Moving up from F 150 to F 350 6.7 diesel
I previously owned a 2010 F150 with 5.4 and tow package. I own 2009 Starcraft 2700BH with had a hitch weight of 850 and when loaded weighed around 6500#. I used a propride weight distribution set up. ...
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"Only draw back is a 26 gallon fuel tank..."
My duly diesel 3500 has a 37 gallon fuel tank. This is my 3rd 3500. First was gas, second two were diesel. With both diesels, I always fuel up at half-full. Only rarely have I passed the half-full line before filling up. That means I'm running about 18-19 gallon of fuel before filling up.
At home and as a daily driver, I'm getting 15 mpg. Towing, depending on road and weather conditions, I'm getting about 10. Usually it's 11.2 towing. Taking 10 mph @ 15 gallons, that 150 miles. When actually towing, on longer trips, we stop almost every hour to hour and 1/2 all the time. That's approximately every 100 miles. We've never found this to be a disadvantage.
You will adjust to fuel consumption and driving distance between fuel stops. If you know you are driving long distances between fuel stations, like some of the Western United States has in some of those deserted roads that run a hundred miles between anything, you'll do fine. And if you do drive one of those 100 mile isolated lonely roads out West, you can always bring along extra fuel cans.
You're from Indiana. You'll not have any problems anywhere East of the Mississippi River finding a diesel fuel station, anywhere, definitely within your fuel tank range.
And oh! ... one more comment ... as someone mentioned above ... yes! Those 350 and 3500 really SHINE ... REALLY SHINE ... when the trailer reaches 10,000 pounds and up!
Nice thing about the 3500 and 350, you can tow almost anything! 5er, TT, untily trailer, car carrier trailer, horse trailer, farm machinery, or even a very, very large boat! You never know what you may end up using your truck for!
My duly diesel 3500 has a 37 gallon fuel tank. This is my 3rd 3500. First was gas, second two were diesel. With both diesels, I always fuel up at half-full. Only rarely have I passed the half-full line before filling up. That means I'm running about 18-19 gallon of fuel before filling up.
At home and as a daily driver, I'm getting 15 mpg. Towing, depending on road and weather conditions, I'm getting about 10. Usually it's 11.2 towing. Taking 10 mph @ 15 gallons, that 150 miles. When actually towing, on longer trips, we stop almost every hour to hour and 1/2 all the time. That's approximately every 100 miles. We've never found this to be a disadvantage.
You will adjust to fuel consumption and driving distance between fuel stops. If you know you are driving long distances between fuel stations, like some of the Western United States has in some of those deserted roads that run a hundred miles between anything, you'll do fine. And if you do drive one of those 100 mile isolated lonely roads out West, you can always bring along extra fuel cans.
You're from Indiana. You'll not have any problems anywhere East of the Mississippi River finding a diesel fuel station, anywhere, definitely within your fuel tank range.
And oh! ... one more comment ... as someone mentioned above ... yes! Those 350 and 3500 really SHINE ... REALLY SHINE ... when the trailer reaches 10,000 pounds and up!
Nice thing about the 3500 and 350, you can tow almost anything! 5er, TT, untily trailer, car carrier trailer, horse trailer, farm machinery, or even a very, very large boat! You never know what you may end up using your truck for!
