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Do you have any experience daily driving a truck like that? Sure you can do it, also have shit suspension that'll rattle your teeth, shit heater, shit ac ( if you have a aftermarket assembly installed) rattling doors, uncomfortable interior, and a whole list of other things. Come to Oklahoma, I'll trade you trucks. You're 2010 is so fucking far ahead from that truck it's hard to imagine. Tell you what, get a day where it stupidly fucking hot outside, don't use the ac, crack the window (this will simulate the oven like nature of these old all metal cabs, and chop off your exhaust (this will simulate you listening To the Incan noise, even with lots of sound deadened the all metal cab still reverberates a lot of sound) and only shut your doors until the first click (this'll simulate the rattling youre going to experience). Then see if you really want that. Even if you build a fully restored example, even with a modern drivetrain, it'll stil gonna fuckin suck. I'm not bragging here, I'm fuckin poor. I can't afford a new truck so the shitness of mine is just something I embrace. It gets really tiring after awhile. Don't take your truck for granted.

All the above applies unless your spend $200,000 on a restomod, or are such a good fabricator you wouldn't have asked this question in the first place.

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Being rated to tow 5k and actually doing it on a regular basis are two completely different things.  My boat is about 4000 lbs.  I have a 2009 Expedition, which is rated for 9000 lbs.  I used to use a 1999 F250 5.4 and while that was rated at 9000 lbs, towing even the 4000 lb boat was marginal from a power standpoint.  Those little things would be a complete joke.  If he wants something that he can comfortably tow the boat anywhere farther than his driveway and is really stuck on something with a shorter wheelbase, he should get a full-size, V8 SUV like an Expedition, Tahoe, Armada, etc.

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I wish they still build diesel expeditions. My love hate relationship with the 7.3 lead me to the 6.4.

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What. Please do tell when such an animal existed..ever  

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lol...whatever dude. They're both around the 5,000lb mark.

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Being rated to tow 5k and actually doing it on a regular basis are two completely different things.  My boat is about 4000 lbs.  I have a 2009 Expedition, which is rated for 9000 lbs.  I used to use a 1999 F250 5.4 and while that was rated at 9000 lbs, towing even the 4000 lb boat was marginal from a power standpoint.  Those little things would be a complete joke.  If he wants something that he can comfortably tow the boat anywhere farther than his driveway and is really stuck on something with a shorter wheelbase, he should get a full-size, V8 SUV like an Expedition, Tahoe, Armada, etc.