08 F-350
 

I have a 08 F-450 for a service truck, awsome truck but a fuel pig. I am considering a 08 F-350 for towing the boat. Is the 350 as hard of fuel ? Anyone have one as a daily driver?

mine gets like 11-13 in town and 16-17 hwy, its still new only 2000 miles

Buy a duramax. At least drive one first. I bought a new 350 HD cab and chassis and put a 16 box on it and am real pleased with the milage and it pulls great. 370 HP and 670 foot pounds. Just drove it 150 miles and guage only came down to half between 3/4 and full. Drove from Burlington NC to Johnson City Tn on 1/2 tank.

legacy, what do you have, that sounds to good to be true. What gear is it. I have a f-450 and it gets 5-6 pulling and 9-10 empty.

Do a gear change and you will gain some mileage

08' F350 mileage
 

25k miles on 08' 6.4 F-350srw cc....14.5-15mpg around town, 17-18 highway, 11-12 towing 10k lbs @ 75mph. The mileage does get a little better as you put on miles; break-in is not 10k miles though; more like 18-25k. I just noticed my mileage is still getting better....

rodger, cant figure out how to post a picture, but mine is the same as spilman, except short bed and silver, and i've also noticed my milege getting better slowley, cant wait to pull the boat!

Duramax
 

I would consider a Chevy. My spine and gm seats are not a good match. I sold a new suburban cause the seats were too contoured. Flat back seats such as the ford are better for me. I think the duramax is a tougher motor, the new ford cab is hard to beat...my 2 cents

All well said...agreed. I can't believe the seats in the 08' SD....I still ride in my 05' quite often & it's nice, but it feels like a truck & the NOISE! I have a back problem, L5, so lower support & the right seats are crucial for my situation. I will say that until recently, the GM trucks, mainly 1/2 tons rode very smooth. Just when you get up to 1 tons and bigger that the Fords were superior. Now I guess it's all just personal preference. I joke about the Chevy's but they have gotten better as with Dodge; just depends what you like.

I wish mine would get the mileage that some of you seem to be getting.:eek: I am in the 7.5 mpg towing my 36 Nor-Tech and only 10-12 the rest of the time.

08 f350 srw 13-15 city, havent got it on the highway much yet... 3.73 gears too...

Me too! My 04.5 Duramax only gets 10 towing 10k @ 75mph & 15 on the highway, empty.
I have no lift & larger than stock tires.
I can't believe Sean H is getting that kind of mileage with those big tires!

Im getting 12 around town and thats with 3.73 gears. My 07 F-350 had 4.10's...13.6 mpg and I wish I would have gone that same way. We will see, only have 1400 miles, needs to get it broken in. Everything else about the truck is awesome and I prefer it also over my 07 GMC Duramax for towing the boat. Not as much power as the all mighty Duramax, but is much more stable and stays planted on the road when pulling the Nortech over my GM's. Jeff

How do the Fords ride empty? Compared to a GM.

the tires lower the cruise rpm a few hundred revs.. probably helps more than hurts when it comes to mpg... acceleration is hurt a little... got 13.9 on the hand calculator the last fill up, about half city and half highway. my old 05 got 16 and 19 with exhaust, programmer and intake.. havent done anything to this one yet.. the new ones ride and turn better than the old ones and the old ones were better than a chevy.... :D

The GMC rides better than the Ford..thats 07 to 07 and both dually's....the 08 F350 dually rides better than both the 07 Ford and GM...BUT dont have a 08 GMC to make a fair comparison..

I bought an f450 4.88 6.4 diesel because it was the only option to legally tow my boat without going back to a heavy duty (or medium) commited tow vehicle. I have been very satisfied. It is as quiet and smooth as any car, has an incredible turning radius, and can be used as a daily driver even in urban areas. It tows my boat under better controol than the International I used last year.

Wait till warm weather to check your mileage. You Northern guys anyway. The winter blended fuel cost me 2mpg.

To answer your original question they get roughly the same mpg ( assuming the gear is the same). They have the same motor & trans. I had a 350 4x4 dually last year & now I have a 450 4x4 but went to the 4.88 gear. I lost a couple mpg but they do get better the more they break in new I was at 7-8 mpg now at 2500 miles I'm at 10 mpg in the city.

Ive noticed that also. 9-11 when new, now I have 1500 miles and getting a solid 12. I have been told mileage goes up drastically on job 3 trucks once you hit around 15-20k, per a few of the guys that haul weekly. Also Ford is looking at a flash to help in this dept as well.

I think the southern guys will always get better fuel mileage. I drove my truck to North Carolina this past summer, I fuel in West Virgina a even driving thought the mountains I got the best mileage out of that tank of fuel that I have ever gotten. Things that make you go hmmmmmmm.

its our fuel in the East

All I know is I drove a new F-25- yesterday & I'm going to order one pretty quick! I was really impressed with how much nicer visually & feature wise they are than the GM products I so dearly love.

Switching to Ford
 

Glad to hear it! It is true, the new Fords are very nice; inside & out....The 6.4 is very powerful & quiet...just blew by a BMW on the i540, passengers were impressed with a diesel w/that kind of acceleration.

Jassman what is a job 3 truck?

Just put the 22.5's on today.

nice....

My understanding is that the orig first one's were job #1, then some changes were made like the fire breathing tail pipes were corrected on job #2 trucks. Some other changes like extending air intake tube by a few inches to induce more air in yeilding slightly better fuel economy. Also 3.55 gears are out now on the job #3 trucks. Stuff like that.

so you're saying that quality is job number 3 at Ford these days:D

Pretty sure it used to be job #1

Nice one......but at least they get right on it; gotta give em credit...




But I'm sure you won't see it that way

Nice Wheels
 

Truck looks great too!

This is a job #3 truck, cant U notice all the enhancements:D

Lookin good! are those a direct bolt-on wheel or do they require adapters?

You have to have adaptors. But it took me about 3 hours & I had never done one before it's very easy (with a shop full of tools). Thanx all I'm really stoked I love it now. Call my bro he is a dealer for the adaptors now. Tim Leslie Tire 586-463-4550 around $800 for the adaptors.

how is the ride compared to your 19.5's?

I think at least as good or better. I have the fronts at 70 psi & the rears at 65psi to break the tires in. Then I'll let the fronts down to 60-65 & the rears down to about 50. That should make the ride even better. I think the truck steers better also It doesn't seem to follow the uneven spots in the road at all now.

Talked to my bro today the whole package is around 4500. Adaptors wheels & tires. That's with Simutomo tires highways in the front & drive tires in the rear.

truck does look awesome, how is the vibration vs stock, Thanks Jeff

that was my next question,,,theres a shop in town that does a lot of these conversions/setups and thats one thing he mentioned was balance/vibration issues

I put the balancing rings on that my bro uses on semi's. It's fine little vibration around 75 but thats from the rear drive tires because of the aggresive tread & deep lugs. If you used highway tread it woud be fine I'm sure.