twodollars
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So we finally had to bite the bullet and update the family truck. It's my wife's daily vehicle. And the one we use when were all going somewhere together. Its a 13 expedition limited. Its replacing the now handed down to me 05 Durango limited.
Expedition has silly amount of features, and depreciated so much more than a Tahoe I couldn't pass it up. Perfect for what we use it for. However, I did use it to try and tow about 7500lb when the brake controller in my diesel burb took a crap. I can now verify, with personal experience, the incredible lack of torque that a 5.4 3v produces. I'm not sure it would have picked up speed falling off a cliff with that load behind it. Didn't buy it to tow. But when the need arose, I looked down and saw the integrated trailer brake and said how bad could this be? Slooooow. I expected the suspension to be too soft, and it was. Brakes are fantastic, but what a useless powertrain to put a load behind.
At least I know the engine doesn't have a prayer in hell of overworking the rest of the drivetrain. The old hemi Durango pulls like a freight train comparatively.
Just passing on my experience. No idea how that engine was in a heavy f series, but got a feeling it's pretty bad without a lot of gear.
Expedition has silly amount of features, and depreciated so much more than a Tahoe I couldn't pass it up. Perfect for what we use it for. However, I did use it to try and tow about 7500lb when the brake controller in my diesel burb took a crap. I can now verify, with personal experience, the incredible lack of torque that a 5.4 3v produces. I'm not sure it would have picked up speed falling off a cliff with that load behind it. Didn't buy it to tow. But when the need arose, I looked down and saw the integrated trailer brake and said how bad could this be? Slooooow. I expected the suspension to be too soft, and it was. Brakes are fantastic, but what a useless powertrain to put a load behind.
At least I know the engine doesn't have a prayer in hell of overworking the rest of the drivetrain. The old hemi Durango pulls like a freight train comparatively.
Just passing on my experience. No idea how that engine was in a heavy f series, but got a feeling it's pretty bad without a lot of gear.
