Originally Posted by 1stTruckGuy

Towed 2 hours through the mountains last night, trailer fully loaded (probably overloaded) with water tanks full and all camping gear expecting to dry camp. Ended up finding a full hookups state park, but anyway I did allot of pulling off in the slow vehicle turnouts on the way up. Used 2nd gear for about thirty seconds as we slowed below 40mph on the steepest Hill. Pulled the rest of the way in 3rd and 4th. I'd hate to think what it would have been like with Max tow weight of 8k pounds behind me.

I was passed by several ecoboost trucks with trailers and thought I really wished I'd have worked a deal on Friday for that truck. I told them before I left that I was gonna pass unless they would lower the price another 3k so we'll see what they say after the weekend if they really want to move it. Payload would be close because I'd like to throw my atv in the bed. My camping neighbor in the campground said he pulls his 31ft trailer with atv in the bed through the mountains with ease with ecoboost and 3.55 gears.

Originally Posted by smgfx4

Why don't you bring your camper to the dealership and see if they let you pull it a few miles with the Eco.
Then hook it to a 250, and you'll see the difference.