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Overload of the Day

ianjoub

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Especially after living through the nightmare which was the 2003-2010 Superduty's....:eek::cool::confused::(
I loved my '17 with the 6.7L!

They did get things fixed.

I have a buddy, had a 2005 Excursion with the 6.0L. He had no issues, didn't have to 'bulletproof' it until it his 235k. He towed a 28' trailer full of motorcycle roadrace bikes for 90% of its life.
 

CM1995

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I loved my '17 with the 6.7L!

They did get things fixed.

I have a buddy, had a 2005 Excursion with the 6.0L. He had no issues, didn't have to 'bulletproof' it until it his 235k. He towed a 28' trailer full of motorcycle roadrace bikes for 90% of its life.

The 6.7's are outstanding - I own 2 of them in addition to a 6.7 Cummins and the 7.3.

You're buddy has a unicorn 6.0. I owned 4 - 6.0's in 250's, 350's and a 450. The only 6.0 that didn't give us issues was the 450 and I sold it before it reached 40K miles and less than 2 years old.

Next truck purchase will be a Ford 6.7 as I won't buy a gas burner in a 3/4 and above truck.
 

Birken Vogt

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Company in the same complex has 2 6.7s, one in an F550 service truck and one in a F-750 (?) bobtail at 30-35k

Both have been in and out of service for months and needed expensive and extensive work.

Maybe pickups do better but these heavier trucks in heavy hills do not seem to be doing so well.

I'm not going to buy another diesel, maybe they are good when they work right, but the dealer is a long way off and always backed up with jobs. I or my local mechanic need to be able to fix it right now when it breaks.
 

skyking1

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I'll give my diesel up when I get a sub 6000 pound travel trailer. Not saying a gasser won't tow more than that, but the 5.9 common rail and 6 speed manual transmission are quite competent and frugal at the same time. I've never seen single digits towing the 10K 5th wheels. I have enough gears and torque to keep it in the sweet spot and not howling. The exhaust brake makes mountain towing worry-free.
 

JLarson

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6.0's are actually pretty good once you get rid of the poor design choices, just like with many light duty diesels, like the stock oil cooler, egr crap.
 

DMiller

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My poor old 7.3 is tired, been whooped like a cur dog as to being used as a load hauler, I tended to make it work harder than many ever did. max speed with the chevy on was 72mph on straight level, up hill was down to low sixties working its ass off and has been chip reprogrammed for better response(A dozen Years ago) with a fuel mileage increase due to ULSD. just shy of 340,000 miles and all but the 12 on it when bought it were mine. No major engine work(knocking on my wooden head) but have had a trans replacement two third members where the 10.5 Ford Corporate stood up somewhat well, and misc other stuff as water pumps under cover harnesses, glow plugs. Cab is imploding as most of these do, thought about rebuilding that but cannot justify as so much other will eventually go south but 21 years and the miles against the loads has justified its purchase those years ago.

Wanted to go to the quarry and weigh out with the Chevy on, was too scared to know what it really weighed, truck been licensed 24K for years as dragged tractor with implements back and forth to BILs farm for years.
 

colson04

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The 6.0 and 6.4. I had enough of the 6.0's and the economy was in the tank so didn't have a 6.4. My first Superduty was a 1999 F250 V10 - it was pass everything except the gas station.:D

The V10's are thirsty but good engines.

I hear ya on the V10 being thirsty; 7-10mpg when towing (depends on what I'm towing) and 12-15mpg not towing. Winter time it drops to around 11mpg consistently when empty.

When I bought it, I was looking for a super duty that would be an occasional/seasonal use truck. I don't like the 5.4L engine in a super duty chassis. I strongly considered any of the Powerstrokes depending on what was available in my budget, but after talking with my father in law (certified mechanic, specializing in all Ford products), he strongly recommended the v10 for my intended use. It was a solid choice, but now that it runs daily, the fuel bill is pretty steep.

I recently picked up a 1997 F350 stake bed with a 7.3L diesel. Its not a show truck, but I think I can get some good use out of it once I put some time into fixing some of the little things that need addressing.
 

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My poor old 7.3 is tired, been whooped like a cur dog as to being used as a load hauler, I tended to make it work harder than many ever did. max speed with the chevy on was 72mph on straight level, up hill was down to low sixties working its ass off and has been chip reprogrammed for better response(A dozen Years ago) with a fuel mileage increase due to ULSD. just shy of 340,000 miles and all but the 12 on it when bought it were mine. No major engine work(knocking on my wooden head) but have had a trans replacement two third members where the 10.5 Ford Corporate stood up somewhat well, and misc other stuff as water pumps under cover harnesses, glow plugs. Cab is imploding as most of these do, thought about rebuilding that but cannot justify as so much other will eventually go south but 21 years and the miles against the loads has justified its purchase those years ago.

Wanted to go to the quarry and weigh out with the Chevy on, was too scared to know what it really weighed, truck been licensed 24K for years as dragged tractor with implements back and forth to BILs farm for years.
I will take a guess at 14k lbs., my POS grain truck with wooden dump bed weighs 12k and is of same year as yours.
 

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I hear ya on the V10 being thirsty; 7-10mpg when towing (depends on what I'm towing) and 12-15mpg not towing. Winter time it drops to around 11mpg consistently when empty.

When I bought it, I was looking for a super duty that would be an occasional/seasonal use truck. I don't like the 5.4L engine in a super duty chassis. I strongly considered any of the Powerstrokes depending on what was available in my budget, but after talking with my father in law (certified mechanic, specializing in all Ford products), he strongly recommended the v10 for my intended use. It was a solid choice, but now that it runs daily, the fuel bill is pretty steep.

I recently picked up a 1997 F350 stake bed with a 7.3L diesel. Its not a show truck, but I think I can get some good use out of it once I put some time into fixing some of the little things that need addressing.
You escaped the spark plug puking engine.
 

DMiller

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Did have some carnage on the trip down, less than 35 miles from house on way out a Doe ran into the side of the truck, Full dead run, and did Die!! She may have survived the hit, but then caught the LF corner of the GN and got snapped. Also this is the unistrut rolling bench I got.

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DMiller

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At 14k plus the 6k+ for the trailer and my truck at close to 8k I was a taste too heavy for the 24k license, and it did equate to that driving out.
 

DMiller

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With all the bed damage and rust, may opt to a flatbed for it "IF" should try to do something with the cab. At close to $75K for a replacement New and no way to touch a two to three year used for much less may be equitable to repair this.
 

colson04

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You escaped the spark plug puking engine.

No, I didn't escape that. I had a 1998 F-250 5.4L 2V engine that puked two plugs over the 130,000 miles I owned it. Amazingly, both plugs that went were the front cylinder on each side so doing the repair kit was super simple. I don't think I spent more than 30 minutes repairing either one. I sold the truck with 250,000 miles on it to a friend that put another 20,000 miles on it before a tree crushed it during a big storm. I have since owned 2 of the 5.4L 3V engines, both in Expedition chassis's, that have ran exceptionally well, and this V10 3V.
 
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