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Location: California | I'm sure this has been discussed before but I'm curious! I currently have a 97 F250 7.3 diesel and I'm very seriously looking to get a Dodge 2500 GAS |
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 Undercover Amish Mafia Member
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Location: Kansas | Dodge |
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  Witty Enough
Posts: 2954
Location: CTX | 2002 F350 diesel. Love that truck. It'll pull anything!! |
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 Ms. Marine
Posts: 4641
Location: Texas | '99 GMC 2500. |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | 2012 gas F-250
I think we are around 50 or 60K miles with no issues. It gets worked fairly hard as my husband uses it for his business (he hauls lots of steel with it on a flatbed trailer, as well as machines). It hauls my 2H GN with a nice sized dressing room very nicely. |
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 Hot Dispatcher
Posts: 10185
Location: Utah | 08 Dodge 3500 Diesel |
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 Elite Veteran
Posts: 1159
Location: alabama | i have a 3 horse small LQ and was pulling with a 3500 dodge dually. it had so many issues i traded it for a chevy 2500 diesel and that thing pulls awesome! i love it!!! |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 1165
Location: California | What kind of fuel mileage does everyone get? |
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 Good Grief!
Posts: 6343
Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | i have an 07 3500 dodge and a 98 international(its like a baby big truck and it is the best thing since sliced bread)....
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Posts: 468
Location: Crazy House | All 2gether
2013 Ford F-350 Dually Diesel 4X4
Fuel
12-13 pulling full load
16-17 hwy no load
Edited by RanchAngel 2014-12-23 9:01 AM
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 More bootie than waist!
Posts: 18425
Location: Riding Crackhead. | Full sized Freightliner and a 3500 Chevy dually. |
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 Accident Prone
Posts: 22277
Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | GMC 3500 diesel 4x4. Love. |
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 I hate cooking and cleaning
Posts: 3314
Location: Jersey Girl | 2005 Chevy Dually, Gas. No issues pulling my Exciss 3H LQ. MPG are horrible, but this truck was built for towing.
Not towing: 11-12 hwy
towing: 7.5 to 9 hwy |
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 Texas Lone Star
Posts: 5318
Location: where ever my L/Q trl is parked | Three 4 Luck - 2014-12-23 9:01 AM GMC 3500 diesel 4x4. Love.
Me too 2007 GMC 3500 duramax 4X4 dually.... I get 18/20 on road with no load, 9.2/10.3 with 3h 15'sw Elite loaded. With every fill up I put 8oz of fuel suppliment in the tank, keeps the injectors clean and better fuel mileage. I also had a Super Chip installed for better empty road miles. Using the SC- I change from road performance to towing for whatever I'm doing, pulls good to.
I've always like Dodge diesel, had a 250 and 350, 5/6 speed for years. Finally got tired of shifting and wanted a smoother softer ride so went for the GMC. Love my GMC for that. |
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 Midget Lover
Location: Kentucky | I also haul with a 97 7.3. Keep the diesel. It's a beast. |
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 Cute Little Imp
Posts: 2747
Location: N Texas | Dodge 2500 diesel. I would NOT downgrade from a diesel to a gas engine if I'm still planning on hauling. They get terrible mileage and don't hold up as well. |
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Posts: 1162
Location: White Mountains of AZ | Gunner11 - 2014-12-23 7:20 AM
Dodge 2500 diesel. I would NOT downgrade from a diesel to a gas engine if I'm still planning on hauling. They get terrible mileage and don't hold up as well.
This ^^ I have a '98 3/4ton Dodge Cummins...Haven't found a thing it cant pull yet! |
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 Own It and Move On
Location: The edge of no where | How big is your trailer?
I think you'll hate it. I tried a gas truck when I had a 2 horse, HATED that truck. I called it the gutless gas guzzler. It was an 08 2500 GMC. AWFUL! We've got a '14 Dodge 3500 dually and love it.
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 Coyote Country Queen
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| We have an '08 F350 Diesel 4x4. It has the delet kit and we get around 16 mpg empty (although we rarely drive it if we aren't pulling a trailer), 10-11mpg if pulling the big trailer (less if we're driving into a strong headwind), and around 13 when pulling our smaller trailer.
Our ranch truck is an '05 F350 Gas 4x4 Standard. It's a great truck and can pull anything, but it might take awhile to get to top speed with a heavy load, and don't expect to pass anyone with that load! It's probably not that bad! But compared to the diesel it has much less power.
I personally would not trade a diesel for a gas. And our next ranch truck with be a diesel. Is your truck the older model Ford? Can't remember the year they changed, but if it's the one I'm thinking, I would drive that until it won't run anymore. I used to have an '01 F250 and I loved that truck. It would pull our big trailer, but the 350 is really what we need for it. We looked and looked for an F350 in that style but weren't able to find one. |
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Expert
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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | 2010 F350 diesel |
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