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.