Joining the eco boost club
Barring a dealer reneg, I’ll be joining the Eco Boost club in the morning with a 2018 Max trailering F150. After much careful deliberation, I couldn’t make the F250 fit my circumstances. Y’all feel ...
Forum Discussion
Maury82 wrote:Samsonsworld wrote:
I pretty much agree with everything but stopping. That's one of the reasons I went to a F250. My 2013 F150 stops faster unloaded but struggled stopping my trailer. I had a couple of those fit hit the shan moments and blew through a red light one time. I was lucky nobody was coming from the side. I even had the trailer brakes checked after that and I was told they work fine. The F250 will shut it down much quicker in my experience, at least when you're standing on the brake pedal. Again, my experience. Your mileage may vary. And I realize I could have upgraded some things to make the F150 work better but I also knew the truck was going to one of my kiddos. Didn't see much point in spending the money.
I was just wondering about that.
I also wonder whether ford uses different brake pad materials for the various towing ratings, or whether all f150 get the best braking for the entire line.
Braking performance is one area I've always had to improve on my Hondas because of soft rotors that warped within 30 days, and had poor braking when passengers were on board.
I've already priced high performance slotted rotors and pads, because you can't go wrong with better braking.
I had to do my first serious panic stop with this truck (18 3.5 HDPP 6.5 bed) just last week while towing 7500 lbs with the GVW at about 15,500. All because of some moron pulling out in front of me (where the @$$hat actually stopped in my lane after pulling out in confusion about WTF they were doing!!!!) I was running 55 at the time and I saw it coming, but was not expecting them to actually stop. I really had to stomp on it for 10-15 seconds.
I was absolutely shocked at how fast, hard, and straight the rig stopped. I figured I was gonna hit them or end up in the ditch for sure, and neither happened. I'm not even sure I got into ABS. I, too was looking at brake upgrades (SS lines are always 1st for me and every car/bike I have has them) but after this I don't think I'm going to until the brakes need work.
Mike
