Presently have a 97 150 4.6 4x4. Has been a great truck but I'm feeling the urge to buy a new truck. Got the itch!

My present truck has difficulties pulling my rv/weighing approx. 2,800 lbs. especially going up hill on the interstate, the down shift is violant, rpm's jump. Some say keep in overdrive; some say not? Any ways I want the the best truck for towing with good gas mileage. And with the lift package. Looking for a 2009 slightly used.

Alright the questions is who and what for a (2009) Ford 5.4, Silverado or the scary Dodge? I know you guys are Ford fans and so I'm I, but I plan on spending about 25,000 to 30 with trade-in. And most important I dis-like the 4 door. Supercab is best looking - my opinion. Help everyone this money is burning a hole in pocket

 

Honestly if you are ready to drop up to $30K + plus trade in you can get a very basic 2010 XL with max tow package and 4x4 for (at least for my zip code) for $31,575*. Basing my numbers off of ford's site.

 

I came from a '97 S-cab myself to a '09 FX4. Had all intentions to buy another scab until I saw this:



The Flat Load Floor in the S-crew is just un-explainable, it's huge. So much so that I dropped from a 6.5' bed to a 5.5' bed. I hunt, fish, haul alot of things and find it so much more convenient with the larger interior. Had a truck for about 6 months now and only had a backseat passenger maybe 10 times so I didn't get it for people hauling. My seats are rarely down.

Obviously towing is non-comparison, I pull 3500 lbs. regularly. As far as Dodge, GM or Ford - you are at the wrong site to get any non-biased opinion. Though I would get a GM product before a Dodge.

 

That pic is exactly why I bought the SCREW, I had a Supercab in the works, finance paperwork was printing and I looked out the dealer window and saw a Screw with everything I wanted and nothing i didn't. My Screw with the 4.6L 3V is rated at 7150 lbs towing with the 3.55 rear.
A 5.4L supercab 4x4 with 3.73 rear is rated at 9400 lbs, your looking at MSRP of $36000. But I got my screw for just over invoice.

Good luck, you'll like the F-150 much better then the competitors.

 

As much as I complain about how Ford screwed up on the newer trucks, they are still miles ahead of the competition in terms of quality, reliability, and capacity. From what I've seen, fuel economy is close among all of them. Ford has issues with changing spark plugs on the 3 valve engines and it is a design flaw. But Dodge and GM have tranny problems to this day in 1/2 tons. Dodge and GM makes their power a lot higher up in the rpm band than Ford. Even thoug Ford is rated lower than the 6.0L GM and 5.7L hemi, it seems to out pull them. Toyota still has frame issues to go along with their recall issues of late. Just my opinion, but Ford does make the best trucks on the market right now. And I would go with the screw because it is solider than the extended cab. I don't like the door rattles of the extended cabs. And the B pillar can't help but add to the structural integrity of the truck body.

 

Welcome to FTE! For the amount you are willing to spend, you can actually get a nice new 4x4 truck. STX or perhaps a base model XLT. Look for the 5.4L with 3.73.1 LS axle. You'll be amazed at it's capability.

Tim

 

+1 on a brand new truck. Mine stickered for about $30,500 and out the door with tax and all the other junk it was about $26,200 if memory serves me right. You can usually get better intrerest rates with new vs. used also so it is best to look at the overall picture not just the price of the truck.

 

There out there a lot cheaper then that my friend

 

yea for that price you can get a new one.

 

If I could find out what the cheapest area I need to be in to get a truck for cheapter I would gladly look at it. Though I will admit being so close to the Claycomo* plant that makes the F150 I thought that prices would be considerately lower then the rest of the nation. *Not sure what is the name of the plant here in eastern Kansas.

 

Three weeks ago i drove off the lot in a brand new STX, 4X4, 4.6L 2V for just over $31,000 after taxes, tags and all that good stuff. You can def. get a new one for what you are willing to spend.

 

Don't know why prices would be cheaper.

The Claycomo plant is in Missouri, just north of Kansas City. The closer to the plant you live the bigger the shaft you get. I live about 10 miles away from the plant and when I ordered my F150 I still had to pay the same freight as someone that lives anywhere else in the country. At least it only took 3 days from the day it was built to get to the dealer.

There are just as many trucks built in Dearborn on the lots here as there are built in KC.

 

Thanks for the correction pig9r.

 

I found a dealer that is knocking 6 grand right off the Sticker price on very truck in his whole inventory some are 7200 off..

And with a decent trade can be very good right now to own a new truck

 

I used to have the same complaint when trucks were built in Norfolk, Va. I'm only 30 miles from the former ford plant and still had to pay the same destination fee.

Bottom line is, it's as much about delivery from the point of final assembly as it is about getting everything to the plant in order to assemble the final product. Either way, IMHO Ford is making money on shipping.