Your towing rigs and trailers
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With the caveat of - clearly understand what Ford deems to be Severe Service - I'd tend to trust Ford's Maintenance Intervals. They have been building this class of truck for a long time, and don't have much to gain by blindly extending intervals. That said, there is pressure from the govt, enviro groups, and We Prefer Zero Maintenance consumers to stretch fluid intervals out.
Full disclosure - I don't own or maintain a 6.7, so do not have the depth of experience you'd get from a Ford diesel tech, or a good independent diesel shop.
IMO, all high capacity trucks (gas and diesel) can suffer a bit when primarily used as a car - they aren't worked hard enough, most of the time. Ex. - Rear disk brakes tend to seize more, but the bigger concern is the expensive stuff.
You are lucky with your weather, since short tripping a big diesel in our cold winters (gas for that matter too) is really hard on oil - it never gets up to operating temperature. That is one key metric for Severe Service, but not the only one.
A well programmed on-board maintenance minder (meaning the factory 'puter) can provide you with good guidance on service intervals - again, I don't know the 6.7 well enough to comment on how well dialed in Ford's is - by now, I'd expect good accuracy (vs. actual vehicle use), but across the industry some of that present good quality programming has been the result of factory re-programming of parameters based on real world customer use.
You have some hills out your way, and inland heat - on the Hot side of things, I'd want to see EGT displayed when towing heavy. On a 2016 I'd almost expect to have that available on the factory dash, if not, I'd add an aftermarket solution.
I'd spend some time combing the Ford boards and BITOG, looking for data on UOA on 6.7 motor oil and ATF, and any informed comments related to reasons to shorten the factory intervals. If short trips will be common (even in your weather), I'd also spend some time researching how that impacts the emission system - what you find out there may lead you to modify how the truck gets used/exercised.
I'd tend to trust Ford's specs, but with the worth of that truck, a Trust but Verify approach has merit.
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So far 99% of the trips have been under 10 miles... brother put 100k on his last vehicle in 11 years and that included two cross country trips... my commute is even less at 5 miles each way.
Have lots of co-workers that commute 50 miles a day and some that commute over a 100 miles which means a lot of time on the road with Bay Area traffic... thankfully, no one in the family needs to get on the freeway for work.
We do have one mountain nearby... Mount Diablo State Park.
Towing the dump trailer or stock trailer is also under 10 miles and this was a concern of mine with the Diesel since this is 99% of the use now.
Have lots of co-workers that commute 50 miles a day and some that commute over a 100 miles which means a lot of time on the road with Bay Area traffic... thankfully, no one in the family needs to get on the freeway for work.
We do have one mountain nearby... Mount Diablo State Park.
Towing the dump trailer or stock trailer is also under 10 miles and this was a concern of mine with the Diesel since this is 99% of the use now.
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Just a FYI on the factory maintenance reminder. I have a '14 F150 with the same system and if you set your oil life at 100% after an oil change you'll be around 10k miles. At 50% that equates reliably to 5000 miles no matter if I drive hard, have a lot of idling, or on a cross country trip. Since I have the EcoBoost I do 5000 mile changes (forced induction, direct fuel injection, and custom tunes) and the oil still isn't filthy but getting dark.
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Got the new F-250 in, traded in the old 09' F-350.
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One of the best parts of the new one (IMO), is that the new one can burn E85. But there are also other nice features with the new one, like the screen in the dash.
From This,
to this,
One of the best parts of the new one (IMO), is that the new one can burn E85. But there are also other nice features with the new one, like the screen in the dash.
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The old one looks very clean.... did you have a lot of miles on it?
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The old one was clean in that pic but got to be pretty filthy by the time we traded it, it had 153K and change on it. It was getting to where it needed a fair bit of maintenence (windshield, tires, alignment, etc...), and next year is a all new superduty, which i am sure will have a large price jack, so we saved a couple grand by trading this in now...
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I've never heard of anyone bragging about E85 like you do. There's nothing good about it...
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We have already discussed E85 to the grave, There are plenty of other threads to discuss it in. No need to clobber up this thread with it. End of rant.
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Nice looking new rig (and old one for that matter)...congrats!
What engine did the '09 have in it, and how does the 6.2L compare?