Congrats on the addition to the family DQ.

Best Car Insurance | Auto Protection Today | FREE Trade-In Quote

 

Thanks for the reply, like I said, the 13.2 was already registered for the 205 or so miles that were already on it, before I took possesion of it. I've only driven it this past 5 days, 20 miles a day and have been babying it. I wonder if you can zero out the mpg and start fresh?

 

Use the trip odometer for mileage

That thing has 20's and 3.73's so it will be a bit of a dog off the line but after you get it rollin it should be pretty fair in the mileage department for a truck that size

 

Yes you can reset the mileage computer. Look in your owner's manual for that information. There's a wealth of info in there. And as they say in the computer world RTFM.

Best Car Insurance | Auto Protection Today | FREE Trade-In Quote

 

Thanks for the replies, I'll break out the owners manual and read up on it. Been spending most of my free time working on the 700R, getting it ready for our Florence trip in two weeks [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

Dumb question:

Whats the real advantage of a F350 over a F250 if any?

Same payload and towing ability

What do ya'll think?

 

Everybody must be out enjoying the long weekend. It's been raining cats and dogs up here, not much going on but quad wrenching

 

The 350 has a higher GVWR, hence payload capacity. It's at least 1000lbs. Maybe higher on newer models. This is the same in the difference between the 450 & 550 as well.

'05 and newer they redid the GVWR. Pre-'05 the 250 was good for like 8500 GVWR and the 350 SRW (Single Rear Wheel, as opposed to DRW aka Dually) was 9500. Might have been more, but it was 1000lb diff.

Best Car Insurance | Auto Protection Today | FREE Trade-In Quote

 

Thanks for the explanation on the F250 and F350, Man do I love that truck [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

LOL...wanna buy mine? I have an '06 Lariat Crew Cab Turbo Diesel and that thing is a sled compared to the '04 Dodge with a Cummins that I traded in on it. The Ford has to work hard in the hills and has trouble holding its own with an 8K trailer load. The Dodge used to just bellow a bit up the hills and I could even accelerate if I needed to. Miss that Dodge. The Ford has 4500 miles on it and I'm working on a trade this week.

Good points for the Ford, luxury interior, roomy, best seats available, pretty good transmission, tow command system, even those extra 4 aux switches on the dash. Much better in those categories than the Dodge. The Ford is definitely a much nicer truck in many areas.

Bad points, less power, takes almost twice the number of turns of the steering wheel to make a turn (sounds silly but it is a huge driving difference). If you get a Ford bedliner then you can't even get to the tie downs in the bed. Had to cut the holes out just to put a strap on a quad.

Dodge --- Cummins! The Dodge interior is almost austere compared to the Ford but it does have the a$$ to pull heavy trailers up hills.

What really hurt was when my son called the Ford a "Bushmobile" like it should be on a ranch in Texas. Now, that hurt! It's brown so I just call it the "big turd" like the motor home in the movie "RV".