Trucks, trailers and torque

Nice but too gaudy. Over here (Iceland) we use Unimogs for just about everything. They are the giants of off-road vehicles - and sip fuel carefully. Most boat ramps are slick or chunk rock. Your Ford (and most American) vehicles would suffer major tyre failure here. I ordered my second (only in life) U4023. It has a 5.1L, 4-in line diesel putting out equiv 227hp and 600 lb ft torque. https://www.mercedes-benz.com/en/ve...og-and-g-class-summit-of-the-off-road-giants/
Now if you want a suv - then the G class is for you - starting price around $195k, but the Uni is less and does more for the buck. The newer 5023 starts at $250k.

To give you a better perspective - The 4023 has 9.5k/kg (21000#) and the 5023 an 13.1k/kg (29000#) carry capacity that no 3500 can match - not even my old Ram.
https://www.car-revs-daily.com/2014/11/11/2015-unimog-u5023/

Hey! What's wrong with Platinum Badges? I'm on my third F-150 and the first two being Lariats but I absolutely love this Platinum I have now. Unimog? Yeah, I can see that parked @ Publix...

I had gaudy platinum, beemers, even an SRT with a Lambo engine. But none will last in our environment - between sea spray, volcanic ash clouds and acid rain.

They are easier to park than a dually and the wheel cut is more friendly in tight places - the streets are narrow here - which is why you see more delivery Sprinters than Aeros.

Better to have something heavily built than flashy. I shipped my Ram 3500 SLT here from Fla about five years ago. The Cummins engine with 450,000 miles on it is still good to go, but the body is shot.

The cost of everything not made the EU is prohibitive. Your $50k truck there is 3x that here.

Certainly not used as a Blvd cruiser, I hauled two 800 lbs round hay bales this weekend after an axle broke on my haul wagon . This truck has been everywhere my Polaris 4x4 Ranger has on my farm in Northern GA. I have a 2018 150 XL Sport with the 3.8 ecoboost on the farm also but prefer the power of the 5.0 v8 w/ 4x4 to get through the mud and ravines. No lite nor wimpy use on a 400 acre farm...

All about torque baby, all about torque. The turbo 6 is faster and peppier from a standing start and may well have better numbers towing off a hitch that's for sure but the XL sport is much lighter than the Plat. When it comes to a heavy load in the bed the 5.0 seems to have more low end umph to slow crawl in 4x4-low through long pastures and over a steep incline. Of course Fords empirical data supersedes an old retired marine engineer turned Sh*#t kicker on a farm that's for sure!
Now back to manufacturers stupidity …

The 3.5 ecoboost has like 425lbs of torque at 1500 rpms, and makes 470lbs of peak torque, more than the 5.0 liter which only makes 400lbs at 3850.

Real life seat time J, I've not Googled the numbers but I've felt and heard it many times through my right foot under varying loads and the 8 does the better job. Love the ecoboost, excellent engine, just not for that application on the farm. personal work thing.

The SRT I owned had an 8.3L engine in it that couldn't pass a gas station without stopping.

I drove heavy trucks for 30 yrs in the Army - I know all about torque. I always thought the V10 was an underused engine - but now I understand why - 8mpg. The V12 gets about the same mpg with more torque.

In case anyone doubts you....