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Well guys, even though the truck in this article is a 2000, it's got a 7.3L powerstroke in it and that's what we're all here typing about.
This midwestern truck now has over 1,148,000 miles on it!
-- Sixty-seven-year-old Gerald Myers was behind the wheel of his 2000 Super Duty diesel truck early one cold January morning when something unforgettable happened.
“The odometer went to all zeros,” recalled Myers enthusiastically.
"I was on the phone with my wife. She and I counted it down as it rolled," said Myers, who runs his own small package delivery service. "She was that excited with me."
Myers says his Super Duty truck is his livelihood. He and his harvest gold pickup, which is covered with a fiberglass cap, begin their daily 12-hour delivery route in Ft. Wayne, Ind. From there, they head to Indianapolis and then to Chicago before heading back to Myers' home in Roanoke, Ind.
“It's a phenomenal truck," he said. "I put 4,800 to 5,200 miles a week on it, and it's never let me down."
Every Monday morning like clockwork Myers and his Super Duty visit Hartley’s, a small independent garage in Roanoke, for a routine service check.
“The truck is serviced and gone through completely every week,” he said. “That’s just the way I maintain it.”
Myers made a recent pit stop at Trier Ford in Columbia City, Ind., to show off his ride. He was talking to one of the salesmen when Grant Trier, owner of the dealership, happened to walk by.
“I stuck my head in the truck and I said, ‘Wow, this truck is pretty clean for 148,000 miles,’” recalled Trier. “And Myers said, ‘You better add a one to that.’"
Trier says he was confused.
"But then Myers said, 'It's not 148,000. It's got 1,148,000 miles on it,'" he said. "Honestly, I thought my jaw was going to hit the ground."
“They could not believe it,” said Myers. “So I got a service record out and showed them the odometer reading.”
“We’ve had some people who used to pull trailers and things like that come through here with 300,000 or 350,000 miles on their trucks but never a million miles,” said Trier.
With that said, however, Trier says anything can happen when a vehicle is maintained the right way.
“I think that if they’re serviced properly, driven properly and not abused, today’s Ford products will absolutely surprise people to death,” he said. “I think that the distance the vehicle will go will be just astronomical.”
Myers says he’s been driving Ford trucks for as long as he can remember. These days, the majority of his life is spent on the road with his harvest gold-colored Super Duty. He says he loves listening to country music when he’s driving – Toby Keith and Kellie Pickler are his favorites. And though he travels the same route day in and day out, he says he never tires of the drive.
“It’s my life. It’s all I do, and it’s what I’m comfortable at,” he said. “Even though you’re on the same road, every day is different.”
After a million miles, is Myers ready for a trade-in? No way, he says.
“I’m gonna keep running it until it just dies in the middle of the road,” he said. But he doesn't expect that to happen any time soon. “Right now, it’s running smooth.”
This midwestern truck now has over 1,148,000 miles on it!
-- Sixty-seven-year-old Gerald Myers was behind the wheel of his 2000 Super Duty diesel truck early one cold January morning when something unforgettable happened.
“The odometer went to all zeros,” recalled Myers enthusiastically.
"I was on the phone with my wife. She and I counted it down as it rolled," said Myers, who runs his own small package delivery service. "She was that excited with me."
Myers says his Super Duty truck is his livelihood. He and his harvest gold pickup, which is covered with a fiberglass cap, begin their daily 12-hour delivery route in Ft. Wayne, Ind. From there, they head to Indianapolis and then to Chicago before heading back to Myers' home in Roanoke, Ind.
“It's a phenomenal truck," he said. "I put 4,800 to 5,200 miles a week on it, and it's never let me down."
Every Monday morning like clockwork Myers and his Super Duty visit Hartley’s, a small independent garage in Roanoke, for a routine service check.
“The truck is serviced and gone through completely every week,” he said. “That’s just the way I maintain it.”
Myers made a recent pit stop at Trier Ford in Columbia City, Ind., to show off his ride. He was talking to one of the salesmen when Grant Trier, owner of the dealership, happened to walk by.
“I stuck my head in the truck and I said, ‘Wow, this truck is pretty clean for 148,000 miles,’” recalled Trier. “And Myers said, ‘You better add a one to that.’"
Trier says he was confused.
"But then Myers said, 'It's not 148,000. It's got 1,148,000 miles on it,'" he said. "Honestly, I thought my jaw was going to hit the ground."
“They could not believe it,” said Myers. “So I got a service record out and showed them the odometer reading.”
“We’ve had some people who used to pull trailers and things like that come through here with 300,000 or 350,000 miles on their trucks but never a million miles,” said Trier.
With that said, however, Trier says anything can happen when a vehicle is maintained the right way.
“I think that if they’re serviced properly, driven properly and not abused, today’s Ford products will absolutely surprise people to death,” he said. “I think that the distance the vehicle will go will be just astronomical.”
Myers says he’s been driving Ford trucks for as long as he can remember. These days, the majority of his life is spent on the road with his harvest gold-colored Super Duty. He says he loves listening to country music when he’s driving – Toby Keith and Kellie Pickler are his favorites. And though he travels the same route day in and day out, he says he never tires of the drive.
“It’s my life. It’s all I do, and it’s what I’m comfortable at,” he said. “Even though you’re on the same road, every day is different.”
After a million miles, is Myers ready for a trade-in? No way, he says.
“I’m gonna keep running it until it just dies in the middle of the road,” he said. But he doesn't expect that to happen any time soon. “Right now, it’s running smooth.”
