Muckin_Slusher
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....and is now the time to order a 550 or keep waiting?
Diesel > Gas for 3/4 ton up imo
Does it shift around a lot hunting for the right gear?
Diesel > Gas for 3/4 ton up imo
I dont notice it shifting a lot. It may be and I just dont notice it, but since its a 10 speed and the gears are so close together you dont feel the shifts.
I just got one. Only towed with it 2 times so far. It pulls a trailer as good as my 2010 F250 diesel. It only gets about 9.5 mpg towing so thats no fun.
I’m driving a 20 F250 with a 6.2 and a 6 speed now, after getting out of a 6.0 6 speed GMC. I am pretty sure whoever wrote the shift logic for all of them made the fast and furious movies and thinks we’re all trying to be in a constant state of acceleration. I don’t need the truck to drop 3 gears just because it scrubbed 3 miles an hour.
Probably my biggest complaint about my '15 6.2. Downhill it'll drop to 2nd gear and 5k rpm. I just switch to manual mode when doing hilly sections now.
just in case anyone was wondering
10R80 Transmission Gear Ratios
First – 4.70
Second – 2.99
Third – 2.15
Fourth – 1.80
Fifth – 1.52
Sixth – 1.28
Seventh – 1.00
Eighth – 0.85
Ninth – 0.69
Tenth – 0.64
Reverse – 4.87
Are the 10R80 ratios the same as the 10R140? Superduties don't have 10R80s...
Ratio | 4.6154 | 2.9186 | 2.1319 | 1.7733 | 1.5188 | 1.2773 | 1.0000 | 0.8514 | 0.6871 | 0.6324 | - 4.6951 |
i know you just said its for the occasional towing, but any idea what average mpg is? (not towing)
The only thing I have done with the truck since i brought it home from the dealer is tow twice, and the average fuel millage is at 9.5mpg. I hope it gets better than it is showing now, but even if it dont since around here diesel cost more than gas by a good bit I still think it will be cheaper than my diesel was at roughly 13mpg towing.
The only thing I have done with the truck since i brought it home from the dealer is tow twice, and the average fuel millage is at 9.5mpg. I hope it gets better than it is showing now, but even if it dont since around here diesel cost more than gas by a good bit I still think it will be cheaper than my diesel was at roughly 13mpg towing.
Diesel > Gas for 3/4 ton up imo
I have a 2017 f550 with a 6.7 that has been loaded with a total weight of 14-16k lbs for 139365 miles as of right now. I have never reset the fuel mileage meter and its reading 10.3.
9.5 doesn't sound to bad.
I can get a new diesel, purchase price + maintenence + nearly catastrophic repairs over 200k miles = a nice house
I can get a new gasser, purchase price + maintenence + well nothing else because they're fairly bulletproof beyond 200k miles = 1/4 of a nice house
YMMV
just in case anyone was wondering
10R80 Transmission Gear Ratios
First – 4.70
Second – 2.99
Third – 2.15
Fourth – 1.80
Fifth – 1.52
Sixth – 1.28
Seventh – 1.00
Eighth – 0.85
Ninth – 0.69
Tenth – 0.64
Reverse – 4.87