E350: V10 Gas, or 6.0 Diesel?
We have a Ford Excursion and a family of 6. It tows well, but with all of us loaded up, gear, and gas, we are really not left with a whole lot of payload, so it limits the amount we can tow. We are lo...
Forum Discussion
MolinuWanderer wrote:
We have a Ford Excursion and a family of 6. It tows well, but with all of us loaded up, gear, and gas, we are really not left with a whole lot of payload, so it limits the amount we can tow. We are looking at bumping up to an E350 to give us some more pay load, take out a couple of seats so we have less weight, and be able to tow a little more trailer. Looking at the V10 gas or a 6.0 turbo diesel. Thoughts on:
Towing mileage?
In town mileage?
Towing issues?
We will be in mountains fairly often, so I want something that can handle the elevation gains, coming off the grades, etc.
Thanks! Any advice appreciated.
Molinu,
I'm coming up on four years with my E450 diesel and no problems so far. As others have said it is a derated engine and all of the fixes that Ford did from early '06 in the trucks were done on the E series as well. I'm averaging around 14 mpg in a 24' Bigfoot. In the rocks it drops to around 10-11. I use synthetic Rotella and Motorcraft filters.
