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F350 or F450?
Posted on 8/7/18 at 6:06 pm
Posted on 8/7/18 at 6:06 pm
I will be starting some travel work in November & will be pulling a 5th wheel to shack up in. The 350 obviously has plenty of power to pull the house on wheels. However, I’m a buy once cry once kinda guy & im interested in the 450. Any pros/cons to buying the 450 over the 350. TIA
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Posted on 8/7/18 at 6:09 pm to Cwar11
Check the insurance on the 450, a friend of mine mentioned needing to have a CDL and much higher insurance with a 450
Posted on 8/7/18 at 6:12 pm to wickowick
Would not have guessed that. I’ve checked on the 350 & it runs about $54 a month higher than my current Tundra
Posted on 8/7/18 at 6:13 pm to Cwar11
A 350 with highway gears is probably what you need. A 450 will have a deep ratio rear end and get horrible fuel mileage and cost a good bit more up front. It's basically a purpose built hot shot truck. It is fantastic for what it's designed for but unless your 5th wheel is 41 feet long and 18 feet tall a 350 would be the smarter purchase. I think the 350s are rated up to something like 28k lbs. Your camper probably is half that.
Posted on 8/7/18 at 6:16 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
I’m getting 11.7mpg with my Tundra currently. Nothing will surprise me with fuel.
Posted on 8/7/18 at 6:25 pm to Cwar11
11.7?!? I get about 14.5 in my tundra
Posted on 8/7/18 at 6:28 pm to Homey the Clown
I’ve done my mpg by hand since the first fill-up. Best I’ve ever seen is on road trips @ 12.5-12.9.
I have 16,000 miles on it.
I have 16,000 miles on it.
Posted on 8/7/18 at 6:37 pm to Cwar11
Dude, are you towing something? I got up to 16.8 on road trips.
Posted on 8/7/18 at 6:47 pm to Cwar11
Diesel costs a lot more than gas.
If you just want a 450 because you want the biggest thing on the road that's fine but from a numbers standpoint it makes sense for only a very very small number of people. Odds are you would be fine with a 250, but I do like a dually much more when pulling heavy stuff with lots of wind drag for the stability.
If you just want a 450 because you want the biggest thing on the road that's fine but from a numbers standpoint it makes sense for only a very very small number of people. Odds are you would be fine with a 250, but I do like a dually much more when pulling heavy stuff with lots of wind drag for the stability.
Posted on 8/7/18 at 6:58 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Not towing anything Homey, leveled with 33’s that’s it.
I want the Dually for the road stability when pulling.
I want the Dually for the road stability when pulling.
Posted on 8/7/18 at 7:04 pm to Cwar11
You need this:
Posted on 8/7/18 at 7:05 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Isn’t the 6.7 in the 450 detuned? Or is that the 550/650?
Posted on 8/7/18 at 8:07 pm to Cwar11
That's almost 2mpg worse than my 6.0 2500hd w/4.10s and aggressive 33s when I average 85. I drive like an a-hole too.
Unless you're going 100, you've got something wrong
Unless you're going 100, you've got something wrong
Posted on 8/7/18 at 8:16 pm to wickowick
A CDL to drive a F-450? 
Posted on 8/7/18 at 8:16 pm to wickowick
quote:
Check the insurance on the 450, a friend of mine mentioned needing to have a CDL and much higher insurance with a 450
Requirements for having a CDL are mandated by federal law and are pretty uniform from state to state. The general requirements are,
"Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Recreational Vehicles are exempt from CDL requirements."
Posted on 8/7/18 at 8:22 pm to Hammertime
Average daily driving hammerT. I drive 15 miles one way to work 30 miles round trip daily. 38 gallon tank on the Tundra. Sticker said 13 City / 17 hwy w/ average of 15.
I’ve never once seen 15mpg
Average speeds of 50-65 mph
I’ve never once seen 15mpg
Average speeds of 50-65 mph
This post was edited on 8/7/18 at 8:24 pm
Posted on 8/7/18 at 8:28 pm to Cwar11
I have a 2018 350 and it pulls like a dream. Don't see the point in going 450 for just a travel trailer
Posted on 8/7/18 at 8:30 pm to texag7
I’m most likely going with the 350 unless the salesman breaks me a hell of a deal on the 450.
Posted on 8/7/18 at 8:35 pm to Cwar11
I gottcha. Those 33s make a bigger difference than id have thought.
Posted on 8/7/18 at 8:42 pm to Cwar11
Just looked it up...the 450 is full power. The 550 is detuned by a good bit.
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