<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: tfunk88</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Anyway, I am in Iraq and have what I feel is a good price through military sales and will have the truck delivered in March/April when I get back. </div></div>
Bad move. BX/PX/NEX is great for a lot of things, but not for a new vehicle.
Contact Bobby Williams at
http://www.sunrisefordfleet.com and ask him for his price on your vehicle delivered to a Ford dealer anywhere you want it. Tell him your DROS and ask him to have the new truck waiting for you when you arrive back in the land of the big PX. Bobby will beat the PX price by a bunch, plus he'll keep you informed as to the exact status of your order.
Get Bobby's price and compare it to your PX price. I suspect you'll cancel your PX order.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">2. Would it be worth it to have a one car tailer or is the mileage not much different?</div></div>
Mileage is not much different. Frontal area of the trailer is the big MPG killer, and a 30' trailer and a 46' trailer have about the same frontal area.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">4. I am getting a 4.10 limited slip as an option, but should I just stick with the open 3.73? </div></div>
F-350 DRW PSD CrewCab 4x4 with 3.73 or 4.10 rear end has a GCWR of 23,500 pounds. The wet and loaded truck will gross about 9,000, leaving 14,500 for max wet and loaded trailer weight. Is that enough for a 46' gooseneck race trailer? If you might sneak up over 14,500 pounds gross trailer weight, then consider ordering the TowBoss pkg which will include a 4.30 rear end. That will give you an additional 2,500 pounds of trailer weight capacity, or a max trailer weight around 17,000 pounds.
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http://www.paceamerican.com/trailers...gnfw/#specInfo
Look at model # SCXF8546TTA4. That is a "two car" race trailer. 37'8" long in the "box". So each car could be up to 18.5' long. Dry weight is 8,252, so when empty it weighs more than my wet and loaded 5er. 18k GVWR, so it has a net weight capacity of up to 9,748. That's two cars grossing 3,500 each plus 2,700 pounds for tools, tires and wheels, fluids, etc. So that's the trailer you need for two cars and race stuff.
But,
oops!, 18k GVWR when loaded to the gills. That's a lot more than the 14.5k we're allowed with an F-350 DRW with 4.10 rear end.
Therefore, the stick shifter and 4.10 axle is out if we stick with an F-350 DRW. You need the TowBoss pkg to get 26,000 pounds GCWR. But that pkg is available only with automagic tranny, and it includes the 4.30 limited slip rear end.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">5. I am getting a manual 6sp since I hate automatics...is this stupid of me? In other words, am I asking for trouble? </div></div>
The only trouble might be when you get ready to sell it or trade it in. Stick shifters are hard to find on dealer lots for a reason. Very few people want one, so they are much harder to sell at a good price. You'll pay less up front, but you'll probably get a lot less when you get ready to get rid of it.
Another "trouble" might be later on when your sweetheart can't drive it because it's a hand shaker. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazy.gif[/img]
Other than that, buy what
you want. It doesn't matter what I want or anyone else wants - except perhaps for future resale value.
Now, if you want to tow that 46' two-car race trailer without exceeding the weight limits of the truck, and you really want the stick shifter, then you can still get it. But not in an F-350. You need the F-450 pickup. You can get the F-450 pickup with diesel engine, hand shaker tranny, and 26k GCWR.
BTW, I have over 30 years active and reserve military time, and I once bought a new Corvette from GMs' Overseas Military Sales Division for delivery near the factory on my DROS. But that wasn't last week. Back then, the 'Vette factory was in Saint Louis, and my 'Vette was a new '65 Stingray coupe. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazy.gif[/img]
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