg 16.5 mpg.

That's what I am hearing too 16-18 depending on conditions....
what air pressure on front tires you running at?

FlyingVan · Feb 17, 2015

BiggMaNN59 said:
I don't have a Transit yet but have been talking to a guy I know that drives a 2015 extended and highest roof 1 ton dually rear end. He hauls 3 pallets of bottled water and 2500 lb skids of softener salt. It has new diesel and said it drives like a car but when he drives in deep slush or soft wet roads the motor bogs way down and has very little power. So far averages 14.6 mpg but does equal Amy of city and highway deliveries. There is enough space between wheel wells for pallets. Is this type of performance others are getting also?

The 14.6 mpg for the diesel is really low. He should get way more than that, unless he drives the van like a race car.

ishipforexcellence · Feb 22, 2015

OntarioVanMan said:
That's what I am hearing too 16-18 depending on conditions....
what air pressure on front tires you running at?

50 in front, 80 in back.

ishipforexcellence · Feb 22, 2015

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First quarter in the books the other day.

Moot · Feb 22, 2015

You need to work on improving the temperature next quarter. 7° F is unacceptable!

ishipforexcellence · Apr 10, 2015

How's this

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xiggi · Apr 10, 2015

Saw this along the road yesterday.

ishipforexcellence · Apr 10, 2015

Ouch.

fenderbender · Apr 19, 2015

FlyingVan said:
I agree, and then I subtract some more for the dpf. :thumbdown:
But still, the new 4 cylinder gets pretty good fuel mileage based on what I hear from other expediters. Remains to be seen if it is just as reliable as our 5 bangers.

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Those 5 bangers are hard to beat. I wish They were still an option.

Moot · Apr 20, 2015

xiggi said:
Saw this along the road yesterday.

I don't see a front axle. From this view it looks like it hit something low and solid, tearing off the front axle. The wrecker bill will be pretty steep hauling it on a heavy duty RGN trailer.

ishipforexcellence · Apr 20, 2015

ishipforexcellence · Apr 29, 2015

Guy pulled up next to me yesterday at Detroiter, same truck but with windows. He team drives with his wife. Got their transit in Sept. 88k on it now. No issues.