To TC'ers who have bought new trucks
I'm thinking.... ONLY in the thinking stage right now, of a new 2016 F-450 or F-550. They're awfully proud of those things. There's nothing what so ever wrong with mine, it hauls what I have fine...
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I was shopping 1 1/2 years ago. I ended up buying a used 2010 F-450 for 40K less than the new MSRP of a new one. I really didn't want to do DEF.
It was a significant upgrade from the F-350 Supercab even though I had added 19.5s to the SRW. What I like about the F-450 is that it is a lot heavier duty. The brakes are fantastic not even comparable to the F-350 and the turning is as well. I can literally turn tighter than the F-350 Supercab by a significant factor. I don't like the fuel mileage. On this trip with much of it in the significant mountains, we averaged just over 9 mpg with much of it at 70 mpg on the interstate and with heavy wind.
As you can see from the picture, it is significantly taller etc, than the F-350 DRW in the following picture. If this was one of you, thanks for being near Old Faithful for demonstration purposes. :)
But, it doesn't have an unlimited capacity. I weighed on this trip with full tank, 60 gallons of water (much of it in the Black/Grey), DW, Brittany, and myself. We had everything we normally carry. We don't normally carry that much extra. We had more water than normal and usually our black/grey tanks are empty.
The weights are as follows at the CAT Scale.
Steer Axle - 5720
Drive Axle - 8680
Gross Weight - 14400
This is for a truck that is 14500 GVWR. I also have F rated 19.5 stock wheels. I think you might need to go bigger if you carry your bigger camper with the number of batteries you have.
It was a significant upgrade from the F-350 Supercab even though I had added 19.5s to the SRW. What I like about the F-450 is that it is a lot heavier duty. The brakes are fantastic not even comparable to the F-350 and the turning is as well. I can literally turn tighter than the F-350 Supercab by a significant factor. I don't like the fuel mileage. On this trip with much of it in the significant mountains, we averaged just over 9 mpg with much of it at 70 mpg on the interstate and with heavy wind.
As you can see from the picture, it is significantly taller etc, than the F-350 DRW in the following picture. If this was one of you, thanks for being near Old Faithful for demonstration purposes. :)
But, it doesn't have an unlimited capacity. I weighed on this trip with full tank, 60 gallons of water (much of it in the Black/Grey), DW, Brittany, and myself. We had everything we normally carry. We don't normally carry that much extra. We had more water than normal and usually our black/grey tanks are empty.
The weights are as follows at the CAT Scale.
Steer Axle - 5720
Drive Axle - 8680
Gross Weight - 14400
This is for a truck that is 14500 GVWR. I also have F rated 19.5 stock wheels. I think you might need to go bigger if you carry your bigger camper with the number of batteries you have.
