Originally Posted by beretzs
Originally Posted by 30338
Got a 7.3 on order, its built, but stuck in shipping. Seems Ford can't ship built trucks very well these days. Reading your post, sort of wondering if I should have just gone 6.2 on it. Guess we'll see in a few months.

Man, I’m dying to hear about the 7.3 buddy. I’ve been thinking it might be a lot easier than any of the new diesels. My 3500 has been in the shop now for 2 months waiting on recall parts. I’m slowly getting tired of new diesels and the BS wrapped around them.

Did you order anything special with yours? 4.30 gears?

Beretz,
I saw the other thread where you were asking about pulling. I pulled a 34’ bunkhouse that weighed close to 10k loaded (bumper pull) from Mississippi to Maine and back. No issues. Did fine in the Poconos and up through the New York side. If you don’t mind a little higher rpm’s than the diesel, I never had an issue with power. Never got real wound up and made short work of my requests on that trip. My mileage averaged around 7 mpg on that trip.