Torture Test #2: 2011 Ford F-150 "Logging Miles" with the 3.5L ECOboost engine

2011 Ford F-150 with ECOboost "Logs" Heavy-Duty Hours At Oregon Timber Company

Oregon by dragging logs weighing from two to almost five tons.

2011 Ford F-150 EcoBoost "hero engine" demonstrates its best-in-class 420 lb.-ft of torque, especially its wealth of low-end torque, in Oregon by dragging logs weighing from two to almost five tons

Dyno stress web documentary shows this same engine already enduring the equivalent of 150,000 miles on the dynamometer, replicating the duty cycle of the harshest-use customer.

The 2011 Ford F-150 EcoBoost recently logged some tough miles in rugged Pacific Northwest country in the latest demonstration of its durability.

The new 3.5-liter EcoBoost "torture test" truck engine moved from the lab to the real world with a stop at a logging company in Oregon. It's the current phase of a multi-part series of Web-based documentaries that began when this randomly selected EcoBoost engine endured the equivalent of 150,000 miles or 10 years' use on the dynamometer, replicating the duty cycle of the harshest-use customer.

After the dyno torture testing, the engine was dropped into a new 2011 Ford F-150 to work as a log skidder for Nygaard Logging of Warrenton, OR. Skidding is the process of moving harvested timber, after the branches have been removed, from the forest to a staging area where it is placed on a truck to be sent to a sawmill.

The 2011 Ford F-150 EcoBoost replaced a vehicle similar to a backhoe that "ropes" the harvested timber using high-strength cables and drags it to the staging area.

The work was performed at Clatsop State Forest, where the 2011 F-150 EcoBoost pulled logs weighing from 4,000 to 9,000 pounds. That's where the new engine's best-in-class torque of 420 lb.-ft. at 2,500 rpm was essential -- especially low-end torque. Up to 90 percent of the EcoBoost truck engine's peak torque is available from 1,700 rpm to 5,000 rpm -- all on regular fuel.

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• F-150
• 3.5L
• ECOboost

[shadowwolf41151]

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[sovietsks45]

ford make the best trucks hands down

[moparmaniac21]

@CHEVYMAN1231000 lets see Chevy make an engine that can take this, Ford is the king of reliability in the American car market.

[indestructible306]

@thegreatcb7 amen

[88soulsurvivor]

Only time will tell.

[goblackjesus101]

@CHEVYMAN1231000 u suck

[thegreatcb7]

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[creamyfilling102]

putting a turbo V6 and trying to make it last a long time?? i know boosting a smaller engine can give you better mpg when ur just driving around without a load, while still giving you the power when you want it, but when you're actualy pulling a heavy trailer or something, that boosted V6 is gonna suck down just as much fuel as a V8, and with more stress on the rods and other components.

[CHEVYMAN1231000]

fords suck

[elowfemale21]

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