Ford or...?
I notice that a very large number of the people who post here tow with some sort of Ford product. I'm wondering if they are that much better than Dodge Rams or other hefty vehicles. What is it about...
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When I bought my truck last year, I looked at them all objectively (F,C,D) even though I had grown up with Ford's and sold them for 8 years. Dodge has come a long way quality wise in the last few years. I drove my wife's hand me down Chevy Monte Carlo and it seemed like it had a lot of interior plastic parts that would break, and it was always a lot of the small annoying stuff that needed to be fixed. It was a 2002, so I would hope things would have been improved since then.
I looked at them all objectively, sat in them and drove them all with an open mind. It got narrowed down to the Ford and Dodge. I was going to look at both of them, went to look at a used Ford first, it had almost everything I wanted so it is sitting in my driveway. If I had gone to look at the Dodge first, it might have been a different story.
The reason that the Chevy got ruled out was that it felt like it had less interior space, even though there wasn't a significant difference in the #'s.
Ford at one time usually was the leader when it came to new things..1st to have the crew cab F-150, power adj pedals, integrated trailer towing ant the all aluminum body for the 2015 model, but the Dodge appears to have a winner with the EcoDiesel.
HOWEVER, things might change when the new Nissan Titan comes out with the 5.0 Cummins diesel in a couple of years. If they build it right, it might take them from last place to becoming a serious contender. Ford dropped the ball when they didn't put a diesel in their 1/2 truck. They had a 4.5L V-6 diesel that they used in some of their LCF trucks, and should have probably explored putting it into the 1/2 T trucks.
Each individual's need is different so find what works best for you....but always look for payload capacity.
I looked at them all objectively, sat in them and drove them all with an open mind. It got narrowed down to the Ford and Dodge. I was going to look at both of them, went to look at a used Ford first, it had almost everything I wanted so it is sitting in my driveway. If I had gone to look at the Dodge first, it might have been a different story.
The reason that the Chevy got ruled out was that it felt like it had less interior space, even though there wasn't a significant difference in the #'s.
Ford at one time usually was the leader when it came to new things..1st to have the crew cab F-150, power adj pedals, integrated trailer towing ant the all aluminum body for the 2015 model, but the Dodge appears to have a winner with the EcoDiesel.
HOWEVER, things might change when the new Nissan Titan comes out with the 5.0 Cummins diesel in a couple of years. If they build it right, it might take them from last place to becoming a serious contender. Ford dropped the ball when they didn't put a diesel in their 1/2 truck. They had a 4.5L V-6 diesel that they used in some of their LCF trucks, and should have probably explored putting it into the 1/2 T trucks.
Each individual's need is different so find what works best for you....but always look for payload capacity.
