What's the Best way to break in a new Truck?

[MTF]

Holy crap what the hell are you waiting for, the drive shaft to fall out.


I'm going to swap out my SD springs to HD, every once and a while I get a little well hop with the SDs

 

[Fastcote]

Been a very long wait for my wallet to recover. I agree with icecobra: to the OP - get bumps, AND springs

 

[MTF]

I hear you loud and clear. My wife is only now starting to love me again but that's after her new Audi of course. LOL

 

[locktech]

Drive it like you stole it! No break in necessary!!

 

[Steve737]

Thanks that's what I figured. First new vehicle In a long time.

 

[upscrazy8]

find something and run it over, then spin that mfer around and hit again. rinse and repeat.

you're gonna love it.

 

[KaiserM715]

For those advocating "driving it like you stole it" right off of the lot, where is your technical rationale to back it up?

The manual says to avoid towing and to vary your speed for the first 1000 miles. It is not about seating the rings as they seat right away due to the rings and bore machining process used these days. It has a lot more to do with the gears of the transmission and differential wearing in together and work hardening off of each other.

Ford has a reason for having a break in procedure.

 

[cgibs89]

I beat the **** out of my '12 5.0/M6 and got 36k out of it before I got rid of it, never skipped a beat. I've driven the Raptor pretty hard, have almost 2500mi on it now. Not flogging it but I definitely have a lead foot.

I'd say as long as you aren't flogging it cold (why would you do such a fucktarded thing to begin with is beyond me) I really don't see any need for it.

 

[BearLeeAsian]

Ya I drove the crap out of my truck and now it looks like this....

 

[MTF]

Now that's some funny shit right there. LMAO