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carringb wrote:
Funny that everybody here is screaming for diesels.
By far and large, most motorhomes on the road come with the V10. The larger F53s are good for 30,000 combined.The 450 V10 is rated for over 20,000 pounds towing.
I just hauled back another one of our broken diesel trucks (an '08 F550 with only 124,000 miles), from the Bay Area to Portland, using my trusty V10 with 445,000 miles which has never left me stranded.
#1 reason to go with a diesel: *OMG downshifts!!!!*
Granted, towing 17k at elevation frequently would be a good reason to need forced induction. Occasional towing in New England? A gas engine will pull every grade and still keep up with traffic...
โSep-10-2017 02:29 PM
Mommytwo6girls wrote:
Carringb,
I'm a Gas 6.8l V10 Ford Excursion girl here. I had that for 8yrs and miss it! That is what I pulled our Jayco with. Then the fuse board went on it. My mechanic and I called/searching junk yards from here to down south for one... Couldn't find one. Buying my F250 was my first experience in car buying. It taught me a lot "afterwards"...
I feel this "newer" V8 engine uses way more gas then my V10 ever did.
I think I'm getting the jiffy of what to look for.
The girls and I went test driving today.
We test drove a new F350, a Ram 3500.
Both new trucks drove freaking sweet!!!
Then test drove a used 2015 GMC 3500 HD Dually.... With 65K miles on it.
The GMC had a digital dash board. When I was at a dead stop and begin a take off. The digital oil gauge would move from 55 to 70 and then back to 55. Didn't see this on the other trucks. But, I did the walk around of the GMC and found body damage on it... It was a beautiful truck. Just very shady dealership...
My budget is $50K.
Tried posting the front end damage of GMC...
By the time I get new truck.. Will figure out how to post the pictures lmao!
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Mommytwo6girls wrote:
I'm having a hard time figuring out what each truck is equipped with. Take this one as an example:
350 SuperDuty King Ranch; Power Stroke 6.0L V8 -->(DI 32V OHV)<--. I'm trying to educate my self with each truck companies abbreviations.. By next Spring I have it figured out lmao!