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Askibum02
Explorer
Aug 18, 2016

Looking for a new tow vehicle, need some opinions.

I'm looking at two trucks and I'm having a hard time deciding. One is a modestly equipped '16 Ram 2500 CTD Tradesman and the other is a loaded '16 F-150 XLT 3.5L EcoBoost. I assume they will both to...
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KD4UPL
Explorer II
Aug 18, 2016
A 2500 diesel should do better than a 150 gas in nearly every category you mention.
While an EcoBoost may be high miles around 150,000 I doubt a CTD would be considered that until at leat 200,000.
I'm not one to prefer feature laden trucks. The last two new trucks I've bought didn't even have power windows. I buy trucks to work hard and get a job done and the Ram is clearly built for that.

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