2011+ F-250 6.2L V8 reliability

[SwampDonkey55]

I work for a local municipality as a heavy equipment mechanic and a huge percentage of our trucks are f250’s with 6.2 engines. We’re known for keeping things way too long so I get to see the true longevity of these trucks. Most of the ones we’ve sent to auction were only going because they’ve rotted apart (typical for the North East) but they had 250k miles and still ran great.

Some fairly common repairs we have to do pretty regularly are spark plugs and wires, front end components such as drag links, tie-rods, wheel bearings etc (they eat these like crazy) and brakes (the pavement princess trucks in the fleet don’t have brake problems as often though). Other than that, which are really common repairs for 3/4 tons anyways, they’re really solid trucks

And I’m a GM guy through and through but after working on a ton of these trucks, it’s got me thinking…


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[DESERT ED]

I've had a '14 xl 350 with the 4:30 for about 6 years now. Just turned over to 100k. I bought it with 30k miles but with high engine/idle hours. Been a great truck so far. I get about 10 mpg with 35's. Need to change the plugs soon and hoping for a little better performance and mpgs. Great work truck, tows an occasional 10k pounds around locally no problem. I would think twice about towing heavy for an extended distance as it's a bit squirrelly having the short bed (6.75 feet). Good luck with your search.