Not exactly the year you're looking at but I've got a '99 F250 V10 with 180K+ miles on it. Use it for towing our horses and it's easily handled a four horse steel livestock trailer in the North GA mountains. Of the 4 trucks used at the farm, the two Fords (250 & 350) seem to run like champs, and the Chevy (2500) seems to always have issues. I think it's one of the older Duramax diesels though. The Dodge looks good, but it's lifted so it looks like it's over it's head with anything over a two horse gooseneck.
Only issue I've had is that it threw a plug back around 120K (Known problem with shallow aluminum threads) Thankfully it didn't strip the threads and I didn't need to install a heli-coil. Besides that, it's still kicking great. I'll agree the Chevy is more cush than the Ford, but I'm still getting another 250/350 when this one calls it quits.