My old co worker neighbor friend, my dad's age, drives a 97 f250 super cab, 4x4, 7.3, and had 500,000 on it a decade ago. Dallas TX is probably 5 hours away. If he goes to see his daughter in Dallas, they go in that truck. Only thing ever happened, he had to put a vacuum pump on it. Besides normal wear and tear things. Truck looks new. He does cat around in a 97 4x4 reg cab truck, just saw him in it an hour ago. My dad has a 96 7.3, 147k I think, that he keeps parked but when we haul calves to the sale, it gets used. Still very good trucks. I have a 2001 4x4, F350, 97k idling in the background because I don't use it any more, I just crank it now and then. My brother has an 02 7.3, 4x4 reg cab, still runs good. Only had a clutch put in with over 20 years of use. Lives a mile from me. You may can tell, we like Ford. But if I had to buy a newer truck, no Ford, it will be a Dodge. 6.9 and 7.3 Ford's were good. I don't want any of the newer ones. I have actually seen newer Ford's driven across the scales at the scrap yard. It was running rough. Man said he done fixed it twice, not again. Seen people spend 20,000 getting the newer trucks repaired because of engine trouble. Ford and GM. I've taken dodge's apart and rebuilt those diesels. They ain't so bad.