F150 5.0 vs Tundra

blackgrizz550 wrote:

IdaD wrote:
Given that half tons cost as much as heavy duty trucks these days, I'd advise OP to start shopping the heavy duty options. You get a lot more truck for the same money and the only penalty is a little stiffer ride and marginally poorer fuel economy (assuming you get gas). To me a SRW HD is the best balance between daily user friendliness versus capability.

We were floating the idea of a 3/4 ton gas TBH. I picked one up last Saturday and brought it home. My wife took it out for a 15 minute test drive and didn't care for the size of it. She is the one who drives the truck each day and I think the thought of parking it intimidated her. I drive 70 miles a day in a Toyota Sienna. She drives 10 miles a day. If I were the one driving 10 miles each day, it would hands down be a 3/4 ton.

The body sizes of the trucks you are looking at and a 2500/3500 truck are virtually the same unless you are looking at trucks with the super short (5.5') bed. And even then only 12"-18" longer. My personal truck is in my signature and I drive a 2012 F-150 S/C 4x4 SB (6.5' bed) and honestly I don't notice a big difference between the two other than the fact my Ram is a dually. The F-150 is a plenty big truck as is the Toyota.

The big difference is payload and towing capacity. If you are like most of us on here, your trailer and amount of toys tends to grow a lot over the years. If you have a truck that is maxed out with what you currently have, you are also looking for a new truck. I started out with a Toyota 4x4 PU, then a F-150, then a F-250, then a F-350 and now the Ram. See the pattern? :B

BTW if I were choosing between the 2 trucks you have listed it would be the F-150 5.0L. The F-150 is a great truck and I enjoy driving my work truck daily. I was also broadsided in it the week after I got it and it took the collision very well. Some very good buys can be had on them, and they have some very innovative features in the new models. JMHO.