That does alright for some people, but I doubt that setup would have lasted a yr. and a half with me and what I do with my trucks. Besides that, I couldn't have near enough fun modding that thing as I can with mine, but that's another story.

 

well, yes. once i went diesel, i'll never go back... it's just too much fun and it just does things better than gas ever could dream of...

but that's just for me...

 

I tow heavier loads with my 5.4L! You'll have no problems at all with a V-10 and an automatic transmission. A 4.10 differential will work fine.

Turn on Tow/Haul mode, let the transmission shift as it wants to shift and use your throttle to maintain your speed. Don't be annoyed if you think the transmission is shifting too much or the engine seems to be winding out too high, they are designed to do this. Just relax and enjoy the trip.

 

that is right, my 5.4 would wind out at about 4500 rpms sometimes, but that would be going up grades at 70 mph. Truck did just fine...in the left lane of course.

 

Unfortunately load weight is only a portion of the equation. It is misleading when you say that you tow heavy loads with a 5.4. Heavy loads in certain types of terrain with certain miles to cover and how much(or often) you tow. All of those factors(and maybe some more that I'm forgetting) play a part in determine what engine platform to choose. This isn't even going into the some issues with having to maintain high rpms on the tach with your gas engines(but this isn't diesel v. gas so I'll leave that alone and besides that it is mainly a corrution between the two not any definative proof on my end on that).

 

I am by no means an expert, but for my two cents, I'd go with a diesel without hesitation. You'll get much better torque for hill, and though fuel costs more, you get better MPG. I've read/talked to tons of pople who have towed with both, and Deisel is the overwhelmingly preferred engine for towing or heavy hauling. BTW, I too recommend a gooseneck or fifth wheel.
Best of luck to you!

 

hi, it's all about what you need \want to use it for . these newer 7.3, 6.0 's don't like to sit around,so if your not putting over say 10k a yr on & you can get by with the " just a v10".i use my"justa v10"f450,4x4 to pull a 12400lbs excavator on a 6000lbs trailer around a hilly city 5 days aweek then pull horses around on week ends , but only desiels can tow . oh and did the op even ask about desiels ?????? BSEG barry

 

The V10 with a Torqshift is a great towing combination. I don't think you would be disappointed. My truck is a 06 SC F250 V10 Torqshift 4.10. I am happy with it.

 

And that is precisely why I didn't go into further detail about that one point that I was getting at.

 

I pulled our 36', 4H, LQ GN, 10K empty, trailer for quite a while with a '90 F250 460 5 speed with 4.56 gears and it was fine through the inter-mountain west, with the big gears even made quite a few diesel guys feel bad.

After 250K miles we bought an '03 6.0 F250 diesel with an auto in it, good truck don't love the auto but the wife does.

As for bumperpull v. gooseneck both have up and downsides, you can get places with a bumperpull that you could never get close to with the gooseneck and not even worry about wasting a tailgate or bedwall, but if all your going to do it rip down paved raods at 80MPH the gooseneck is the dreamliner for horses.

As for the B&W or other hitch I like the Valley Hitches system with rails for the fast swap of hitches, had it in the '90 and liked it better then the B&W I put in the new truck, mainly because I never flip over the ball I am always towing, I have another truck for throwing stuff in the bed.

Hope that helps

 

Sorry be250. I thought the idea of a forum was to get inputs from many contributors. If you don't like what somebody contributes, you don't HAVE to flame 'em. You must know by now that nt everybody could possibly be as knowing and wise as you.
Maybe some prune juice would improve your attitude!

 

You'd be surprise where you can put that gooseneck trailer at. It just depends on what type and how big of a trailer you have. I think I have a picture of my smaller horse trailer in my gallery hooked up to my tractor and that lil trailer will get into some of the same tough spots that a bumper pull will get to.