Comments on: Think Electric Cars are Expensive? Try Ford's F-250 Full-Sized Truck

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 05:11:26 +0000

Actually, the F-250 can potentially MAKE you 100 grand in 5 years, if you use it right. Even for the people who use it as a status symbol, the most it will total out to will be around $60,000, including insurance, maintenance, gas (or diesel) at around $4 a gallon, and repairs (or lack thereof).

I have 2 F-250s myself. One, a 1989 model year, hauls around a camper. And when the camper’s not on it, it’s almost always either towing a trailer or full of furniture, dirt, gym sets, firewood, whatever’s too big for the average Joe to move with his Camry. All this and it gets 17mpg highway.

The other one is a 1987, with the big 460 engine on it. And though it gets around 8mpg, it still makes me plenty of money. It’s a 4X4 and I use it to gather firewood (literally tons of it at a time) in the mountains. I’ve filled it and a 20 foot trailer, up to the roof of both truck and trailer, with solid oak logs time and time again. I don’t own a small car, and even at $4 a gallon I’m still better off than most people.

I also have another truck, an ’07 Ford F-150. It’s a dedicated pest control truck for our family pest control company. I make a living with that truck.

By: 4autoinsurancequote

4autoinsurancequote — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:58:34 +0000

Don’t think of it as a car, but more like a piece of construction equipment. That thing is very powerful. Bulldozers, cranes, tractors, all run for 100k+.. no reason this car shouldnt as well.

By: Maurice McLeod

Maurice McLeod — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:04:31 +0000

Yeah I use my F250 for work, but the gas price is crazy!

By: Maurice McLeod

Maurice McLeod — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:04:00 +0000

Yeah I use my F250 for work, but the gas price is crazy!

By: trent

trent — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:24:04 +0000

To buy the car is still expensive because you still have to pay for the electricity you’re using to power the vehicle, wich can be expensive.

By: trent

trent — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:24:00 +0000

To buy the car is still expensive because you still have to pay for the electricity you’re using to power the vehicle, wich can be expensive.

By: ChuckL

ChuckL — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:55:48 +0000

Hey Clayton,

What do you usually see pulling a travel trailer?

Most of what I see is a heavy duty diesel pickup truck.

By: ChuckL

ChuckL — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:55:00 +0000

Hey Clayton,

What do you usually see pulling a travel trailer?

Most of what I see is a heavy duty diesel pickup truck.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:20:08 +0000

Modogg said on June 10th, 2008 at 5:12 pm

‘The numbers for all the items listed are bogus.

Gas(70,000 miles at $4 calculated at 18mpg – 14) 15,555 – 2000″

You’re numbers aren’t correct either. If that truck gets 18 mpg I’ll eat my hat. I don’t think they even publish mpg info for trucks that big, because it’s more like 8-12 mpg, especially in non-highway driving.

You also forgot to calculate the purchase price of the truck itself, which is part of that figure.

Let’s be honest, while some of these trucks are actually used for work, a large # of them are driven by guys who like driving big trucks, and commute in them. Every construction site probably needs one of these, yet every guy on the job site drives one to work,

I drive a small car, and rent a big u-haul pickup the one time a year I need one.

I have a 2000 f350 4×4 crew cab that gets 20 mpg no matter if i am hauling 6000 pounds or nothing at all ignorance is bliss!