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I work in the oilfield, and my company uses Ford pickups nearly exclusively; theres maybe 3 Chevy Duramaxes in the fleet. There was a garage in town that lived pretty much off of us and the crap 6.0s. Since the 6.4 has come out, the number of trucks sent to that shop has dropped drastically. That shop had an entire shop, the larger one, dedicated to Halliburton pickups...
I just spent close to 1000 miles behind the wheel of an 09 450 and was honestly impressed by it. Id almost buy a 6.4 to play with. Way quieter than the 6.0, and a lot more power. Doesnt sound like its perpetually on the verge of blowing up. Although we've had a couple injection pumps go out on a few newer trucks, those are the only issues Ive heard of. One got a new pump, and maybe 30 minutes after being picked up, it ate another one.
It certainly isnt a Cummins, or a Dodge, but its a huge leap forward for Ford, atleast from the engine standpoint
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'07 3500 SRW Quad/Longbox, Goerend, Hamilton, Smarty TNT/R.
'03 2500 Quad/long 305/555 HO 6speed, bone stock. 6.7 swap in progress 
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