bryanchurch06
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I'm looking at upgrading my truck from f150 to super duty, wanting to keep gas engine. Anyone own the 250 or 350?
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Ford F250 vs F350
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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.
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.
bryanchurch06
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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?
eastema
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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".