F150 owners -v6 enough?

I did a lot of pulling my cargo trailer. I would of burned out a V6. my V8 is still running very strong. every one is always asking me to haul something. you never know what your friends are going to ask you to do now you have a full size truck.
 
My 2011 F150 is the four door, 4x4 XLT with the V6 Ecoboost. It's got right at 16,000 miles and runs great. Screamin acceleration, and lots better gas mileage then my 1995 F150. I average 15.5mpg in town driving and around 22mpg on the highway using 87 octane. Love the truck.
 
richard thurman said:
boy I really want you for a friend. and when you really need something or just plain help what are they going to say to you?? probably go to blazes. I am glad you don't live near me.
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There are only a select few I would consider calling "friends". Hell, I married my best friend. The truck is hers anyway! LoL
 
I had friends that had there grandsons come over and remove some bushes for me. he took my gas power pressure washer and fixed it for me and would not take any money for doing it. I will keep my friends thank you.
 
richard thurman said:
I had friends that had there grandsons come over and remove some bushes for me. he took my gas power pressure washer and fixed it for me and would not take any money for doing it. I will keep my friends thank you.
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Hey ironicly I just helped a buddy do this for 5 bushes and 2 small trees in the front yard of his house he just bought. Btw my v6 F150 was used to rip the stumps :)
 
yea I had to hook up my truck to rip out the bush root so they would not just grow back. I am very glad I had a V8 because I really had to snag very hard. that is what real friend are for.
 
richard thurman said:
... am very glad I had a V8 because I really had to snag very hard.
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Low end torque?

The result is of course the so-called EcoBoost 3.5-liter V6, rated at 365 horsepower and 420 lb-ft of torque.

…The combination of small diameter twin turbos and direct injection give the EcoBoost an almost diesel like torque curve. “It means that this engine generates around 90 percent of its torque at just 1700 rpm,” said Ford spokesman Michael Lord during a press conference. And that peak torque is available all the way through 5500 rpm
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Now, as for your V8, Rich...

For comparison’s sake the Ford 5.0-liter makes its maximum 380 lb-ft at 4250 rpm and the big 6.2-liter makes 434 lb-ft at 4500
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Ford EcoBoost Review

This isn't chestbeating for Ford....I drive a Cummins Dodge.
 
I really like my Jeep deisel, but I don't need another one. They are far superior in torque and power, but expensive! I'll stick with no friends and the gas V6.
 
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I ended up with the standard V6. Went through the Black Hills and Yellowstone just fine. No complaints at all!!!! Thank you all for the advice!
 
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If you can keep your foot out of it, a large V-8 will deliver better fuel economy than a smaller V-6. My lifted (3"/1" leveling lift) 5.7L Toyota Tundra with 34" tires gets a solid 16.5MPG average around town. With factory spec tires, I ran close to 18MPG on a consistent basis.
 
Heck no! You got to at least have a 5.4 with a blower on top. Aftermarket intake, exhaust and cog drive to the blower. V-6, are you kidding. If I take the belt off my truck's blower, I can blow away a V-6 F-150 with ease. ;-)







 
That's about the fanciest truck I have ever seen. I don't think I'd feel too comfortable throwing about 25 feet of rusty tow chain in the back of that beauty.:thumbup:
 
OHALLUM said:
I drove over the road 18 wheelers for about 15 years, and worked for several trucking companies. Most of them bought small horsepower (300 - 350) diesel trucks to pull up to 80,000 pounds of freight up and down the mountains out west. At best, they averaged 6 to 6 1/2 mpg. At an average of 100,000 miles a year, that is a lot of expensive diesel fuel. Some of the trucks were "streamlined" to get better fuel mileage. Generally didn't happen enough to measure. The last 5 years that I drove, I owned my own truck, and hauled the same type of freight and trailers that I drove for the companies. My truck was a Western Star, with a classic square blunt nose truck design. (non aerodynamic) It had a 500 horsepower diesel engine, with the same 9 speed transmission that the company trucks I had driven had in their trucks. With the extra 200 to 250 horsepower, my truck did not have to work as hard as the company trucks did to haul the same freight. My overall average fuel mileage was 7 to 7 1/2 miles to the gallon. Add that up over a 100,000 mile year, and it is a lot of money savings in fuel alone. Plus the added reduced wear and tear on the engine. Bottom line is that the extra power allowed the truck to do the job with less effort and reduced wear. The truck had over 1,000,000 miles on it when I sold it and retired. The guy that bought it drove it for another 4 years with the same engine in it, and without a major overhaul. YMMV. :D

Blessings,

Omar
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Those OTR trucks are impressive. I wish all the light duty trucks and cars were built that well.
 
I had the worst truck ever for fuel economy___2003 Nissan Frontier 4x4 supercharged V6-----got 10 in town. 15 on the hwy

Kept it 2 years then traded it as it was eating me alive____the gas bill was more than the car payment


It used premium because of the supercharger and the big trucks beat it all way around--other than fitting in a small garage

Worst purchase I've ever made---the truck itself was fine and gave me no problems but the gas mileage just killed it.
 
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It was geared all wrong---1st gear was a granny gear and 5th gear was barely a 4th gear in anything normal---it would be all wound up doing 75 on the interstate---which is the speed limit in this state. Like I said, it was a horrible truck.

And that was in 2 wheel drive--kicking in the front wheels made it even worse. It had no towing capacity because of the stick shift---so why even bother putting a granny gear in it?


The EPA sticker said 15 and 18---it got nowhere near that unless you were doing 50 on the interstate ---with the wind at your back.

My current vehicle--'11 Hyundai Tuscon----gets an honest to god 30mpg doing 85 with the AC on. Night and day
 
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