I went on a trip to an oil rig today.

"Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna" (lukielauxd) 10/24/2013 at 20:57 • Filed to: None

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School field trip as an undergraduate in Petroleum Engineering. Since they rented out their Oklahoma oil rig or something to another company in the mean time, we had to go from Tulsa to Sherman, TX to go see the oil rig. So unimportant things aside, learning about drill bits, how oil rigs work, the vast array of hard hats, I noticed that in the parking lot

All F-250s. Well not all, but there were like 10 cars and 7 of them were F-250s. (And a Ram 2500, a Denali and an RX for some reason. OH and a Tundra top of the line Tundra.)

So I just wanted to ask you guys a couple of questions.

Did the F250 always only have four wheels? (Sorry weird question, but like some of those huge trucks have 6 wheels and I was wondering if the F250 was ever one of those.)

Is the F250 more popular than the F150? Maybe it's only by region, but compared to where I'm from in California, the F250s here in Oklahoma and Texas seem to outnumber the F150s.

Thanks for reading my schpiel :D

EDIT: Oh and so many trucks, but not one was a bro truck. Like two were lifted but it seemed utility over bro-trucky-goodness. +1 for Petroleum Engineers.

PRBot II > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna 10/24/2013 at 21:04

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I don't know the answer to your questions...

I'm just here to say you made an excellent choice for what to major in.

N/A POWAAAHH > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna 10/24/2013 at 21:17

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Isn't the truck in the picture a superduty? or is a 250 and superduty the same?

lonestranger > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna 10/24/2013 at 21:18

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I think that F-250s used to be available with dual rear wheels a.k.a. DRW a.k.a. dually, but I'm not 100% certain. Even if they were, most of them have single rear wheels. F-150s never were sold as duallys, but F-350s have always been available with either single or dual rear wheels.

Nationally, and in many states , the F-150 outsells the F-250 and other F-series models, but I imagine if all Super Duty model sales were combined, they would outnumber F-150s in many markets.

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lonestranger > N/A POWAAAHH 10/24/2013 at 21:20

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F-250, F-350, and F-450 are all Super Dutys. Same bodystyle, different chassis.

pdthedeuce > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna 10/24/2013 at 21:24

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I work (when I work) for a company that services industrial compressors in chemical plants and oil refineries . you will find a lot of these trucks are on lease to the company . F-250s are the dominant fleet lease truck in the industry , at least here in Texas. Companies generally don't lease F-150s except for non-field personnel . I believe there are no F-250 duallies from the factory , although some people have converted them .

PatBateman > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna 10/24/2013 at 21:29

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Where do you go to school?

FJ80WaitinForaLSV8 > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna 10/24/2013 at 21:33

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F-250's never left the factory as duallys. There are lots of after market conversions so thats probably what you've seen.

As for F-150 vs super-duty sales I am fairly sure that they sell more 150s. Think about all the fleet users like exterminators etc who use tons of 150s. Ford doesn't separate out its F series sales in its monthly sales reports because they like that #1 selling car in the US nameplate a lot. I don't have my wards access here at home, but I think I can calculate the breakdown by looking at Ford truck sales by GVWR. The only caveat being that Ford dominates the HD market so maybe my initial guess is wrong.

If you comment on this tomorrow to remind me I'll look it up for you.

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > PatBateman 10/24/2013 at 21:34

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University of Tulsa

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > PRBot II 10/24/2013 at 21:35

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Thanks :D

PatBateman > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna 10/24/2013 at 21:35

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Thank God. I had the "GTFO" meme queued up in case you said OU.

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > PatBateman 10/24/2013 at 21:37

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HAHA. I understand there's a huge rivalry between all the Oklahoma schools although for some reason I haven't really heard a lot about it.

PatBateman > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna 10/24/2013 at 21:40

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I'm from Texas, that's why on my end.

desertdog5051 > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna 10/24/2013 at 21:45

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Where I live, NM, the preferred oil patch truck is a 3/4 ton. Mostly Ford and Dodge with a few GMC/Chevy's. 90% diesel. Glad you got a chance to learn more about the fascinating world of drilling. I cut my teeth just going out there to meet with clients and I would often spend the first 2 hours asking questions. Then the guy would ask me "Are you going to sell me some insurance." "Oh yeah, I totally forgot, that is why I came out here".

Biostar01 > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna 10/25/2013 at 00:30

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I speak from Houston. Most here are F150s. Maybe the F250s were just peculiar to the oil rig workers. mm... not sure.

Tundra is good, though. I have a friend whose dad has a 2007 tundra double cab extended bed. I asked her about it, and she said "I don't know. It seems way too big to me, too." Here's what it looks like:

except with a bed cab, like this (this one doesn't have extended bed):

I'm not sure if F250s come/came in duallys, though. Onee of my teachers drove her husband's F350 powerstroke dually to school yesterday. Her husband (who works at NASA) apparently needed to use her (2003, I think) Highlander to carry some stuff.

I'm not sure of the year, but it looked like a 2000 or 2002. Judging by the headlights, it was a 1999-2003 f350. But it was a powerstroke and a dually, that I am sure of. Looked like this, but a lot less shinier:

bourgeoisie > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna 10/25/2013 at 11:09

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I really love that body design, but I think the body-colored grille surround looks dopey. It needs a little more contrast.

Giles007 > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna 10/25/2013 at 15:01

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Ownership of a F350 seems to be a prerequisite for working on an oil rig here in Canada. (I had no idea the trend was the same down south)