Am I going to regret my decision?

I saw the release of the new Aluminum body f150 today. Looks pretty sleek. Personally, I wish they would have gone I little bit more bold and stayed closer to the Atlas concept. That was an amazing looking truck.

I never noticed a loss of performance. It was just the annoyance of the "Exhaust Cleaning" process weekly that I didn't like. Except while towing in the summer, I rarely ever got the truck up to highway speeds. Once the process started, the manual stay it may be harmful to the system if it is interrupted. I didn't always have the time to get to a highway and take her for a run once the process started.

Not sure if the OP bought his rig, but the 2015 F-150 will be an interesting year. The 6.2L is gone, and the EB engine has gotten smaller (3.5L), as well as a little brother (2.7L V6). There is a NA 3.5L non-EB engine for Flex-Fuel work, and the 5.0 V8 will still be around.

Looks like Ford is betting the farm on the turbo technology. However, in a lot of applications, there is no substitute for cubes.

CavemanCharlie wrote:
OK. I asked my brother about this today. He has a 2014 F350 and before this he had 2013 F250 both with the Diesel. He says the performance is slightly decreased when it's doing it's cleaning cycle but, it's such a small amount of performance decrease that you hardly notice it. He also says it doesn't do it that often and he does a lot of short trip driving. However, he says the neighbor has a similar truck and their cleaning cycle was happening all the time and it sucked so they took it to the dealer where they had to do a change to it in some way because it had a problem. So, maybe if your truck is doing that all the time you should take it in. He also says that there is someway to turn this cleaning cycle on manually so you can let it set in your driveway and idle for 10-15 minutes to do the cycle. He doesn't know how to do it though because he has never found a need to do this.

On our 2014 F350, the diesel manual states that you must be going at least 30 mph for the particulate filter cleaning to take place. If the truck is going slower, it will wait until you are going at least 30 to do the cleaning. It doesn't happen often for us and I can't detect any loss of power.

don’t know if you already bought the F150; if you did congrats they seem like great trucks. I had a Toyota Tundra to pull the trailer in my signature; it hauled it around like a boss and I basically only pull my trailer in the mountains. The issue I kept coming back to was the payload; I was basically out of it and my family was getting bigger. I went from the Tundra to a single rear wheel 3500HD diesel. It pulls it better than my Tundra did; but my Tundra pulled it more than adequately. Where I noticed the biggest difference was stability and slowing down on the big mountain passes. I could have kept my Tundra and probably been fine, but with my most valued items on board I wanted to be sure.
Plus, when my wife says “I want to bring all this”, I say “whatever makes you happy honey.”
Good luck with whatever you decide.

OK. I asked my brother about this today. He has a 2014 F350 and before this he had 2013 F250 both with the Diesel. He says the performance is slightly decreased when it's doing it's cleaning cycle but, it's such a small amount of performance decrease that you hardly notice it. He also says it doesn't do it that often and he does a lot of short trip driving. However, he says the neighbor has a similar truck and their cleaning cycle was happening all the time and it sucked so they took it to the dealer where they had to do a change to it in some way because it had a problem. So, maybe if your truck is doing that all the time you should take it in. He also says that there is someway to turn this cleaning cycle on manually so you can let it set in your driveway and idle for 10-15 minutes to do the cycle. He doesn't know how to do it though because he has never found a need to do this.

It's the DPF (Diesel Particulate Filter). Once dirty enough, it need to run a cleaning cycle. Basically, you need to run the truck at highway speeds so it can heat up the filter and burn off all the particulate. For me, I was about a 20-30 minute run every week.

What does regen mean??

Really, it was just the regen that drove me nuts. The ride was rough without pulling a trailer, but connected it was smooth and comfy. I'm not sure if it is, but the F150 seems to have more backseat space. Other than the regen, I really did like the F350.

I guess the grass is always greener... I'm thinking about jumping to an F350 for the extra capacity and figure I could deal with the rougher ride and cost for commuting.

Still on the fence because I'm within the ratings with the current setup and really love the handling of the HD package and performance of the eco. Just considering the capacity upgrade before depreciation progresses any further with the current truck. It would probably have to be a 6.2 and I don't know if I'd be happy with a N/A gas engine in that big pig after the eco, so that's another big factor.

Aside from the regen, any other specific things you just couldn't tolerate?