'90 ford f250

[mookie]

anyone using one of the old fords with a international engine as a tow rig? i'm contemplating one and wondering if it will be a dog pulling my rig through the mountains, also i heard 20+ mpg on these, any truth to that? anyone know what years ford used the non-turbo international v-8?

[Warlock]

Our 89 never got 20 mpg and we never towed with it...

Until I used it to tow a 81 F150 to Florida from North Dakota... We switched tow vehicles in South Dakota. :flipoff2:

[zuknstien]

my 89 gets about 18 mpg not towing it pulls good better than any gas rig ive ever pulled with it does dog on the hills around here if its loaded down but i love our old diesel

[hy_desert_4wheeler]

A guy I work with has a 91 F250with the diesel.. He gets 18mpg with it..

[reklund5]

My 92 F250 gets 22 around town, and 18 with the trailer hooked up. I drag a 16' flatbed with a Toyota pickup on it. It's no screamer on the hills ( big ones are a 3rd gear, 50mph adventure) but is dead reliable and runs like a champ. I'm gonna strap a turbo on it and hopefully keep some speed on the hills. If you get one, try for a manual trans as those late C6's and early EO4D's kinda suck.

[zuknstien]

oh mine has never left me stranded real reliable

[Jrod-13]

my ol' man has a 89' at home with the 7.3, real reliable truck, put about 250K on it, plenty of them pulling. Mileage was always around 18 empty, and anywhere from 10-16 pulling(depending on what it was obviously)
Power was decent, you could hold 4rth on almost all hills with a heavy load.