f250 with 5.4???
 

I probably already know the answer to this, but curious if anyone has any real world expierence?

My 2000 f150 with the 5.4 has served me well (bought it brand new) I beat this truck like it owes me something, and its finally catching up. Plow snow, haul way more then I should, and pull my 280 velocity (does a pretty good job)

but

Its getting tired, and either needs some $$$ put into it, or needs to go down the road. Ideally I'd like to find a crew cab 250 for what I do, and see quite a few for sale with the 5.4 (probably tells you something right there)

The 5.4 is great in my 150, but how is it in the bigger heavier truck?

thanks

I have one and pull a 7,000 pound boat.

I think the 5.4 is a dog and I only pull it from storage to the marina on mostly flat land. I can pull it with my Escalade with a 5.7 and it moves right along.

It won't like that 3000 extra pounds. Get the new diesel you'll be happier and the resale value will be much higher.

Agreed on the diesel. Its the extra 20K I have to find, thats the problem. :party-smiley-004:


Unfortunatley a "new" truck is not in the cards right now. My truck only gets about 5-6K miles put on it now, so Fuel mileage isn't much of a concern. I've been looking for 7.3's and V10's but most of them are crap, or the owners think they are worth their weight in gold. I'm in no hurry, but would like to have something in the next few months.

5.4 is a dog in the superduty. Barely pulls itself, let alone a trailer.

Get the V10. Its a reliable proven engine that makes good power. :drink:

I agree with the other responses on it being a dog! I had the 5.4 in an Expedition and it was great! Had one in a F250 and gutless. 97 expedition and 99 f250

Not to mention the cracked exhaust manifold problem every 10k miles

and then there is the problem with resale...please dont do it..you will be very sorry when you even hook up to 6000 pounds..

yeh as they said, a 5.4 can barely move an F-250 itself, I would not want to tow anything behind one, it's just gutless.

what do you mean by 20k extra, you can find plenty of cheap, nice condition 7.3's.... not sure why you keep seeing the crap ones. Did you look outside your area?

Ford has a new 6.2 gas I have heard it has lots of power.

Wow, I had a toally different experience.

Had a '00 with the 5.4 and never had any issues. Didn't get any tickets for off the line when towing, but never had traffic lined up behind my either. On the highway, I had to keep the OD off, otherwise it would hunt real bad at 55-60 and struggle. (this was only with my 32. The 27 was no problem)Get up over 65, I'd run and accel. no problem. Seems the faster I drove, the more power it developed.
Had that truck for 3 yrs towing my 27 every weekend, and then the 32 on trips for 1 yr.
Sold that truck and was truckless for 1 yr. That didnt work out. Bought a '03 V-10. ( I think this era has problems blowing sparkplugs out ruining heads, so far I'm good) Can't say it's night and day difference, just an improvement. Main difference is I can leave this truck in OD and no issue. Tranny temp gauge never raises, so I figure all is ok. Neither trucks like steep hills towing. You'll be loosing ground big time with either by time to top. Got very close to same MPG towing with each truck. The 5.4 better non towing. Myself, both work just fine, not great.
Both were 250 SD 4x4's, extended cab, short bed. = same trucks, different motors.

Now, I borrowed my sisters GMC 350 Duramax/Allison once. holly chit, thats a boat pulling truck. :)

Look for a '98-02 Dodge 2500 diesel then. No emissions stuff on them. They can be hard to find but I've seen them for sale on www.cumminsforum.com.

Here check this out;

http://www.cumminsforum.com/forum/2n...rucks-98-5-02/

The ford v10 is an absolute gas hog. I have an 01 for plowing snow and it gets about 7mpg and it doesnt care if your plowing or not. It does a great job and lots of power but just terrible on gas, I have never pulled with it though. I really dont understand why they even make the motor. The diesol still has more torque and hp and gets double the mpg. I guess it would be the price which is probably why we bought ours.