There were a lot of improvements in the 2017 trucks including the all aluminum body, larger rear seat area, electronics and ergonomics, etc. But like you, I'm a little concerned with the "light duty transmission"... My thinking is, if it was good enough to tow a 12K trailer in a F250, why didn't they use it in the F350 too? Since they didn't, it looks like it was a way to reduce the overall F250 weight a little and add it to payload to remain competitive with the other manufacturers.
You'll "lose" some of the extras by going to a "pre '17" truck. An alternative is to include F350's in your search. They are supposedly the same truck as the F250 except for the GVW and now, the transmission. Maybe there's a tax advantage with the F250 in Canada? Here, licensing and registration is the same, insurance is a bit cheaper on the F350 (fewer claims paid I suppose). Had I been able to find a F350 for close to the price I paid for my F250, I'd have bought it, since I had to remodel the garage door to get either of them into the garage. (Truck was too tall to fit under the header beam).
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John
2015 F250 6.7l 4x4
2014 Cougar X Lite 27RKS
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