I sure hope I did the right thing! (Update)

Greene728 wrote:
Well, over the weekend the DW and I pulled the trigger on a (new to us) 2012 Ford Certified F-250 CC 4x4 with the 6.2 gas. Traded in my 05 model with the 6.0 PSD. The reasons were just to obvious to ignore any longer. The 6.0 was about to need quite a bit of work including injectors, egr, and possibly a FICM. I had the truck for 6yrs and only had 2 or 3 fairly minor issues up till recently when it hit 93xxx miles. We only pull our rig seasonal about 10-12 times a year with most trips (8-9) being local to the lake with the rest being less than 4-500 RT. Other than that its my DD to work and general running around. I did tons of research beforehand and narrowed it down to Ford and Dodge. I just favored the Ford due to brand loyalty to be honest. However, the Dodge was very tempting and a really nice truck. We found this one and got a great deal on both price and trade in. I'm sure its gonna be an adjustment towing, but I think overall for my uses its gonna be a good decision. I just couldn't justify the extra up front cost and maintenance, let alone price per gallon difference for less than 2500 mi or so a year towing. Thanks to many of you on here that helped with making my choice and didn't even realize you were doing it!
Fingers crossed!

I think you will really like your new truck. We have a few of the Fords with 6.2L at the city I work at and they have been flawless. They make very good power and sound great doing it too! It will definitely use more fuel than your 6.0L did but given the increase in reliability and cheaper maintenance the difference will be insignificant in my opinion. You will just need to get used to revving the engine higher to get the pulling power out of it.

I too had a F-350 6.0L truck and traded it off last April for the exact same reasons you did. It was stumbling cold which I'm sure was some injectors getting weak, the oil cooler was plugging up and needed replacement, and the bedplate leak was getting worse on it and dripping on my garage floor and blowing all over underneath the truck when I drove it. I loved the truck but it was time to move on and avoid expensive repairs. That was my third Ford truck in the past 20 years and I really was tempted to go with another Ford but was turned off by the high pressure fuel pump failures with the 6.7L diesel that Ford seems to refuse to warranty. I wanted to stick with diesel because we are buying a larger fifth wheel, so ended up buying a Ram Cummins and am very happy. Not having to worry when travelling far from home with the fiver is priceless as you will find out!

Congratulations and happy travels in your new Ford!