Tow Rig Decision

[conny3737]

[QUOTE=Bar M Offroad;4270]Looks like you've already made your decission, but I got a 2011 F-250 FX4 Lariat. This thing is a Cadillac with a 400hp 800ft/lb diesel motor in it. The motor is so quite you can hardly tell it's a diesel, and the ride is extremely smooth. AC seats are the best invention ever!! It pulls my rig around without any effort at all. I get about 16mpg normally, and 12 when pulling my rig. QUOTE]

My final decision came down to the F350 FX4 Lariat Dually and the Laramie Mega Cab Dually. What sealed the deal on the Dodge was the Mega Cab option (great for throwing the kiddos' car seats back there withouth having to move the fronts seats) and the manueverability of it. I bet the turning radius is at least 5ft tighter. The ford did have the quickness advantage over the Dodge, but in the end that issue can always be fixed. I agree, AC seats are hands down the best option to be put in a truck ever! I don't think there has been a day that they weren't on.

[Camo Queen]

I love our Mega Cab! We had an 07 with the 6.7 diesel 4x4 and got pretty crappy mileage, 11mpg and 7mpg while towing. It probably didn't help that it had a lift and 20" Nitto Terra Grapplers but it had to go. It was hard to part with all the bells and whistles of a Laramie and go with our 06 5.9 Mega Cab 4x4 but it was worth it. We get about 18-20mpg depending on who's driving and 14mpg towing a trailer with 2 buggies. I love my truck, it fits our family very well and I will never have to worry about driving a minivan or something to that effect just to carry a stroller :-)


Janis Armstrong

[conny3737]

I love our Mega Cab! We had an 07 with the 6.7 diesel 4x4 and got pretty crappy mileage, 11mpg and 7mpg while towing. It probably didn't help that it had a lift and 20" Nitto Terra Grapplers but it had to go. It was hard to part with all the bells and whistles of a Laramie and go with our 06 5.9 Mega Cab 4x4 but it was worth it. We get about 18-20mpg depending on who's driving and 14mpg towing a trailer with 2 buggies. I love my truck, it fits our family very well and I will never have to worry about driving a minivan or something to that effect just to carry a stroller :-)


Janis Armstrong

Mileage is definitely not a strong suit for the 6.7's but the new ones seem to be better than a couple years ago. I'm currently sitting in the 13-14mpg area with the motor far from being broken in yet (~1600 mi). With some more miles and some deletes I think I'll be happy with the mileage (hopefully upper teens). As for the Mega Cab, I'll never go back to a crew cab again. I've even converted my wife...she now wants a Mega Cab for her next new rig.

-Josh

[R2rox]

We use a 2011 f250 4x4 with the 6.7 in it and I have been nothing but pleased. We have a 32' flatbed gooseneck that two Jeeps a 4wheeler and whatever else we can cram on it to go wheeling with. The towing power is nice but stopping it when the trailer brakes went bad was what impressed me more than anything.

[BagBat]

Had a 2003 1500 dodge 5.7 hemi. OUCH on the mpg....not enough power (for me) to tow over a 1% incline! Upgraded to a 2009 dodge 3500 king cab 4X4, 6.7, deleted DPF, chipped and "upsized" to 35's - 28mpg highway (cross country from Texas to northern California) 18-20mpg city; 15-18 towing.
The stopping power IS wonderful - engine and train brakes combined with trailer brakes...the safest stops I can imagine!
I LOVE it!!

[JD01]

Have a 06 dodge mega cab with the 5.9 and we like it alot way better then the 6.7 I get 20+ on the highway with the 5.9 and with the 6.7 I got 10mpg and that was with no weight pulling a gooseneck with 2 Buggy's on it I get 13-14mpg