So a while back I convinced my dad to get a v10 to replace our aging 95 f350 reg cab 5.8, he bought a black 01 v10 reg cab with the 3.73 rear (yeah, I know.. but it was used and these trucks are hard to come by around here..) with around 40k on it (something like that).

Anyway, we have a lawncare and landscaping business and he needed some things that were in the '00 diesel truck so we switched out that with the v10 and used it as the lawncare truck for the day (pulling the trailer with cutting equipment, me and another guy went to cut some lawns while he did some cleanup job somewhere with the diesel) and this morning we had a lawn we had to get, so we just left the cutting trailer on the v10 and used that instead of switching everything back.

ANYWAY, he was completey impressed with the trucks pulling power. All he kept saying was things like "i'm amazed", "this thing has *****", "I THOUGHT this truck was a sissy truck!", he kept going on and on. I have to admit when i drove it the day before I was suprised with the power also, as much as I've read on here I still wasn't quite convinced until I drove it and it flat out halls.

More responsive, faster, quieter than the diesel (we have 2 7.3's). He even asked if they make a v10 dually.. looks like we may be changing all of our trucks over soon! haha

Anyway.. just another satisfied v10er!

edit: just realised i said anyway a lot..

 

The V10's are a lot cheaper to buy and maintain. They're a lot of fun and you will never be disappointed with them.

 

put anouther notch in the bed post for the 10er class!!!! don't get me wrong the PSD's are torque monsters.........BUT the 10er is a work horse big block that can turn 6000rpm's right out of the box!!

i met a guy that was a die hard 460 fan, he said he would have never changed to a V10 if he hadn't driven a F350 dually hauling a gooseneck horse trailer. he said he was sold from that moment on, and traded his F350 w/ a 460 in for his 2001 F350 dually w/ a V10!

i know i love mine!!

Jason
Team Mudd Pres.
415cid, 6.5" lift, 39.5's, YEA that's right 39.5's

 

I am an SCCA (Sports Car Club of America) emergency services official. I use my personal V10 SD as a race rescue vehicle. My "job" (if you want to call it that) is to go out on a race track with the race cars and remove them from gravel traps, put out fires and tow in vehicles home that can't seem to make it back to the paddock. (enough background).

One time I was responding to a car stuck in a bad place in a gravel trap. I pulled out on to the track and accelerated into traffic. I checked the mirrors several times to make sure I had room to move over. After the extraction, my helper asked why I was so concerned with the cars behind me. My response was “I wanted to make sure I was not going to get hit”. He said, “You were out accelerating the race cars!!”

Trust me, I wouldn’t want ANYTHING but a V10 doing what I do….