experiences towing with 3.5L ecoboost
Hello - we are seriously considering one of the ford vehicles with the twin turbo 3.5L ecoboost engine. Anyone who has experience towing with this engine, I would love to hear how it's working for yo...
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Can't speak on the Flex or 2.7eco but I have a 3.5eco, xlt, 3.55,4x4,cc. It is a 2013, purchased in Dec 2013. Now has about 14,000 miles. We just had the battery replaced under warranty, other than that no problems.
We have towed about 6,000 miles with it. Some hills but no mountains. We had a 18' aerolite (4,000 loaded ), now have a 25' Apex ( about 5200 loaded ). Have been to the Fl keys twice, once with each trailer. It tows like a dream compared to the 2004 F150 4.6 v8 4 speed I had. As to hills, only thing I can relate to so far are the tall bridges in Charleston and Jax. Mine will not miss a beat in tow haul / cruise getting to the top. I know they are not mountains but do give an indication of how it would handle the hills.
Met a fulltimer in the Keys in Dec pulling a long TT with the same truck. He said it went up the mountains like crazy. Said his only problem was with braking on a couple of steep Rocky Mountain grades. Could have been operator error plus he was pulling 2 or 3 times what you will have.
I would not hesitate in taking mine cross country.
I can't imagine you having any problem at all.
We have towed about 6,000 miles with it. Some hills but no mountains. We had a 18' aerolite (4,000 loaded ), now have a 25' Apex ( about 5200 loaded ). Have been to the Fl keys twice, once with each trailer. It tows like a dream compared to the 2004 F150 4.6 v8 4 speed I had. As to hills, only thing I can relate to so far are the tall bridges in Charleston and Jax. Mine will not miss a beat in tow haul / cruise getting to the top. I know they are not mountains but do give an indication of how it would handle the hills.
Met a fulltimer in the Keys in Dec pulling a long TT with the same truck. He said it went up the mountains like crazy. Said his only problem was with braking on a couple of steep Rocky Mountain grades. Could have been operator error plus he was pulling 2 or 3 times what you will have.
I would not hesitate in taking mine cross country.
I can't imagine you having any problem at all.
