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Wanderlost
Nov 25, 2016Nomad II
I drive a 2015 F-150 Lariat double cab short bed, Ecoboot engine with max tow package. I can tow our Rockwood 2906ws, but it's not a comfortable pairing.
We tow with WLToo's daily ride: a 2014 F-350 King Ranch double cab long bed, diesel. Pulls Steinholz like he's not even back there. He also gets a respectable mpg when pulling, and really nice mpg when running unencumbered. I like the F-350 so much that if/when WLToo's Parkinson's gets really bad, we'll keep the F-350 over my F-150, nice as it is.
We went with a used F-350 diesel because the new F250s were more expensive. Also, we went with diesel because it's so much easier to maneuver truck and trailer through the truck diesel fuel points than to try and maneuver around the gas pumps, where cars are so quick to cut you off and the pump placements are very difficult to maneuver trailers through.
So I'll join the crowds saying "not an F-150 or a Tundra," and "get a diesel." Whether it's a 250/2500 or a used 350/3500 series will depend on your pocketbook comfort.
We tow with WLToo's daily ride: a 2014 F-350 King Ranch double cab long bed, diesel. Pulls Steinholz like he's not even back there. He also gets a respectable mpg when pulling, and really nice mpg when running unencumbered. I like the F-350 so much that if/when WLToo's Parkinson's gets really bad, we'll keep the F-350 over my F-150, nice as it is.
We went with a used F-350 diesel because the new F250s were more expensive. Also, we went with diesel because it's so much easier to maneuver truck and trailer through the truck diesel fuel points than to try and maneuver around the gas pumps, where cars are so quick to cut you off and the pump placements are very difficult to maneuver trailers through.
So I'll join the crowds saying "not an F-150 or a Tundra," and "get a diesel." Whether it's a 250/2500 or a used 350/3500 series will depend on your pocketbook comfort.
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