Ford is raising their fuel capacities.
On the diesel trucks it's raising the fuel tank capacity to 48 gal and the DEF tank to 7.5 gal. Ford tank capacity improvements Bill
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romore wrote:
I guess you Ford guys need all the fuel you can get.:B Seriously, that extra fuel takes away from payload and as was mentioned who can drive that many miles without a break. 35 U.S. gallons gives us all the range we need.
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Perhaps Ford is STARTING with MORE "payload" than the "other brands"?
I know myself for my 2013 F250 Gasser I welcomed the bump in fuel tank from 26 gallon to 35 gallon.. Kind of wished it was a bit bigger yet.
It is really refreshing to make stops based on my bladder instead of fuel tank.. Used to have to start searching for fuel at 225 miles (1/4 tank left) to now 275 miles..
I added a separate 15 gallon portable tank in the bed and now I can go as far as 450 miles without the need to look for a gas station.
It has nothing to do with searching for lowest price fuel and more about the need to find fuel stops every 200 miles and ones that are easy in/out.
As far as taking away cargo capacity, Ford does have a pretty high cargo rating on 2011 and up Super Duties. Mine is a 4x2, Super cab, XLT, short bed with 6.2.. Cargo capacity is 3415 lbs..
I suspect 4x4 Diesel F250 would be around 2900 lbs capacity and if you move to F350 depending on if you buy above 10,000 lb GVWR you will have more than enough cargo for most anything you want to tow.
