F-150 Still Raging after 75,000 Miles!
This 2016 F-150 owner has been putting his truck through some tough situations, including hauling tractors and concrete blocks.
When you spend three years with a vehicle, you end up learning a lot about it. That’s especially true when you put an average of 25,000 miles a year on it. You truly experience its quirks and idiosyncrasies and develop a fully informed opinion on it. But if you do all of that and also tow tens of thousands of pounds with your vehicle, you get the most complete picture of its strengths and weaknesses.
That’s exactly what Joe Kapitany of the YouTube channel Kapper Outdoors did with his 2016 Ford F-150 Lariat 4X4.
He bought it brand new with a 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6, a heavy duty tow package, and a 3.55 rear end. He had a reason for buying his truck with that particular setup: Hard work – and lots of it. Kapitany owns a land management company. That often requires him to pull trailers loaded with heavy equipment such as a tractor and building materials that can eat up a substantial amount of his truck’s towing capacity. According to Kapitany, “It’s set up to tow 11,300 pounds.”
At one point in his F-150 ownership, Kapitany used his rig to haul a trailer and his front-end loader. Those two tipped the scales at roughly 11,000 pounds. But they were no problem for the mighty EcoBoost engine, which helped pull them without breaking a sweat.
It was even less fazed by a trailer carrying 3,000 pounds of cargo. In fact, the F-150 was able to chirp its rear tires from a dead stop while pulling all of that weight.
Kapitany’s truck struggled slightly to get a trailer and his front-end loader up a gravely road…because he had it in two-wheel drive. After he threw it into 4LO, the F-150 and its heavy load sailed up the path.
There is no such thing as a truly perfect vehicle and Kapitany’s F-150 is no exception to the rule. One of his few complaints about it is its fuel economy. He said, “It was supposed to get between 21 and 24 [mpg], highway.” In reality, Kapitany is averaging roughly 18.
That doesn’t change the fact that, overall, Kapitany loves his truck. In fact, he said it’s “the best truck I’ve ever owned.” Key word: owned. Kapitany is going to trade his trusty F-150 in for a larger, more capable truck. Don’t worry – he’s not defecting to Chevy or Ram. He’s getting an F-250 with a Power Stroke diesel.
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