F150 EB vs 5.0 towing

goducks10 wrote:
I had an 06 Frontier with a V6 AT and towed a 4050lb TT. Empty the Frontier would get with it pretty good. Hitched up and I had to keep checking to see if the emergency brake was released. The nice thing about my diesel is it always got some grunt.

I had the SUV version of the Frontier, the Pathfinder with it's 4.0L. It had 270 Hp and 291 lbs of torque at 4000 rpms. It was fairly light but it had no low rpm torque. It was a dog off the line so I'd have to disagree as I didn't think it was very good performance wise. It even had decent gearing for being a 5 speed auto with it's axle gearing but this motor was just pathetic down low. It tow ok power wise but I was towing light trailers with it. It's suspension sucked and it handled badly towing.

I replaced it with a more stout Ford, the 2008 Ford Sport Trac V8 which had a 4.6L 3V V8 with 292 HP and 300 lbs of torque at the same 4000 rpms. Only 9 lbs more torque at the same 4000 rpms but what a difference down low. This engine had tons more power down low which the anemic Nissan 4.0L did not. This truck pulled my tall and wide Jay Flight 19BH trailer easily. The Nissan Pathfinder was just OK pulling a low profile Pop Up trailer. I would had thought about a Frontier but even it's Crew Cab rear seat wouldn't fit a larger adult without cramping in. The Sport Trac truck had a full size rear seat.

SO these vehicles clearly perform towing as I would expect by the way they performed while not towing.