kevin f wrote:
Red Barron wrote:
I will stick with my Tundra 5.7 liter it has all the power I need. I pull my toy hauler loaded with the buggy and all my stuff right at 10,000 lbs. It get fair fuel mileage at 19 highway with about 15 fully loaded. .My truck has 385 horse and 400 foot pounds torque if I remember correctly. I have it almost paid for so not getting rid of it any time soon.
We had a tundra before the ford ecoboost and it got horrible fuel mileage. It would pull like a freight train though.
If you can keep your foot out of it a Toyota Tundra does get decent mileage. I question they guy that has the Lb7 durra max who claims to get 20 mpg loaded. My LLY dura max got like 18 mpg pulling my 10000 enclosed toy hauler may have gotten 20 on the highway. Modern diesels do not get great mileage they do make a pile og horse power and torque. The manufactures have been in a war for the most power and mileage suffers.
With respect to the Ford Eco boost v6 I think the jurry will be out until they have been in production for few more years. Just to early to know what the reliability will be. Since Ford let's the customer do the bulk of their real world testing. I know this was the case with my 2008 F250 with th 6.4 diesel that was the biggest piece of crap I ever owned. Ford bought it back from me under the lemon law. I also have no experience driving the echo boost since I have never driven or pulled with one.