Sad Sad Day I traded the F250

Well I hated to say good bye to an old friend but 2 moths ago it ws $278 for an idler pully. 2 weeks ago it was $303 for a wheel hub unit assembly. For the last 3 weeks it had bellowed black smoke 4 times and 2 days ago the transmission slipped. Transmission was shot as per the shop. Bad things is, Im in Asheville NC 600 miles from home with a trailer in tow pulling my Harley. $2800 min to fix the Transmission. Only had 133K on the clock. Had new BFG TA KOs put on 12K ago for $1000. 20K ago I spent around $2,500 on top end work (Oil and EGR cooler, etc.....)

I couldnt stand to put anymore into my friend and had to part ways. King Ranch is a nice truck but I literally couldnt afford to keep throwing money into it. I had to leave the world of SuperDutys and go back to a F150. I wound up with a 4 door Lariat with 3.73 rears 4WD White over Gold with the Ecoboost engine. Im gonna try fuel economy now. It is the heavy rated with 11,000 pounds of towing capacity.

I didnt even make 500 post on here. Dave Ben, Im sorry I couldn't even come close to your number of post. My Friends, thank you for your information and help while I owned my Superduty. I 'm not going very far and will check in ocassionally to see how everyone is doing.

Ya gota do what ya gota do Smokey. You know yer always welcome here.. yer parta the crew. Stay in touch ?

Joe

Wow, that does suck. All that cash into it. What did you get on the trade in?

Also, now that you have a f150, go to my other forum - www.fordfullsize.com

I got about 10K and they paid the shop bill. I probably could have gotten a little more on a private sell had the transmission been repaired but probably only a couple of thousand more at best. I think the deal worked out relaatively well considering the circumstances.

Your not the only one. We all know someone who has a New King Ranch 4 door with 3.73 rears 4WD Black over Gold with the Ecoboost.
He is a real old man and lives in Texas. LOL Anyone know who I am thinking of? I am sure he will be around soon.
Doug

Drove by the ole Superduty this morning as I left Asheville. The tranny shop had it up on the rack. They said the torq converter was ful of clutch debris damage was worse than first estimated. I hated to leave it there but had to move on. On a brighter note the new truck pulled the Harley home easily and we are all safe and sound. Boy, I liked that Superduty King Ranch.

Brightside your still in a ford. It could have been worse.

HaHa Yep. Actually looked at a Toy but figured I needed a truck that had already grown up. Never considered the bowtie or goat

That ecoboost is nice. I hope to get one in the near future. I also miss my 250.

I still miss the diesel clacking but do enjoy the 19.4 MPG for the last 850 miles at 70 MPH. I wish they would come up with a diesel 1/2 ton with better mileage.