anyone got a F-250 with a 6.2 in it?

nickg

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Thinkin about gettin outa my diesel and goin with a gasser. With the price of fuel and up keep with a diesel It just duzent add up to have one anymore. Just wondering if anyone out there had one of the 6.2 gassers in a 3/4 or ton ford and how they liked it and how it was holdin up.
 
Friend has one and is crying that he traded his diesel in on it. He is only getting very low teens for gas mileage. HE has had it back to the dealership several times and they tell him it is the nature of the truck.

Also something to consider is the rear end ratios. To really pull they are only offering a 4,30 rear end. So you go from a 3.73 to a 4.30. That is going to make the heavier truck a real fuel hog. Here is a statement out a consumer report on the truck:

"In contrast to the four final-drive ratios available for the diesel, there are only two available for the 6.2-liter V-8 — 3.73 and 4.30. Before buying the gas engine, you're going to need to think a bit harder about how the truck is going to be used over its lifetime so you can balance fuel economy against pulling performance. There's a 3,000-pound spread between the maximum fifth-wheel towing amounts depending on the ratio. It's 12,700 pounds with the 3.73 and 15,700 pounds with the 4.30."

So many on here are saying dump the diesel engines. I will just keep running my pre emission diesel until the Government and EPA goes broke. I just bought another one a few eeks ago. So I have enought to last many years.
 
went to fuel up other day, last time the price was, $3.41, what, $3.71, another place,was $3.43,now $3.69, got it for $3.52 with discount card, food store.figured, don't pay to wait and shop around. thinking about trading to gasser like everyone else, then, by the time i do all that, get some one elses junker, figure i don't drive the diesel that much, i let it sit and use car, just keep truck full, after using it, newton's law of gravity is in reverse with oil campany's, WHAT GOES DOWN, WILL GO UP.lol
 
I like my old 1998 dodge one ton duelly cummins. It will pull most anything and it dosen't over fuel. Get's 17 empty and 10 mpg at 26000 lb's.
 
I posted the same question last year. I ended up buying a f350 6.2 and 373 gears. The truck empty with me in the seat weighs 8,000lbs.
If I had to do it over I would still buy the gas. Truck now has 50,000 miles on it and only time it has seen a dealer is when I had to drop the chevy diesel off for repair and picked up the driver.
Diesel option is around $8,000 figured I could buy alot of gas for that.
I get about 12.5 mpg and the truck has 900hrs of idle time. (use for portable office)
I pull any trailer that our diesels pull and just as fast, so I laugh when everyone thinks you need a diesel to pull. (normally pull a 10,000lb trailer at 70-80 mph)
BTY friend bought a diesel ford setup the same way and he gets 14mpg empty.
The chevy diesels (total of 4 2008 and newer)have never been better than 14mpg
I do not miss the fuel filter and $50 oil changes either.
 

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