ModelA Pete

Hey all,
New guy here. Thinking about a new (to me) truck.

I used to tow with an old 79 F250. 400M, NP435, 4WD, great truck. Eventually it just became too rough and I let it go. I then moved to a Suburban, 1500 4WD. It's a great truck, tows my off-road Jeep on a trailer pretty well, but it's getting long in the tooth too at almost 170K.

Thinking about getting back into a pickup in the Spring, thinking F250 again or possibly an F150 wtih whatever tow package they came with.

I'm a used car guy, so proabably in the 5000-7000 or so price range, 4WD, V8, and keep it lowest mileage I can find.

Is there any year/motor/package that I'd want to look for, or those that I'd want to avoid? I've heard the F250 V10 isn't that great of a motor. I'm thinking 5.4 V8.

Thanks for any insight!
Pete

rbrais

Not sure I would want to tow a Jeep with my 5.4, but I have 3.55's. Maybe the 3.73 rear or stepping up to a 4.10 would do it.

ModelA Pete

Thanks man. I'm assuming the tow package would have 3.73s, tranny cooler, etc. That's what I've got on my 98 Suburban.

1Aauto

Welcome to the site.

Tony

Franchi

Welcome to the F150 forum!