2500 or 3500 what's the major difference?
I am looking at new trucks. It seems most new trucks on the lots are 2500. If you want to tow or have a HD truck wouldn't you want a 3500. Most of the trucks are equipped with a diesel and a 2500 cha...
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ricatic wrote:fla-gypsy wrote:
It is all about payload and it matters. Many armchair engineers will claim the only difference is this or that but unless they are building them its all conjecture.
Gypsy...
I have posted this Ford information many times...but I will repeat it for you and those that have not read it...The complete axle assemblies for all Ford F250 and F350 SRW trucks are identical. They are all assembled in Sterling Heights Michigan at Ford's Sterling Axle Plant. My BIL is very high up in management at this location.
When I asked him the difference between 250 and 350 axle question several years ago he told me there were none...in fact...the assemblies leave the plant for Louisville Assembly with no designation as to which model truck they were to be installed...all components: housings, shafts, axles, gear sets and brake assemblies are all the same...
...any discussion regarding the F350 having larger axle shafts only concerns F350 Dually's...The dually truck does not use the common Sterling Axle Plant product but instead uses a Dana manufactured assembly...The confusion is caused by a continuing error published in Ford's specifications...The name Dana does appear in the Dually specs but most readers fail to understand...
...not an arm chair engineer...just a distributor of facts...
Regards
Having spent 30 years administering industrial safety compliance programs I will respectfully decline to accept your opinion of what the difference is and defer to what the manufacturer states in writing the established ratings for the product they sell are. We call that hazard recognition and risk avoidance and it is the ONLY proven and acceptable data available. Everything else is opinion and worth diddly squat.
