Ford 150 5.0 review
 

those that have this truck. What are the pro and cons about your truck. How does it do pulling your 21ft boat.

Hows yoyr milage pulling a boat.

Im getting out of a lemon dodge durango. And looking at this F 150 with 5.0 engine.

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Don't have a 21' boat but I've pulled other boats, utility trailers, dog trailers loaded down wit hounds and IMO this engine is weak. No power and also bad on gas. I can live wit one but not both. Next truck will either be 3/4 ton or an Ecoboost.

Eco boost is a beast! mine pulls like a champ. pleasantly surprised how well it gets going from standstill

Ill have to test drive one of those ecoboost to see the difference

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Have it and love it. Pulled ultra lite camper to Toledo and back and got 11 mpg. Not bad for that trip in my opinion. Pulls 21.5' bay boat fine but i only tow about 10 miles round trip. Quiet, powerful, and economical. Figured it would take several years to make up the extra cost of the ecoboost plus I just wasn't comfortable with the turbo. I get 15'ish and 21'ish. I've had 2 titans (great trucks) and I find this tows A little better than either of the Nissans did. WAY better mileage than the Nissans too. IT'S NOT A 3/4 TON TRUCK, but it doesn't have the price tag or mileage of one either.

What was the outcome with the Durango, did you talk to corporate about a buy back?

I bought a Ford 4x4 150 xlt in OCT with the Ecoboost and I love it. It has a lot power and currently I have 16k miles with avg mpg at 16.4.

It shut off again this morning so I brought it in for the 3rd time. I will call corporate office today r tomorrow

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Damn bro. I haven't been having any problems with mine lately but I got a bad feeling something is gonna happen again. I'm sure once my warranty is up. Sure is sad that I don't even have confidence in taking it out of Louisiana for any trips.

I had 5.0 and ecoboost. Eco was horrible mpg pulling 24 bay boat. 5.0 was almost as bad. I now have a tundra and it puts both of the f150s i had to shame.

I believe it. If I was to get gas rig it would be a tundra without a doubt!

My new 1/2 ton GMC pulls my boat with ease but its only 17'. I would either go Yota or GM. I will never buy another Ford or Dodge as long as I live with all the problems I had with my 2012 F-250 and 2011 Durango. F-250 gave me more problems than the Durango is currently giving me now.

My tundra is fast and powerful but it seems like once I hook up to the boat it has trouble finding gears. I was disappointed. It is still better than my 5.4 z.

I wondered about the Eco boost and the 5.0 but now not so sure. I want a 3/4 ton but I don't want to drive it around all day for work.

Ecobeast


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Or tundra both mpg while towing will be terrible


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No sure if Ford makes the 5.0 eco anymore. Mine is the 3.5L.

What is your mpg on your Toyota when pulling your boat. My wife has a Sequoia with the 5.7 in it and she gets 12 -13 city and 17-18 highway not pulling anything. I have not used it yet to pull my boat to see what the mpg will be.

6 mpg with my old GMC sierra pulling my offshore boat :(
Think its time to upgrade

New GM has 355 hp compared to 295 in old ones. Towing is a lot better.

I didnt know they ever made a 5.0eco. I was saying i had their 5.0 and also the ecoboost. If i keep it under 70 i can get 12-13mpg towing with the tundra. At the same speed my eco was getting 6.8mpg and this is hand calculation not what dash says.

im also done with ford and dodge... i have a 2014 tundra now... puts everything i've had to shame... if i have no major problems with this truck i won't even consider other brands in the future. ecotoot would be my last choice... just my 2 cents

I'm opposite. Can never let myself buy another GM or dodge. Loving my ford. But I have the 5.4

I love my Ecoboost until I hook up the boat. 21'
It doesn't struggle at all but I get about 7.5-8 towing at about 68mph
My tundra was about the same but that was 08 tundra I don't know if they changed anything.
Dodge just came out with half ton diesel in the ram pretty interesting.




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Still a dodge lol

True.


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I own a F150 with the 5.0. This is my third F150 and I've loved them all. The previous 2 had the 5.4 I think the 5.0 pulls my 22' boat just as good as the bigger engine did. I cruise down to Grand Isle regularly and get 12MPG pulling the boat 68/70 on the hwy. I get high teens low 20's on the highway with no load, 15/16MPG around town. I bought my oldest son an XLT and he loves it and I recently bought a new STX for my son Hunter who turns 16 in May (I can't wait to give if to him.). You won't go wrong with a F150. I've had nothing but good luck with all of ours.

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The 5.0 is a peppy engine and I really like the exhaust tone but that engine is not in in the same league as an Ecoboost. The Ecoboost is a freak and is closer in power to the 6.2L. I had a 5.0L company truck and I owned a tuned F150 3.5L Ecboost 4x4 crew and traded it in for a '14 GMC Sierra Z71 crew. Yes the ecoboost was tuned, had intake and exhaust and easily made over 400hp at the crank but even stock it pulled my 22ft boat better than the GMCs 355hp 5.3L V8. Both trucks do a fine job towing and any truck you buy with a V8 or V6turbos will tow a 21ft boat just fine. Daily driving my GMC gets about 17/21 mpg when the Eco got about 14/19mpg average...again it was tuned w/ exhaust & intake...towing both got around 9mpg. I loved the engine in my F150 and it was a rocket but I didn't love the rattles and squirrley shifts from the transmission and turbolag of the Ecoboost...but no major problems. IMO, the Sierra is hands down a better built, more quiet, better rididing & better driving truck than the F150.

Ford 150 5.0 review
 

I will say that all my F250 problems were mostly diesel-related, but still left a bad taste in my mouth for Ford.

And like someone else said, those new GMs are just such a quieter and smoother ride. My BIL has a new Ford 5.4 I have driven a few times and it doesn't ride half as good as my GM. Still a nice truck though.

My ECO is so quiet it is hard to tell it is started sometimes.

Also, the Fords have more back seat room than even the new GMC trucks.

You're right they are quiet and back seat area is huge in the F150.

Ford 150 5.0 review
 

I'd be willing to bet backseat in my new GmC is just as big as F150. The door is even bigger.

I have a F150 with the 4.6 and have no issues pulling my 26' center console or my bayboat. I get about 9 pulling the big boat and 11 pulling the 22'

I drove around a '14 z71 for a rental while my truck was being repaired. Backseat not even close compared to my ford.

Turd too

I think the backseat would go to the F150. There's a lot of room in the 2014 Sierra/Silverado but the F150 has an apartment in the back. However ,there is more overall interior room in the GMC. Ford accomplishes the big back seat by moving the front seats farther up which doesn't allow for more leg room for a taller person. The good news is that I never have to ride back seat.

My 2010 Silverado 1500 makes 12-13 mpg with no load. 8-10 with my 21'. Maybe it's my driving, but I've never had a truck get over 13mpg . I burned 1/4 tank of gas pulling a tractor about 7 miles the other night to pull my cousin out of a field

Well guess I was wrong but there's PLENTY of room in my back seat. Lot bigger than they used to be.

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Couldn't have been the only wheels they had?

If you decide to buy the F150 make sure you get at least a 3.55 rear end... My choice would be 3.73 for towing. I would be willing to bet most guys don't even know what rear end they have in the trucks they have and that's the reason most feel like their trucks are so sluggish.

I bet it came with a TAPOUT STICKER and AFFLECTION SHIRT....lol

No....SALT LIFE

Is anyone else disappointed int the tundra towing ability? I got a 5.7 4.1 rear end dual exhaust and cai. ~400 hp. Acts like a puss with a boat behind it.

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I have a 2006 F 150 2wd extended cab with the 5.4l, 3.73 rear, 265/75 highway tires, edge programmer and volant cold air intake. (Not heavily tuned at all) no trailer = solid 18 mpg at 70-75mph on I-49, 16 in town. 10 mpg pulling up to 18' boat at 65mph. Big camper = 5-6 mpg at 50-55.

Think of it this way, transmission, torque and gearing is everything in the towing world. Not HP.

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Wow according to one dude on here the toyota can pull a tug boat while getting good mpg....

I got heavy foot. But I'm telling you this thing can't find gears, pulls ridiculous rpms, feels like I'm about to tear something up. Without the boat it's a freakin rocket ship and I love it.

2013 ford 4dr w/ARE camper shell 5.0 not a ecoboost motor. 19 +mpg on the highway and pulling a 21' triton TX21 gets 12.5-13 mpg. I have not broke 20 mpg as some say they have. Has plenty of power to pass. The 5.0 is a 4 valve motor and almost as much HP as the v-6 twin turbo that may kick in and run or not kick in and get you in trouble. I have heard to many stories of the twin turbo. I have a HHR SS with turbo and had problems with it nit kicking in the other day. Stepped on the gas a few weeks a go and broke the tires at 50 mph on the highway and 30 lbs of boost. Next time I hit the gas no boost and I had a 100 hp and it putted away. Just got the HHR out of shop $2500 replaced turbo and they just replaced the turbo and a solenoid. 55,000 miles ---I would buy another 5.0 in a heartbeat. Very satisfied.

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I'm callin the ford 5.0 out. The 5.4 z pulls slightly worse than the 5.7 tundra.