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09-16-2020, 06:48 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Canada
Posts: 25
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Too much truck
Bet you've never seen a post like this before....!
Background: Just traded my 2012 F150 XLT with HDPL for 2020 F250 Lariat (7.3L) and now thinking I have too much truck. Hauling a 2015 Flagstaff 8528IKWS, pin weight between 1500 - 1700# depending on length of trip. Only me and wife in cab. Have traveled across Canada but most trips are within a few hundred kilometres. Average about 4000 Km per year towing.
Thoughts: The F150 Ecoboost will pull all day and night, ride with payload was a little hard but never felt white knuckled or tired at the end of a run. Wanted a new truck and thought the F250 would be even better, well....., think I should have got another F150 HDPL. Ride unloaded is rougher (to be expected), burn more gas unloaded (double the engine, but not HP/Torque).
Why the F250 then? I did my research and found my wants out weight my needs. Can't get a F150 Lariat with HDPL package and wanted more bells and whistles.
Conclusion: If your hauling under 10,000#, as a daily drive (less that 50km) the F250 is too much truck and the F150 HDPL would have been better. Only saving grace is my second vehicle is electric.
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09-16-2020, 07:00 AM
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Georgia Rally Coordinator
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: GA
Posts: 24,488
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Well you never know you may up grade to a bigger trailer so now you saved some money. Never to much truck. Later RJD
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Days camped 2019 62
Days camped 2020 49 days camped 2021-74 2022-40 days 2023 5 days
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09-16-2020, 07:06 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 5,712
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Don't you know ? Everyone eventually buys a 50' triple axle Toy hauler............eventually.
I bought more truck than I needed and then we sold the TT this year and I downsized.
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09-16-2020, 07:15 AM
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Don't Camp Enough
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Florida
Posts: 1,163
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Now that you have `too much truck' I bet you will be taking more and probably longer trips.
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09-16-2020, 07:27 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 2,481
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Too much truck, what's that mean?
It's like too much money, there's no such thing
It's like a girl too pretty with too much class
Being too lucky, a car too fast
No matter what they say, I've done
But I ain't never had too much truck
See what I did there? Sorry.. just something random that popped in my head.. it happens sometimes amidst the emptiness.
For those of you that have the song in your heads now..
https://youtu.be/H6gI7Ts14Qw
You're welcome.
Personally, I don't agree with you.. maybe it comes from having too little truck/tow vehicle. I also (normally) drive an F350 CC LWB Dually 50 miles per day into and out of Atlanta traffic.
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09-16-2020, 07:29 AM
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Insert witty title here
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: About 30 miles west of Beantown.
Posts: 4,034
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It's FAR better to have too much truck then not enough.
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09-16-2020, 07:30 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 5,712
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Too Much Truck.
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09-16-2020, 07:34 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Maryland
Posts: 713
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You have joined a rather large club here, with 'too much truck'.  They also have too much trailer as well so they need a lot of truck capability. You have a good truck that will cost you a little more and a bit harder to fit in all those small parking spots. Just keep it as long as you did the old one and buy better the next time.
There is that electric car you have that you can just drive more.
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09-16-2020, 07:35 AM
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Mopar Guy
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: Woodstock, CT
Posts: 423
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheWolfPaq82
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wrong approach... not enough trailer...
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2019 Grey Wolf 24JS- sold
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09-16-2020, 07:38 AM
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Befuddled wanderer
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: Borculo MI
Posts: 262
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I currently have a truck I use primarily for pulling my RV and a different vehicle I use as my daily driver. I, too, am trying to figure out how to combine the two into one vehicle. I will admit to wanting a "Cowboy Cadillac" that will pull my RV and still give me a plush ride with bells and whistles. The research I've been doing shows that there are ways to upgrade the ride quality on the F250/F350 trucks to be better than stock. Of course, that will cost some extra $'s, but because I tend to keep my vehicles a long time, I would probably make those upgrades.
As for the gas mileage - I'm old school enough that I still just don't trust a turbocharged engine to last as long as an engine such as the 7.3L unit that Ford is building now, especially when used a lot for towing. I expect the next truck I purchase to be my last one, so I want it to last a long time without the hassle of major repairs.
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09-16-2020, 07:59 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 2,481
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheWolfPaq82
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Nah..
;-)
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09-16-2020, 08:24 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Posts: 3,368
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Yes, I get what you mean. The SD is a beast compared to the F150. And I bet you miss that Ecoboost I also went from a F150 Ecoboost to a F250 SD with a 6.2. I swear the Ecoboost would pull better at lower RPM. It was also smoother and quieter. I think Ford views the HDPL F150 as a work truck; therefore no Lariat available. The demand is probably not there to justify its production.
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09-16-2020, 08:38 AM
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PhD, Common Sense
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Fairborn, OH
Posts: 1,384
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I would have phrased it, “way more truck than is actually required for the jobs I currently ask it to do.”
To me, that is a good thing.
I asked Tim Taylor. He agreed.
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09-16-2020, 09:24 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Dayton Ohio
Posts: 3,599
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Can’t get involved.
DW wanted a hd Ram with a diesel that sounds like a diesel.
Discussion of separating her from it would not go well. No one bluffs her.
Drives to school daily, 1.5 miles each way.
Tows like a dream #16,000. 4-6,000 miles per year. 11 mpg.
The high payload Ford is the only half ton I would consider to pull a fiver your weight.
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09-16-2020, 09:28 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 2,481
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tomkatb
Can’t get involved.
DW wanted a hd Ram with a diesel that sounds like a diesel.
Discussion of separating her from it would not go well. No one bluffs her.
Drives to school daily, 1.5 miles each way.
Tows like a dream #16,000. 4-6,000 miles per year. 11 mpg.
The high payload Ford is the only half ton I would consider to pull a fiver your weight.
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A wise man once told me.. Happy wife, Happy Life.
Couldn't agree more.
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09-16-2020, 09:38 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 5,712
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tomkatb
Can’t get involved.
DW wanted a hd Ram with a diesel that sounds like a diesel.
Discussion of separating her from it would not go well. No one bluffs her.
Drives to school daily, 1.5 miles each way.
Tows like a dream #16,000. 4-6,000 miles per year. 11 mpg.
The high payload Ford is the only half ton I would consider to pull a fiver your weight.
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Phffffft ! you can do it with a Mid-size.
 
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09-16-2020, 09:57 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 140
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheWolfPaq82
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Beautiful truck!!!!! Any more pics?? Want one one day. Lol
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09-16-2020, 10:09 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 5,712
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dodgemark
Beautiful truck!!!!! Any more pics?? Want one one day. Lol
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May be able to grab some more pics later today. I know of two in my local area and see them all the time.
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09-16-2020, 05:00 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Reno, NV
Posts: 1,713
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I'm a paid member of the too much truck club.
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09-16-2020, 07:47 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 1,834
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Quote:
Originally Posted by upflying
I'm a paid member of the too much truck club.
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X2.
Makes for a *much* more relaxed trip.
I'm no more tired trailering then I am driving a car.
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