BIGGDADDYT
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Recently purchased my rig and have to say the go factor on the highway when needed is real nice. I got the Velocity Blue color which seems Ford is only doing for a year, anyone else pick up a new ride?
How folks liking the 10 speed 6.7's?
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sootie
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Can't stand the 10 speed. I hope I never own one.
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Started driving a company F150 today with the 3.5 ego boost and 10 speed. It is noticeably different than everything else that I have driven, but I have never driven the 3.5 before. With an empty truck, it seems to always looking for a better gear when rolling through a corner or starting up a hill. Not a huge thing, just noticed it happening. I was going down some longer hills and when I downshifted through the gears, I was able to get a better option of the downhill speed that I felt comfortable driving at. I have to imagine that the full size performs similar.
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2.7s have noticeably better OEM TCM programing.
I agree. I will never buy a vehicle with one. Saw way too many issues when I was at the dealer, didn’t matter if 1k or 30k, they had problems...
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lincolnlocker
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Yeah. Hell I am not a trans guy by any stretch of the imagination, and have built 2-3 of them due to the trans guys being backlogged. Those that I’ve built have seemed to smoke the converter, had burned up clutches, and had a decent amount of metal in them, which also damaged the solenoid body.
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BIG JUICE
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Just made my decision to keep my truck until they figure out how to build one of these 10 speeds!
I don't have mine yet, biggest complaint I do hear is during city driving and stop and go, the gear hunting is really really bad. I've driven a 2020 F450 6.7 and we have a company owned 2020 XL F250 RCLB 6.7 that I've driven and I really liked both, but to be fair, I drove each for under 5 miles and then parked it sooo.....fwiw, that's my only experience
Supposedly tuning can fix that though, the trans gear hunting.
Supposedly tuning can fix that though, the trans gear hunting.
jeremiahmercier
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The two 10 speeds that I test drove I really liked as well. I personally felt like there was a major uptick in power with those trucks compared to the 17 I ended up buying. But I settled on the 17 because of price, and all the options the KR was ordered with. The Lariet just didn't do it for me. Not gonna lie though, it's nice knowing that I have the 6R140, due to its reputation.
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silent64
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Personally I think its the BEST thing Ford has created for heavy towing. The lower first gear ratio takes all the "shutter" out of taking off with a heavy load. Shift points are spot on with the torque range. Three overdrives translates to great mileage (after all, diesels are low rpm, torque engines so why have a low ratio rear for towing when u can gear the trans correctly and have the best of both worlds). I had a '08 6.4 (amazingly never had any problems) that would shake like a dog passing a peach seed taking off, slammed gears when u get on it, and I was always waiting for it to fail, however it never did. Maybe the 10 speeds in the 150 trucks aren't so good, I don't know, but so far I'm more than pleased with my '20 w/355 gears. Tow haul works much better, and the ability to hold the trans in certain gears for climbing long hills beats the hell out of a 6 speed, just my 2 cents.
PDT1081
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FWIW, you can do the same with the 6R140. You just have fewer gears to select from. Everything else, I agree with. My 13 has the 3:31 rear option. Not ideal at all for towing.
jeremiahmercier
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I remember that being an option, always wondered if that was going too high. Even the thought of a current dually with 3.55 seems out there, but I know it can work. My 96 had 3.55s, and it was a dog towing until I found the right turbo/injector combination. But have to admit, it got the job done well once combo was nailed down. And that was with a zf5 too.
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CMCx2012
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Gorgeous!
Got me a 21 350 with 3.31. Getting 13mpg ish towing my 38’ puma toy hauler with no worries. 20-22 Mpg highway empty at 80.
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RSK
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On my 3rd truck with a 10 speed since 2020, zero issues ever. My first truck was a 21 6.7 with 3.55’s I ordered, drove it for 6 months and 14,000 miles towed all kinds of weight with, truck was awesome on fuel, power and everything, the King ranch interior with the tremor package was amazing. Only reason I sold it was dealer offered me almost 10k over what I paid for it. Next truck was 22 7.3 with 3.73’s and i towed the exact same trailer, and equipment with it and the 10 speed was awesome, I had this one for about 6 months as well and put about 14,000 miles on it and only bought it so i’d have something to drive while I waited for 6.7 platinum to get built which took 8 months. I’ve had the platinum for almost 3 months now and it’s at 7k miles and it’s been flawless towing 15-16k on the regular and even driving all highway i’m seeing a range of 700+ miles to a tank and it’s a short bed with the 34 gallon tank, hand calculated it’s getting between 21-22mpg on cruise control.
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What was the mileage like on the 7.3?
