is 2011 F250 6.2 great for towing i dont want diesel

 

What are you planning to tow and for what distance and frequency? The 6 2 handles towing well in general.

 

You probably want to quantify that question a little better. Great for towing what? Oops, RD and I posted at the same time.

 

2011 6.2 3.73, I have towed well over 12,000 miles including a cross country trip with a 9500 lb tag along with the bed loaded, no issue!

 

more information...

both the truck and towing rig..

2 or 4 wheel drive... short or long bed.... "XL" or super custom..????????

I have many trips.. with my 6.2L... now has 150,000 miles...
I carry 1,500 pounds in bed of truck AND well over 9,000 pounds on trailer.

 

First, welcome to the website.

Next - you're hopelessly devoid of any help here until you learn to help yourself. (Think of the movie Jerry Maguire, quoting Tom Cruise' character) ...
" .... Help me help you. HELP ME HELP YOU! ..."

There are objective and subjective topics embedded in your question.

Things like towing capacity, loads expected, towing distances, towing equipment (hitch or 5ver or GN?), towing environment, etc ... these are all objective and can be easily described.

Things like "feels wonky" or "tows great" or "seems to wiggle" or "solid as a rock" or "is a slug" or "hauls ***" will depend upon each person's perception. These can be helpful, but ONLY if you understand both the person telling of the experience, and the perception of the person listening. These are subjective.

What we do know is that you don't want a diesel. What we don't know is if you need one or not. (needs and wants are totally different things!) Maybe you do need a diesel because your loads are past the gasser capacity? Maybe you need an F450? Maybe you only need an F150? Maybe this truck is a "want" only because some dead-relative left it to you? Hell - we have no idea ...

So, until you do a MUCH better job telling us about what you are going to tow, where at, how often and your expectations, you're just hopelessly lost because we cannot help you make a decision with such a huge void of info. The greater you are in detailing ALL aspects, the better answer you'll get.






Question:
Answer:
It depends ..........

 

Umm.... 1st post on forum. Well structured question. I guess he forgot what forum he signed up on and asked question.

 

Tough crowd tonight!

 

Any relation to the other post comparing a 6.2 to an old 5.9 with compound turbos?

 

The OP posts one thread with a generic poorly defined question, and then disappears.
And the thread sits dormant for almost 2 years ...
Why dredge this back up ???????

 

Okay, allow me to try to pick up on the question. I currently have an 08 F350 Dually, 6.4L Diesel, XL, but has power windows and door locks, 108700 miles on it. I rodeo/team rope, but mostly haul a 3 horse, living quarter trailer 6' short wall, and a couple of horses and tack. The GVWR is 12000lbs and when I pull it with my F350, it's easy peasy. I don't haul a lot, as I mostly compete in the SoCal region, but I have transported a horse up to Prescott, AZ and central and NorCal. I have had an extended warranty on the truck when I bought it at 87K miles back in 2015, but if it weren't for the warranty, I would have been out a boatload of money with repairs. The high-pressure fuel pump failed, so it had to be replaced, about $5K bill, less than 4 months later, the pump failed again. The part manufacturer paid for the labor to replace it. Now it sits in the shop, yet again. The same part failed again - so it got me to begin looking around for another HD truck. I'm looking at a 2016 F250 King Ranch, 6.7L 120K miles on it. Also, a 2015 Chevy Silverado 2500HD LTZ, 78K miles on it. The Chevy is tuned with a "Six Shooter" and FASS Fuel filter config. Finally, I'm considering either a 2019 F250 STX 6.7L, and a 2019 F250 Lariat in the 6.2L Gasser. With the amount of hauling I do, I can't justify the F350 anymore, plus the cost. Am I overanalyzing this? Do I really need a Super Duty Diesel (albeit the King Ranch and the Chevy LTZ are very nice interiors), or is the 6.2L gasser plenty of towing power? Here in SoCal, diesel, and gas prices are very close, and really that is not an issue for me. Maintenance/repair costs are weighing heavy right now. Okay, pandora's box has been opened. Release the Kraken!!
Thanks everyone in advance.

 

Hmmm. Tough call imo. I'm scared to death of diesels, only ever had a 7.3 and won't touch a newer one. But my 2011 with 6.2 and 3.73 gears hauls my three horse bumper pull loaded right up with no problems. its 11,000pd gvw (heavy axle option, two 5500pd). But I've never scaled it to see how heavy we actually are with three horses in it. You're in the 6.2 forum so I'm sure everyone's going to say it'll do it fine and I'm sure it will too. But it's not going to pull like a diesel, effortlessly. You'll be running it to get around. Maintenance and reliability are hands down to the 6.2 IMO. No question there.

My wife and I played around at team roping for a few years, but now just pleasure ride. And we both still have all our digits.

 

Guys....this thread is 2 years old. Let's let it die in peace.

 

Seemed it was until you just bumped it again. And now me again too!

most forums I've participated on prefer bumping old threads instead of posting new ones about the same thing.. And then the odd one doesn't.

 

Well....I guess so

Bumping old threads is fine if one is looking for information. Bumping threads to answer an OP's question who never came back to the thread in 2 years is not...IMO