Ecoboost 3.5 Towing MPG Sucks
Hi all, back after a couple years without a RV......I jumped back in with a Passport Ultra Lite 153ML, GVWR of 4500lbs. I just returned from picking up the trailer and pulled it with my 2017 F150 3...
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LanceRKeys wrote:
Watching those Ike gauntlet videos makes me want to take my rig up there just to see how it would do, I don’t think I could push mine as hard as they do.
I remember around the time I purchased my Ecoboost (2013), FLT had recently done one of their first runs with that engine up the IKE. I happened to tow it myself that following summer. What is not mentioned (and is true to some extent for other trucks) is that with the limit of 60mph, you don't get the full picture. Granted, I was towing about 6.5k instead of 10k, but I could have run up the IKE at any speed I chose to, quite easily. I would have run into handling issues, tire speed ratings and common sense long before the engine held me back.
