F250 - Pulling 8500 lbs of pine trees in trailer

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Sep 18, 2012

patkelly1336

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F250 - Pulling 8500 lbs of pine trees in trailer

Borrowed a company truck from my work and a dump trailer and loaded up some pine trees I cut down at my brothers house last week

Ford F250 - 5.4L Triton V8 - 4 Speed Auto with O/D - Class III Towing with Brake Controller
Unsure length trailer - Double Axle - Brakes - Dump controller

Sep 18, 2012

patkelly1336

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Will post more photos once I knock them down in size a bit

Sep 18, 2012

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Did you have to refill the gas at the end of the driveway?

Sep 19, 2012

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No but the battery died half-way through raising the hydraulic system for dumping the trailer at the dump and I had to floor it in gear to empty the trailer

With no trailer it gets around 7.5-9.1 MPG. At work I am the FFCM (Fleet Fueling & Cleaning Manager) so I have time between fill ups to calculate mileage. With a trailer its around 6.1 MPG.
I miss our old F350 (200? F350 Super Duty - 7.3L PowerStroke V8 - DRW - 5th Wheel - 4WD...61 Gallon Fuel Tank lol)