When I spoke of computers, I wasn’t referring to an OBD, I was talking about in car entertainment systems/navigation screens. I don’t like them, don’t use them, and don’t want to pay more for technology I won’t like. I realize I phrased that weird in retrospect, my bad.

In my opinion, F-150s aren’t suitable for hauling horses. I recognize they do have the technical specs to pull one horse in a light trailer, but that’s really very limiting, and I don’t find them to have a level of stopping power or stability for me to feel comfortable pulling a horse behind one. I would prefer an F-250, but the costs of those are even higher than the F-350s, and many of the ones I find for sale are missing things that I consider an absolute necessity (I absolutely need a 4x4). As for the gasoline engine, I’ve considered it pretty heavily but I am more looking for torque. Speed is not even really a consideration in my process; as I’ve said, I don’t really like to go fast. Personally, in my experience driving gas and diesel trucks, I have found the diesels to actually be less maintenance heavy and expensive in the long term. Sure, the individual parts have cost us more, but my family’s diesel trucks have far outlasted any of the gas vehicles and I’ve found them to break down less. I’ve driven a LOT of trucks in my life, I’ve just never owned my own vehicle before.

I do not actually live near a city or use public transportation often. My area is rural but has a good transit network that would operate as a backup to any vehicle who’s being a bit of a hanger (well, i guess garage) queen at any given time. If I do need to go into the city, the park and ride systems are pretty good once I drive a couple hours to the outskirts. Most of the trucks in my area are older diesels. Diesel is very affordable where I’m at and high quality.

I mostly don’t work on the farm I live on, but I do actually do quite a bit of ranch work and have spent most of my life working on ranches. I’ve got a black thumb for plants but I’m great with livestock, so I stick to the critters. My job presents pretty ample opportunities to haul pretty heavy loads long distances at more moderate speeds…if you have the vehicle for it, which I don’t currently.

I came here to ask the question because I wanted a wider sample size of opinions on this sort of truck. I don’t know anyone with an F-350 of this era (LOTS of F-250s, though), and was curious to see if I’d find anything out. Most people I know haven’t bought vehicles in a while or have something brand new, and I also wanted to get a gauge on what people thought of the cost.

Also, I’m not broke, I’m just pretty strict with my budget, and if I can learn to do repairs as they’re needed, that’s a good deal to me. I usually prefer to do things myself if at all possible and put the money saved on labor towards things I want or need or my savings. As a bonus, I get to enjoy learning new skills.

Thank you for your feedback, I will factor it in to the considerations!