zx12-iowa

I tow 8k lbs about 1/3 of my miles (27k now) and the eco pulls hard off a light. Possible but I have a hard time believing a 6.2 could keep up. My brother in law works construction and regularly tows big with.10-25k lbs with ford diesels and says my eco feels like his chipped powetstroke at 8k lbs load. To be fair he has a super duty 6.2 so he is underwhelmed in the heavier chassis. It is a heavier chassis so not Apples 2....

Ssls6

It will keep up which is an amazing compliment to the ecoboost. If you're talking about racing with a load then the 6.2L probably wins (at least at sea level) but in normal towing both are rated basically the same.

When I say racing I mean holding each gear to near redline then grabbing another gear. Not sure what you mean by keep up. If you keep your truck to 100k miles +, I'd be real interested in your opinions at that time. It's really the only thing that held me back from buying one.

SG1NUT

I only tow maybe 1000 miles a year, mainly around the lower peninsula here in Michigan.

I don't need another Super Duty, since the majority of what I do is not in the realm of a 3/4 ton truck. If I did get a Super Duty, however, I would not get a gas engine. The gas engine combined with the high curb weight means that power is not what I would like.

I understand the difference in suspension and weight handling, as I have towed for quite a while. Not only for fun, but for work as well. I fully understand the safety aspect of moving large amounts of weight around.

Marc89GTi

I tow a 32' travel trailer that when loaded up is about 8000lbs with my Ecoboost 4x4 SCREW with the max tow package and 3.73 rear end. Towing this trailer up steep hills 6-7% incline I'm really impressed how well this thing tows.

I can maintain 90km/hr up any hill in 4th gear running at about 2500rpm and if I want to accelerate on any hill I just give it a bit more gas and it downshifts into 3rd and runs about 3500rpm. So doing 100km/hr easily done on most hills.

Stealth FX4

Dude, you must be thinking about a 5.0, you most certainly DO NOT have to get the RPM's up high to get a load moving in the Ecoboost. There are lots of Ecoboost trucks pulling more than their max towing ability with no complaints. Not saying that's a great idea, but it is being done.

Quit trying to mislead the guy.

jferg92

You may miss the handling and road confidence but that's about it fuel mileage shouldn't very. Why do you want to go from basically a one ton to a 150?

Truck owner

You give your opinion and I will give mine. I see what I got to do to move my boat with my truck. My truck needs to wind up the rpm's to keep up with traffic and shift in the first few gears, once your rolling it is more effortless, but it is what it is. Everyone knows what there EB can do and what it takes to move/haul a load.

zx12-iowa

Talking towing. Eco walks away from 6.2 with a load. It's the low torque. I bet a 0-60 eco would be a couple seconds faster with a heavy load. Light load not as much.

Have driven the 6.2 only in the 250 and it's not an exciting engine. Just a basic large noisy v8 that is fuel hungry if pushed. Ok so that last part was subjective bias. Lol. But it is just a large very basic old tech engine.

Stealth FX4

Something don't sound right with you truck. There are plenty of videos and comments on here that say otherwise.

I also pull a fairly heavy boat and sometimes I forget its back there. I also hit a very steep grade on the haul to the lake. It pulls like my 2010 F-250 Diesel I traded. Plus, diesel is getting more and more expensive. Having owned both, I am happy with saving gas and money and having similar results driving a gasser.

I have no experience with the 6.2L, but the dealer convinced me to go with the Ecoboost over the 6.2 for towing.

Akray

i tow a 28 foot travel trailer weighing about 9400 loaded, with a wd hitch and my eco tows it WAY better and easier then my father in laws 1 ton 7.3
im very impressed, i also tow a 26 foot ocean boat, all very regularly. im very impressed with the eco and i came from a tuned and deleted 6.4 powerstroke