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rexlion
Mar 26, 2016Explorer
The Explorer you have (2007) is a redesigned vehicle, not the same as the ones that had the rollover reputation.
I think you're pushing it. By the time you get the TT loaded it will be just a few pounds short of the rating. Worse yet is the hitch weight issue. If you're rated for 500 lbs on the hitch, I will bet that TT's hitch when loaded for camping will be around 600 lbs, maybe 650 or more. Add the weight of a weight distributing hitch, and you're way over the limit. I towed a 23' Rockwood (advertised dry hitch weight 380 lbs) with a 2000 Mountaineer (Explorer clone) and Equal-i-zer hitch, and I bent a rear spring on the truck. Plus I needed ball joints soon afterward.
I think you're pushing it. By the time you get the TT loaded it will be just a few pounds short of the rating. Worse yet is the hitch weight issue. If you're rated for 500 lbs on the hitch, I will bet that TT's hitch when loaded for camping will be around 600 lbs, maybe 650 or more. Add the weight of a weight distributing hitch, and you're way over the limit. I towed a 23' Rockwood (advertised dry hitch weight 380 lbs) with a 2000 Mountaineer (Explorer clone) and Equal-i-zer hitch, and I bent a rear spring on the truck. Plus I needed ball joints soon afterward.
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