F250 WITH 6.2l Gas for Sabre 34TBOK-6
Is the 6.2L Gas engine enough for a 34TBOK-6 or should I go with diesel? Will the F250 be able to handle the pin weight of the 34TBOK-6 which is approx 2000 pounds? Torn what to do I would like a F3...
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Will the chassis/brakes/suspension handle it? Yes, except the newer F250's are extremely lightly sprung in the rear end. More like a heavy half ton, IMO. I have a 2013 F250 6.2 and 1000lbs in the bed sags the rear end bad. So will need airbags and/or extra leafs no question.
I like the 6 speed auto trans, but you will be miserable towing that much weight/frontal area with the 6.2. IMO it has less snort than the 5.0 and Eco boost. Have towed with both.
For comparison, I made a trip from Seattle to Anchorage this spring. About 1000lbs in the bed, towing a 3500 ish lb 9' tall single axle enclosed trailer. Averaged 8mpg over the course of the trip with ALOT of slow driving due to bad roads and frost heaves, no high altitude driving, and it was a 3rd gear (sometimes 2nd) turd up EVERY grade.
Truck runs great, I like it, but not a towing machine IMO.
BTW, your sig says you have a 2500 RAM with a Hemi and 4.10's. Why looking at Ford gassers? Not really an upgrade there.
Or did you settle on the Ram and update your sig without ever replying to your thread??
I like the 6 speed auto trans, but you will be miserable towing that much weight/frontal area with the 6.2. IMO it has less snort than the 5.0 and Eco boost. Have towed with both.
For comparison, I made a trip from Seattle to Anchorage this spring. About 1000lbs in the bed, towing a 3500 ish lb 9' tall single axle enclosed trailer. Averaged 8mpg over the course of the trip with ALOT of slow driving due to bad roads and frost heaves, no high altitude driving, and it was a 3rd gear (sometimes 2nd) turd up EVERY grade.
Truck runs great, I like it, but not a towing machine IMO.
BTW, your sig says you have a 2500 RAM with a Hemi and 4.10's. Why looking at Ford gassers? Not really an upgrade there.
Or did you settle on the Ram and update your sig without ever replying to your thread??
