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- 2020 F350 Platinum Tremor 6.7
- Current Ride #2
- 22yo girlfriend in college
These are good points. I also don't like the 5.5 bed, and yes you really can't do much with it. I ordered the 6.7 because I did want the diesel. I've been curious about the ride. How much different was the ride compared to your tundra, what things did you notice? Have you taken it offroad yet? Thanks again.I traded in a 2015 Tundra Platinum in on a Lariat Tremor just a couple weeks ago so I thought I would give my impressions. As far as reliability goes Toyota has always carried a good reputation for their cars/trucks being pretty solid. I had an 03 and 15 Tundra and both were great vehicles, and I have known numerous people that have had Toyota vehicles with no issues. However, when the new Tundras came out in 05 (I think) they did have a fair amount of issues, but now the Tundra platform is pushing 15 year so it should be solid. My family has had a number of Ford trucks all have been good to us, my dad had 2 F250s one over 200k and one over 300k that really gave him no problems both were V10 engines not diesels. I had a 2017 F250 for about 2 years with the 6.2 that I loved but traded for and expedition, I had no issue with the truck. After that 17 I knew I wanted back into a superduty at some point, then a few months ago my dealer had a Tremor and placed an order soon after for my own and love it. Few points on the superduty that I like over the Tundra
Bed space, I am not a fan of the 5.5' beds. Almost useless to me, put in a bike, bags, or just a few things and its full. With the 6.75 bed I can fit my bike, bags, equipment for a vacation all in the bed and not cram the cab or add carriers.
Ride height, I prefer to be up higher and see around, these 1/2 ton trucks these days are becoming more like overgrown cars to a point. I like that the F250/350 feels like what a truck should be. The Tundra did ride better then the 250 but really these trucks do ride well for what they are, comfortable to me.
Towing, the tundra would tow fine but it was a half ton if you had 3-4k on you knew it was there, the same load on the superduty you can forget that it is behind you. I do plan to tow a boat and prefer the F250 platform to the tundra.
Overall, you never know how long or well a vehicle will treat you, but I think if you take care of it hopefully it will be trouble free. I went with the 7.3 over the 6.7, the 6.7 was tempting as it is an impressive motor but the 7.3 really suited me best in the end. I am just going to throw this out there and not trying to start a battle or putting down the diesel at all but maybe consider your use of the truck. What are you towing and using the truck for because these diesel engines with emissions have A LOT going on, and while the engine might be good it can sometimes be the sensors that can be a pain. Just something to consider since towing has a lot to do with frame, suspension, etc rather than just shear power of the engine, an F350 7.3 would handle a load far better than the Tundra ever did.
Hope that was some help, either way these sure are nice trucks.