2017
Chevy Silverado 1500 vs. 2017 Ford F-150
Over
the years with trucks there has been two really big companies going back and forth
against each other trying to be the best. I think it is more of an opinion on
which one is better between the two, but there are stats every year on the two
trucks.
This
year for the 2017 Ford F-150 cost 26,540 dollars. It has good gas mileage of 25
miles per gallon. Its cargo volume is 62.3 cu-ft. and its towing capacity is
12,200 pounds. Where the 2017 Chevy Silverado 1500 is 27,195 dollars. Its miles
per gallon on the highway is 24 miles. Its cargo volume is 61 cu-ft. and its
towing capacity is 12,000 pounds. So, you can tell by comparing all this
together that the 2017 Ford F-150 is cheaper than the 2017 Chevy Silverado
1500. The 2017 Ford F-150 has better miles per gallon on the highway then the
2017 Chevy Silverado 1500. The 2017 Ford F-150 has more floor space than the 2017
Chevy Silverado. The 2017 Ford F-150 can tow more than the 2017 Chevy Silverado
1500.
My
opinion on the Ford trucks is they are good reliable trucks. I have never had a
problem with driving a Ford. In the summer where I work I drove two different
Ford F-150’s one was like a 1982 and the other one was like a 2006 and they
drove nice, had good power, and didn’t have to fill them up to often. I also
drove a Ford F-250 and we would hook up a cattle trailer and have four bulls or
nine heifers in the trailer and it pulled them around easily but, it did take a
lot of gas. The bigger trucks are not made for really good gas mileage though. They
make it so they will pull a lot of weight and if you are pulling something or
not pulling something it will not affect your gas mileage that much. It will
only change a little bit.
Now
my opinion on the Chevy truck is going to be about the same. I think they are
really nice trucks and are reliable trucks. I have a 2004 Chevy 2500 and I really
like that truck. I would not change anything with it beside the gas mileage. The
gas mileage is not that great, but I knew that when I bought the truck that the
gas mileage was not going to be very good. The truck has done and probably will
do everything I want it to do. It has a lot of pulling power and even with
putting a lot of weight on the back end it does not squat at all or not that
much. The springs on it are meant for that thought. It is not as smooth of a
ride as it is with just regular springs or shocks are, but the leaf springs are
very good for holding weight. Where I worked at they had an old Chevy 60 it was
probably a 70’s or 80’s truck and it was an old grain truck that was changed up
a little bit. They put a flatbed on it and put a water tank on for when he has
to spray you just drive that back to the farm and fill it up instead of having
to drive the sprayer all the way back to the farm. It was a quicker process
using the truck for transporting the water then the sprayer and that truck
handled 1,000 gallons of water like it was nothing. It did not have a problem
with accelerating or slowing down. It did have a problem with turning when
going slow, but that’s because it was a lot of weight and no power steering. Driving
that truck the whole day for him was an arm work out, but it was a manual, so
it was fun driving. Old Chevy trucks to me are easier to shift than older ford
trucks. You didn’t have to get the rpm’s up as high to shift.
So,
to conclude my this I think that the 2017 Ford F-150 and the 2017 Chevy
Silverado 1500 are both great trucks. Ford and Chevy trucks are pretty much
becoming the same trucks because one will find something really good then the
other one will take that idea and improve it. So, it is pretty much like they
are working together to make the best truck possible. They keep just going back
and forth at each other. The trucks are pretty much the same besides the logo
on the side of truck. So, if you are wonder what truck you should get. Just get
whatever you can afford because I would be ok with either truck. They both
would do what I want them to do. Right know my truck gets 12 miles per gallon, I
would be happy to have a truck that has 24 or 25 miles per gallon, that is
literally double my gas mileage.
My
website I used to get my info and the picture of both trucks together is : https://www.mikecastruccialexandria.com/clp-2017-ford-f-150-vs-2017-chevy-silverado-1500
I
got my other pictures off google.
