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: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.
...and where are those black helicopters...the information posted is easily verified by reading the entire specifications regarding the F Series SRW trucks and the F350 Dually...the difference only appears in the dually...and it is clearly listed as a Dana axle assembly...
I will concede that the F350 SRW truck has two differences...ones already stated...they are:
F350 SRW truck has an additional overload leaf spring below the main spring pack
The F350 SRW truck uses a 4 inch spacer between the main leaf spring pack and the axle...the F250 uses only a 2 inch spacer...
Just the facts...
Regards
Apparently the choppers are on the way to bring you more secret data.
