Any Superduty Gas 6.2L User Reports?

[Kampfirekid]

6.2L 1/2 tons need not respond.

Looking for some real world towing and daily driving experiences and numbers. I'm having a hard time justifying a diesel as a daily driver anymore when I only tow 10k about 12 times a year. A 1/2 ton won't cut the 1,400 tongue weight, so I need a 3/4 to 1 ton truck. Also, trying to justify the gas over diesel. I drive about 30,000 a year, and also am concerned at 100k in three years, the gasser will be worth squat and less desirable on trade. With repairs on diesel, I'm not interested in owning one past 100k. The 6.2L is looking better all the time. Any real world experience is appreciated.

[Kampfirekid]

If someone with a Crystal Ball could chime in here, we could stop guessing. Driving home tonight I filled up. 15.6mpg. Again, can't figure it's worth driving a diesel anymore getting that mileage when a 6.2L will tow our trailer 12x a year with close to the same mpg daily driving at $1 less per gallon. I just wish nice V8 EcoBoost was on the horizon.

[Buck50HD]

Kampfirekid wrote:

Buck50HD wrote:
I'm happy with the 6.2 but I think you are going to lose out financially. The 6.2 will depreciate more/faster than the 6.7 in addition to the loss you will take trading your 6.7. Save the money you would lose for future maintenance/repairs.

How do you figure gas depreciates faster? The guides don't ask "if it's a gasser, deduct depreciation at the rate of x". The used diesel has a adder of about $7000. It seems that's the spread between a comparable gasser and diesel... Not any more or less.

I agree with loss on trading, though. Unfortunately, the way the market has gone, I think high end diesels such as a King Ranch will price out close to $75-80k after the redesign in 2017. That should jump up used prices.

Just basing it on what I found when searching last year. The used 1-2yr old 6.7's with 50k miles were maybe $5k less than a new carryover. Crazy. I could not justify spending more money for a used 6.7 with 50-80k miles than I spent on my new 6.2. I drive 10,000 miles/yr with the truck so that's 5-8 yrs old to me. They hold their value very well.

[pawatt]

Buck50HD wrote:
I'm happy with the 6.2 but I think you are going to lose out financially. The 6.2 will depreciate more/faster than the 6.7 in addition to the loss you will take trading your 6.7. Save the money you would lose for future maintenance/repairs.

Just hope the 6.7 don't go the way of the 6.0 diesel. When I bought the diesel I thought the same thing, at 80,000 miles and 5 years old I had many $1000's in repairs, I maintained it in excess of recommendations at a high cost & my dealer wouldn't accept it in trade as they just wholesaled them to the auction house as nobody wanted them. It had a very low resale value. At the time I got rid of my diesel gassers were bringing much more on trade.

[Kampfirekid]

Buck50HD wrote:
I'm happy with the 6.2 but I think you are going to lose out financially. The 6.2 will depreciate more/faster than the 6.7 in addition to the loss you will take trading your 6.7. Save the money you would lose for future maintenance/repairs.

How do you figure gas depreciates faster? The guides don't ask "if it's a gasser, deduct depreciation at the rate of x". The used diesel has a adder of about $7000. It seems that's the spread between a comparable gasser and diesel... Not any more or less.

I agree with loss on trading, though. Unfortunately, the way the market has gone, I think high end diesels such as a King Ranch will price out close to $75-80k after the redesign in 2017. That should jump up used prices.

[Buck50HD]

I'm happy with the 6.2 but I think you are going to lose out financially. The 6.2 will depreciate more/faster than the 6.7 in addition to the loss you will take trading your 6.7. Save the money you would lose for future maintenance/repairs.

[shepstone]

We have no regrets with our 6.2 . Saved over $10,000 plus the extra 13% sales tax and the added cost of financing over 5 yrs , costlier maintenance , and higher fuel cost . And we also saved about the same amount by going with a lite version fiver. From a monetary point of view the whole package made sense to us. It pulls our unit around with ease & I find myself in the passing lane more often than I should be. However if our trailer was over 11,000 lbs then I prob have wanted 4 30 gears or maybe diesel.

[hondapro]

I am also very happy with my 6.2.I have the 3.73 gears and normally just lock out sixth gear when I get in the hills and use tow/haul,it does very well.

[pawatt]

librty02 wrote:
Pawatt what gears are you running?

it is a F-350, 6 speed auto, 8 foot bed, extended cab, Tow pkg and 3.73 gears. It is long and a pain to park but otherwise a great truck. We have towed the mountains of Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. Not as fast going up grades as the diesel was but a whole lot less trouble on many levels. Headwinds reduce the MPG more than mountain grades.

[librty02]

Pawatt what gears are you running?

[pawatt]

I have had a 2011 6.2 since new. We have towed many of the western mountains with it without problems. We tow a 12,000 pound loaded 5er. 8 -10 mpg towing and 13 - 17 mpg not towing. Very happy with it to date esp when compared to the cost and problems with our previous 6.0 diesel. Low cost of oil and filter changes, ease of finding an open gas pump and much lower fuel cost.

[Kampfirekid]

...and everyone forgets, at the Max Towing Rating, the truck is spec'd with no payload except a 150# driver, an empty bed, no passengers, and not even a soda in the cupholders. Yeah, because we all tow empty.

[goducks10]

jerem0621 wrote:
I do not have a 6.2 V8 Super Duty but some of the comments about 10,000 lbs being about max for this motor are unfounded.

According to the 2014 Ford SuperDuty Towing Guide

A Crew Cab 4x4 F250 with the 6.2 is rated at 12,500 lbs with a conventional trailer and 15,100 lbs fifth wheel towing with 4:30 gears.

I would not be afraid to tow this trailer or put the 30,000 miles a year on this truck. That is if I were going to keep the truck until it dies.

Just cause it's rated for 15,100lbs doesn't mean it would be enjoyable. F150's are rated for 11,500+. That surely would not be enjoyable. The 6.2 has it's limits like all gassers.

Thanks!

Jeremiah

[RWDIII]

I like my 2015 LX 4wd F250 just fine.After 1000 miles my milage avg is 15
.from Casa Grande to Yuma @65 17.4 MPG I get better MPGthan the F150 it replaced



















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[Kampfirekid]

Well, I have enough oil for another year of changes, so I'll probably ride it out until fall of 2015. By then, I suspect the redesigned Superduty will be unveiled and well know what to roughly expect. Since loaded 2015 F150s went up over $10k with all bells and whistles available, I'm sure the SD will do the same. That will break the deal. Then, the 10,000 pound brick and F350 will go for an F150 and 7,000 pound trailer... Max .