2.7 EcoBoost for towing? Anybody have one and can comment?

[ray1970]

I had the option to buy pretty much whatever I wanted when I bought my last truck. I actually started out looking at diesels. I tow maybe two times a year on average and my trailer fully loaded weighs maybe 2000 lbs. While having power to spare is nice, it didn?t take long for common sense to prevail. The lower initial cost of a gas truck and the lower overall cost of maintenance throughout its life coupled with the fact that 400 or so HP and TQ was probably more than I really needed anyway just made sense for my situation.

I did ask my wife to make sure she wasn?t going to get some crazy idea and buy a huge travel trailer in the foreseeable future before I fully committed to purchasing a gas engine half ton. I?d have been upset if a year or two later she decided to buy something I couldn?t tow with the darn thing.

[MED]

I had the option to buy pretty much whatever I wanted when I bought my last truck. I actually started out looking at diesels. I tow maybe two times a year on average and my trailer fully loaded weighs maybe 2000 lbs. While having power to spare is nice, it didn?t take long for common sense to prevail. The lower initial cost of a gas truck and the lower overall cost of maintenance throughout its life coupled with the fact that 400 or so HP and TQ was probably more than I really needed anyway just made sense for my situation.

I did ask my wife to make sure she wasn?t going to get some crazy idea and buy a huge travel trailer in the foreseeable future before I fully committed to purchasing a gas engine half ton. I?d have been upset if a year or two later she decided to buy something I couldn?t tow with the darn thing.

I definitely agree that the new diesels with all the new emissions garbage and associated issues makes them only buy if you really need it....definitely not like my old 5.9 Cummins that will last forever.