Maybe a new truck Ford or Dodge?

[Hay Dude]

The OP is guess the CP4 is irrelevant i

When my BIL’s nearly new 6.0 powerchoke blew the engine at 30K miles, I gave him a ride home in my Dodge after the tow truck took the Ford away.

Must have been a humiliating moment.
Just remember the name you called powerstroke isn’t allowed…..
Very difficult to get a true blue Fordie to switch. They defend their trucks to the point of coming to blows with people. I remember once on a jobsite a guy insisting his superduty “had an allison in it”. I had to crawl underneath to show him his 4R100 trans was made by Ford, not allison. He never spoke to me again.
Then there was a time I was filling up and the guy at the pumps next to me had a 6.4L Ford diesel like mine. He said his 6.4L had “twin turbos”. I told him they were sequential and one smaller turbo fed into a larger one. He got pretty agitated and when he lifted his hood (probably for the first time) and eventually saw it wasn’t a true “twin turbo”.

I switched from Ford to GM to Ram and my life improved with each successive switch.

I would heavily consider one of the newer version 5500/6500 GM’s, but they are just too big to drive around as an everyday truck.

 

[jyoutz]

I wouldn't hit a dead cow in the butt with a 6.0. I'll just keep my 7.3 thank you.

7.3 was the most bulletproof powerstroke.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

I abandoned GM when they went to Inferior Front Suspension.

Never did have enough tools or patience to own a Furd. Worked on too many of them to want one.

Switched to Ram in '10, and we've had about 10 of them since. Very happy with them overall - even my "gutless" 3500 C&C with its derated engine. C&Cs have less power than a standard output engine, and much less than a HO version.

It'll pull a CGVW of 39,000 lbs. in the Rockies, which is good enough for me.

 

[Hay Dude]

I abandoned GM when they went to Inferior Front Suspension.

Never did have enough tools or patience to own a Furd. Worked on too many of them to want one.

Switched to Ram in '10, and we've had about 10 of them since. Very happy with them overall - even my "gutless" 3500 C&C with its derated engine. C&Cs have less power than a standard output engine, and much less than a HO version.

It'll pull a CGVW of 39,000 lbs. in the Rockies, which is good enough for me.

Similar experiences. 7.3L was good, but gutless-especially for it’s displacement. The problem with them was the 4R100 automatic transmission was a glorified station wagon transmission. Did not last long in commercial snowplowing, either.

Then it was time to try a GM. Great truck. Duramax had awesome big-block gas-feel power. Allison transmission shamed the previous Ford transmissions until the Torqshift came out (but with that came the 6l debacle and it’s ugly son, the 6.4L).

Anyway, my GM was great. Ran it 120K miles and sold it to get a heavier F-550 which ended-up being a pile.

Then in 2020 I walked into a Ram dealership and walked out with an agreement of sale.

Can’t believe I waited this long. Cummins makes the truck, but the rest of the truck is just fine.

 

[sea2summit]

When my BIL’s nearly new 6.0 powerchoke blew the engine at 30K miles, I gave him a ride home in my Dodge after the tow truck took the Ford away.

That was the worst engine ever put in a vehicle.

 

[sea2summit]

I abandoned GM when they went to Inferior Front Suspension.

Never did have enough tools or patience to own a Furd. Worked on too many of them to want one.

Switched to Ram in '10, and we've had about 10 of them since. Very happy with them overall - even my "gutless" 3500 C&C with its derated engine. C&Cs have less power than a standard output engine, and much less than a HO version.

It'll pull a CGVW of 39,000 lbs. in the Rockies, which is good enough for me.

10 trucks in 13 years? That is a lot.

 

[CliffordK]

This is just false. I am very active on Ford-Trucks.com, and outside a few early 2020 7.3’s in RVs, there are virtually no issues with the heads or cam.

All of the Ford 5.4's from the late 90's up until about 2010 had problems with their spark plugs.

The early ones from about 1997 to 2003 had too few of threads in their aluminum heads and blew the spark plugs out. They fixed that problem in 2004, I think, with spark plugs that would break in half and had to be extracted. A hassle, but at least it wasn't occurring driving down the freeway.

That doesn't necessarily apply to newer pickups, or the large diesels. However, it isn't particularly good PR.

Unfortunately comparing vehicles from one era to the next is comparing Apples to Oranges. My 2013 RAM is a much tougher pickup than the 1999 F150. And the RAM with the tiny 3.6L engine may have more power than the Ford with the 5.4L, and gets better gas mileage. And I tow with it. However, that 2013 RAM has weak spongy rear springs. Load a few feathers on the back, and it looks like it is driving uphill. I got to tow my trailer behind a newer Chevy 1500, and the rear springs were much better. It hardly noticed the load.

I might have to eventually track down a RAM Limited with air suspension.

If I was shopping new, I'd load up my trailer, head off to the dealer, and ask for a demo. Just to see how it handled the trailer and some tongue load.

 

[CliffordK]

I abandoned GM when they went to Inferior Front Suspension.

I'm not sure what your complaint is. Chevy was early to adopt the independent front suspension, at least up to the 2500 line. It isn't necessarily bad, but it is different than a solid axle. I think all the major brands have gone to an independent front suspension in their 1500/150 series pickups. It isn't necessarily bad. The upper and lower control arms get blown out in an accident, but they're easy to replace. Perhaps easier than repairing a solid axle.

The independent front suspension has allowed lower pickups, and air suspension. I do like 4x4, but I don't need a big jacked up pickup.

 

[Hay Dude]

I didn’t mind IFS, but IMO, it’s inherently more complex than SFA.
After owning an IFS truck, my fears of problems were basically gone. Works good.

 

[4570Man]

I didn’t mind IFS, but IMO, it’s inherently more complex than SFA.
After owning an IFS truck, my fears of problems were basically gone. Works good.

I like an IFS truck they ride better and turn a heck of lot better than my leaf spring ford. My tandem axel semi turns sharper than my leaf spring super duty. The IFS trucks are reliable from what I’ve seen.