F150 or F250 Please Help Me Decide!

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kevin

either way I would avoid the new V10
just got back from picking one up in Durango Colorado [in a fifteen passanger van] and put almost a hundred of fuel through it to get 653 miles back to Jackson Hole, Wy.

Also would avoid the power joke diesel with an automatic. Might be alright with standard shift but the one I drove in an Excursion with an automatic flat wouldn't hunt.

Your mileage may vary

Just kidding. I like 'em all. My friend traded his 1999 Dodge on a new Chevy, gets better gas mileage. Dodge does have a better warranty right now though.

Too bad Studebaker and International are out of the pickup business.

Your mileage may vary

If you go with an F250 don't get the 5.4L motor. Go with the V10 or better yet the Powerstroke. Everybody I know who has a Superduty with the 5.4 wishes they had gone bigger as it is underpowered for such a heavy truck.

Any F150 set up for towing will pull your N just fine. The tradeoffs for going bigger are, More money up front, more money in the gas tank, harder ride and higher maintenance costs.

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Sorry, my warped little mind just couldn't resist!

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hope this helps.

later,dave

Hope this helps..... ..... Ed
'52 8N475798

-Richie MaGoo

Oh, and my knees are tired so it's an automatic. You'll never see me buy another stick.

. You can always add leaf springs or put a set of booster springs on it. Then you got a F-250 with out the low low gears and poor gas milage

By putting booster springs or adding a extra leaf does not make it a F250. You have added nothing to the brakes, nothing to the tires and heavier rims, nothing to the axles and nothing to the frame, I've pulled with both 1/2 tons and 3/4 tons and no way is there any comparisons of the two, the 3/4 ton may cost a few cents more for fuel, but worth every penny in safety. Stan

You could tow the N with a Volkswagen(shudder!) if you had to, but your truck will last a lot longer, and you'll be a lot safer with a 250 if you plan on towing much at all.

The difference between the 150 and 250 ammounts to the difference between a car and a truck.

Another word of advice: I used to be in the auto salvage business, plus I've had many flavors of car-carriers/wreckers. In the old days, there wasn't too much seperating the Chevys and the Fords....but since about 1990, the Fords have a big advantage. The suspensions and rears and trannys on the Chevy are much lighter and weaker than the Fords. (sorry Checy lovers....but it's the truth)- Notice what the towing companys mainly use now- you'll see 8 Fords for every Chevy. The Dodges are good.....when they are properly outfitted....but the price of a properly outfitted one gets a tad high.

Good Luck,
Tommy

And then there's the question of age, too- like I said, the further back you go, the less differences there were (in terms of quality) between the two makers.

And then there's the fact that they just dont make the newer vehicles (both manufacturers) as good as the old in many ways.

....as long as it's not a P-O-N-T-I-A-C....if you get my drift! 8^)

The one thing that's good about todays trucks: The availability of diesels.

All the talk today about saving fuel..... I dont understand why diesels havent become the norm, in cars and trucks? Could you imagine if everyone switched to diesel?

Remember, the original reason for diesel engines was cheap fuel. Diesel fuel was originally a "by-product" of oil refinery for gasoline, which was a by-product of luminiating oil refinery (kerosene). Which sure beat the he11 outta whaleoil lamps or piglard candles..... ....Dell

In England, around the '30's, they started using diesel buses to escape the high price of gas there....and of course, before a year was up, the government made diesel more expensive than gas- taxing the $h1t out of it.

I used to think that the early 80's GM 350 "diesel" fiasco had something to do with the unpopularity of diesels....but it's been too long for many to remember that.

Just some thoughts.

Much luck

Gordon