that is one thing I like about my 2020 Ram, the dial shifter. I think it was one of the smartest things to get rid of the regular shifter. I have been driving since the early 70's and thought it would take some getting used to but it took exactly a day to fall in love with it. I can't complain about mpg on my 6.4 (I hand figure every fill up and I have never been under 12 mpg or so and usually closer to 14 or 15 and as high as 17.5mpg if driving 65-70mph) but what I do hate is how slow it is from 80 to 100mph. down right dangerous when you go to pass someone who doing 75-85mph on a twisty road and can't get up a head of steam to fly by before the next blind corner.The 6.4 needs more giddy up.
I suspect the dial shifter is a personal thing. When I ordered my truck I thought it over and initially has no desire for it at all. My son is a working professional and makes six figures working on vehicles so I consider him a great reference and asked his opinion. He said go with the electronic shifter since it basically boils down to a $75 electric switch in the dash and a handful of solenoids on the transmission - easy fix for anyone. He said the column shifter are fine but when there are problems they take several hours to diagnose and generally require an assembly of parts since many of the small components that break are not sold separately. I ordered it not being really excited but after driving it for the past several months absolutely love it.
God bless america I need to move there.
You can get good money for them, more than Ford allows in a bed delete anyway. If you want to sell the truck later just leave on the flatbed.
Facebook and craigslist. My buddy sold the bed off of his 14' Tundra for $1000 to some guy that got rear ended. There is a dealer that bus fleet trucks and flips them. My brother sold 19' F350 bed to a guy that bought a truck from a welder that kept the flatbed. He got $2500 and it had a decent dent on it.
I've heard some flatbed manufacturers will buy them... and then they probably sell them to another middleman, who sells them for accident replacements. You can sell them yourself, too.
I suggest ordering/getting the "camper package" or "snow plow / camper package", especially if you plan on adding a heavy bumper, winch, plow, ... to the front end.
I have never heard anyone say "man I sure would give up torque in favor of slightly better mpg. most say the opposite. I would give up a little mpg for more power or torque. People often swap gearing but I have never heard anyone go down numerically only up.