Reply to Thread

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.

Message: <blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3655229" data-attributes="member: 5412">AbI would absolutely do this again. Pulling 16K lbs across 10 states this year with one more to go, 24,000 some miles towing with very long and high altitude grades have convinced me that a diesel is not required. (Some of those miles on the truck were not when towing to correct myself)If I were pulling a three axle toy hauler with a 20,000 lb weight, I'd have to rethink my decision and go with the diesel.I would definitely go with the 4:30 gears and the 10 speed tranny that I think is standard now in diesel and gasser.My cousin bought the same truck with the 3:55 gears thinking he was going to get better mileage only to find out that he gets the same mileage as our truck while having a significantly lower towing capacity.The only thing I would do differently is I would have bought an F-350. I did have to add air bags to the F-250 so the rear suspension could maintain a level bed.When not towing, I reduce the air pressure in the 10 ply tires to 30 psi for ride comfort. It's not an  F-150 comfort ride but much softer than retaining the 80 psi tire pressure.</blockquote>