time for a diesel?

noonenosthis1 wrote:

JRscooby wrote:
Go up a 10 mile long grade at 60 MPH, takes you 10 minutes. Up the same grade at 30, takes 20 minutes. Now how much of your drive is steep enough to pull you down to 30? And the diesel will drop some speed too.
Bet if you really ran the numbers, in the course of a day you might save half hour, unless you are speeding in the diesel. Of course that does not account for the assault on manhood of somebody passing you.

Well, I'm not a biologist but I am a woman and I know that for sure after birthing 3 kids. I don't care if people pass me, I prefer that! It's those one lane roads and the 6.2 screaming that get to me. I don't like hearing an engine work like that and it gives me visions of something shooting through the hood.

Understood. Part of it is the “comfort” of the drive. Like buying a Caddy instead of a Kia.
But also take comfort in how durable those 6.2 Ford motors are. And being a 350 even though it’s a 2015 it got the heavier trans (the same one used behind the diesel, but the std 6.2 F250s switched to a lighter duty version of that trans in 2015 iirc, going forward until the 10speeds came out).
I’ve personally used a 2012 and 2015 for work, towing stuff that most (except for the jelly folks) would say “need a diesel.” And being company rigs, drove em like a rental.
Those engines are largely flawless, even working hard and higher than average duty cycles.
You don’t have to worry bout nothin coming thru the hood unless you accidentally punch a hole in the oil pan first!
Cheers