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Gerald1755
Explorer
Jul 16, 2013

Need help with comfortable towing weight and length.

I'm sure this question has been covered multiple times before so please forgive me. I have the following truck and I am trying to decide what would be an appropriate trailer to purchase. I understand ...
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Proteus
Explorer
Jul 16, 2013
This explains a great many comments on the board about towing in the mountains. With all these large block truck engines, I expected that they would produce strong power and torque? Didn't realize how inefficient they were. The Ford F150 5.4 looks like 260hp and 350ft-lbs of torque. Compared to my little 3L V6 TDI with 240hp and 455ftlbs.

Tell me again why a modern SUV with a V6 is bad?

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