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When its windy or a rig passes, it can get a little wobbly, but I chalk that up to the wheelbase. I use a WD hitch and keep it under 65 mph. If I had never driven the ecoboost, I would say it is more then adequate. They wanted $23,900 for itbut got them down to $22,000. It's 4 wheel drive with the midnight package, heated seats and some more. Actually got the Nissan for a crazy good deal right when all this covid stuff started. I like Ford and they make an awesome pulling machine, I just refuse to pay what Ford is charging for even base vehicles now.

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However, after a drunk driver got me, it was time for another truck. That thing wouldn't even shift out of overdrive going up a steep grade with this trailer - and it would hold its speed. I came from an F-150 ecoboost (3.5L with 475 lb-ft of torque). The frontal area of the trailer is also within guidelines. Looking at my payload, towing capacity, an tongue weight - I am will within a 20% margin of the max numbers. It is just me and my wife and a 1.5 year old and a 3 year old. The tongue weight is 388 lbs according to the manufacturer. (We only run it with a few gallons of water in the tank in the event of an emergency pit stop). Sheets, clothes, some food, and other misc. It has a cargo carrying capacity of 990 lbs (again, according to the sticker on the side). On the sticker on the side (with options that I have), it comes in at 3,600 dry. I am down here in Texas where we had the big freeze. I have been trying to get my water back working at the well - waiting for parts. I'm also wondering if a tall camper shell might help with air resistance a bit.Īlso when I was taking pictures, got a nice demonstration of how distance to the subject is important.Ĭlick to expand.Sorry for my delayed response. With the expected fuel economy reduction, doing a fuel tank swap like did might be even more important.

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I'll have to bear this in mind if I do install those 1.5' Alldogs Offroad helper springs that I have and what I'd need to do to the front, especially if I retain the overload leafs. I am glad I had my towing mirrors on the truck though, I widened them out and it helped on turns or as the road wound around.Įven with the weight distribution hitch the rear of the truck did sag enough to be just a tiny bit lower than the front.

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Stopping required some attention obviously and other drivers are just idiots, but because I was generally the slowest vehicle on the road it was generally easy enough to leave room. This being a long wheebase truck that probably gave me an advantage.

The feel was decent enough, it did not feel like the trailer was shoving the truck around. Cruise control drops out if the required throttle to maintain or return to speed is too great. Be prepared to shift as if you were driving a truck with a manual transmission. Uphill or if there's a headwind, you're not going to remain in overdrive. On flat terrain or slight downward grade overdrive didn't feel like a struggle though, and brought the RPMs down. In a nutshell, the fuel economy is pretty terrible when out of overdrive and the absolute max speed realistically is 65, and that is mildly uncomfortable. The truck can do it, but realistically the driver needs to be mindful of overdrive and cruise control.

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