Ford Truck

I traded my 06 F350 6.0 lat year to an 08 GMC Duramax with 108000 miles and love it. First year ownership with Ford, nearly $6000 in repairs and still had issues. First year with GMC zero problems. Engine is so much quieter, smoother and powerful. Loved the look of the Ford but not the engine. The 6.7 would probably be a different story. Good luck and Happy camping.

I had an 05 Super Duty 6.0 PSD with ~170k miles when I traded it on my current 12 Super Duty 6.7 PSD. My current truck is a little over two years old and 50k miles and it hasn't experienced a single hiccup, but so did my 05 until about 80k miles when it required an EGR valve cleaning.

Comparing the two different (unmodified)trucks the 6.7 PSD pulls much better and makes better fuel economy, and just run's like a scalded ape.

It sounds like your looking at used trucks and the single most important feature to make sure it has no matter what brand is DEF/SCR equipped. This feature alone promotes better fuel economy, better overall power, and much less fuel/oil dilution of the engine to name a few.

Good luck...

The new 6.7 Ford diesel is completely different than the 6.0 you have now. Plenty of power, reliable. Only real issue with it is the high pressure fuel pump. Its made by Bosch, and it doesn't like water in the fuel. Same unit that Chevy uses on their diesel.

I also had an 05 Ford 6.0 diesel, and although I didn't have too many expenses with it, I opted to get rid of it after selling my 5ver and moving to smaller.

Make sure you get the 6.7, and not the 6.4 interim engine that was used for a couple of years.

Our 2012 F350 6.7L has been mostly problem free at 48K. We had a hose to the turbine blow out this summer in NM. Otherwise no problems.

BK

As far as I have seen, the 6.7 is much more reliable than the 6.0 diesel.

I went from an '07 F350 6.0 to a '12 F350 6.7. The '07 was near trouble free. The '12 has been completely trouble free. I thought the '07 6.0 had a lot of power until I got the '12 6.7. Amazing how much more power it has.

I would also look for leftover new 2014 F350s. They will be willing to deal to get them off their lots. I got my 2012 at the end of the model year for $14,000 off sticker, basically invoice minus Ford factory rebates at the time.

I too am looking and saw 14000 off a 2014 King Ranch 250 short bed yesterday, 65 to 51,000. I know they have changed the turbo and some other things for 2015, so I will be waiting for the right time, truck, and deal on a 2015 long bed crew.

I bought our 2011 6.7 PSD when the 2013's were hitting the lots. For some reason it was at a small dealer and it just hadn't sold so I got it really cheap. At 42,000 miles 3 trips to Colorado pulling a 36' Fuzion it has been excellent so far. My last Chevy was problem after problem. Mine is the XLT CC Short bed . had the dealer install leather as thats the only option I wanted . If my house had wheels on it I'm pretty sure this truck would pull it lol.

Go for it with the 6.7 Ford diesel.

After all the problems with the 6.0, Ford was giving away big profits by not designing and building their own diesel engines. It's hard to believe all the money they paid Navistar for the sub-par 6.0 and 6.4 engines.

The 6.7 is a real honey. (I have one of the last 7.3 F250's made.)

Were looking at a 2013 350 with 13,422 miles. it's says it's a 8 Cylinder Turbo fuel type Diesel. It must be the 6.7. What would be a good price for this truck?