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Re: OT: 3/4 Ton Trucks
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Posted by dhermesc on April 11, 2006 at 09:31:22 from (68.110.220.22):
In Reply to: Re: OT: 3/4 Ton Trucks posted by the tractor vet on April 11, 2006 at 08:46:38:
The 5.4 could hardly pull the weight of a Superduty until it went to the three valve heads last year. A 2000 F250 with a 5.4 is like driving a 4 cylinder Ranger, without the reliability or the fuel mileage (blown head gaskets every 30K or less). The V10 gives a F250 plenty of power with decent (14-17 MPG empty 10 mpg loaded) mileage. I hear all the stories abut guys getting 19 - 22 MPG from desiels but never witnessed one. We have a couple 2001 F350s with the 7.3 & auto transmission - and average about 16 mpg all the time. We also have 2 2001 Chevies with the 6 speed and the Duramax - they average around 15 all the time. The biggest problem with the manual is the fly wheel. One C3500 that sees hard duty has the fly wheel replaced every 40K, the one that sees light duty has had the fly wheel replaced at 98K. The repair bills on desiels is enormous. Our Fords were somewhat better then the Chevies but one F350 had over $5000 in repairs in the past 4 months with minimal miles (almost "O" in repairs in the 4 years before that). In the last 6 months we replaced the glow plugs, intake manifold gasket and the injectors on one bank of cylinders (three differant trips to the shop). The Chevies are even worse, the one seeing hard duty (155K miles) has had over $19,000 in repairs since purchased (not counting regular maintenance), the one seeing light duty has had over $9000 in repairs (110K) most in the last 9 months.
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