Well I traded her in..

[JF19Longhorn]

After 5yrs and 79k miles I said good bye to my 1500 RAM Longhorn. Almost got alittle misty when I took her for that final drive, but it was time.


After about 3-4 months of shopping everything from another RAM 1500/2500, Bronco (Full-size), F-150's, and SuperDuty's I ended up getting a F250 Lariat 7.3L.


Thank you for all the great support and wealth of knowledge this site and it's members have provided. I hope to keep visiting the site from time to time.

 

[Fatherof3]

I hope you do too , I’d love to hear how the Ford is .

 

[JF19Longhorn]

Thanks.

So far, thirsty. She rides a bit rougher, but better than I expected and the 10spd (so far) has been really good. Not as smooth as the RAM's 8spd, but still very good.

 

[silver billet]

Nice truck! How is the performance of the 7.3 vs the 5.7?

 

[Ramroo]

Just curious, did you test drive a GMC or Chevy HD?

 

[JF19Longhorn]

Just curious, did you test drive a GMC or Chevy HD?

I did not, the direct injection and oil consumption issues steered me away from them.

 

[JF19Longhorn]

Nice truck! How is the performance of the 7.3 vs the 5.7?

5.7L was definitely faster when you get on it and the 8spd smoother. I'm sure weight and frontal surface area have alot to do with that. The f250 is no slouch, but I believe it's a full second slower in the 1/4.

The 7.3L has it all over the 5.7L in trq, as it should due to the extra displacement. I find my self speeding alot more in the F250, not because it gets there faster, but because it just keeps creeping up with the smallest throttle input. (3.93s RAM vs 3.73s F250)

I'm only one tank in for the 7.3L and it was 12.6mpg, but had every bit of 45 minutes idle time on the clock while the salesman was going through his SYNC4 tutorial and features in the truck. The RAM, winter fuel, was avg right around 14.5mpg with the Mickey's. I have about a 40 mile - 1hr long commute right now, but wfh 50% of the time.

So far, I'm very happy with the 7.3L and hoping to tow with it in a couple months.

Oh, the backseat also seems smaller, like less legroom

 

[silver billet]

5.7L was definitely faster when you get on it and the 8spd smoother. I'm sure weight and frontal surface area have alot to do with that. The f250 is no slouch, but I believe it's a full second slower in the 1/4.

The 7.3L has it all over the 5.7L in trq, as it should due to the extra displacement. I find my self speeding alot more in the F250, not because it gets there faster, but because it just keeps creeping up with the smallest throttle input. (3.93s RAM vs 3.73s F250)

I'm only one tank in for the 7.3L and it was 12.6mpg, but had every bit of 45 minutes idle time on the clock while the salesman was going through his SYNC4 tutorial and features in the truck. The RAM, winter fuel, was avg right around 14.5mpg with the Mickey's. I have about a 40 mile - 1hr long commute right now, but wfh 50% of the time.

So far, I'm very happy with the 7.3L and hoping to tow with it in a couple months.

Oh, the backseat also seems smaller, like less legroom

Nice, I did expect the 1500 to be a faster truck unloaded. But drop a 6000 lb trailer behind both and I would expect all that extra torque in the 7.3 to easily pull away from the 5.7.

Hope you'll come back with towing reports, would be great to hear it as I've thought about making the same move more than once.

 

[Willwork4truck]

After 5yrs and 79k miles I said good bye to my 1500 RAM Longhorn. Almost got alittle misty when I took her for that final drive, but it was time.
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After about 3-4 months of shopping everything from another RAM 1500/2500, Bronco (Full-size), F-150's, and SuperDuty's I ended up getting a F250 Lariat 7.3L.
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Thank you for all the great support and wealth of knowledge this site and it's members have provided. I hope to keep visiting the site from time to time.

Say it ain’t so!

 

[Willwork4truck]

If you tow, its hard to go wrong with that 7.3 gasser.

 

[scottmoyer]

I hope Ford fixed the issue with the 10 speed trans. The programming they had in my '18 was so bad that I won a lemon law suit. The arbitrator said the truck was downright dangerous in traffic after I took him for a ride. He described how the truck performed to a Ford tech during arbitration and the tech said the trans was operating as designed. The arbitrator said Ford had a design flaw and awarded me the case.

In 2018, the 1st year for the 10 speed, the learning trans would learn that in stop and go traffic on a long merging onramp, you accelerate some, then slow to a stop, accelerate, then slow. But then when you get to the highway, when you accelerate, the truck would hesitate up to 2 seconds before downshifting. Vehicles on a highway doing 70mph will eat up 1/3 of a mile in those 2 seconds, making it dangerous to merge in from 20mph if the vehicle can't get up to speed. I hope they reprogrammed the trucks because the Mustang seemed to do well with the 10 speed.

 

[Jaywill]

I hope Ford fixed the issue with the 10 speed trans. The programming they had in my '18 was so bad that I won a lemon law suit. The arbitrator said the truck was downright dangerous in traffic after I took him for a ride. He described how the truck performed to a Ford tech during arbitration and the tech said the trans was operating as designed. The arbitrator said Ford had a design flaw and awarded me the case.

In 2018, the 1st year for the 10 speed, the learning trans would learn that in stop and go traffic on a long merging onramp, you accelerate some, then slow to a stop, accelerate, then slow. But then when you get to the highway, when you accelerate, the truck would hesitate up to 2 seconds before downshifting. Vehicles on a highway doing 70mph will eat up 1/3 of a mile in those 2 seconds, making it dangerous to merge in from 20mph if the vehicle can't get up to speed. I hope they reprogrammed the trucks because the Mustang seemed to do well with the 10 speed.

This is what stopped me from buying one. I looked at Ford for a while. And there are so many problems with the 10 spd trans. I've read that GM doesn't have the same issue. Which is wild because they both co-developed the 10 spd trans. I've read that some guys blame the engineers for the code. And how it shifts.

 

[Willwork4truck]

I hope Ford fixed the issue with the 10 speed trans. The programming they had in my '18 was so bad that I won a lemon law suit. The arbitrator said the truck was downright dangerous in traffic after I took him for a ride. He described how the truck performed to a Ford tech during arbitration and the tech said the trans was operating as designed. The arbitrator said Ford had a design flaw and awarded me the case.

In 2018, the 1st year for the 10 speed, the learning trans would learn that in stop and go traffic on a long merging onramp, you accelerate some, then slow to a stop, accelerate, then slow. But then when you get to the highway, when you accelerate, the truck would hesitate up to 2 seconds before downshifting. Vehicles on a highway doing 70mph will eat up 1/3 of a mile in those 2 seconds, making it dangerous to merge in from 20mph if the vehicle can't get up to speed. I hope they reprogrammed the trucks because the Mustang seemed to do well with the 10 speed.

1st for anything is always a risk. The carmakers just use us as their beta testers.

I've bought a 1st year engine once (2015 Ford F150 2.7 turbo) but never had it long enough for its known issues to show themselves. There's a reason (actually several) that Ford had to redesign it in either 2017 or 18...

 

[JF19Longhorn]

Haven't seen any of those issues. Need to find some wood to knock on.

This would be our 4th or 5th 10spd from Ford. I had a 2017 Limited F150 3.5EB, wife had a 2020 F150 2.7EB, i think her 2018 Escape was a 2.0EB was a 10spd, and she currently has a 2024 F150 3.5EB. ..other than religiously being 2 gears too high, pouring on boost, and lugging the engine they all lived to 90+ thousand miles and drove fine.

So far, the F250 is the best shifting and gear selection of any of them, including her new F150 3.5EB. Though that could be do to the naturally aspirated, large displacement motor.