F350 Considering
I met someone a while back who buys a new F350 every other year for his RV and ordered a new one that arrives in October.
His current one has quite a bit more towing capacity than my F150 Ecoboost and is necessary if we move to a fifth wheel at some point. It is also a 2014, 20k miles, setup for towing, 6.7l diesel, Platinum style, SRW (single rear wheel). It will fit in my garage albeit 11″ longer and 2 inches higher. Mileage towing is better than mine but highway speed by itself is a bit lower. It had 925 ft lb torque vs 420 for my 3.5 Eco. Obviously, the Platinum has about every option.
What are going to be the main issues/problems with moving to a bigger diesel truck?
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😛 The pin weight on fifth wheels is the problem. They exceed payload and rear axle max. But i gots to have the techology in the higher end models. :biggrinn:
😛 The pin weight on fifth wheels is the problem. They exceed payload and rear axle max.
Get a F-750 !
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All three Ram, GM, and Ford make great towing vehicles these days. Of our RV group – everyone has a Ford. They are just a lot more popular. We notice that at the campgrounds and parks we go to. They all break. The most reliable vehicle I have ever owned (239,000 miles) was an F150 and I have owned Toyotas, Hondas, Subarus. etc.
That said you might be right on those being towing miles as I considered. The other thing is I may actually go with a duelly that raises the payload considerably since the 5er’s my wife likes are heavy and have heavy pin weights. I do like the Cummins engines.
I had a ford 6ltr and I won’t even look at fords any more due to ford wouldn’t take care of the problems with the engine in that model. I traded for a dodge with a Cummins and it pulled my trailer better and got 2 more miles to the gallon at the same time. Trading every two years sounds like he may abuse his vehicles or he is having problems with them. At 20000 miles the engine isn’t even broken in yet. :whistle:
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Same price…. More nutz!
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