I needed a full crew cab tow vehicle early last year, but didn't want to spend $35-50K.

Tundras were too expensive and ugly, Dodge didn't make a full crew cab until so late that they were too pricey, too. GM trucks are hard to find in Colo used - because so few are bought new. GM interiors also look like a Fisher-Price snap-together toy.

Positive reasons for Ford: The 7.3 engine rocks. Huge room inside, good interior design. Negatives I can live with: 4R100 tranny has sloppy shifts and wide gear spacing, steering and road feel are typically vague and unimpressive.

So I have this brute of an F350 that is overkill, but is fun to drive on long vacations and the diesel rattle and turbo are addictive. Wife and kids like the room, compared to my fleet of Toyotas (4Runner, Land Cruiser, others).

 

Because I couldn't get a GM with a manual transmission in 2008.

 

Because they didn't take our money to stay in business!!!!

 

Thanks, me too.

 

When it comes to my Superduty, it's because being totally objective about it, every other manufacturer had some part of their truck that was a "weak point".

Whether it was an independent-suspension front-end, or some thing else, I never felt like it was a good idea to buy. I even went so far as to look at the Dodge in 2001-2002, and to get a solid front axle I had to go to the 3500 and deal with other things that I didn't care to do. 1-ton trucks around here can be viewed as "commercial" even with passenger plates, and where I live in an incorporated Village, that can be a problem.

But overall, I have had very good luck with every other Ford I've ever owned, or worked on, my brother owned my Highboy brand-new and I got it from him, etc.

I was never EVER let down by a Ford.

 

Had one too many mechanical failures on my brand new 2001 2500. After only 20K miles I got rid of it and have had nothing but good luck with 4 Fords; I'll buy nothing less from now on.

 

For years I sat on the fence of the "Ford/Chevy" debate. My first Ford was a POS ('74 Mustang 2) so that was the only thing I had to go on. Though the years I had quite a few jobs where I was driving company cars and trucks, and for some reason most of them were Chevy', and most of them spent more time in the shop than the road.

Next, of the "crew" that I hang out with in the desert, there are 15-18 trucks, and only 1 Chevy of the bunch. Care to ask me which one consistently has to be "field repaired" all the time?

Lastly, when I first met my wife she had a Chevy Astro van. That thing was the biggest piece of CRAP that has ever left an American car plant. Having to work on that van and keep it running (which was a MAJOR task) pushed me so far on to the Ford side of the fence that it wasn't funny. Since then, it's been all Ford (except for my wife's Durango) and I've yet to have a major mechanical problem with any of them since.

Like someone else here said, "Built FORD tough!!!"

 

I kind of grew up favoring Chevy/GMs. My dad had a '77 Silverado 4x4, and I always loved that truck, it took us from Oregon to Alaska 4 times pulling a cargo trailer with 3 months of supplies. That was followed by a '83 GMC 1 Ton Van with the old Detroit 6.2 Diesel in it. Great vehicle, although the injector pump went out and left us broken down 150 miles north of Fort Nelson, BC up near Liard Hot Springs for 3 days. That was followed by a '94 GMC Sierra 4x4. It wasn't a bad truck either, other than the time the 4x4 hub solenoids went out on me and I ended up stuck in a scrap yard with a trailer full of scrap metal, but even Fords have hub problems. That was the only issue my dad ever had with it and finally sold it a month or two ago with 220,000 on it and replaced it with a low mileage '96 I6 Cummins Dodge Ram. My uncle bought a '94 new with the Cummin I6 and still has it, putting over 280,000 miles on it driving from Alaska to the lower 48 during the winter! (-60 anyone? I guess vehicles make weird noises going down the road when it's that cold) so I guess they do make a great engine.

Knowing the reliability of the old GM’s and the straight six Cummins engines, I almost went with one of those. However, I wanted something newer and I've had several friends that have or have had the Ford V10. When I compared the build of the newer Fords, Chevy/GMs, and Dodges the Ford seemed much better built. The biggest strong point I could see was the solid front axles instead of IFS. I have friends that have Suburban’s, and have all kinds of problems with the IFS. I guess my point is that the Ford just seemed like the best-built truck I could find and since I do my own mechanical work, I wanted something tough and easy to work on if I did have to fix anything. Sorry for the rambling, but that's why I bought a Ford.

 

I agree, and I wear my shirt proudly.....That and my best friend is a Government Motors guy, & I cant help but rub it in every now and then.

 

LOVE the shirt!!!!

 

My Dad bought a 1970 Mustang Mach 1 on Sept. 14th, 1970 and that got me started! I inherited that car and had a whole lotta fun. 351 Cleveland w/closed chamber heads.... it was a fast horse, especially after a rebuild and some massaging! We dusted off many bowties over the years.

After that I owned a '94 Bronco 351 for 11 years, then an '05 F250 6.0 and now my '11 F350 6.7. I looked at the Dodge/Cummins truck before buying the '05, but the cab was too small and I read about too many transmission problems and overall build quality issues.

Had issues with the 6.0, but it never left me stranded and ran like a bat outta hell. My new truck is just amazing and tows like a dream.

When I sit in other brand trucks the interior just feels 'wrong'. Ford interiors just suit my taste better. The solid front axle is also important to me. So there ya go!

 

Never had a truck before, but I was only considering GM and Ford. I just happened to research Ford first, and found what I needed. Then I contacted a couple local GM dealerships and explained what I wanted and asked what GM had for a comparable capability and price.

They never got back to me. I figured they knew what they were up against.....

 

I guess it kinda runs in the family. When I was a kid my dad had a 85 Bronco and my mom had a 84 Mustang (prior to that she had a 69 Galaxie with a 390 big block). My first car was a 98 2wd Ranger. I drove that for a few years and decided I wanted a big 4x4 pickup. I bought my 2004 F-250 and have had nothing but good luck and lots of fun with it. My truck is truly built ford tough. I beat the snot out of that thing, and it keeps on going strong

 

Ford still has Pride. Its not just some empty corporation full of people who don't give a sh#*.
Corporate wellfare collectors at the other brands what a bunch of over educated losers.

 

I went with ford because my Chevy was great until I loaded it.

Now the BIGGEST reason: Ford did not take any bail out money.

GMC is STILL 60 percent own by the government and has not repaid all the tarp money. GMC stands for "Government Motor Company".

Dodge has paid the money back to the US government but it a FIAT. I am sure things will go down hill.

My 6.0 ALMOST put me back into the GMC camp.

I love my V10. Not one single issuse with that truck.

Donovan