New truck engine info

[RAllison]

Getting ready to upgrade to a 2015 or newer Ford or Chevy gasser,3/4 or 1 ton SRW. Pulling a 10,000 lb. TT. Currently driving 02 Ford F350 SRW with a V10, love it but getting some miles,265,000. You fellows driving the new gassers, what do you think of them. Thanks

[KD4UPL]

My work truck is a 2015 Chevy 3500 with the 6.0. It has 47,000 miles on it, all hauling, towing, or both. It's never given a single problem. The transmission is great with it's automatic downshifting for downgrades as well as holding the cruise control speed. The engine doesn't feel that powerful by the "seat-of-the-pants" but it gets the job done with no complains. I've towed 13,000 pounds while hauling 2,000 pounds once. I towed 10,000 while hauling 2,000 once. Otherwise all loads have been less.
I'd recommend the truck.

[xtech]

Pulling 10000 pound 30ft 5th wheel with 2011 F250 6.2 with 4.30 gears, no issues at all. We are snowbirds from Canada so pull lots of miles going to California and Arizona each winter as well as through the Canadian Rocky mountains in summer. Not a diesel but gets job done without fuss.

[George3037]

RAllison wrote:
Getting ready to upgrade to a 2015 or newer Ford or Chevy gasser,3/4 or 1 ton SRW. Pulling a 10,000 lb. TT. Currently driving 02 Ford F350 SRW with a V10, love it but getting some miles,265,000. You fellows driving the new gassers, what do you think of them. Thanks

I have a 2016 Chevy CC 4X4 2500HD 6.0L gasser. I use it towing my 16' 14K dump trailer, 22' 14K tilt bed and 30' 10K TT. It tows great, very comfortable, lots of creature features but don't expect any great MPG. Empty driving sees about 13-13.5 MPG local, 14.5-15 highway, and 8-10 towing.

[danrclem]

I have a Ford F250 6.2 with 50K on it. My 5th wheel grosses at 10,000 lbs. but have no idea what it actually weighs while towing. My truck pulls it well and I have no complaints except for maybe the gas mileage but that was expected. The transmission is an asset to this truck because it always seems to be in the right gear.

[ib516]

I had a 12,000# 5er that I towed with a Ram 2500 with the 6.4L Hemi. It did a great job. No issues with power. 7-9 mpg. GCW was around 21,000#

[kw_00]

Love my 09 GM 6.0, just to add, some of our newer rescues are coming with the GM 6.0 instead of diesel. The one that I saw yesterday has 102K on it, hard rescue driven miles and no issues. Yes its carrying an ambulance box so it has seen some hard times for sure. Check out all 3 and see what fits your wallet and personal taste. I feel that all 3 manufactures make good gas rigs. I know that you can purchase EFI live tunes for both Ford and Chevy, but I don't know about any support for the Dodge yet. Ford updated the 6.2 this year, and GM is probably updating the 6.0 in 2019. The Dodge 6.4 has a tranny quirk from what TFL says, but Im sure you can shift it manually and get the power that you paid for. Dodge got a nice looking interior and Ford 2018 has a new truck altogether. GM will be changing up soon I think, but the current 6.0 is a proven power house.

[Dave_H_M]

Speaking of F250's, any reports good or bad on the latest 6 speed Ford is dropping in?

I run a 12 F250 and am happier than a pig in stuff with it. :W

[lmpres]

I just traded in my 2012 F250 with the 6.2L. It was a great truck. But I was pulling a 11k 5th wheel with it and it always felt like I was at it's limits. (which it was). Just bought a new f350 diesel dually.

[MFL]

While the V10 was a great tow engine, either of the newer gas trucks will be an upgrade, mostly due to transmission improvement. The Ford 6-speed transmission makes a huge difference, and is what you will notice most. The GM 6.0 gets good reviews too, and also a 6-speed.

Jerry

[Chuck_thehammer]

Hello Fellow Ohio person.,

I have a 2012 F 250, Gas 6.2L I currently have 156,000 miles.

I Carry 1,500 pounds in truck bed AND tow a 9,000 pound trailer...
I do 1,800 miles... in 4 days... twice a year. Ohio to Texas.

the 6.2L is in 2011 to 2018... Have fun shopping.

as to the 6.2L it likes to rev,,,, so let it. overhead camshafts 🙂

fyi, on another forum.. a 2011 F 350 with the 6.2L just had a failure...AT 418,000 miles... he had Ford replace engine.. and truck is back on the road..