Ford 7.3 gas engine!

Just get doubles endorsement and have tanker as one of your trailer

 

They hauled 80k around here. I can tell you for certain a 427 tall deck in a C70 chevy single drive, air pusher would get about 4.5 mpg of you kept your foot out of it at 80k. About 120k on a rebuild. But they were cheap.

 

@Intothesunset did you see some of the pics I put up the other day on No5. That first one was a IH fleetstar 549 gas with 4 coils on about a 35 foot trailer 1971 era. That was dad's first truck as a owner operator. Traveled all over in that day cab. I dont recall the year but thinking it was a 1964. Gave 4500 bucks for truck and trailer.

 

No??

 

The old 7.3 Powerstrokes were only rated at 275/525 at their most powerful in 2001-03 with the manual trans. With a 10 speed trans and 4.10 or higher rears to help out it is plenty of engine for most people. No diesel emissions parts headaches is nice and unleaded fuel is cheaper than diesel in most for the country, not to mention the purchase price of the truck itself (RAM wants an extra $11,000 for the Cummins LOL) On the downside the MPG wont be there and fueling the truck could be a hassle if you intended to pull a trailer around with it.

It just depends what you'd be doing with it. A lot of people don't actually need the diesel but rather just want one. Back in the day of 12 valves and 7.3's that was all good but now it is a little different story.

 

Gasoline is a solvent.
Diesel is a lubricant.
Think about that...


... But then it is a pushrod motor, so you don't have to wind it up to get the torque.

 

Not a hotshotter, however work in the towing industry. Company has 9 450 wheel lifts. 6 V10’s, 3 6.7’s. All unfortunately abused very hard. Think lots of idling, stop-and-go all day, rarely running on the highway etc...

Diesels haven’t been problematic per say... and I won’t give up mine, but know the owner is considering the new 7.3. The diesel up-charge could pay for a lot of gas.

Always the plug issue to contend with but again, replacement of a gasser is a lot less than a diesel.

Completely different use so I’ll bow out gracefully now. I love my 6.7, but if the numbers work out I could see the 7.3 being popular for certain applications...

be safe out there,
Jeff