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Nice camping in Arkansas. I used to go camping up in the ozarks near hardy back in the 70s.
Yeah, I figured the mpg would drop in half. I got 23 mpg driving from Atlanta to b'ham AL Thursday with no load and no passenger. I know that my 96 3.0 v6 will probably do the job but I think it's on the edge. Since I don't own the camper yet I'm having to estimate the load. The escape 5 is a very light and very small 5th wheel. I think escape used to deliver their trailers with a ranger - empty.
The pin load and truck payload is the one thing that would be right at the limit.
Dude, buy the camper, hitch it up and go. Its not a big deal if you hold people up going up hills, i used to do it all the time towing my 32FT travel trailer (7-7200lbs loaded) behind my 77 F250 with a weezing 400 and lincoln worthy 3.07 gears. Untill i got my 460 anyways, screw em, theyll get over it.
Honestly, at 4000lbs, even a previous gen 4.0L should do just fine, your 3.0 would pry still be fine even. Just take it slow.