jus2shy wrote:
Personally, I traded-in my 2010 F-150 only because I was looking at trailers that grossed around or north of 10k for the most part. Also, with no trailer and maybe a total of 2000 lbs worth of people and gear, the truck felt like it was out of breath in Wyoming and the Cascades. Yes, mine was a max tow for the year. If you don't have any serious high elevation pulls, you'll most likely be ok, if you find your self high in the rockies or cascades, you will be finding yourself wanting. Ecoboost motors wouldn't have that issue though.
As for Ecoboost getting better fuel mileage than the 5.4, if both are max-tow setups, you will only see 1, maybe 2 mpg at the most. So mpg isn't a good justification for getting an ecoboost, however suffering no power loss when in the mountains and the lower end torque are huge pluses in my book. If I wasn't looking at the trailers that I am looking at, I'd strongly consider an ecoboost or an ecodiesel. However you can see what I ended up with. In the end, it was cheaper than my 2010 F150 believe it or not LOL.
I have towed through Alberta, BC, Montana and East to Michigan. I can't complain about the performance at all.
I was not clear about my intentions before. I do not expect to get better fuel economy when towing. I do expect it to be better during day to day driving, making up 90% of my kilometres each year.
