Give me your honest opinion.!!

6.7 tow rig wrote:
Unfortunately my experience with my 08 Powerstroke forced me to get rid of it before the warranty was even out. Multiple injectors, rear main seal, radiator, and an ongoing never fixed regen issue that filled my crankcase with fuel are a couple examples. I cant imagine keeping a truck that engine requires the cab to come off for major engine repair such as a head gasket. Its the dumbest design ever. That engine is to prone to major mechanical breakdowns. If you can afford the random 5000 dollar repair keep it. Check out the price for a short block on that thing too to see what you can pay when the pistons melt down. Also cavitation that eats through the front cover is a nice costly fix too. You tube 6.4 problems. I would ditch it for a Cummins or Duramax

I may be jaded due to my issues with my Powerstroke but at least be informed of what can happen to them. You tube can be your friend.

A lot of the issues with the 6.0 and 6.4 platforms were due to the EPA additions (EGR system and DPF system). Once removed, the reliability goes way up. I have had my 09 F250 deleted for 40k and along with the piece of mind , the mileage went up about 20%. Not to mention the power that these trucks make with just tuning. With the cummins, you still have the transmission to think about along with the problems they can have as well(not all of them do either). I have owned both ford and dodge diesels btw and had no major issues with either. Well..I broke an input shaft on the dodge but, that was the game I chose to play.

Unfortunately my experience with my 08 Powerstroke forced me to get rid of it before the warranty was even out. Multiple injectors, rear main seal, radiator, and an ongoing never fixed regen issue that filled my crankcase with fuel are a couple examples. I cant imagine keeping a truck that engine requires the cab to come off for major engine repair such as a head gasket. Its the dumbest design ever. That engine is to prone to major mechanical breakdowns. If you can afford the random 5000 dollar repair keep it. Check out the price for a short block on that thing too to see what you can pay when the pistons melt down. Also cavitation that eats through the front cover is a nice costly fix too. You tube 6.4 problems. I would ditch it for a Cummins or Duramax

I may be jaded due to my issues with my Powerstroke but at least be informed of what can happen to them. You tube can be your friend.

Lowsuv wrote:
as vehicles go my experience is there is no better vehicle than the one i bought new and maintained as if i was gonna keep it .
same thing with boats , cars ,houses, motorcycles , trailers and women .
i was buying a new HD pickup every 5 years since my first new car a 1972 suburban with the 402 big block.
i got a new 2002 duramax .
i still have it .
this diesel has shown me no reason to retire it yet .
way more sturdy than the big block gssers that preceded it .

Where do purchase new women?

Link?

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as vehicles go my experience is there is no better vehicle than the one i bought new and maintained as if i was gonna keep it .
same thing with boats , cars ,houses, motorcycles , trailers and women .
i was buying a new HD pickup every 5 years since my first new car a 1972 suburban with the 402 big block.
i got a new 2002 duramax .
i still have it .
this diesel has shown me no reason to retire it yet .
way more sturdy than the big block gssers that preceded it .

#40Fan wrote:
I really do hate to kick someone in the jewels, but I can guarantee that I can find you a 7.3 that is worth more than your 6.4, with twice the mileage.

You are smoking crack....

I really do hate to kick someone in the jewels, but I can guarantee that I can find you a 7.3 that is worth more than your 6.4, with twice the mileage.

carringb wrote:
Keep it. If the engine ever blows (happens sometimes on the 6.4L) just stuff a Cummins in it! The rest of the truck will last nearly forever.

No if, and's or but's. It will blow unless proper maintenance is done, and possibly blow with it.
I would sell it for top dollar now before the ch*t hits the fan ( literally) OP. I would trade it in on ANY new brand as they all are more dependable vehicles.

bmanning wrote:

larry barnhart wrote:
You asked so I will tell this. Keep the truck. 6 to 8 years is too long to know what you will really get to do or what to do. Nice to have a plan but things change very quickly.
chevman

This

Agree

1. the truck has 80,000 miles now
2. you add 18,000 miles yearly
3. you plan on full timing in 8 years
4. the truck will have 224,000 miles on it then
5. wait until you full time to buy another truck as this one will undoubtedly need work

You never know what your needs will be when you decide to full time. If the decision was mine to make, I would hold on to the current truck until I actually go fulltiming. The engine already has a poor reputation and its value is pretty low anyways, so you aren't going to see its value drop much more over a couple more years.

You can find the RV that you want and buy the truck that you need at the time. Also, hopefully by that time the bugs will be worked out of the current diesel technology (water in fuel issues specifically). Its hard to know what RV's will be available to you in the future and hard to prepare for that now.