Just looking for an update on how this truck is performing: ride, hauling, towing, mpgs.....

 

I picked up my truck on December 23rd - as of today I only have 596 miles...

Best riding truck I've ever owned, feels like a Cadillac compared to my old 2500HD. Turning radius is fantastic, behaves well enough on the road to the point where I can forget I'm driving a pickup. Visiblity from the tow mirrors is great. I love just about everything about it - there are a few Ford things that I'm not used to, but nothing I won't get used to.

The all important MPG question -> Read this carefully because I'm a little unique here I think...

My trip B has been running since delivery... I've been on the highway less than 10% of the 596 miles. 33.5 hours of run time to go 596 miles, that means I'm averaging only 17 miles an hour! I'm always in town, alot of short 2 mile trips with added idling time (its cold out there!). My overall average is 11.8MPG

Today I took a trip to the A.R.E. dealer to drop off my gas cap door so they can match the paint. It was a 25 mile trip, about 70% highway. I reset the AVG MPG before I left - when I got there it was 18.0MPG. I reset it again for my way back -> I was in heavy highway traffic and prob slowed to 50-60 on the highway part. When I arrived home I it read 19.5MPG. Thats all I can tell you about MPG - but I'm very happy with the results so far.

I've not hauled or towed anything of consequence to this point, so have no feedback there yet.

 

I appreciate your disclaimers, but it sounds like this truck is not suffering from the extra weight.... For the time being your my test case, however I have been harassing the local dealer about the arrival of two scab hd f150s to get a little seat time in something relatively close to the 157" wb(the scabs are 163"). Walking into a dealer and telling the salesman about his product is a little disconcerting. My wife has seen the pictures of your truck more times than she cares to.

 

Flixden on this forum is getting his today... he might have some contrasting input.

 

After my initial posts about disliking the tow mirrors, I've had a chance to test drive a S-Crew with them. I got to drive it home to see if it fit my garage with the 6 1/2' bed and large mirrors. By the time I got home I was really hoping it fit because I loved having those mirrors. They really help with backing or maneuvering in tight spaces easy. It did fit in my garage too!

 

I have 6000 K on my HD SCab with 3.5 eco and max tow 163 " wheelbase. I keep 60 and 55 lbs of air in the 10 ply tires and the truck rides very smooth empty or loaded. I carry a small camper and the truck handles great. The ride is probably firmer than the standard payload trucks with P rated tires but they can't do what my truck can . I bought the truck to use to haul my camper , load an ATV in sometimes , pull my travel trailer when my wife comes along and it fits the bill. On the highway it's very quiet , on the logging roads the suspension absorbs most of the extra bounce the 10 plys may have i am confident the tires will handles any off road sidewall type hazards.

 

I am curious more about the change in the axle, the 7 lug vs the 6. Both are 9.75 rear ends, but what is the spline count? I believe the 6 lug are 34 spline. I also understand the 7 lug come with 17" steel wheels, which obviously have a higher carrying capacity than an equivalent aluminum.

Since owning my Supercrew I added some supersprings, sumosprings, and LT tires. Rides like a champ and hauls like one too.

 

I don't have the specs for the newest F-150s, but back in 2009 model year, with 5.4L engines both the 6-lug and 7-lug rear axles have 34 splines. However, the axles with 6-lug hubs were rated 4,000 pounds weight capacity, and the axles with 7-lug hubs were rated 4,800 pounds.

Not obvious at all. For 2009 models the 6-lug steel wheels and the 6-lug aluminum wheels both were rated 2,025 pounds. The 7-lug steel wheels were rated 2,400 pounds. (7-lug aluminum wheels were not available until later.)

For 2012 and maybe a year or so earlier, 7-lug aluminum wheels are standard for XLTs and Lariats with the HD payload pkg, and 7-lug aluminum wheels are optional on XLs that have the HD payload pkg.

 

I used to work at a big marina. I now am in the union with way better future lol. Anyhow we never went further than five miles with a hydraulic trailer (trailer weighed 14000 pounds) and sometimes up to thirty foot boat. Never really on the highway. Except for taking a salvage to the dump. We had three f250s. 2001,2004,2006. The 2006 had a five speed tranny I think? And a 3v v10 vs the 2v in the older ones was knight and day difference when having twenty thousand pounds or more. The main difference was the lower first gear. All I got to say is all these trucks have the same tranny. Even with thirty thousand pounds on the back of a f250 which we added air ride suspension to take up a lot of sag. We were way above the tow capacity and it handled and drive like a dream and we beat the sh*t out of them trucks. So get the truck you want with 3.73 gear and get a aftermarket rear spring helper or air ride suspension which is the bomb.