6.4 Hemi Ram 2500 or 6.2L F-250

Bedlam wrote:
I had a chance to drive the coil spring rear Ram 2500. I would choose this one over the Ford if it was more of a DD than work truck due to the ride qualty. I still feel that leafs offer more suspension options if you're working the truck often. My F250 with factory overload springs, Torklift StableLoads and Firestone air bags had no problem handling 8000 lbs on the rear axle once I upgraded the wheels to 19.5's. There are few suspension accessories for the Ram's coiled rear and it would not have done as well as my Ford.

I like the space and interior of the Ford over the Ram, but feel my Ram has better base instrumentation over my previous Ford. Tow mirrors on the Ram now work as well as Ford's, but I do not like the blind spot mirror changing location when folded down (may be why many Ram owners drive with invisible trailers). When the Ford mirrors are pushed in, the overall width of the vehicle decreases - Rotating in the Ram mirrors still has them sticking out at full width. Both trucks can fold in their mirrors, so you can go "mirrorless" if you need to squeeze into a tight spot or car wash.

I have not been impressed by the Ram dealers in my area, but have three good Ford dealers nearby. I have not needed service on my Ram yet, but will have to travel farther to get things done right.

All good points. The new Ram mirrors with the bubble mirror running vertically took a lot of getting used to and I don't like it nearly as much as the ones on my Duramax where the bubble was along the bottom horizontal.

And yes.... my experience has been fair to poor with dealers so far compared to my past trucks (Chevy, Ford and Toyota). Dodge/Ram is obviously in need of some customer service training as a company since it's so widely talked about on forums just how poor they are. If you have a good experience consider yourself lucky. I'm in a pretty big city and have been to 2 different ones and they are equally bad. I'm going to keep trying them in hopes of finding a good one.