Askibum02 wrote:
I'm looking at two trucks :
1) modestly equipped '16 Ram 2500 CTD Tradesman
2) loaded '16 F-150 XLT 3.5L EcoBoost.
.....My vehicle is also my mobile office and I drive about 30k miles a year.
.....Which one will do better from a longevity standpoint.....which one will have better resale in 3-4 years with high miles?
Brett
Brett,
The EcoBoost F150 is a very capable vehicle for sure. If equipped properly they are rated for about 11,000 lbs towing capacity.
However, since you're concerned with resale value I would say hands down go with the Ram CTD. Even though it lacks all the features of the F150, it will hold it's value over the course of 90,000 miles better than the F150. Diesel trucks are a sellers market and have been for quite a while. My friend has an '05 Chevy 2500HD with Duramax/Allison with 200,000 miles on the odometer it still books over $17,000. Last fall I sold my '04 2500HD, 6.0L gas engine with 110,000 miles and was lucky to get $8,000. Granted the '04 was a low option truck, but even it wad loaded it wouldn't have booked for more than $13,000 with that relatively low mileage.
Another comparison is the size of components. I've been under my Ram to service it and even compared to my '04 Chevy......EVERY COMPONENT SEEMS ABSOLUTELY MAMMOTH. All the parts on this truck are huge and seem over engineered. If you were to compare all this to an F150 it wouldn't even be close. Not that the F150 is poorly engineered but it just seems like RAM decided to make everything bigger and more HD than was necessary.....and that's a great thing for longevity.
KJ
