F-150 or F-250?

[R J]

If you get a properlly equipped 1/2 ton, add the simple air bag system you can run a sled deck on it just fine. Weight will be up their but within the legal zone.

 

[ak ryda]

Where did you come up with those numbers?? Are you pulling them out of a hat? Here I can do it to. "I can't be certain but I think most half ton gassers get 3 mpg." WTF

My 2008 6.4L crew got 11-12mpg. I have about 60K miles on diesels the last two years (05 6.0L, and 08 6.4L) and have NEVER seen anything above 14mpg. My parents duramax with exhaust and banks PDA on economy gets around 16. My main riding partner's 96 12valve CTD gets high teens.

For hauling, you obviously cant beat a diesel. But I see lots of people claiming 20mpg on their diesels and I just dont see it from my experience.

 

[HuskerCat]

Well when you drive one at work everyday and fuel it up everyday you get accustom to how far it can go, oh how much fuel and we do this simply calculation that tells us it ranges from 11 city, to 13 at the most we have ever witnessed on the highway. We don't pull that much so I can't say for sure but with mileage like that on the highway empty it's pretty sad. 07 and newer diesels are choked from the EPA and the fuel numbers all show it. Most diesel guys would give up their current 2007 and newer diesels for the pre EPA stuff.

I have an 08 with 2010 compliant emissions equipment on it. Yeah, that equipment might "fall off" when the warranty is up. But, if I got 13 highway with it I'd drive it off a cliff. You must drive a 6.4.
I'm not going to take any more space on Zach's thread to argue my point. I'll just leave you with this. In MY experience, MY diesel is cheaper for ME to operate than it was to operate MY gas. Drive whatever you please. Opinions are just that, opinions. If you ask for opinions this what you end up with. Do the research, throw some math at it and decide for yourself what is YOUR best option.

 

[danby]

to get the 6.4 in to the 20 mpg range you have to get a DPF (diesel particulate filter ) delete kit and remove it fromyour truck i would go with a good used 06-07 year f-350 ride is nodifferent from the f-250 but you can haul more straight pipe it and throw a chip and intake on it, your up to 23-25 city and 28-29 high way mpg i have the truck i just mentioned and doing the speed limitevery where not 5 mph over nets you another 2-3 mpg. my .02

 

[R J]

I have an 08 with 2010 compliant emissions equipment on it. Yeah, that equipment might "fall off" when the warranty is up. But, if I got 13 highway with it I'd drive it off a cliff. You must drive a 6.4.
I'm not going to take any more space on Zach's thread to argue my point. I'll just leave you with this. In MY experience, MY diesel is cheaper for ME to operate than it was to operate MY gas. Drive whatever you please. Opinions are just that, opinions. If you ask for opinions this what you end up with. Do the research, throw some math at it and decide for yourself what is YOUR best option.

I'll take a bit more. I have had a diesel, I have had a gas, and I drive a diesel at work all the time. If you haul or have a trailer hooked up 24/7 the diesel does look ok, but any other senario is all in your head and has more to do with testosterone then anything else.

 

[cubby]

Just a thought

I work at a ford dealer and just to let you in on something if you go with the deisel be very careful what you do to it, exhaust, chip, programmer what ever it is, most dealers will not even touch a truck that has any add ons there for your warranty is down the drain and wait till you have to pay that bill!!!