Viewing a thread - Trucks.....

Log in to my account

Folks on-line

Today is

You are logged in as a guest. Logon or register an account to access more features.

Trucks..... Moderators: luluwhit, gotothewhip, cindyt, crossspur, ForumAdmin Jump to page :	Last activity 2015-10-29 8:03 PM 23 replies, 5521 views View previous thread :: View next thread
General Discussion -> Barrel Talk


cowgirl_3207 Reg. Sep 2009	Posted 2015-10-29 10:55 AM Subject: RE: Trucks.....
A Gopher's Worst Nightmare Posts: 5094 Location: Southern Oregon	We have two F350's.... We have a 2009 I believe, crew cab diesel. We mainly use it to haul our toy hauler with is HUGE and fully loaded weighs much more then any of our horse trailers. But we are always having little issues with it and it gets HORRID fuel mileage. Pulls like a dream and you can cruise up and down anything fully loaded. It only has 30k miles on it because of the fuel mileage, I am talking we are lucky to get 7mpg fully loaded. It is lifted lol Then there is MY trusty pickup. I bought fresh out of high school. It is a 2001 F350 dually with the 7.3 powerstroke. LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE my truck! It hauls all of my horse trailer down the road just fine. I haul a 4 horse slant charmac with 5 horses in it alot of the time. I also have hauled several LQ trailers with it. I get on the average right around 18-22 mpg loaded or not and it's a four wheel drive. She is a major work horse. We have actually been using it a lot the last few years over our fancy "new" ford due to the fuel mileage being soooo much higher.
↑ Top ↓ Bottom

IRunOnFaith Reg. Dec 2009	Posted 2015-10-29 10:58 AM Subject: RE: Trucks.....
Expert Posts: 3815 Location: The best kept secret in TX	Nita - 2015-10-28 12:07 PM Search around and get one of the older Ford 7.3 diesels. They last far longer than most trucks out there, hold their value and have far fewer problems overall. IF you can find one that's been well kept. There are still quite a few lower mileage ones around. I saw one a while back on a cars.com search that had fewer than 100k miles. There are still a few around. Might have to drive some distance once you find it, but well worth it in my opinion. Yup. I have two. SO rebuilt both engines and trannys for me. Replaced all the hoses and fittings. They don't have a leak one under the hood and fire right up. I also have a F350 dually flatbed as a farm truck with a 460 gas engine that runs off gas or propane. I've had it since I was 14. All three are manual transmissions. The 460 is also is a great go getter. She'll pull all day every day but gets terrible gas mileage. She just sounds cool and looks punchy, so I keep her around LOL SO bought himself a '13 1500 Hemi to drive instead of a diesel. Said he has me to keep his diesel side entertained, he said he works on his friend's and maintenences mine too much to want one. He said all the newer diesels have too many regulators and start falling apart after 100k miles. I'd have to agree. All our friends with newer diesels can't even hardly GIVE them away to try and get a better truck. And that's newer 6.7s and dodge 5.9s... And those are the most popular engines of both Ford and Dodge. My Dad had to delete and straight pipe his 6.7 Ford F250 because of the def system. The truck was basically attacking itself via it's internal computer. SO has all the equiptment and computers and helped take the def system off. It's highly illegal to remove it and it won't pass inspection because of the emissions, but we have found ways around getting it to pass. Heavy fines if Daddy is caught with it being deleted, but the truck literally shut itself down while pulling a flatbed trailer ahlfway to Oklahoma. The dealership wanted to give him 2k trade in value for a 2014 since they had to reset the system and replace the Def System... He had exactly 102,000 miles on it when it's system attacked itself. SO had Daddy's truck reprogrammed the next week and running without the def system. They straight piped it and put a programmer on it. Truck pulls like a dream and he's not had any problems since. We kept the def system so that when or if he trades it in we can get it back to stock. Dealership legally can't take a truck without the Def system on it. Daddy has it paid off now tho so I doubt he will trade it in. I'm so glad I didn't buy a new one when I was looking for one... I found a dead and beat up 7.3 sitting in a pasture and got it for about 2,500 and brought it back to life. I'll never get rid of either of my 7.3s or my 460. If you are dead set on buying new get a 6.7 diesel or 5.9 diesel. Drive it for about 50,000 miles and trade it in or sell it. Those two are easy to "get rid of". People are starting to figure out that newer trucks last about 100k miles before the entire def system needs to be replaced. And that's costly. Most people won't buy a newer truck with anything close to 100k miles on it unless the Def System has already been replaced. Dealership doesn't warranty it, as far as I am aware and insurance won't cover the cost to replace it. I have three friends right now without trucks because they can't afford to replace the system and they can't afford to sell it because they owe too much on it.
↑ Top ↓ Bottom

runningk Reg. Jan 2005	Posted 2015-10-29 6:38 PM Subject: RE: Trucks.....
I'm a Cry Baby Posts: 3781 Location: n.c.	Have a 99 F-350 dually w/ 6 speed manual. Love this truck and will not turn it loose. 2002 F-250 w/ auto transmission. Same as above. Love the truck and will keep it till it falls all to pieces. Son has a 2003 F-250. All 3 trucks have the 7.3. We love this motor and will keep patching and pulling with them.
↑ Top ↓ Bottom

Lopin' Leopard Reg. Dec 2007	Posted 2015-10-29 8:03 PM Subject: RE: Trucks.....
Extreme Veteran Posts: 495 Location: Washington	We had/still have an '05 F150 to pull our little two horse, steel frame and fiber glass shell. We recently got an '05 F550, 6 speed, to pull the same trailer! LOL! A little over kill but we also haul a lot of hay and have plans for a MUCH bigger truck in the future. With a tractor and four 1K lb round bales you couldn't tell anything was back there. One thing we were NOT aware of is because of it's size it required a commercial insurance policy. This might be different from state to state, we are in WA. Well that commercial policy is as much as it cost to have full coverage on an '07 Jeep and liability on the F150. Just something to think about.
↑ Top ↓ Bottom

Jump to page :

Search this forum
Printer friendly version
E-mail a link to this thread

View previous thread :: View next thread

© Copyright 2002- BarrelHorseWorld.com All rights reserved including digital rights

Support - Contact / Log in to my account

Working Truck World

Working Horse World

Cargo Trailer World

Horse Trailer World

Roping Horse World

'
Registered to: Barrel Horse World

(Delete all cookies set by this site)
Running MegaBBS ASP Forum Software © 2002-2026 PD9 Software