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texag06
| Favorite team: | Texas A&M  |
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| Biography: | aggie with coonass friends, not to mention mother |
| Interests: | fish, golf, hunt - not necessarily in that order |
| Occupation: | agronomy - grass |
| Number of Posts: | 4 |
| Registered on: | 11/5/2015 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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Had to chime in - Ive been a golf course supt for almost ten years. Since my Aggies sucked this weekend I might as well talk about something...Don't know everything but here is a couple of facts:
- no spray will kill only bermuda in a st.augustine mix.
- "plugging" any grass at six foot intervals will take forever to spread even if the plugged grass is somewhat better suited
- bermudagrass is extremely difficult to completely remove. The best herbicide combination that I have seen is repeated applications of roundup combined with fusillade sprayed at the appropriate rates, intervals, and time of year. Even after all this bermuda can either come back or be tracked back in. Soil sterilants and fumigants are more effective, but difficult, expensive, and many times unavailable to apply. Both of the above are non selective and will kill everything in the application area. See this article from some other SEC schools for more info
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-in my opinion the only way you will not have a mix is if the area has a ton of shade. St.augustine does much better in the shade and thus will be the more aggressive plant in that situation. Too much shade and neither will grow.
- watering and higher mowing height will favor st. Augustine in most situations. Too much water in spring and fall and st Augustine more susceptible to disease such as brown patch.
- drier conditions and lower mowing height will favor the bermuda in most situations.
I have mix in my un-irrigated yard. With all the droughts bermuda has taken over in a lot of spots. I like bermuda better as it is more tolerant of herbicides, has better drought hardiness, and is more disease resistant in my climate.
Just my two cents.....
- no spray will kill only bermuda in a st.augustine mix.
- "plugging" any grass at six foot intervals will take forever to spread even if the plugged grass is somewhat better suited
- bermudagrass is extremely difficult to completely remove. The best herbicide combination that I have seen is repeated applications of roundup combined with fusillade sprayed at the appropriate rates, intervals, and time of year. Even after all this bermuda can either come back or be tracked back in. Soil sterilants and fumigants are more effective, but difficult, expensive, and many times unavailable to apply. Both of the above are non selective and will kill everything in the application area. See this article from some other SEC schools for more info
LINK
-in my opinion the only way you will not have a mix is if the area has a ton of shade. St.augustine does much better in the shade and thus will be the more aggressive plant in that situation. Too much shade and neither will grow.
- watering and higher mowing height will favor st. Augustine in most situations. Too much water in spring and fall and st Augustine more susceptible to disease such as brown patch.
- drier conditions and lower mowing height will favor the bermuda in most situations.
I have mix in my un-irrigated yard. With all the droughts bermuda has taken over in a lot of spots. I like bermuda better as it is more tolerant of herbicides, has better drought hardiness, and is more disease resistant in my climate.
Just my two cents.....
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Mine was running fine with original plugs at 100K, but I was the dumbass who decided to change per manual....I would change sooner than later or don't change at all until you have too
You can still file a claim according to the website....
re: Ford 5.4 Spark Plug Class Action Settlement
Posted by texag06 on 11/6/15 at 8:13 am to MNCscripper
First of all from an Aggie - Beat the Hell Outta Alabama!
I came across this thread while researching the settlement mentioned above, and thought I would share my experience...
I have 2007 F250 with 5.4L 3V. I have owned the truck since it had 21,000 miles. It now has 108,000. This is the one vehicle that I have owned that I have serviced it 100% by the owners manual and I had all service performed at Ford Dealerships throughout Texas. When I hit 100K I told the dealership to change the spark plugs - because thats what the owners manual suggested. I was aware of the problem with spark plugs breaking and at the advice of my neighbor (who happens to be a 25 year certified ASE master tech) I chose to have the dealer do the work. The dealer quoted me $600. Two weeks later they still had my truck and tried to charge me $1700. I fought them and even called Ford directly. They told me that two plugs broke off in the head and that they had to order a extra special tool (in addition to the special tool mentioned in above post) and that would have to remove the head. After a long fight finally they reduced the charge to $770. I contacted the folks from the new settlement and they confirmed that I would be eligible for $175. BUT I would be giving up all rights to future damages. I have already had one of the "new" spark plugs fail, and I repaired it myself this time. The problem is that Ford's solution was to put an insert in the damaged heads from the original removal. This insert was installed using JB Quick. I am guessing this will fail as well in the next 10K miles. I should probably file the claim, sell the truck, and wait another 2 years to get the check. I have done a lot of research on removing the plugs yourself, and it can be done with a lot of time and patience (I dont suggest using and impact as many of the youtube videos show). The bummer is that this is actual a pretty good engine other than the spark plugs and exhaust manifold issues. By the way Ford still denies that this is known problem.....Sorry for the book of a post. PM if you want me to rant more...BTHO BAMA
I came across this thread while researching the settlement mentioned above, and thought I would share my experience...
I have 2007 F250 with 5.4L 3V. I have owned the truck since it had 21,000 miles. It now has 108,000. This is the one vehicle that I have owned that I have serviced it 100% by the owners manual and I had all service performed at Ford Dealerships throughout Texas. When I hit 100K I told the dealership to change the spark plugs - because thats what the owners manual suggested. I was aware of the problem with spark plugs breaking and at the advice of my neighbor (who happens to be a 25 year certified ASE master tech) I chose to have the dealer do the work. The dealer quoted me $600. Two weeks later they still had my truck and tried to charge me $1700. I fought them and even called Ford directly. They told me that two plugs broke off in the head and that they had to order a extra special tool (in addition to the special tool mentioned in above post) and that would have to remove the head. After a long fight finally they reduced the charge to $770. I contacted the folks from the new settlement and they confirmed that I would be eligible for $175. BUT I would be giving up all rights to future damages. I have already had one of the "new" spark plugs fail, and I repaired it myself this time. The problem is that Ford's solution was to put an insert in the damaged heads from the original removal. This insert was installed using JB Quick. I am guessing this will fail as well in the next 10K miles. I should probably file the claim, sell the truck, and wait another 2 years to get the check. I have done a lot of research on removing the plugs yourself, and it can be done with a lot of time and patience (I dont suggest using and impact as many of the youtube videos show). The bummer is that this is actual a pretty good engine other than the spark plugs and exhaust manifold issues. By the way Ford still denies that this is known problem.....Sorry for the book of a post. PM if you want me to rant more...BTHO BAMA
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