My dad has not had the best experience with Fords, he doesn’t seem to think I’m very smart for buying them. His first one was an 82 half ton, 300 six snd 4 speed. Rusted out firewood rig. It was free, but the motor was locked up. He was hauling the motor in the bed of his brown 89 GMC, and it fell over. Broke loose, he put it in the truck and ran it 50,000 miles.
Several years later he bought his first brand new truck, a 2004 F350, 4WD dually 6 speed. 6.0 Powerstroke. It was in the shop every week. He had it tuned up something crazy, which didn’t help. Sold it 7 months after he bought it, traded on a brand new 04 Dodge with a Cummins. He has owned Dodges ever since, and is broken against Fords. He has owned over 20 Cummins powered trucks and a few Hemi trucks.