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Originally Posted by i82much
My father has a 2.7 Ecoboost that blew up at less than 20k miles of light duty. But that is just a single data point and it would be unreasonable to make broader inferences. If there had been an Ecoboost F150 with the heavy payload package or a Super Duty gasser in town for about the same price as my 6.0 2500HD, I would have had a really tough choice to make. But I specifically wanted a base model crew cab standard bed with a rear locker, the Chevy dealer had one at 20% off MSRP, so I pulled the trigger.
I suspect I will be getting ****ty gas mileage and towing at unreasonable engine speeds for a long, long time before my 6.0 engine gives up. At that point, I will start a thread about how to convert a 2016 2500HD over to a Pontiac stroker. Probably have to move to Haiti or something to get away with that ...
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I'm sure that truck will treat you just fine. The high rpm hill climbs while towing can be a little unnerving but overall they are pretty good trucks and drive pretty nice.
I only went with a duramax for a few reasons. I already had a beautiful 79 1 ton 454/400 turbo that I towed with for more than 20 years and was happy. Best damn truck I ever had. But the single cab with a growing family started to raise concerns, plus my parents moving out and ride sharing, 5 of us wouldn't work. I couldn't find a suitable 70's crew cab with a BBC so I started looking at newer trucks. Neighbor already had a duramax and borrowed my 28' enclosed trailer one day, I rode along. I was hooked at that point as that thing yanked my trailer around like it wasn't even there.
So a crew cab duramax is what I ended up with. It's now 15 years old and paid for. It can haul 5 people comfortably and tows like nothing else. I just hope it lasts me the rest of my life because I don't want to spend $70k on a new one LOL