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Thread: Who’s towing a 2670MK w/F150
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08-06-2017, 08:34 PM #21
Following this conversation with great interest. I have been told that the Ecoboost has the same power at higher elevations as it does at sea level. Excellent to hear you guys confirm this !
I have a 2014 (last of the steel body) heavy payload Ecoboost F150 towing a 10,000 lb Reflection 303RLS 5th wheel. I know I am close to all limits and folks like to tell me I can't do this . . . but three years and 15,000 miles later, it seems to be working out just fine. The only "mountains" we have travelled are the Appalachians . . . so, not really mountains I guess . . . although MontEagle was close. I did add trailer disc brakes this year, for a little more confidence in those inevitable panic braking situations. We always stay under 60 MPH when towing and have averaged about 10 MPG across all those miles.
A little more "marketing" than "engineering facts", but this 2015 Aluminum F150 launch video kind of tells the capabilities story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BUzT_79wPk
RobCate & Rob
2015 Reflection 303RLS
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08-06-2017, 09:30 PM #22
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Cate&Rob - No empirical test to confirm what the performance is at high elevation, but last Sept-Oct we did a loop from Denver, to Ridgeway, to Durango, to Ouray (all Colorado) and then off to Zion, Bryce, Moab and back over the Eisenhower to the flatlands of Nebraska. A great deal of the time was well over 7000 ft, and as high as 10,000. No performance issues ever pulling about 8,000 lbs.
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08-24-2017, 11:15 AM #23
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Finally got 1000 miles on the F250. Pulled trailer last weekend. Night and day difference. IMO the F250 is the way to go with a 2670. Almost no effect from anything that passed me. Very solid and comfortable. I also followed some advice from another thread and got a breaker bar with a 1 inch socket to tighten the blue ox to 8 chain links. With the tool that blue ox provides I don't know that I would have been able to do that before without snap back to the hands. Maybe a pro pride or hensley would have been a cheaper solution than a new truck, but I have my doubts.
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