2017 F150 EcoBoost vs 2016 Ram EcoDiesel Towing MPG Review

spoon059 wrote:

Bionic Man wrote:
But I will put more faith in fuelly reports of literally millions of miles, (as well as what MotorTrend did for about 30,000 miles each) than someone's neighbors, friends, niece's hairdresser..........

How about a fish's cousin...?

In all honesty, if price were the same between an EB F150 and a Hemi Ram, I think I would lean towards the EB Ford. Hemi is a great engine, no doubt, but the EB makes that power much lower in the band and is really a better engine for towing in the mountains. While I don't always tow in the mountains (Eastern US... so "mountains" is a little misleading...), I tow often enough that I like the power lower.

I'd choose a hemi ram over the Ford EB. Call me old school, but i just don't trust a forced induction engine over the long haul. I'm sure many are fine, it's just my preference. Ford tech maculoco on you tube has a few videos out about issues with the EB and newer F150s in general. He's an excellent ford trained tech, yet he chose a ram ecodiesel over an f150 when he bought a new truck. That's pretty telling to me. He has a video out on his ecodiesel page about why.

Both are good trucks, it's all about what each person values most in the end.