2006 with 192k on the clock, owned it since new. Used daily as my work truck. Mostly hauling; I've only towed with it a handful of times. I do haul heavy at times though, and I've got some 3+ ton dump tickets to prove it.
Deleted at 80k (I think).
Issues? I'm not sure I've had any of which I wasn't the cause. I had exactly one repair done under factory warranty; a replacement FICM. Upon thinking about it I had a set of batteries going bad at the 2 year mark, and spent well over a month crutching the batteries because I couldn't believe they were bad (thought I had a electrical draw issue). Well, the batteries were bad. I'm confident that crutching them along caused an eventual FICM failure due to low input voltage.
I lost a trans at 68k, but having run tuning since 12k via an Edge Evo I am sure that the tuning is what wasted the trans. Edge is known for that. I replaced the failed trans with a Ford reman, which is still in the truck today with no mods. Since 120k I've been making literally double the factory HP (about 660).
I lost a HG on the RH bank at 120k, but that's also after hot tunes since 12k, and be forewarned, the design of the 6.0 is such that at some point they are all going to suffer a HG failure. I've seen them fail at 40k; I've seen them fail at 220k, but fail they will. Stock, tuned, it doesn't matter. If you buy a 6.0 prepare to bulletproof it if you want it to be drop dead reliable. Figure that into the cost, etc. Its much better to be prepared for it than to try and drop back and punt when it fails.
IMO, learn for our mistakes. All the info you will ever need is on this forum. Read, read, read, and read about maintenance and bulletproofing. Knowledge is all it takes to have a reliable 6.0.
Congrats on the newest member of your family. I'm in the same boat, my wife's expecting sometime in July. My 6.0 will ferry this one around the way its done my 5 year old all his life.
