Considering a new truck
I've been looking at a 2017 Ford F350 (gas, short bed, super cab). I've been driving an 08 Chevy 2500HD for the past eight years, but we're always careful about how much weight we take on because we'...
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kohldad wrote:
It depends on the speed you are driving, but you should be able to get 10-12mpg with a gasser Ford. The reports when I was looking about two years ago was it was going to be about the same regardless of whether I choose Chevy, Ram, or Ford.
I saved a lot of up front money going with a Ram and have been very well satisfied with 36k so far, over 1/2 of which has been with the camper on board.
I'd second that notion you'll get more truck for the $$ other than Ford. Nothing wrong with the Ford truck, but you are going to pay more - probably for the aluminum and engineering in it. I haven't seen any real world stuff yet that leads me to believe you'll get any noticeable increase in MPG with the slightly lighter Ford. You'll probably get more payload, obviously.
Good luck! It's always fun to shop for a new truck!
