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Considering selling f150...need advice

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Old 10-12-2016, 06:47 AM
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Nice Looking truck, I am going to miss mine, today is the last day I get to have her. I really love mine and if a bigger trailer was not on the list she would be sticking around a long time.
Old 10-12-2016, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike Up



BTW, you don't need an Ecoboost 3.5L, the 5.0L is a great engine to tow with and has benefits over the Ecoboost when towing is concerned. Mainly the 5.0L has great power in the lower gears and right off of throttle, and has 'consistant' power where you have instant on demand power and don't have to wait for the power to come on. I'm not a fan of turbo gas engines for towing.
What are these benefits you speak of? I tow just fine with the EB, in fact it will out pull that 5.0 with ease. There is NO lag, just low end grunt. Mine even has tall gears and will still pull better than the 5.0. I can't wait to see what it will do when I put shorter gearing in. The only downside of the EB is that it uses more gas when towing, but daily driving gets better MPG than the 5 does, and that more than makes up for the lower towing MPG. When pulling a grade with my trailer I am running at 2500 RPM, and accelerating at the same time, so have to back out gradually to maintain speed, that's how well it pulls. If there is anything to complain about its the low drone I get from running in 4th or 5th with the 3.19 gearing. Hopefully once I regear that will become a non issue as well.



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