002 wrote Why go for the V8 when the V6 ha far better towing capabilities?

Reliability, we have had a few of our employees trucks surpass 250k miles on the ford V8 platform with nothing but routine matinence and oil changes, the Eco boost engine being fairy new, is a great engine hands down, but I have read up on a few having issues with the turbos once miles start getting racked up.

Chevy all the way. Unless your looking for a diesel, then I would say a Cummins or Duramax.

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002 wrote Why go for the V8 when the V6 ha far better towing capabilities?

Reliability, we have had a few of our employees trucks surpass 250k miles on the ford V8 platform with nothing but routine matinence and oil changes, the Eco boost engine being fairy new, is a great engine hands down, but I have read up on a few having issues with the turbos once miles start getting racked up.

You and I both know it's all about how you treat your engine. If you get fluid changes when they are supposed to happen you'll be good. If you think they are just recommended you will be in bad shape lol. I get what you're saying about the new-ness of the engine, we all see how Fords 6.4 panned out lol.

002 wrote

Lic wrote

002 wrote Why go for the V8 when the V6 ha far better towing capabilities?

Reliability, we have had a few of our employees trucks surpass 250k miles on the ford V8 platform with nothing but routine matinence and oil changes, the Eco boost engine being fairy new, is a great engine hands down, but I have read up on a few having issues with the turbos once miles start getting racked up.

You and I both know it's all about how you treat your engine. If you get fluid changes when they are supposed to happen you'll be good. If you think they are just recommended you will be in bad shape lol. I get what you're saying about the new-ness of the engine, we all see how Fords 6.4 panned out lol.

I see the ecoboost with a lot of potential but I'd like something that has already proved its reliability, as this will be my first "big" purchase.

Unfortunatly the 5.0's aren't the old 302's / 5.0's they used to be. I just honestly don't have any hope for any new engine surpassing 200k miles as easily as say a 1990's or lower 2k's truck would.

I myself am going to be buying a new truck probably sometime this year and I'm going back and forth between getting a brand new 0 mile truck, or getting an old one with a ton of miles and re-doing the drive train. Ford for me is out of the question, I can get a brand new 4x4 crew cab Ram 2500 SLT for the same price Ford is going to charge me for a new F-150 supercab 4x4. No I'm not looking at MSRP, I'm looking at what the dealers would charge me / what they are paying. I talked to Dave Smith motors and they can get me into a Ram 2500 crew cab 4x4 with leather for just under 35k. My issue with that is, I can go buy the truck I want (99-03.5 Superduty with the 7.3) and re-do the entire drive train for roughly the same price. The difference is, I know what I have with the Superduty, insurance will be cheaper, etc. What I don't have it the "piece of mind" that a new car gives. You don't expect a break down with a new car, and when it does, the dealer usually fixes it under warranty.

I'm not telling you which way to go, but I would strongly advise you look at your options. I am a die hard Ford guy, my family is a Ford family so Ford was always the go-to and anything else in trucks was plain and simple a no-go. Right now I have a lot of time on my hands so I'm doing a lot of research so I know what I'm going to buy when the time comes. For me in my situation with what I do, the Ram 2500 is far superior than the Ford F-150.