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Hi and welcome aboard.
If you want a motor for hauling and gets decent fuel economy empty your talking a diesel engine, a 7.3 or a 6.0. You have some answers in the other forum.
Swing by and post your intro in the local Montana Chapter: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/forum130/