Just brought home 2020 Ford F250 7.3 gas

[curver900]

Originally Posted by Pammac36

Just picked up our new 2020 F250 Lariat 7.3 gas. Wow what a truck! Upgraded from the 2018 F250 6.2. I know I'll hear "should have bought a diesel" from many folks but we really don't need one to pull our rig and I didn't want to pay $8k more*.*

Also for anyone that is curious, the 2020 is about an inch shorter than the 2017-19's should make us nice and level while towing.

Now I can't wait to get out there*!

I was just going to say you should have kept you other one longer the depreciation hit was more than 8k for a 2 year old truck.

[TCNashville]

Originally Posted by norty1

Thanks! My rig could be towed by that monster if the gross was right. I'll have to look it up.

I believe I could go to that gasser with my rig.

Get the F-350 with the 7.3L and 10 speed transmission to be absolutely sure although that's pretty good payload for an F-250. My F-250 has 3305lbs payload but has the 6.2L and 6 speed transmission.

[atxguy]

Originally Posted by Pammac36

Just picked up our new 2020 F250 Lariat 7.3 gas. Wow what a truck! Upgraded from the 2018 F250 6.2. I know I'll hear "should have bought a diesel" from many folks but we really don't need one to pull our rig and I didn't want to pay $8k more*.*

Also for anyone that is curious, the 2020 is about an inch shorter than the 2017-19's should make us nice and level while towing.

Now I can't wait to get out there*!

Congrats on your new truck. We just acquired 2020 F350 Lariat with 7.3 V8 also. Had a 2016 F350 Lariat 6.2 V8 but was concerned about power pulling 10K fifth wheel Eagle HT 27.5 we’re looking to purchase. Payload on 2016 was 3,884 lbs. Payload on 2020 is 4,106. I do know that the 7.3 V8 engine is about 30lbs lighter than the 6.2 V8 engine. I should be OK after reading other posts on here about what 6.2 V8’s are towing.

[Big1]

@ atxguy, welcome to the forum and you should have no problem towing your 5th wheel with that 2020 F350. Do you have any pics?

[atxguy]

Here you go

[eow]

Nice!

What is the height to the top of the bed rails?

[atxguy]

Originally Posted by eow

Nice!

What is the height to the top of the bed rails?

58” with centerline on rear axle. I bought this truck with factory 18” rims and tires but switched them out with some OEM F350 20” wheels I had on another truck and installed new 285 65 20 BFG All Terrains on them. Rails previously measured 57.5” high and now measure the 58” noted above. Will be using Andersen Ultimate Fifth Wheel Hitch.

[Big1]

Originally Posted by atxguy

Here you go
Attachment 57321

Attachment 57322

Nice, so what kind of payload you have?

[atxguy]

Originally Posted by big1

nice, so what kind of payload you have?

4,106 lbs

[Pammac36]

Originally Posted by atxguy

Congrats on your new truck. We just acquired 2020 F350 Lariat with 7.3 V8 also. Had a 2016 F350 Lariat 6.2 V8 but was concerned about power pulling 10K fifth wheel Eagle HT 27.5 we’re looking to purchase. Payload on 2016 was 3,884 lbs. Payload on 2020 is 4,106. I do know that the 7.3 V8 engine is about 30lbs lighter than the 6.2 V8 engine. I should be OK after reading other posts on here about what 6.2 V8’s are towing.

Congrats! Looked at a F350 also, but it didn't have all the options I wanted, didn't have the 5th wheel package. Not many to choose from out there in my area! But I love this truck. Good luck with yours!

[Big1]

Originally Posted by atxguy

4,106 lbs

Attachment 57367

That is pretty good, 4,106 lbs, so what is the towing rating?

[Big1]

Originally Posted by Pammac36

Congrats! Looked at a F350 also, but it didn't have all the options I wanted, didn't have the 5th wheel package. Not many to choose from out there in my area! But I love this truck. Good luck with yours!

Hey Pammac36, have you tow your 5th wheel yet?

[atxguy]

Originally Posted by Big1

That is pretty good, 4,106 lbs, so what is the towing rating?

Conventional Trailer 15,000 lbs GVWR

Fifth Wheel Trailer 16,100 lbs GVWR

Combined GVWR 23,500 lbs

[Trigger12]

Bought a 350 diesel in the fall, with the intention of buying a 5er the winter, which we did. Was going to wait for a 20 with the 10 speed but didn't want to be a guinea pig. We were able to special order our truck and still got a great deal. Hearing lots of great things about the 7.3 though

[TCNashville]

That's a beauty!! I miss my F-250 diesel but was getting to old to do the maintenance, LOL.

[Big1]

Originally Posted by atxguy

Conventional Trailer 15,000 lbs GVWR

Fifth Wheel Trailer 16,100 lbs GVWR

Combined GVWR 23,500 lbs

Wow, get out of here, are you kidding that is about as much as my 2018 diesel, my grwr is 25,300 lbs, my 5th wheel max is 16,970 lbs max, my trailer max is 17,150 lbs.

[Big1]

Originally Posted by Trigger12

Bought a 350 diesel in the fall, with the intention of buying a 5er the winter, which we did. Was going to wait for a 20 with the 10 speed but didn't want to be a guinea pig. We were able to special order our truck and still got a great deal. Hearing lots of great things about the 7.3 though

Congrats! Look good so do you have any mods?

[Trigger12]

Originally Posted by Big1

Congrats! Look good so do you have any mods?

Havent done anything yet. Probably won't as we ended up doing an extended warranty. I know it's choked up with all the emissions stuff but they've really been cracking down on trucks missing what they came from the factory with. I may put some more aggressive tires on it when the stock ones wear out though. Love it so far though, night and day over 1 tons of the past

[Big1]

Great, I can't wait to hear how it tow your 5th wheel.

[Trigger12]

Picking it up tomorrow so will report back