general opinions about a new truck

[85cj7]

hey so i'm looking for a work truck to tow trailers about, and that in a year or so will be my little sisters dd. Originally i was looking for a mid 90's f250 crew cab, non dulley; when i stumbled across this.
http://dallas.craigslist.org/car/375724737.html
Can i get you guys general opinions about, f250's, this truck, or anything else that comes to mind. Some stuff that doesn't come in the text is that it is 2 wheel drive, 12 bolt rear, auto c-6, duel tanks but rear is not working, 400 modified engine.

[JB]

Cool truck, but I wouldn't want it to be my sister's DD. And you dont need a 3/4 ton to tow trailers.

[85cj7]

don't want it to be a dd? why? if its because its a bit weird having a 16 year old girl driving it around ive already gotten into plenty of agruements with her about this but shes just that way, she rides in rodeos, trailers horses, and wears jeans and boots, not your typical dallasite. Again its her who is set on the 250, atleast i persuaded her out of the duelly. She will be pulling gooseneck 6 horse and larger trailers.

[bcolman]

why just limit it to a 250, what about a 350? also, think about gas prices right now, go with a diesel.

[stx4wheeler]

pass on that with the 400 not having a ton of power stock, and the c-6 unloaded your going to be looking at prolly around 10 on the highway, and 8-9 in town, most likely

[eight]

In the mid 90s they didn't make many 250 crew cabs. But don't worry a 350 is the same thing with an overload spring in the back. I always liked the old 7.3s, and would advise anybody against a 94-97 powerstroke. If she would go with a single cab we should have a 99 f-350 single wheel single cab with 7.3 and 6 speed and 4x4 in good condition coming up for sale in a couple months.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

That thing would be pimp at the rodeos. If she likes it and can afford the fuel for it I say get it. I am not a ford fan at all, but that would be cool to drive. The 4 door will be nice to haul tack/gear and for pilin the buds in for a road trip (and those seats are blingin).

[Sharpe]

Get a diesel. For that kind of heavy towing a gasser is gonna be slow as piss and get HORRIBLE mileage. How do I know? I drive the chevy equivalent of that truck. It gets 10 mpg empty and 6 or 7 towing, and cant keep up with any diesel on the highway. (It will beat them off the line though :flipoff2: )

[BroncoJo]

That truck is only going to have about 150 hp. When I first got my bronco freshman year of highschool I would get beat by old ladies that didn't know I was racing them.

It is though very easy to bump up the power, m motors have way to much polution controll and retardation.

Both my dad and my grandpa said they each had a 400m that got great mpg. My dads truck got 18 and my grandpas station wagon got 22 but my bronco got 6-8 with towing anything.

[sasquatch]

retardation.



that pretty much sums up the m series block

[nickas]

get a 7.3, the ford 6.9 diesels i know of dont have any power.
a 4 door is going to be a pain to park at school and with something that old you will be constantly fixing something.

[robertf03]

don't want it to be a dd? why? if its because its a bit weird having a 16 year old girl driving it around ive already gotten into plenty of agruements with her about this but shes just that way, she rides in rodeos, trailers horses, and wears jeans and boots, not your typical dallasite. Again its her who is set on the 250, atleast i persuaded her out of the duelly. She will be pulling gooseneck 6 horse and larger trailers.

why is a 16 year old girl driving a horse trailer around dallas?

get her an isuzu rodeo and let her total it before she gets a truck, I've ridden in them too and they are nice.

[Doug Krebs]

that pretty much sums up the m series block
:laughing:

[TMatheaus]

Get a diesel. For that kind of heavy towing a gasser is gonna be slow as piss and get HORRIBLE mileage. How do I know? I drive the chevy equivalent of that truck. It gets 10 mpg empty and 6 or 7 towing, and cant keep up with any diesel on the highway. (It will beat them off the line though :flipoff2: )
and your truck sir is a giant white turd

[fbronco86]

Both my dad and my grandpa said they each had a 400m that got great mpg. My dads truck got 18 and my grandpas station wagon got 22 but my bronco got 6-8 with towing anything.

BS

[Shaggy]

that pretty much sums up the m series block


I disagree.. when built right it is a very powerful engine

[BroncoJo]

when built right it is a very powerful engine

agree

[Chadnutz]

In the mid 90s they didn't make many 250 crew cabs. But don't worry a 350 is the same thing with an overload spring in the back. I always liked the old 7.3s, and would advise anybody against a 94-97 powerstroke. If she would go with a single cab we should have a 99 f-350 single wheel single cab with 7.3 and 6 speed and 4x4 in good condition coming up for sale in a couple months.

Why? Because there aren't 234213543 of them on the road? I see a **** ton more 94-97 Fords than I do those year model Dodges, but no one here seems to think the Cummins ever had a problem. I not trying to get into a brand war, but you guys told me the same thing when I bought a 140k mile truck and it has 225k now...

Only major problem it had was the timing gear sliding on the crank shaft which required pulling the engine to reset. Pulling an engine isn't that big of a deal. Any other problem I've had (including that one) I was able to drive home on.

Since I've bought it the only thing I've replaced that needed replacing was flywheel ($900), alternator ($200), batteries ($300?), A/C clutch ($50?), glow plugs ($100), Serpentine belt, intake hoses, CPS ($100).

The rest of it was preventative maintenance or fluid/filter changes.

[william_ace]

those 7.3's last forever, or at least they have for us. we've got 370 k on one and 456k on another

[Seth]

Pulling an engine isn't that big of a deal.

LMAO - at what point to you consider something a big deal? I am not sure what you were defending....er whatever.

[jerryg79]

LMAO - at what point to you consider something a big deal? I am not sure what you were defending....er whatever.

For real, Im pretty sure that's probably a $2000+ job if you dont do it yourself.

[Chadnutz]

It was about 4 hours to get it out and 5 hours to put it back in. Both of those numbers were 1-2 hours higher than they should have been because I didn't move the transmission back.

I worked on the bottom while my brother worked on the top. They aren't that complicated. And engine from the 2000s would be a real PITA, however.

[Sharpe]

LMAO - at what point to you consider something a big deal? I am not sure what you were defending....er whatever.
Was thinking the same thing, but all of my motor installs before have involved some sort of fabrication too.