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SVTPerformance Fueling the Fire : Gas Vs. Diesel Debate
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<blockquote data-quote="lowflyn" data-source="post: 11118035" data-attributes="member: 36914"><p>Very good article and I agree with your final statements...</p><p></p><p>For work I drive a 01 F250 LWB 7.3 with an average payload of 10k between bed and tandem axle trailer. At 176k it's having not an issue, and I don't worry about anything going wrong. Same is true for the other 5 7.3 trucks we have in the company.</p><p></p><p>As technology advanced we picked up some 6.0 trucks, a F250 Ccab LWB and a F550 Ccab chassis with a dumb bed. Both of these trucks have been down in the past year at least twice for fuel injector issues.</p><p></p><p>Then we picked up 2 6.4 trucks, a F250 Ccab 4x4 and a F550 Ccab chassis with dump bed. The 250 is rarely towing anything, the 550 tows everyday. At 100k on the 250 the turbo bearings sound like they're about gone and fuel economy averages in the low teens. The 550 is almost at 60k and has had the cab pulled 3 times in 2 years...</p><p></p><p>With all that said we haven't had any issues out of our gas trucks except for the 97 that has been beat to hell and back and a 98 F250 with the 4.6 - which is a mistake in the first place.</p><p></p><p>Unless you're towing on a daily basis or just enjoy spending a boat-load of money on an impractical vehicle (this is a performance vehicle website afterall....) a gas truck will do everything you want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lowflyn, post: 11118035, member: 36914"] Very good article and I agree with your final statements... For work I drive a 01 F250 LWB 7.3 with an average payload of 10k between bed and tandem axle trailer. At 176k it's having not an issue, and I don't worry about anything going wrong. Same is true for the other 5 7.3 trucks we have in the company. As technology advanced we picked up some 6.0 trucks, a F250 Ccab LWB and a F550 Ccab chassis with a dumb bed. Both of these trucks have been down in the past year at least twice for fuel injector issues. Then we picked up 2 6.4 trucks, a F250 Ccab 4x4 and a F550 Ccab chassis with dump bed. The 250 is rarely towing anything, the 550 tows everyday. At 100k on the 250 the turbo bearings sound like they're about gone and fuel economy averages in the low teens. The 550 is almost at 60k and has had the cab pulled 3 times in 2 years... With all that said we haven't had any issues out of our gas trucks except for the 97 that has been beat to hell and back and a 98 F250 with the 4.6 - which is a mistake in the first place. Unless you're towing on a daily basis or just enjoy spending a boat-load of money on an impractical vehicle (this is a performance vehicle website afterall....) a gas truck will do everything you want. [/QUOTE]
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