burningman wrote:
Sure a new F450 is a heck of a pickup but you're comparing it with a medium duty carrying lots more weight! Sorry to burst your bubble but if you want to compare apples to oranges, put that F450 up against an air ride Peterbilt with a C15 Caterpillar, 550 HP. I'm quite sure I could drag several F450s with campers behind it up the mountains and not even notice they were there. And thats with 3.50 gears and 24.5 tires.
My truck, TC and trailer weigh almost 2 tons more than what JimH described. I feel your comparison is without merit.
Buying my F450 was no small pill to swallow. I did a lot of reading, but I really took very seriously the advice/opinions that JimH, Bedlam, and NRALifr gave in various posts. All long-timers here, all well respected.
