Just traded my 04 6.0L, 190k miles great truck. Just picked up a 2012 f250 6.7. I have 500 miles and I'm getting 18 mpg. I love the truck so far.

Got to see this truck yesterday. Sweet rig Magic Man!!

That was another option I had on the table.. Dodge is always running good promo's...

If you go dodge check out kernersville dodge in NC. I shopped around for 3 months and they were the cheapest I could find on the east coast, a little under 13k of msrp on my 2012 larmie cummins plus a 2500 discount. And they delivered the truck to my house on a roll back for free.

If you can't afford or do not want to spend the money on the new 6.7 then the 7.3 is your deal...BUT as Jassman says the 6.7 rocks bro I have 33000 on mine and it never ceases to amaze me....the best is the power and acceleration you have both empty and loaded with this thing is simply AWESOME!!!!!!!! :Score-101010::Score-101010:

I have been really happy with my 1500 so I will have to check them out.

Its not the affordability. Its being turned upside down on negative equity since the truck I got is still new. Im just kicking myself in the azz for not getting the diesel in the first place. At the time though, I was going to sell my boat and things turned around for me so Im keeping her.

We have a very rare 2003 F-350 with the 7.3 in it. (Very last year.) The thing has 198,000 on it and runs like a champ. We also have a virtually identical 2003 F-350 with the very first generation 6.0 in it. What a total piece of rolling crap - with half the miles on it.

7.3 or 6.4, the connecting rod deal is not an issue unless your going to set fire to money and build it up. I have blown up several 7.3's....blocks tend to fail around 1100 HP.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHxcVs5TL5A

The 7.3's are bullet-proof half-million-mile engines given proper maintenance.

Do NOT get a 6.0L. There are two kinds of 6.0L's...good ones, and garbage ones. The ratio is about 50/50. The good ones aren't for sale, and the time bombs are about to blow. Like the one I just got rid of, nothing but issues.

The 6.4's are supposedly a little better, but not by much. The ones that run are horrible on fuel mileage.

The new 6.7's are supposedly bulletproof awesome packages, but there aren't enough of them around with high enough miles to say for certain.

The 6.4 can be tuned to get much better MPG. The 6.7's have the smallest rods I have ever seen in a diesel. Guys with very mild build's are chucking rods.