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Bob_Young
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- Joined
- Jul 5, 2002
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- Location
- North of the Fingerlakes - NY
- Tractor
- Ford 4000; Ford 2000(both 3cyl.);JD40; 2004 Kubota L4300; 2006 Kubota B7610; new 2007 Kubota MX5000
Well...I guess we'll find out. Signed the papers yesterday for a new F150 with the 5.0 V8, 3.73 gears and the tow package. Nice truck, lotsa options, rated to tow 9400#. Was going back and forth between that and a new but less nice Super Duty for about the same $. The truck drove very well empty and the gas mileage display quickly ramped up to some respectable figures.
Have to be honest, my towing requirements aren't that severe. If I was hauling equipment for a few hundred miles every month on the Interstate, the Super Duty would've made sense. As it is, it'll amount to a few hundred miles a year on 55mph state roads. If the F150 is tough enough to do this without damaging itself, it should be the better choice. I traded my old 6 w/stick '95 F150, so the 2WD Cummins Dodge will still be around if the new truck can't hack it.
I hear you on the Eco-boost V6, DP. The figures are amazing for that size engine. But I was put off by the complexity and new-ness of that approach. The 5.0 V8 should be a lot simpler than that V6...relatively speaking anyway. I have a bad attitude about complex vehicles. Heck, the 6-speed auto tranny in this truck will be the first automatic transmission I've owned in a vehicle since 1965. Gotta sorta ease into these things
Bob
Have to be honest, my towing requirements aren't that severe. If I was hauling equipment for a few hundred miles every month on the Interstate, the Super Duty would've made sense. As it is, it'll amount to a few hundred miles a year on 55mph state roads. If the F150 is tough enough to do this without damaging itself, it should be the better choice. I traded my old 6 w/stick '95 F150, so the 2WD Cummins Dodge will still be around if the new truck can't hack it.
I hear you on the Eco-boost V6, DP. The figures are amazing for that size engine. But I was put off by the complexity and new-ness of that approach. The 5.0 V8 should be a lot simpler than that V6...relatively speaking anyway. I have a bad attitude about complex vehicles. Heck, the 6-speed auto tranny in this truck will be the first automatic transmission I've owned in a vehicle since 1965. Gotta sorta ease into these things
Bob