I have been thinking about a crew cab F250 for a mix (tow, town, 3rd vehicle, bunny slope wheeling, and standard truck stuff) but have been leery of the 5.4s. Had a 2v years ago in a F150 and it was pretty solid, but did have some quirks.
Have been thinking about Fords, Dodges, and Chevy trucks (would probably look into SAS for that for strength and reliability, but cost prohibitive for what I need) and have been reading tons about them all, and still stuck in a circle of all of them.