Comparing axle ratios
Well I put this off for too darn long and am now looking at 2017's. Today I drove an F250XLT Supercab, with the 6.2 gas engine and 3:73 axle ratio. I also drove a GMC SLE 2500HD double cab with the 6....
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Well I put this off for too darn long and am now looking at 2017's. Today I drove an F250XLT Supercab, with the 6.2 gas engine and 3:73 axle ratio. I also drove a GMC SLE 2500HD double cab with the 6.0 gas engine and 4:10 axle ratio. The GMC rode a little nicer and seems plusher inside. The Ford sure felt like it had a lot more get up and go though. This could partly be due to the exhaust note of the Ford giving me a little thrill. Both have way more bells and whistles than I want, but unless I factory order one, I will have to take what I can get. I will be towing a 26'Keystone Cougar 5th wheel. Any one own one of these trucks? What are your impressions?
Well I picked up the F250 yesterday and I gotta say... these bells and whistles are starting to grow on me already. If I factory ordered one, I would have deleted a lot of the extras and gotten the 4:10 gears, but my trailer is under 10,000lbs so the 3:73s should be fine. That said, I got a decent deal on it and I can learn to live with heated power seats, Bluetooth, power folding mirrors etc. I didn't realize it had remote start, but that is something I would have installed anyway . I just hope all these gadgets are reliable in the long run.
