Quote Originally Posted by larry_arizona View Post
The GM 5.3 has plenty of power
agreed.
I owned a '00 ford f150 7700 and it towed our tige across the country with no issues, at 8mpg's tho. normal it was 12. it was thirsty.
bought a '16 1500 4x4 and towed tige back across to slc and again no issues. averaged 12 towing and we get 17-18 town and 20+ highway. it's a solid motor and tows our r23 just fine. imo the weak link are the factory goodyear rubber. otherwise it's a solid tow rig with the z71 pack.

I drove the ram/f150 5.0 at the same time as the chevy and the ram must have had a different rear end ratio as the tach was 1000rpm's higher than either the ford or chevy and all I saw was a truck that would out tow either and do it with a higher overall daily fuel bill. I wanted to like the ford but the chevy hands down rode better on the beat up wisconsin roads...
fast forward to today and if I was buying I'd certainly give the ram another go.
tundra? dated and leave it for my conservative old man. nissan? do they still make a full size??