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Thinking of selling the Amarillo and going to Ecoboost F-150, thoughts?

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Old 03-11-2015, 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by the_auto_tech
Yea, the Ecoboost is so much quieter and smoother than my 6.0 is. Yes, it won't tow as much weight, but it will tow it a lot more comfortably.
Sure it will, and it'll do a fine job with it. Even if the rated capacity is lower.



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15,100 lb trailer and my F150 was the fastest up the hill.
 
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Sure it will, and it'll do a fine job with it. Even if the rated capacity is lower.



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15,100 lb trailer and my F150 was the fastest up the hill.
Other than the butthole puckering moment when you couldn't stop

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Other than the butthole puckering moment when you couldn't stop

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Yeah, but complete trailer brake failure was hardly the truck's fault. Had that happened going down the hill it would have been ugly in an F750.
 
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