Originally Posted by
Charlie Schmidt
I used a '90 F-250 for about 10 years to pull a 18' enclosed trailer with 2 formula cars. Even with a fresh Jasper motor, it was not enough without a turbo. Wouldn't hold 70mph on the interstate with the cruise, you had to boot it to downshift for every hill, and a 2 lane road was worse and fuel economy was nothing great either I borrowed a Tahoe one of the times it was in the shop, towed better, and got better mileage to boot
first Ford I ever owned, with luck the last