pfoley12

This kid doesn't know what he's talkin about!

jb2012

he sounds like a pretty big puss...

soccerkrazed229

those diesel f150s sure are a mess, i dont blame him...

Carcrazygts2

It all depends on what you have to haul.. I'd love to see a f150 pull my 36ft Featherlite race car trailer..

ibd2328

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Good luck finding that. That 1/2 ton rear axle and leafs will hold up great with a 6.7L diesel.... not

I'm not sure the kid even knows the difference. And its 96-03 not 95-02

Carcrazygts2

The kid was probably referring to the 7.3 powerstrokes. The majority of 03's were 6.0's. So 95-02 was all 7.3's.

JpEufracio

7.3s were, well are the best out there.

ibd2328

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When you an do this in a Chevy 1500 or Ram 1500.... then I might consider changing from Ford. Our so called under-rated 5.4 has max torque (350 ft lbs/>400 n-m) at 2500 rpm. Even the 11th generation f150's with the 5.4 cant say that. I wouldn't trade my 5.4L 2v for a 5.4 3V... Not to mention our 4-speed tranny holds up ALOT better than the 04-09 6-speeds.

Ordered some 6" river rocks for a landscaping project at the house. I decided to only make one trip, so we loaded it down with 3.5-4 tons. 3000lb in the bed, 4000lb on a solid axle(4k 12ft trailer).

My truck has the 5.4 , 3.73, with upgraded leaf springs. I towed the load about 30miles(mainly up-hill) at about at 5-7% grade. Pulling out and on flat surface was fairly easy and did so without reeving over 2.5k . Up the 7% incline I was running around 2.5k-3k rpms at 45 mph. The braking was superb, although once we stopped, I could tell that it had been heating up fairly quick. Could use a good set of vented rotors it hauling a load like this long distances. The terrain around my area is very mountainous, from 2000ft in elevation up to 5500 feet. So I think my "outdated, under powered 5.4" did just fine

I had absolutely no problems hauling this. As you can tell, I exceed the capacity by a few hundred pounds. The 5.4 may not be a speed demon, but with the right rear end; you can haul about anything you can fit on a bed or hook too. Gas mileage was around 7mpg, but consider I have 34" MT's and only average 11 unloaded

Unloaded (not me driving)


Loaded with 7K

bobkyle2

Actually... 94.5-97 Where the same body style with the diesel was the 7.3 powerstroke....98-03.5 were 7.3 powerstroke

ibd2328

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I was making the jester no 1/2 ton axle or frame can really justify over a 5L diesel enginge. The 6.0, 6.4, 6.7 or 7.3!
They also offered the 7.5 L 460CID gasoline engine. Not to mention the V10 as well