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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harmanrk wrote:FishOnOne wrote:transamz9 wrote:
I'd like to see how the HDPP would stack up against a regular cab 2wd 6.2 or 6.4 250/2500 as far as quickness, towing and fuel efficiency.
The Ecoboost will outperform both 6.2/6.4 plain and simple
Quickness, Towing power, unloaded fuel eff., yes. Towing Fuel eff. would be a toss up.
Payload, is would come up significantly short.
Throw the Diesels for those 250/2500's into the mix (And lets face it, price point that's where the HDPP comes in), and the 150 will come up short in most. Quickness, (60 -80 to pull out an make a pass) I don't think those who praise the Eco, have experienced unleashing 900+ torques. Unloaded fuel eff., is probably pretty close in normal driving, with the periodic regens of the filter pulling the diesels numbers down to give an advantage to the Eco, but loaded, the Eco is not even going to come close. As for payload, the 250 with the diesel, and the 150 HDPP are neck and neck (2300-2400).
One common item I keep seeing brought up is the unloaded ride quality. Yes, its subjective, but two truck with nearly equal payloads, are going to react very similar over bumps in the road.
The payload ratings are close on paper but if you look at axle ratings there's a pretty wide gap, and that's a lot more reflective of the diesel 250's actual payload capability. Ride quality will suffer accordingly on the 250 compared to the HDPP 150, but load carrying capability will be a lot better. I think the 250/SRW350 is a lot better value than any 150 these days in terms of what you get for the basically the same money.
