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Depends. For the Super Duty: +tough locker ready axles +F150 loads won't even make them sweat +more durable joints and such (the US is made out of potholes thanks to union road labor) +solid, proven 4x4 system and free spin hubs. +35" tires fit stock +4.30 gear, oem available Against: -it...

An F250 wouldn't even notice that camper. That's the route I went. Likely won't be investing in a new camper until the trucks paid off. You're not going to beat 13mpg in any hd truck camper combo. As if it matters with cheap fuel available. Right now I can do a ton of diving and camping...

I'm just doing the locker this time around. Detroit or Yukon Grizz front, oem elocker rear. 4.56 or 4.88 gear. On my previous truck I only used the winch a few times for myself. I tore the winch down to clean all of the road salt out of it, more often than I used it. I'm just keeping...

Don't forget Capris. https://capricamper.com/models/retreat/ Can be built up like a full on camper for about $20,000. Or can be ordered with hardly more than beds and AC.

I just pulled this sample out of the second filter on a 300 Kw John Deere today. (new HPP, common rail engine) I got at least 2 quarts of fuel out of the filters like this. Pretty safe bet it made it's way to the engine. If you had this in your diesel truck, you'd be making a "I hate...

The gas guys get the last laugh when the diesels are on the side of the road in failure mode or worse. Until they start making HPP's and injectors that can handle nasty wet diesel fuel, we're going to see more and more big gas engines coming back. I'm startled that consumers aren't insisting...

Rear springs on the 2017 F250's. That's it, add spring or air bags, and a sway bar and you're GTG. But I don't like a SRW truck to weigh over 10,000 anyways. I prefer campers that weigh less than 2300#. (Half ton rated slide-ins, LOLz.) 3000+, I want a DRW. The gas has the 10.5...

How much do you need to carry in the bed? And how tall is it? If you order an F350 and are worried about being over on the sticker because your camper is 90% of what your expected haul capacity is........that might still be the wrong truck for you. I have no problem with an F250 getting...

They still make the big block 8.8L. But the gm guys can't seem to get past the fact that it drinks 1qt of oil every 1000 miles. Just change the oil every 3000 and it's no big deal. I think the fact that the 8.1 was so slow due to it's state of tune, kinda killed it with the momo crowd...

Rev's will be low with both gear sets. 5th and 6th are both overdrive. Expect 6th to be gone when towing, so turn off 6th gear by using the - button on the stalk during your test drive. My goal is to tow in 5th around 2300-2500. With 4th being over 3000. I'll need 4.56 or 4.88 for...

Depends. I've used everything as a pro. Most of my tools are cheap generic Kobalt, Craftsman, Ryobi, Harbor Fraught etc.etc. But some tools are special. My 10mm-19mm combo wrenchs get used on every single job sight. Only SnapOn will do for those. Matco for swivels. Fluke for...

Personally, I'd likely recommend the 6.2L over the 7.3L for most people, still. I'm only towing <6000# right now with my personal truck. But it's going to be a beast of an engine. The only people that'll hate it is the old farts that can't take their eyes off of the RPM gauge. Old...

That's a reasonable theory. Good rods and pistons will fail on the end of the exhaust stroke or beginning of the intake stroke. When there's no cushion on top of the cylinder. ,Exactly like your boxing analogy. No experience with AFM, but my 20 cylinder engines will go into a half or...

The adaptive steering has fits with lift kit's. And if you pop off the pitman arm with the battery connected, it'll spaz out and wind up the wires within it's self as it tries to maintain preload to reduce play. Very expensive to fix. Some 350's only had 3500# capacity. So watch out on...

I'm trying hard to resist a Camplite 6.8 made for 1/2ton short beds. 2000# IIRC. That means with just food water and ultralight backpacking amount of cargo puts me maxed out on my GVWR. Capri makes a nice uber lite camper as well. I'm wet east coast, so FWC pop ups don't work for me.

Sure. Went down that exact road last winter. diesel: +power, but it's excessive. The gas option has plenty of power with the 4.30 gears. Maybe even the 3.73 if you tow, lightly. +range is great. But usually useless. Great when towing, since half the stations in the US are a bit tight...

Newer flex fuel trucks will adjust timing with higher octane fuels. I can feel the difference between 87 and 91 octane with 10 000# behind me. I run higher octane for towing in hot conditions.

It's a trade off. I can get by in snow with good siped MT's because I'm limited in speed by the minivan ahead of me. I don't need Nokian tires for any snow rallycross kind of stuff. Ohio is sitting on a few salt mines. And we put ALL of it on the roads. So then we're talking slush and...

I use a ''Work Sharp'' tool to sharpen everything. Seems like for rope and bread, plain blades work best if sharp. I can get plain blades sharper overall. But I have to stay on top of them, if they dull, they lose to serrated blades. I have a broken steak knife on my dive harness.

That stinks. Wonder if they miscalculated your block height? I'm sure they'll make it right. It's hard to get it right without the actual truck.