Half Ton Trucks
 

I'm in the market for a new truck. Ive went back and read as many of the threads as possible on the trucks. I'm looking at the 2015 Chevy 1500 Max Tow/ Ford F150 Ecoboost or V8/ Toyota Tundra. I would normally be pulling about 2-3 Hours one way to either my camp in Pecan Island or Lake Ponchatrain.

I have a 22' Skeeter Bay boat that will be the heaviest thing I pull. I dont want to start a pissing match between the trucks, just would like real world numbers about how these boats pull the heavier bay boats. I drive a 2012 F350 Diesel right now. If anyone can give some information on this, I would greatly appreciate it.

The only thing I've got to say is that everyone I know that went from a diesel to a gas ended up going back to a diesel in the end


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Ram 1500 diesel

None of those trucks are going to pull like your F350. I suspect you would be highly disappointed in all of them.

Skeeter probably weighs in the 4-5k# range, these truck are now rated to pull 9-10k pounds, shouldn't be an issue regardless of which you chose. I went with a 2500HD gas, due to the fact that we are pulling about 9k pounds when we tow

I drive a Tundra and it pulls like a horse pulling 24 ft bay boat. Plus has more room in cab than F350

I'm selling my Tundra.. Have had it; having to deal with Toyo USA over recalls...Cripley is right; it pulls my 24' Triton LTS like a beast.. Only 8 miles a gal when pulling my boat..

avoid GM if you want a good truck without issues, one out of 5 GM trucks is a lemon, just sayin

I own one of their lemons that I am about to turn in after winning a year long lawsuit where GM refused to even try to fix it.

there is no quality behind GM products anymore

here are just a few of the many many issues they have http://www.gm-trucks.com/forums/foru...ice-bulletins/

Just curious, what was the MPG when you pulled your boat with the Eco-Boost?

IMO all the 1/2 gas trucks will pull a 5,000lb boat ok but the MPG will suck.

For gas engines it takes fuel to make HP, more HP = more fuel.

I wouldn't leave the 1500 ram off that list.

Go jump in a 5.9 Laramie with the 8 speed and see what's up.

^ what he said!

1 in 5? Show a source to back up such a statement. I'm not a fan of any of the new trucks, but If you think GM is the only company that put out lemons...think again. Just sayin.

Im pretty sure this is where Im headed shortly

That baby will run for sure.


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I love mine, hated dodge all my life. I've put 60k hard miles on it in a year and a half and don't have a single issue other than ride height - interior is solid, mpg is as good as any ecoboost, and it tows well

Didn't check it.. We only went from Abbeville to ICY.. Truck instruments did say 12 MPG avg.

If your getting a 3/4 ton diesel to get better mileage while towing, let's do some math. 3/4 ton cost more than 1/2 ton. Diesel engine cost more than gas engine. Diesel fuel cost more than gasoline. Insurance is more. All of these things I've listed will pay for a lot of "extra" gas that you will burn while towing with a 1/2 ton gas. With that being said, if you need a diesel, that's a different story. Or if you just want one, but but don't fool yourself into thinking that the better mileage while towing is going to save you money.

Well I must be very luck then because I've owned lots of Chevys in my day and never got that 1 out of 5 lemon yet.

It averages 11-12 towing boat regularly. Pulling my fifth wheel toy hauler (14000 pounds) it gets 7-9 mpg. But thats a load for any truck.

probably the dumbest statement ever made on this forum. we have 12 gm company trucks 1/2 ton and 3/4. not one of them is a lemon. if one out of 5 were lemons i should have 2? we have used them all and gm has given us the least amount of trouble. all trucks give problems. this is how it goes in my view. dodge, breaks down often cheap to fix. toyota, breaks down rarely expensive to fix/maintain. ford, diesel not reliable. frequent transmission problems. repairs costly. gm, break downs rarely minor problems reasonable repair cost. these are company trucks that get used hard but are maintained like clock work. we would be probably use all toyota but no diesel is the deal breaker.