ZF? Never liked driving one of those. I'll take a NV5600 over one anyday.

 

Well everybody who says the f-250 with a 5.4 is not enough motor is right I drove it & love the ride, but no power cause of the heavy truck, & 11.3 mpg on the gage that sucks.. so i wont buy one of them for nothing..

 

dont pull a 5th wheel with a f150...get a v10 if you can find one, i looked for a v10 but couldnt find a nice one. everyone loves those engines

 

out here in the oil field my company puts us in 32-35' trailers, we use a F-350 with a V10 to lug these from Norman Ok all the way in Kansas and by Colorado, and down to Texas and all over Oklahoma. Not once has our trucks been out with Motor issues. Gunny Deal puts on about 100k a year on his trucks doing this and he loves the V10.

 

i know the owner of the ford dealership here real well and he said it is hard to keep/find any v10's because they are such good engines. everybody wants them.

he had a 2009 f250 4x4 v10 with 208k miles and he sold it in less than a week

 

I wouldnt want a v-10 they suck gas, I picked up a 96 f-250 4x4 powerstroke ext cab long box for 5 grand & plan to mod it a bit stock now pulls the trailer good at 11 mpg, but when empty i get 16.5 driving to work, & will be better once i do exh, intake, & chip..

 

that's worse mileage than my old V-10 truck got...

 

the v10 gets about the same mileage the 5.4's do...

 

For rgar kind of power and reliability how could you care about MPG. That's an incredible motor

 

quite a bit of crap in this thread about the 5.4 3v. I've had 2 of them and wouldn't hesitate to buy another one tomorrow. Just like my 6.0, it gets a bad rap by people who have no idea what they're talking about. Just repeating drivel they read online without true experience.

The 5.4 3v is an extremely reliable motor. They regularly go 200,000+ miles without issues. A few of the early 3v motors in the F-150 had issues. It was due to lack of maintenance and using bad oil filters without a anti-drainback valve. Some get slightly noisy, but they're still 100% reliable.

As for the 5R100 Torqueshift...again alot of crap. A 5 speed monster. It's arguably the best transmission Ford has ever put out. The new 6 speed is giving her some competition though. The 5R100 is rated for 400 RWHP and 800 RWTQ. We all know how Ford loves to over-build stuff. Plenty of guys running hot-rod 6.0's and 6.4's on all stock 5R100's all day long with no issues. Plus Tow/Haul mode kicks ***. It's not the same as the O/D Off that many are used to with older 4 speeds.


I would happily grab a 5.4 3v F-250 for the right price if you wanted it for doing work. Kinda heavy for a daily driver. Sounds like that truck wasn't priced right. A F-150 with the 5.4 3v is a great combo as well. I loved my 2006. Miss it actually...but it also had that supercharger. So was a bit more powerful.



glad you found a good truck for you. I love the OBS trucks. They're just too damn old nowadays and the associated issues drive me crazy fixing 1 thing after another.