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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Larry Weaver" data-source="post: 3649659" data-attributes="member: 27063"><p>I think Okie4570 said all you need to know about which Ford diesel to buy.  We have several of the old 7.3 powerstrokes we use at the barn and they are great trucks.  They can and have pulled tons and tons of weight over the years, but please take note of the complaint about the ride.  They will beat your brains out if you are just commuting back and forth to work.  I bought a 2005 6.0 powerstroke which I mainly use to drive back and forth to work and will pull stuff with it on occasion.  The 05 and newers have a much better suspension and a much better ride.  We use it to travel all over the country.  We currently have about 250k miles on the truck and it runs great. The guys reccomending the gas motors have valid points.  You can save a ton of money with a gas motor over a diesel.  Everything is cheaper on the gas motor, repairs, oil changes and just about everything that has anything to do with that motor.  Having a diesel will limit you on which shops will repair your truck, BUT and here is the big But that no one has mentioned in the difference between a gas motor and a diesel motor.  THE DIESEL will pull just as well at 400k miles as it did when it was new.  We used to always buy the big 460 gas motors.  They were great and had plenty of power to pull the loads around, but after about 150k miles of hard work and abuse the motors were just wore out.  They all were leaking oil and just didn't have the power they did when they were new.  Not sure I have helped much but I think a lot of people think they want the big diesel for all the power it has, when in truth you should only be buying the diesel for its longevity in being able to pull big loads.  I have used many trucks with big gas motors that could pull anything I wanted, but you always knew sooner or later that will be coming to a end when it becomes tired in 4 or 5 years.  Hope this helps and follow OKIE4570s advice NEVER EVER BUY A 6.4.  I know you will see them cheap, but in the end they will cost you more to Bulletproof than what the truck cost LOL.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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