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snowedin
Feb 27, 2015Explorer
I had a 2013 F150, 4x4 5.0 V8, Supercab with 3.55 gearing, pulled a TT weighing about 4800 lbs empty, and while I loved the pickup when not towing I felt it was a little overwhelmed while towing. Others may disagree but that was my experience and possibly if it had the 3.73 gearing it may have worked out differently. For 2015 the 5.0 engine has some changes to add power and that along with the lighter weight of the F150 would help. I did not want the Max Tow Package that went along with the 3.73 gearing as the mirrors stuck out so far that getting into the garage posed problems. My objection to the 5.0 was that while it pulled the trailer, it took more shifting and greater RPM's to do so. Can't say that the gas mileage was bad as it was about 10 mpg and that is about the range of every other tow vehicle I have had. I ended up trading for a 2014 with the 3.55 gearing and the Ecoboost engine and that thing pulls like a diesel with the RPM's staying lower and hardly any shifting. It would be nice if the dealers would let us hook up the trailers for a demonstration ride and then we would know what combination we liked. I did like the 5.0 other than the towing, great engine and it seemed to make about the same gas mileage as the Ecoboost regardless of what it says on the window sticker.
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