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jimh406
Explorer III
Nov 16, 2016

Remembered why I got a F450 with 4.30 gears ... observation.

During the past few days, I drove my daughter's families stuff up from El Paso in a 36 ft Penske truck. We were 23,400 according to the Cat Scale. We made it ... a little brutally slow at times. We ...
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Jgwoods
Explorer
Nov 24, 2016
I have a 2013 Ford F350 Lariat dually long bed crew cab with the 6.7 and I ordered it with 3.73 gears specifically because I only carry a truck camper- Northstar Igloo - and didn't think would need the lower gearing. 6 trips across the country up and down every mountain indicate I have more than enough power to take on any pass and accelerate up the hills.
My mpg has run a pretty consistent 12.5.

In 2013 the F450 was specified with only the 4.30 gears, the Lariats had a couple of choices.

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