I've never been in vehicle with another driving who was really good at the clutch. All can make vehicle go, but to have minimal impact on the clutch plates is an art, so I will assume most here are average drivers so clutch life when hauling a TC will be shorter, so an auto makes sense for many.
I looked at my clutch after 90k and it barely had scratches on the high spots, so clutches can last a very long time, or they can get burnt out in 30k miles also.
And btw, yes, Fords can be junky trucks. Great up until they start getting miles on them which is less than other trucks. Though failure rates might be as low as 5% that is a big number, to say 90-95% of these truck do not have issues is not motivating me to go buy one. I may be off, numbers might be 30% failure. Whatever they are in my research their problems surfaced much more often that other brands of trucks. You can shop for a truck based on the people who have no issues, or you can shop based on the ones who do have issues. Roll the dice. You really should go to a Ford forum to research this as nobody is going to take camper forum advice for buying a truck. We all chime in for the benefit so you can at least be aware and go find out for yourself.
