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I have been looking to get a truck to tow my Jeep with and do general house work with. I was looking to get a PSD but a dealer I do a lot of business with has a 2003 F-350 with the V-10. It has 70k on it and they want $15,000 for it. I'm not worried about the price but am curious about the engine. What kind of mileage can I expect from it, reliability wise. Also what about gas mileage? I really don't think I need a diesel, although it would be cool. I just plan to tow my Jeep a few times a year, and a small boat. Thanks in advance!
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i have a 05 v10 . mpg is not great but she pulls great and i also tow a jeep and a boat. mine works great. iwould like to have disel but cant bring my self to get one wont put enough miles on it.
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Extended cab, 4x4, XLT with options: backup sensors etc.
Also has the FX4 trim
Also has the FX4 trim
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It's easy to talk down the price on a v10. Not to many people looking for one. Everyone is scared of the mpg.
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The truck will do everything that you want to do and than some. See if anything has been repaired on the truck, check and see if it has spit a plug or not. If you purchase the truck 1st thing is change the plugs and make sure that they are at the proper torque spec(or have the dealer do it as part of the deal). Everything else is like any other vehicle of that age group to check. Pulling power heck one of many members(rvpuller) on this board use that engine to pull their rv fulltime. 
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EDIT: OH and i just hand calculated my MPG's and got 10.6 mixed highway and around town.