Kyle Lopez

I'm strictly looking at FX4 in White.

Any differences I should look for? One year better than the other?

Also, I'm trying to track down a 5.0 and not an EcoBoost. I tow a few times a year and it's just a 1200lb goose trailer to a field and back. 90% driving will be my 2 min (yes minutes) drive to work and home daily.

I was pretty sold on a RAM 1500 Sport for a while and still am, I love their interiors, but their payload is lower. So for deer and waterfowl hunting I'm loaded up pretty good. Fear i might go over weight limit.

And honestly I think the F150 will hold it's value longer.

So anything I should be mindful of in tracking down a 2013 or 2014 FX4?

Fharley780

2013 and 2014 model years with a 5.0 are essentially bulletproof. Good call on skipping the EcoJunk. One less thing to worry about especially if you're owning it out of warranty.

Kyle Lopez

Ya my exact thinking. I don't tow enough to warrant the extra need for torque.

Also, are there any big differences in Canadian F150's?

I'm in WA State and literally every freaking truck in the state is Canadian UNLESS it's a local trade. But I swear 99% of them are Canadian right now.

eyecandynsx

Never had a problem with my "ecojunk" and alot of people prefer the "ecojunk" for towing, but I am not here to beat that dead horse for the 1 trillionth time. Really only only difference between 13 and 14 was the front shocks. Ford changed the shock mount in 14 and not all aftermarket companies have rushed to make shocks available. So if you were planning on getting the Bilstein leveling kit or doing suspension work, do your homework if they have a kit for 14's, because Bilstein does not yet.

I was actually the opposite of you I liked the Ram exteriors, but thought the interiors looked cheap. They were definitely cheaper, but couldnt get past that interior...

Ricktwuhk

Just be aware that the Payload for the actual truck, printed on a sticker on the door jamb, will be lower, usually by hundreds of pounds, than any literature you read.

My 2013 5.0 4x4 Payload is 1,643.

06F150CFCT

I just came from a 14 Ram 1500 and now have a 12' F150 Platinum. What sold me on the Ram's originally was the exterior looks and the Hemi/8 speed trans/with the 3.92 rear end. The truck is quick and has a lot of get up and go. I was getting 21mpg before I went as far from stock with the truck as possible. Now, one thing I noticed is that using the Rams as a "truck" didn't seem as comparable to an F150. Speaking strictly for payload, the beds of the Rams like to sag. I had a ARE cap on my truck and the rear of the truck dropped way more than I thought it would. The trucks come with about a 3" take from factory and I think it's because of the fact the rear springs are a bit soft. You can obviously switch to heavier duty springs, there a few guys who did on the ram forum, but it's something to keep in mind. With the F150, it is going to take and hold stuff in the bed better with the leaf springs.

Cosmetically, that shift dial is also tough to get use to! I was trying to column shift for the first 2 weeks I got the truck.
You can't go wrong with either choice but if I was to use my truck for a good amount of work, I would stick to an F150. The Rams ride really nice with the coil spring rear end but take a bit of a hit when you add any weight to them.
I really liked mine even though it was a regular cab base model. I just needed a bigger truck (cab wise) and I wanted the bells and whistles a Platinum had. Obviously, I could have gotten a Laramie Longhorn if I wanted all the bells and whistles with a Ram, but I couldn't find one that was a Screw with the 6.5ft bed.

Good luck!

06F150CFCT

Oh and as far as the interiors, they definitely look cheap until you step up to the Sports, Laramies, Longhorns, some Big Horns, and some Outdoorsmans. Those have the 8.4" screens, and leather or the suede looking cloth like the sport has. They usually have the console and just generally look nicer inside compared to the base models.

06F150CFCT

The only thing I noticed with my Canadian F150 is that it has daytime running lights all the time, and a little bit more rust on the nuts/bolts of the truck underneath. I wouldn't be afraid to get one if I were you. Atleast on my truck, when I installed my tune, the units on the dash went back to Km for miles but there was a setting I could change for it to go back to miles.
It is a law for the Canadian trucks to have the DRL's on all the time so if you don't want them on like me, you have to go to a dealer and have them turn it off (like I did) or you can do it through a program called Forscan and do it yourself. There are a few threads on here about that program.
I noticed the huge influx of Canadian trucks when I was searching for my current truck. The dollar is weaker up there right now so US dealers can buy them very cheap and come down and sell them for more and make more money off them. I asked a dealer that had a few on their lot and he told me that story.

noboost5.0

Yes, stick with the 5.0. Let may say, the ecoburst' are junk, our fleet of f150 are terrible, these engines are weak, not n power but reliability and durability, also loaded they are only getting 13/14 mpg..Ford must make a ton of money on these, production wise, why else would they push them.

zx12-iowa

Absolutely incorrect. There are many 5.0 engine failures, reports of using oil and loud ticking. So far from bulletproof. However I will not try and persuade op to decide on a different engine bc the 5.0 and Eco are equally reliable, just different in how they make power and how much power.

There is zero difference between a 13 and a 14.

Good luck in your searching and see if you can verify the 5.0 you choose doesn't have the infamous tick or eat oil...