Help Shopping: Half ton
History and background: I have a years experience towing my 3,000lbs dry TT throughout the Appalacians. I use my trusty Chevy with the 4.8liter / 3.42s. Back in 2003, we bought our first boat. At ...
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tragusa3 wrote:
That was payload for the specific truck. Good advice to get it equipped how I need it. We do keep vehicles a long time and I have a tendency to go cheap and then regret it.
I went back and test drove an Eco today. Was a little disappointed that the transmission felt like it was trying to keep me out of the power. I hope that would change with tow mode and max towing rear end. Any comment on that? Also drove the 5.0 and felt the same. Got to say, Ecoboost didn't feel like the freight train many describe. I didn't sense the torque like I expected...maybe it doesn't present itself without a load.
Don't get me wrong, it pulled hard when floored, but I expected 2000rpm to be all I needed for rolling hills unloaded. It wasn't, I had to press on the peddle some.
Maybe I just don't have the experience to have an opinion.
The Ecooboost engine and trans need around 1000 miles before towing. I was headed down the road with trailer on first trip when sometime after the odometer rolled over 1200 miles it seemed to "wake up". I have read that they have the computer "lock out" max boost until it reaches a certain mileage. Others have noticed it sooner and some a little later.
