f250

Can we politely ask why you need such a big vehicle to run around town in.

They arent the easiest to park especially in a standard size hole in a carpark

Hi Randell
Hopefully Stewart (Black Cobra) from WA will respond. He has one and it is a very impressive unit. I am not sure if he is home, as he has been away for a months leave.

Lets hope he responds.

Cheers

Stephen

You will probably get responses from owners that offer good insights, but I can offer limited knowledge based on two 2005 F250's we had at work.
Both were twin cabs, had we put around 150 000km on them, and they had both required two steering fixes each.
Apparently the tie rods wore pretty fast (according to the mechanic) and that caused "tramlining" on parallel road grooves and tyre ruts.
Tyre life wasn't real good either, but that might have been due to the steering, or just the sheer weight on four wheels.
The last fix from a non-Ford mechanic was purpose made steering components from larger trucks modified to suit the F250's.
This seemed to fix the steering problem but not the tyre wear.
One of the vehicles had a few alternator problems, but not the other.
Other than that, there wasn't much wrong with the vehicles.
Reasonably economic driving, but not real swish in shopping centre carparks.
We upgraded to the Fords after a F150 and a Dodge Ram (both petrol's). The F250's were much better than those two.
Cheers

Hey Randell

I am not sure what you are after exactly however I have a mate who is about to offer his for sale. It is a F250, space/extra cab (suiside door). It has a ute tray and a removable/lockable canopy (canvas over mesh all powder coated)

It is the 7.3 V8 Turbo Diesel manual (6 speed) not sure of the year model (could find out if you are seriously in the market) It is in really good nick and has less than 90,000km on it.

Regards

Jason

My brother has an extra cab for sale - is a bit big and does chew through the juice for a diesel but I guess when you take into account the size of the engine and vehicle I guess it is not too bad.

Garry

A friend of mine has an immaculate single cab with canopy for sale, lw k's etc etc ask if you want more info.

I bought mine new in 2004,120000 k's on it now. Find it good on outback roads (except for narrow tracks) good on hi-way with plenty of power to spare when it's needed.
Steering can be a problem with ball joints flogging out. I did 3 sets under warranty until we put greaseable units in.
A eccentric bush in the upper ball joint fixes the castor and camber issues makes them drive much nicer and saves your tyres!
If you need tyres,don't put Coopers on it,that's a whole world of pain.
The Coopers rep told me too much power and too much weight .
Oil need changing every 7500k , use castrol otherwise it'll have a miss.trust me:)
Put a snorkel on it,air intake behind headlight ,water get in there very easily and as i found out it won't run on water:(
Hope you find a good truck, cheers Kyle

Greetings, I have an F250 for four years now. Driven most days, used to pul a 21ft caravan for holidays. For the towing they are excellent for the long distances we need to cover in AUS. Much safer and easier than my Patrol or Toyota to tow with. Fuel consumption in towing is better than the Patrol or Toyota, Engines are getting arounf 500,000km before major work. if towing heavy, they benefit from larger sump capacity for oil, and a cooler to this. Parking is always a problem in cities, if that is were you want to holiday. Turning circle is poor, only four tyres are to the proper rating in AUs, unless you want to risk blowing your insurance in the event of a claim. I always choose the F250 to holiday in. The Patrol or Toyota is fine if "lightly" loaded, but I do not like long distance towing with them, unless taking a "light trailer", or swag etc. I would not part with my F250. I could suggest improvements, but I can say that to any vehicle, but not for the money they are sold for.
Hope this provided some food for thought. WD

Hi Randell,

I went through this almost 12 months ago before buying mine. (picture below).

Read the forum, talked to everyone I could etc. The more I talked to people, the more worried I got. Yes the steering is sloopy compared with other vehicles. (I came from a LC200 TD) The engine is loud but this is great for changing lanes in the traffic. It seemed everyone had a story about them. In the end I found a great one and as a towing vehicle it is fantastic. That much better than the landcruiser. Cross country performance is great but it will not beat a LC200 in that dept or a patrol either.

You can turn an ocean liner around in a smaller distance than a F250, so you need to know where you cannot go.Parking, well, I just take up 4 bays in the supermarket carpark. Not at the front mine you but where there is space.

In 4WD department, you cannot wait till bogged to put it into 4WD or low. You need to do this beforehand. Getting them out again can be tricky as well.

Everyone has a story about the transmittion blowing up in a F250 so you have to be careful when buying one. Last night there were 99 for sale on Car Sales. Prices vary enormously and this reflects standard.

Watch some Utube of them doing things and it will make you feel better and ask why is the person selling theirs.


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Hi Randell

Ours looks much like Carl's. We chose the extra cab for long tray length for camping. With fibreglass canopy, you will not stop the dust coming in through the tailgate. Very comfortable ride, but lack the finish of a Landcruiser.

We have to date had no problems, except finding four spare bays in a shopping centre car park!

We found ours through a forum post (a bit like Jason's) from someone who had a neighbour thinking of selling his. A few questions asked and we purchased it unseen (had to fly to Pilbara to collect it).

As you won't be towing, have you considered the model with the smaller motor? They come onto the market a lot cheaper too. Not sure about tray size.

Motherhen

Randell

We travel fulltime towing a heavy 20 ft van and to date no problems with our f250 but upgrade the tie rods.... Has 148750kms on the clock and chews the fuel at an avg of 20.68lts for the past 17months. Worse figures in the soft sand but to be expected with the weights.
Long tray is a plus for all the tools etc, removed the rear seat and put in an 80 fridge, airbags all round, 300lt ,as to the dust leave the front window on canopy open about an inch to reduce the pressure inside.
Standard seats are no good for long distance very commercial truck like ride

Only run full synthetic oil castrol or nulon in transmission changed 30,000kms and engine oil valvoline changed every 7500kms

As stated turning circle is a pain as is parking but at 16mtrs all up I just need more space.
As to the power available ...........woudnt swap it for anything and I love the look on peoples faces as I drag them off at the lights with the van in tow....
revhead at heart

any other questions give us a yell

Thanx 4 every1's views it has given me sum good ideas what 2 look 4 and to expect just another quick question has any1 had much 2 do with the petrol engine in the f250
Cheers Randell