F350, 3500HD, or RAM 3500?

45Ricochet wrote:

itguy08 wrote:
There's a reason Ford sells the most of them.

So does McDonald's, great burger's I would assume :W

At least McDonalds uses American sourced beef and there's no surprises when eating their food, and prides themselves for striving to be error free when preparing your order.

On the other hand your brand RAM AKA Wendy's is trying to copy the McDonalds model because everything they've done to date has failed, and the source of the beef is a mystery, your lucky if you get your order partially right....

On problem with the above model I would assume Wendy's is not foreign owned and didn't require a bail out. :W

itguy08 wrote:
There's a reason Ford sells the most of them.

So does McDonald's, great burger's I would assume :W

There's a reason Ford sells the most of them.

We just got our 15 F350 6.7 4X4 CCDRW Platinum in Bronze Fire (no more white for us), we test drove the Ram and the Superduty loved them both until we took a long test drive and that's when the inferior ride quality and seat fit showed up in the Ram plus everytime I looked in the mirrors of the Ram it looked like Rosie Os backside, plus they really need to do something with those Moose Ears they call mirrors.
Towed our 38' Mobile Suites and the truck towed it like a dream.

When I made my choice I looked at the drivetrain, decided that the Cummins has been around the longest, producing diesels for Dodge/Ram trucks with great results...easy decision for me.

In 2005 a red headed Ford stole my heart. In 2015 a chestnut Ram replaced it. Hmm, did I go from from driving a fire engine to a UPS truck?

Only you can decide what fits you from the current offerings. I'm glad there are plenty of choices and the manufactures are trying to one up each other - As buyers, we win regardless of choice.

My experience:

- I liked the room in the F350...so I got that for the hauler
- I liked the sound of the diesel 2500 in GM ....so I got that for the daily driver (in Alaska)
- I like the power of the Power Wagon...so 1 of the cabin trucks is a 1960-ish power wagon.


Buy the one that fits your needs/preferences. In all seriousness, I liked the F350 enough that I bought the F550 (vs. Chev 5500) for a Plow Truck for the plowing business.

Chris, we average about 70 hours/year on our boat - in a climate that is conducive to water sports for maybe 4 months a year.

And if you think wakeboarding caused big wakes, you should see what this boat does surfing - 11 mph with 1400 pounds of ballast plus a wedge equivalent to another 1500 pounds. Yep, it can wreck the glass pretty quickly.

I only know two people that slalom ski anymore. Everyone else has evolved onto something else. Myself included. :)

Come on out to the lake sometime. I would be happy to give you a pull!

Since we are already off Lake surf

FishOnOne wrote:
Made in the USA means something to me and is very important

Made in the USA is also very important to me. On that note, I was disappointed to learn that Ford recently announced a $2.5 billion investment in expanding their operations in Mexico, then a few days later Ford laid off 700 workers at a Detroit-area plant that makes the Focus. The recent recall of the Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ (door latch issues) is for 380,000 vehicles made at their plant in Mexico. Ford does a lot in Mexico. Yes, other automakers also have a lot of operations in Mexico as well, but the point is that Ford is just as global as the others.

Back to the OP, all 3 trucks are great. There is no wrong choice. Try them all and decide for yourself. You cannot make a bad decision.

Bionic Man wrote:
That new MS would look VERY good with my new boat. But I would guess that would put me WAY over length.

Do all those people with boats on lakes have engines in them, or do some just order them without engines? And hang out in the marina!

And can we talk about what wake boarders do to the water on lakes. Give me the old days of water skier back, with boats up on a full plane.

When I water skied behind my buddies E racing runabout flat bottom, we just waited for the tow rope to come tight and yelled "Hit it" and stepped onto the water on the old O'brien ski and we were off. That old ski popped flat on the water around 50MPH. 80 was scary, and you wanted to be outside the wake in case the boat stopped so you did not hit it!!!!

Chris