Ford F250 vs F350

I'm looking at upgrading my truck from f150 to super duty, wanting to keep gas engine. Anyone own the 250 or 350?

First ask yourself if you really need the heavier duty truck. Had f150 v6 standard or many years and found it just a little lacking for the chore at hand once in a while upgraded to an 250. Great truck but the hit on gas didn't really justify it. It was my daily driver. If it's not your daily driver and are pulling a lot of heavy loads it may be worth it. 350 or 250..... if the 250 handle the work why go to the 350? Imo you will be better off buying a used low mile truck. Newer than 2005 to avoid the spark plug issues some had. My 2002 Triton 5.4 has not had any of those issues, plugs blown out or stripping when changed, but I don't run stuff until it's a repair rather than maintenance. V8 or V10 depends on the power needed. If the 8 has enough grunt why burn the extra fuel the 10 will. Personally I would avoid the smaller engine turbo trucks,. There is no replacement for displacement. Those smaller boosted engines do work but the need to work much harder to do the work. That means more maintenance and less engine life. The tiny gas savings they offer doesn't offset the long term cost to me but that's me. If you get one of the Eco-boost engines change the oil before you would for a NA engine. Good clean oil is vital to keeping those turbos trouble free.

My artic fox 22g weighs around 7000 pounds when I tow it, on flat ground my f150 with 6 cylinder twin turbo is good, on hills not so good. I've got a deal on a 24 f350 for less than they are selling a f250 in SD, in the future I may upgrade to a larger travel trailer so I'm thinking the f350 covers me either way. It has the 7.3 liter gas engine btw

It seems you already have answered the question. The 6.8 is NA so I believe it will hold up better on the long haul than the turbos that Ford has made in Mexico. It will certainly fill the slot you have for it. One other aspect you may wish to consider is how soon do you really need it? Sounds like a good deal you have in the works but all the economic gurus seem to believe the price of new vehicles especially trucks will continue to come down. I don't know, who really does?

Can't beat f350 dually, gas or diesel, for solid towing and handling.

My son has a f350 single rear wheel, I have a 3500 Chevy dually. Both coming from 250/2500 trucks previously and can say they ride, handle the same, burn the same amount of fuel. If you have towing in mind....."you can never have too much truck".

I had to travel back to SD for 3 weeks and while I was there wanted to trade my 24 F150 Rattler I purchased new 6 months ago, tbh the F150 had gremlins especially electronic ones from the beginning. So I was looking at F250s and 350s. That's when the car dealership crap started, apparently my truck which I paid 56000 for 6 months ago is now only worth 38000, because well that's just how it works, top tip for you never trade a ford at a ford dealership. However I was assured the 67000 f250 would hold its value better. I've never lost that kinda money on a Toyota my last 4 trucks. So with a crappy trade in value and high interest rate I told ford to f××k right off. Went to Toyota and got 4 grand more in trade and 1.99 interest rates on new tundra and I'll pay cash for an older heavy duty for towing later. Got multiple calls from ford over the last couple days trying to sweeten the deal and enjoyed hanging up on them. Toyota has my support for the foreseeable future.

I have a 2017 F250 6.7 and love it. I upgraded from an '08 F150 primarily for a newer vehicle and to also tow our 30' travel trailer easier. Night and day difference for towing, not just the power of the diesel, but also just how the truck feels more in control of the trailer as opposed to the other way around.

With all that said, if I could do it again I would have gone with the F350. The only change is really a slightly heavier-duty rear axle and an extra leaf spring (MSRP used to only be about $900 difference). BUT, you get a door sticker that allows for heavier towing. Yes the F250 can do pretty much everything the F350 can, but the sticker will say different, and if you ever were in an injury accident or worse while towing, you could get sued into oblivion if you are over the sticker weight.

Part of the issue with my truck is that the 6.7 diesel is ~1000 lbs heavier than a gas engine. It pretty much makes towing a 5th wheel or goose-neck trailer not an option. I would like the ability to upgrade to a 5th wheel, but I really shouldn't with my truck. Most 5th wheel RVs will have a pin weight higher than my sticker shown below. Going with a gas engine negates a lot of this - not all of it. In summary, go F350 - resale is higher because of the above also...