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noonenosthis1's avatar
Mar 27, 2019

Ford or Dodge

A while back I had posted about replacing my 2000 Ford V10 Excursion. I wanted to stay with Ford. We've been looking and looking for something that will pull our trailer, 2017 Keystone Cougar 32RESWE-7360 lbs, length 35 feet.

We are looking at used and 4 wheel drive. The Ex sunk in the mud and had to be rescued by a Dodge. :E

So we are looking at a
2013 Ram 2500 SLT with 5.7L, Crew Cab, SLT

178,869 miles

and

2006 Ford F250 Super Duty with 6.0L, Crew Cab XL
180,599 miles
I am seeing on the CarFax reporta notation in 2009, Ford Motor Company had a Customer Maintenance Reminder, Vehicle Shimmy and Tire Inflation Pressure. Did any other Ford Super Duty owners get something regarding a shimmy?

What's your opinion?
Thanks In Advance

32 Replies

  • Any TSBs on a 13 year old truck would most likely be fixed by now and an 06 Ford chassis and everything else is as relaible as you can get, all things considered, Except for the engine. Since you don't know much about trucks, if you don't know much about trucks don't get a Ford 6.0 diesel. Any of them.
    Ram will be a good choice, in general. Won't pull quite like your old Excursion, but as with any vehicle with that high of miles, the condtion of the truck is just as important as the brand.
    All bets are off if it will have minor or major issues at 200k unless you have good assurance of the vehicle history.
    Of those 2, I'd get the Ford because I'd want the power of a diesel, but at the expense of k owing the issues and it would have to be more of a deal tha other trucks and I'd plan on bulletproofing it.
    For plug n play I'd get the newer ram. 7 years newer is more peace of mind that you won't have as many old vehicle problems as soon, but same due diligence is required with such high miles.