F250 6.2L vs. 6.7L TD

I scan through posts time and time again about resale. I do not give a flip about resale. :B A lot of those statements seem to be arbitrary at best.

My 6.2 is with me for the long haul.

It is what I needed and has worked out well.

I am not knocking the diesels. All three seem to be very good ones now.

That should get some folks beating on their tom toms. :W

I have a 6.2 and tow our trailer which is a little lighter than yours. We love the towing experience and the overall truck. It is a lariat so I got all the bells and whistles. I use it as my daily driving vehicle.

I have a little over 3000 lbs of payload which is more than I need now and even for anything I could possibly want to upgrade to.

Get the one you will be happy with.

Mike

6.2L is a nice well proven engine for sure.. I would guess if diesel was 20 cents cheaper than RUL gas then the conversation would be different.

Not sure where the break even number is but recently the difference, in NC, has been low as .20 and high as .40 between diesel and RUL gas.

The cost of the engine especially new is hard to overcome for a lot of folks no doubt. One thing i see stated is cost of maintenance being higher on diesel but that is not all that big a factor.

yes you use more oil, 15 vs 6 qts but a diesel can go 8-10k or more miles before needing a change. Towing, a diesel will get better MPG and the rotation on the engine is less as they top out at 3200 RPM and most gassers need at least 3500 or more RPM to stay in the power band.

Towing out west I bet the gas guys wish there had a diesel at least for the day..

the right choice is the one you make with good due diligence before the buy.

love2rvcamp wrote:
I have a 6.2 and tow our trailer which is a little lighter than yours. We love the towing experience and the overall truck. It is a lariat so I got all the bells and whistles. I use it as my daily driving vehicle.

I have a little over 3000 lbs of payload which is more than I need now and even for anything I could possibly want to upgrade to.

Get the one you will be happy with.

Mike

carl2591 wrote:
Towing out west I bet the gas guys wish they had forced induction at least for the day.

Fixed that for ya.

The price of diesel versus gas was considered. The decision to go gas for me and my family was:

Maintenance and repair -not so much cost but we have a family member that works on our vehicles and he doesn't work on diesels
Daily driver - I just like the feel of driving the gas as a daily driving vehicle
Sound - this may sound funny but I have a son that is on the autism spectrum and the hum of the diasel bothered him a whole lot. He hears pitches that most of us don't. So that was the biggest factor.

I have read posts on here from people that have gone west with gas and had an enjoyable experience. I can't comment on that yet as we have not made it that far yet. Sure would like to one day.

Each person should get what they can afford and that they would be happy with.