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Only the cab of a farm tractor sits you higher than the Ford F-150 Raptor |
Normally a full-size truck doesn’t have the pizazz to power
you through any off-road situation, plus the bells and whistles to match. The Ford F-150 Raptor pick up truck puts that matter to rest, delivering
jaw-dropping looks and torque to spare. Farmers in Colleton County dealt with
11-inches of rainfall during the month of August, but a small window of good
weather before Hurricane Irma’s approach allowed them to gather crops like hay
and corn. Shuttling personnel back and forth between fields is an ongoing
chore, and the Raptor 4X4 Supercrew won’t let wet field conditions keep farmers
bogged down.
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| Raptor Status LED dashboard display |
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| Distinctive grill amid cornfield stubble |
The week of September 4 began with the death of a cow for
unknown reasons out in the middle of a 31-acre pasture that was too wet to
drive in. Even though the 2017 F-150 Raptor could get you out to there in the pasture
and back, its never prudent to create deep ruts in land that you prefer to stay
flat and navigable for the future. The end of the week involved harvesting cornfields
in order to bank the shelled corn into grain silos before the potential of
tropical rains from Hurricane Irma. Harvesting the corn crop had a renewed
urgency this year, after Hurricane Matthew blew many cornfields down to the
ground in 2016.
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| Backseat of crew cab has lots of room |
Some helpful features that I noticed while driving the
Raptor are the forward-collision alert light on the dash, back-up camera, blind
spot monitoring and a 360-degree virtual camera system. Getting to know the
turning radius for this large truck takes a bit of time, but after learning to
gauge the four corners of the Raptor I found making turns and changing lanes in
traffic to be no reason to worry. Getting the Raptor into open rural space is
surely the way to go in order to enjoy all that this truck can deliver, so it
fits very well for those that don’t always drive within the lines of city life.
To view the entire feature article in the newspaper click on Colletonian.
To view past blog entries on pick up trucks click on 2014 Toyota Tundra - 2015 Ford 150 Aluminum
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