Quoted: Because it's attached to a FORD, that's why!
Fact: Most tow trucks are built on CHEVY chassis, not FORD chassis. At least that's true in the area where I live.
That tells me all I need to know. Fords may and do have better styling, but Chevys will get you home more often.
Fords with manual transmissions should be avoided like the plague. The trannys break a LOT.
CJ
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Don't be silly. Here they are built on Ford chassis'. Fords are tougher trucks--I have some experience driving Ford fleet trucks, and they are tough sumbitches.
FWIW, the Eaton blower on the Pontiac GP is the same design as the one on the Lightning, just smaller.
Failures of the Lightning blower: I have heard of them overheating and locking up, but only when aftermarket parts are involved. If they get hot enough, as with a phenolic spacer, it can happen. Otherwise they are just kind of an inefficient blower. I wish Ford had paid a little extra for parts and used a twin screw, but the roots is OK. You lose power as you drive, because they heat up.
I'm selling my Lightning, BTW. Driving a Ranger now cause of the Spokane winters.