2017 F-150HD or F-250?
I tow an Attitude 27CBG toy hauler. GWVR is 9900, tongue @ 15% of max is 1485. Real world is more like 8500 max for me and about 1100 tongue. I'm putting 4500-ish on the rear axle of the current tow r...
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ppine wrote:
If a 250 is a bigger truck, comes with a long bed, pulls more, gets good mileage and lasts 3x times as long there is no contest.
I know a half dozen people with diesel trucks that have 300 k miles or more on them. The trucks are holding together just fine. They need some repairs like trans, ball joints and glow plugs. The cost of ownership is low over that time period, and they work for everything.
There is a contest. The 250 ride is worse. Diesel fuel costs more, and generally they are more expensive to maintain. The 250, esp the long bed, is frigging HUGE.
If there were no contest the 150s wouldn't outsell every other level of truck combined. Not everyone is hauling 15,000+ lbs. This whole thread started from me looking for the right tool for the job.
I've had trucks since my 1972 C10. Mostly 1/2 tons, some 3/4 ton (Power Wagon!!!). Up to the last about 6 years they've been primitive beasts reliant on old technology. A lot has changed in the past 5 years and a new 1/2 ton is better in almost every way than anything made 10+ years ago.
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PS. 2018 F150 - Motor Trend truck of the year.
