The best thing about that is
A)locking rear diff
B) when you are not towing you have a wonderful daily driver that is not noticeably different than a regular F-150.
Yeah I test drove pretty much everything-- a
ll of the American major 3 brands of pickup in both gas and diesel configurations.. I took each of them off the lot for a private drive without the sales guy, and I grabbed my RV trailer and towed it up and down the worst hill in Austin.
The diesels obviously handle the towing the best, but they all drove like a dump truck when not towing, and since it's my daily driver, I'm only towing maybe 10% of the time, max. I also disliked the idea of taking on all of the additional maintenance required on diesel trucks.
The standard V8 gas versions of all of the brands were rather anemic. They struggled on even some of the hills around Austin and it's not like these are the Rocky Mountains or anything.
The one that stood out was the F150 with the 3.5L ecobooost twin turbo. It drove beautifully on the highway, and was a beast in towing mode up the hills. And at the time, the F150 Supercrew had the largest cab and several more inches of space in the backseat, compared to the other two brands. Since this truck is also basically our family car (my wife has a Jeep Wrangler), we need it to be large enough and comfortable enough for our family of 4 plus a dog.
So the F150 ecoboost, was the obvious choice for us. It's been almost 5 years and I still love this truck.
HOWEVER, I'd still rather tow with an SUV if the option were available.