My next truck will probably be an F250. I don't need one 95% of the time, but I want to get a bigger boat and in order to be able to trailer it I will need the F250. I would definitely be getting the 6.7L PowerStroke, but I'm not likely going to be upping the power on it.

The F150 does great and is a solid trck, the F250 has its place just as the F350 does. The F250 fits its niche just fine: the truck for those who need heavy duty workload capability while still remaining somewhat civil. The F350+ is when you need a dedicated workhorse for daily jobs and dually capability.

 

How do you afford to "demolish" 500 thousand dollars worth of trucks?

i need a job where you work I guess

 

I see a ton of F150's plowing......

In fact We use my old 95 F150 5.0 4x4 5 speed to plow the my house and my two neighbors. In the far north Northern Michigan winter. With a full size Westin plow. Does great.

 

I plowed with an older sierra 1500 b4 moving to the F250. Perhaps the lighter plows on the F150, not the v plows for sure. I did have a cv-axle going on it though, which is typical. The F250s are just made for this abuse, especially the front end. The ride difference is my only complaint vs the F150. Everything else, give me the 2011 F250.

 

Plowing is rough on the IFS axles. A solid front axle will hold up a lot better.

EDIT: I see you think we are bashing the F-250 (closed thread) - no, we are not. The only thing close to bashing we are doing is criticizing the problems with the diesel engines since they discontinued the 7.3. The 6.0 had a lot of issues. To be fair, Ford is not the only one with diesel issues. Everyone has to deal with bad fuel mileage and complication now with the tight emissions regulations and ultra low sulfur fuel - I don't think there's anything out there now that doesn't have regen or urea. If I needed something beefier than a 1/2 ton truck I'd buy a F250/350 with a gas V-10 in a heartbeat. I don't think I'd want a 5.4 - if I didn't need to work with heavy loads, why would I need a Superduty to begin with?

 

I think the v10 in the F250 is gone replaced with the 6.2L.

 

That's why I bought my 06 F250..stronger frame and suspension components, better capability, and great V10 motor..The only thing a F150 has over the F250 is ride comfort and a little easier handling. Good things to have, but ride is not big on my need list and - it's a truck - so I don't need a better 'handling' truck.

I spent some time in my collegues 09 F150 King Ranch cruising the back roads of Indiana going from customer to customer and that is a very comfortable truck and the four door version is like having office space in the back seat section...

 

Yeah...I jumped from my F250 back to F150s too!

My '08 F250 FX4:



...to my '08 F150 XLT:



...to my '09 F150 FX4:

 

Why??

 

lol Probably money to burn. I see it a lot in my store, virtually no one will sign up for our discount card. Yet in other stores in our district they are able to sell discount cards like crazy. Lots of rich people in my store's area, nothing you can do to get them to save money no matter how many times you pitch it to the same people week after week. But in less affluent areas they buy our discount cards like crazy. Go figure.

As far as plowing goes, Ford manuals always state it's OK to do with the plow prep package as long as you don't have a supercrew - only supercabs and regular cabs can get the package. Maybe because the front end would be so heavy? Who knows. But I have seen plows on supercrews, so obviously it's being done.

 

when you're done with your 09, give me a call!! Pretty consistent with your mods. Love the looks of all of them.

 

I went from a 2004 FX4 F150...



to a 2008 FX4 F250...



and I don't regret it for a second. The F150 feels like a car compared to the Super Duty. Sure, you can max out an F150 and push it to the extremes of its capabilities. I would rather have a truck that is overbuilt and never even come close to its capabilities. To each his own though. Most people don't need a real truck, and for them, the F150 is enough.

 

Amen Pete! Most people don't need a real truck with real truck capabilities. Heck, I know I don't. Other than the normal weekend warrior stuff, my truck is just my daily driver. I just like the looks I get from people and the way it makes me feel. I know my truck is badass, especially when I get the looks or the compliments. I got one yesterday at the convenience store. I walked in to get a six-pack, and as I was walking out, a guy standing in the store stopped me and was staring out the window at my truck. I though he was going to jizz all over himself. We all drive nice trucks for one of two reasons. Either we need a big truck to do work, or we like having a big truck for the way it makes us feel...or both. It doesn't matter which category you fall into, the F250 is bigger, badder, and more capable.

 

Hardly bashing. Just trying to get attention in order to provide the alternative argument to this topic - seems to have worked. And, quite frankly, very informative. Seems like you are a kind of a sensative fellow "GLC". Oh well, the F250 guys added to the topic greatly. BTW, Freaky, I love your old yellow F150. Reminds me of the old yellow camaros.

 

I would have driven new F250's for the rest of my years if they built a great one like they did in the F150. My 6.0 broke my trust in the Power Stroke. It was in the shop on several occasions when I really needed it. EGR's head gaskets, bed plate oil leaks, ICP sensors, EBP sensors, 4wd system failures, hub seals breaking.

The new ones with EPA crap are not customer serviceable. The cab comes off for everything. They get 10-14mpg on a good day. Regeneration, Urea, DPF's. I had enough. The rear cab on the F150 is perfect, the 5.4 is reliable and adequate. I have traded to smaller toys so the f150 does fine. It got us to Colorado and back problem free. Last year with the f250 we had to stop a dozen times because the CAC coupling kept blowing off. It took a whole day from our trip. It was in the dealer the week before for sticking turbo and the tech did not replace the coupling. I had to buy one in Colorado and do it myself at camp.