Weight police will LOVE this one ...
Was looking at 2500HD GMC see a recent 'factory price increase' of a few grand -- which bumps the truck price a bunch. So, decided to compare Ford - never owned a Ford, always been GMC guy. SO, I e...
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Well I would never consider a F-150 (or any heavy half ton for that matter) if I was ever going to haul any traditional camper IMO. My brother in law bought a new 150 in 06, long box, ext cab with the heavy GVW (what ever it was at the time). At about 35k the trans case started to slip & had metal in the oil when he took it in to the local Ford dealer (they noticed the filings in the oil)
He had just purchased my Late Mom's 8ft S&S camper & made one trip with it (fishing in BC). So it was still on the truck when he took it in to have the TC looked at, they wouldn't honor his warranty because they said he had exceeded the load capacity of the truck. (right with a 8ft plain jane camper!) We ended up weighing everything & was well within the GVW rating. They still wouldn't fix it, they said to unload it & take it to another dealer, because they had already seen it with the TC on. He ended up trading it for a 012 F-350, I would have fought them myself, anyway this is what happened to him.
I would buy the heavy F-250 etc to get the heavier drive train components IMHO
He had just purchased my Late Mom's 8ft S&S camper & made one trip with it (fishing in BC). So it was still on the truck when he took it in to have the TC looked at, they wouldn't honor his warranty because they said he had exceeded the load capacity of the truck. (right with a 8ft plain jane camper!) We ended up weighing everything & was well within the GVW rating. They still wouldn't fix it, they said to unload it & take it to another dealer, because they had already seen it with the TC on. He ended up trading it for a 012 F-350, I would have fought them myself, anyway this is what happened to him.
I would buy the heavy F-250 etc to get the heavier drive train components IMHO
