11mpg towing 16,000lbs outta a gas V10? Bahahahahahaha........

You laugh but there's the picture and why would I lie? Boat wet is 14000 lbs plus trailer. Pulled it from Jackson Ms to Pickwick and it did great. It has average mpg readout and it was 10.7.

My readout has never gone below 10.5, but fill ups seem to occur significantly more often when towing heavy loads. Same v10, I get 7 or 8 towing.

Could be, but I can't argue with a computer when all I have is my fingers and toes to do math. I know I traveled 275 miles and still had a 1/4 tank. Been a solid truck so far.

Mines sitting at 160k now and it's been a great rig,no complaints from me. :D

Never go by lieometer,s

The mileage while pulling is amazing.
Not all Ford diesels need to be avoided. Some were bulletproof, like the 7.3, and the 6.7 is looking to be pretty good too.

You can't use the readout...I believe you are truthful in that's what it is telling you, but those things are far from accurate in my experience, and get even worse if you are running a tuner.

Lot's of Horror story about all diesels on-line, that's pretty much because people don't log on to praise what they have, they log on to ***** about what went wrong.

I'm approaching 100k on my 2010 F250 6.4L, I want to get rid of it, only because I want the 6.7L. Truck has been flawless other than having a transmission temp sensor go bad, and had to replace an alternator at round 90k. It's not going anywhere, airbags showed up last week, and compressor kit showed up today.

I'll take it over a gasser any day of the week...Nothing like listening to a turbo spool up and the rpms remaining level, vs dropping a gear on a gas truck and listening to the rpms climb by 3000....

In my case ignorance is bliss. Just fill it up and go. You must remember I graduated from the Jethro Bodine School of Advanced Math. Well almost graduated.

Diesel trucks are by far the best way to go. I only use this to pull the boat and for what I paid for it, seemed like a workable match.

Need to listen to a 8.1 gasser one of these days.

my 2005 v10 f 350 . averaged 12 empty .. just saying thats the 3 valve verssion of the v 10 hmmmm

Wow, thanks again for all the help... I managed to purchase a trailer today so the search is really on for a new truck...

Don't get caught up in the minutia. The only way you'll ever get money out of a vehicle is by driving it. This thread is tripping over quarters and how much to we lose in depreciation, fuel, and maintenance on a boat????

Buy what you like. Buy what you can afford. Buy what gets the job done. Enjoy it!

By the way, I use my 2015 f250 6.7 as a daily. I tow my boat approximately 2 miles a weekend and maybe 15 weekends a year. If I want it for a long haul the truck is ready. There are uses for the truck outside of towing. Buy two vehicles? I could but when you look at total investment, maint, depreciation, and insurance the savings, if any is negligible.

When discussing savings, don't forget to take resale value into account.

Diesel outshines gasoline by miles in that compartment...

I too daily drive my diesel and I love it.

If it were me, I'd buy a 2011 or new F250 with the 6.7L in it, add an airbag and compressor kit, and be done with it.

let me know when you buy your 15 srw duramax denali. simply cant go wrong!

And if it were an 8.1L gasser the fuel cost would have been anywhere from $4K to $8K more.

I am of the belief, "the mileage savings isn't that much" in a daily driver comparison but still better, even slightly, with diesel. Towing totally tips the scale in favor of diesel but I don't think there are any daily driver drawbacks to choose a gasser over diesel even for the occasional tow since the diesel tow is superior.
Comparing the tires, oil changes etc that some propose the diesel still wins. The oil change interval is nearly or exactly twice the amount of miles for the diesel over the gas. The tune up events with gas offset the fuel filter events for diesel which is still close there. Tires I don't see much difference in the same chassis and use.

You guys are killing me with v10 mpg. I have an 03 f350 that I use to plow snow with and I average about 8mpg, doesn't matter if it's in 4 wheel or not. I can't think of another motor that gets any worse mpg than this one. I've never pulled anything with it but it does have plenty of power and does a good job for what I use it for.

I suppose a huge variable is how and where one drives . I know that mine doesn't do well in stop and go traffic.

Just took delivery of mine last Saturday. Almost 200 miles on it and love it so far, but the factory "All Weather Floor Mats" are a ripoff!

Averaging about 15mpg so far (on the on-board guesstimator, though) but am happy. I'll do the math next fillup and know better.