Kampfirekid wrote:
I didn't initially post to debate the car. I was looking for input on an EcoBoost. There is a member here that pulls a heavy TT, and one who pulls a fiver. Both seem to tow a lot more and a lot farther than I do. They have no gripes. I have been a 3/4 plus pat form guy for about. 15 years, and the couple 1/2 tons I mixed in worked, but maxed out the payload.
A heavy duty payload F150 will exceed my current F250 by 200-400 pounds. Yes, I agree it is a lighter truck and lighter duty, but I'm not pulling the trailer 12 months a year and every week. It's less than 500 miles a trip and only 12 weekends a year at best. Is it perfect? No. Will it work? It seems so. Will it be cheaper maintenance than a diesel? Most likely. Etc...
If I could find a HD Payload locally to hook up and pull for a test, I would. That's not possible. I suspect that if I raised the question about going to a gasser 6.2L Superduty, the same would ensue.
The original goal was to save my current F250 before it hits 100k miles. I love the truck. But the more I looked at an additional car, it only works IF the primary goal is to prevent spending 65k on a new truck every few years. That's it. That's when I figured the EcoBoost could be middle ground by allowing me a better ride, cheaper maintenance, cheaper sticker to swallow every few years, and it could still tow my trailer the few weekends of short miles. Of course, I'm used to 1250 miles a week, so maybe 500 per trip is a lot of driving for some if you.
If you didn't own your 6.4 already an ecoboost maybe worthwhile, however I don't think I would buy an ecoboost or any 1/2 ton if I planned to tow a 9500 lb TT. A 9500 lb TT is solidly in 3/4 ton territory.
Why are you trying to preserve your truck? What are you saving it for?
The only way to get value out of your truck or RV is to use it. The more you use it the more value you will achieve.
Getting a new truck will not produce any real savings.
If you have purchased a truck that you can't afford to use that a different scenario.
Total value is when you have put 300k on a truck that is still reliable!
