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F250 or Silverado 2500?
lewy:
--- Quote from: hunthard on May 09, 2025, 06:23:09 PM ---What is really comes down to is this, if you want to drive it,buy the Ford, if you want to push it, buy the Chevy.
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Well that's not true, our f series work trucks spend plenty of time in the shop trust me.
buglebuster:
They all ride really nice now adays compared to the past. I’ve always been a ford guy, currently in a 2012 f250 with a 6.7 diesel 275k miles and it honestly rides really nice and drives straight down the road. The new fords are even better. One thing to think about, when you look at fleet trucks, work trucks, hot shot haulers…. They’re mostly fords, 2nd is dodge. Yes there is plenty of GM but you see far more fords and it’s for good reason. My buddy’s work runs a big fleet of flatbed diesel trucks, they’re all in fords now because they had constant problems with the Chevys. Drive train and front ends.
lewy:
When ford moved away from the 7.3 they drug their followers through hell for a lot of years
Jpmiller:
I’ve driven/owmed/used as work trucks dodge Chevy and ford. Other than the 6.0 ford diesels I’ve not hated any of them. I’ve pretty much liked them all, and loved a few. It would honestly come down to who has the best price for me, or looking for continuity in my “fleet”. I’d go gas for sure unless you are towing a lot and heavy. I’ve been super surprised at what towing has been with a couple Chevy gassers around the farm and can’t say I’ve complained about the one ford gas truck I have either.
Consider a flatbed too, once I got into that I was surprised how I’ve literally never missed the sides of the bed. I’ve got stake sides on one but I think I’ll be going flatbed from here on out.
jackelope:
I think you have to define ride quality.
Ford super duty’s are stiff, but they ride really nice. Just avoid the potholes and speed bumps. You probably don’t need to worry about “max” tow capacity in any of them so I’d focus on F250 or a GM 2500 truck. You won’t need a 1 ton and you’ll get a little better ride out of either one that way.
If it’s not going to be your daily driver I’d go gas too, but going gas with a daily driver is going to hit you in the wallet with gas. The Ford gas 7.3 engine is a beast and a great engine but it’s single digit gas mileage. Going diesel with a daily driver will hit you in the wallet harder with the combination of maintenance costs and low teens mpg’s.
I’ll throw a cog in your wheel and say that if your trailer is currently hitting the max weight capacity of your existing truck and you only tow that trailer once in a while, maybe take a hard look at a newer F150 with the Ecoboost and the max tow package. Super crew with 6.5’ bed and the right other options will give you 13k tow capacity. Buying a super duty type truck to tow a heavy trailer once in a while maybe is overkill and will cost more than it’ll help.
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