PickupTruck.com's First choice.
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PickupTruck.com's First choice.
For those of us that tow heavy with the V10, it was no real surprise that the V10 was chosen as a first choice in the 3/4 ton category.
Remember, they chose the V10 over the diesels in this group.
In the Dually one tons, they chose a diesel.
Quoted below, is the best paragraph from this article. I know all of the regular guys have seen this, but we get a lot of new readers too, and we want to spread the pride and joy of owning a V10. Wrench.
Out of the three-quarter-ton trucks we'd go with the Ford F-250 V10 Triton. It may not be the quickest performer on the flats but if you need a solid, proven powertrain that can pull hard in the hills with diesel-like performance, this is the truck for you.
Remember, they chose the V10 over the diesels in this group.
In the Dually one tons, they chose a diesel.
Quoted below, is the best paragraph from this article. I know all of the regular guys have seen this, but we get a lot of new readers too, and we want to spread the pride and joy of owning a V10. Wrench.
Out of the three-quarter-ton trucks we'd go with the Ford F-250 V10 Triton. It may not be the quickest performer on the flats but if you need a solid, proven powertrain that can pull hard in the hills with diesel-like performance, this is the truck for you.
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That is sort of a general statement but ..in general I agree. It says nothing about how much weight you may pull or what kind of terrain you may pull in. I pull all over the country with a F-350 V-10 pulling a near 13K 5th wheel and execpt for long steep grades and at very high altitudes we see little difference between us and the diesels we pull with.
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Price, quiet, comfort, maintnenace, reliability, and refuel locations come to mind as decent differences
Hey just being a smart *** based on the "see little difference" from richfaa...BUT I know what he means...I am just amplifying it a tad....my heavy hauling experiances with 7.3L and 6.0L FoMoCo diesels vs all the 2 and 3v V10s I have owned is the same... I doubt I will ever get to compar the 6.4L oil burner because the 6.8L gaser is me weapond of chioce until Ford screws up and drops the best option ever in a truck line of vehicles
Hey just being a smart *** based on the "see little difference" from richfaa...BUT I know what he means...I am just amplifying it a tad....my heavy hauling experiances with 7.3L and 6.0L FoMoCo diesels vs all the 2 and 3v V10s I have owned is the same... I doubt I will ever get to compar the 6.4L oil burner because the 6.8L gaser is me weapond of chioce until Ford screws up and drops the best option ever in a truck line of vehicles
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Originally Posted by Monsta
I wanna know why it doesn't perform well in the flats.
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Originally Posted by richfaa
That is sort of a general statement but ..in general I agree. It says nothing about how much weight you may pull or what kind of terrain you may pull in. I pull all over the country with a F-350 V-10 pulling a near 13K 5th wheel and execpt for long steep grades and at very high altitudes we see little difference between us and the diesels we pull with.
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Originally Posted by Monsta
I wanna know why it doesn't perform well in the flats.
Of course the V10 can't beat the diesel is shear acceleration of a heavy load.
But pulling uphill, where you're using all the RPMs, the V10 outpulls because it's still in a lower gear (at higher RPM).
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Originally Posted by Wrenchtraveller
Out of the three-quarter-ton trucks we'd go with the Ford F-250 V10 Triton. It may not be the quickest performer on the flats but if you need a solid, proven powertrain that can pull hard in the hills with diesel-like performance, this is the truck for you.
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