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04-19-2017, 09:10 AM
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#21
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Bluffton, South Carolina
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0TA
Posts: 135
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Towing 5.0TA with 2017 F150 2.7 Ecoboost
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Originally Posted by Fox hunt
What's the difference between towing with the Ford 3.5 and 2.7?ive been looking at both
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We bought the 2.7 Ecoboost, 2WD, with the max-payload (2,100lbs) package to pull our 2014 5.0TA. The max-payload probably reduces the gas mileage a bit due to the higher differential ratio. On a winter trip to, around, and from Florida, we got between 15 and 17mpg while towing.
We installed a B&W Turnover ball and used the Andersen Ultimate Aluminum hitch. This setup worked great with the 6.5' bed. You don't really notice the trailer until you look in the mirrors.
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04-19-2017, 09:45 AM
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#22
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,532
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Quote:
Originally Posted by D&R_MA
We bought the 2.7 Ecoboost, 2WD, with the max-payload (2,100lbs) package to pull our 2014 5.0TA. The max-payload probably reduces the gas mileage a bit due to the higher differential ratio. On a winter trip to, around, and from Florida, we got between 15 and 17mpg while towing.
We installed a B&W Turnover ball and used the Andersen Ultimate Aluminum hitch. This setup worked great with the 6.5' bed. You don't really notice the trailer until you look in the mirrors.
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Which cab did you get? Up here at least we cannot get a 6.5' bed in a SuperCrew and a 2.7, just the 3.5, the main reason I went with the 3.5 is I wanted both those things.
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2017 Escape 5.0 TA
2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
2009 Escape 19 (previous)
“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” — Abraham Lincoln
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04-19-2017, 09:56 AM
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#23
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Comox, British Columbia
Trailer: 5.0 TA #9
Posts: 226
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2014 5.0 ta
Our 5.0 TA weighs 3640 pounds with a 1/2 full water tank, and empty grey and black tanks. All our other camping stuff was in the trailer.
We may not haul around the same amount of stuff as others.
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04-19-2017, 10:42 AM
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#24
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Bluffton, South Carolina
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0TA
Posts: 135
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SuperCab
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Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
Which cab did you get? Up here at least we cannot get a 6.5' bed in a SuperCrew and a 2.7, just the 3.5, the main reason I went with the 3.5 is I wanted both those things.
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We got the XL SuperCab as we seldom have passengers and didn't want the extra length. Don't know if the SuperCrew is available in States with 6.5' bed. I've seen them with the 8' bed, really long.
We did see a couple of trucks with 8' beds that had bicycle racks mounted on their 5th-wheel pin housing, which seems like a good way to go.
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04-19-2017, 10:49 AM
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#25
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,532
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Quote:
Originally Posted by D&R_MA
We did see a couple of trucks with 8' beds that had bicycle racks mounted on their 5th-wheel pin housing, which seems like a good way to go.
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If I ever find the need for a rear cargo bin, mounting a receiver on the pin box is a definite consideration.
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2017 Escape 5.0 TA
2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
2009 Escape 19 (previous)
“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” — Abraham Lincoln
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04-19-2017, 11:24 AM
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#26
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: NA, Arizona
Trailer: 2017 5.0TA
Posts: 549
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fox hunt
I'm guessing a 5.0 is about 5000 fully loaded? looks like the dry weight is 3885 pds and the tongue weight is 600 pounds ? is that correct?
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Hi Fox hunt, no this info is not correct. The 2017 5.0ta is heavier due to a number of things,raised dinette, fiber glass (flat sides), insulation (little heavier), vanity, awning (motors), frig, ect. I would guess an average well equipped trailer (air conditioning, dual pane,extra insulation, solar, dual bats, ect. could easily arrive @ 4200 lb + dry. Once you add all your camping gear and food and water one could easily see 4500 ~ 4800 lb +. A basic rule to go by is that the pin weight of a 5th wheel trailer is about 20 percent of the gross trailer weight. Meaning as an example 4500 lb trailer @ 20 percent = 900 lb pin weight. So when you load your trailer ready for camping you try and maintain the 20 percent pin weight by balancing your load between the front of the trailer and the rear. This is where the trucks payload come in as an ( Example Only ). 900 lb pin + 150 lb hitch,frame brackets,bed rails, + 350 lb 2 people + 200 lb misc. emergency road equipment, tools, chairs, tables, wood, barbecue grill, fire pit, ect. Total = 1600 lbs. I would consider a truck with 1700 Lb. min. payload preferable 1900 lb + you will be surprised how thing add up quick. When you are looking at truck open the driver side door, there is a yellow sticker with manufacturers listed payload for that particular truck. Good luck on your search
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04-19-2017, 12:55 PM
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#27
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Emerson, Manitoba
Trailer: 2016 Escape 5.0TA, 2022 F150 2.7EB
Posts: 1,848
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We bought the 2.7EB Supercab 4wd, and was surprised to find the payload is under 1500lb. but that is not a problem despite having a fairly nose heavy 5.0 SA and the heavy B&W Patriot fifth wheel. We rarely have more than the two of us traveling, plus put little else in the bed, just a few blocks, the sewer hose, and a light grill.
Our mileage really hasn't been tested yet but we got 14l/100km, or 16.8 mpg on a recent trip home from Thunder Bay last week driving at 90-95kph, still with winter tires on the truck. The real test comes in May when we head all the way to the West Coast.
Adrian
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