Tystevens wrote:
allen8106 wrote:
Your truck can do it but it won't be any fun towing. It's going to struggle mightily but it will do the job. I had a 2000 1500 Ram with the gas engine and towed a 32 foot TT from Walcott, IA to Wichita, KS and it was not a fun tow. Your only hope is that the fun stuff between the tows out weighs the not so fun tow.
No offense, but there is quite a difference between a 2000 Dodge w/ probably a 200 hp 4.7 (or maybe a 235 hp 5.9?) and a 4 spd transmission developed in the '80s, and a 380 hp 6 spd 2011 truck.
OP, you'll be just fine. Living in Utah, we tow similar grades/conditions all the time w/ our F150 and around 6500 lbs behind it, and it does the job quite well.
But you should have bought the Ecoboost! (just kidding ...)
Good luck!
Actually, I wish I had. If I recall correctly, this was the year the ecoboost came out and when I was shopping I didn't even know about them nor did the salesman pitch them. (Even if they had, I likely would not have wanted to be a first adopter.)
The next year my father-in-law who works for Caterpillar and their franchise owns and runs a lot of Ford trucks, their office all went with the ecoboost and raved about them.
What kind of speeds to you expect me to get on the bogger grades? (I'm not interested in racing up, just want to know to set a baseline for my expectations.)Oh well. Maybe next time. Unless I go F250 SuperDuty diesel, that is. But that is an expensive jump up.
Thanks for the info everyone. It is just the type of input I'm looking for.
