Expedition towing problem
Hope this is cricket, but this fellow posted on a different non-RV forum that his Expy with 140k on it bounces while pulling his new to him 28' Puma. He has an Equalizer WDH. He was advised to weigh i...
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Hope this is cricket, but this fellow posted on a different non-RV forum that his Expy with 140k on it bounces while pulling his new to him 28' Puma. He has an Equalizer WDH. He was advised to weigh it, did, and gave these numbers:
" I was finally able to take it to the cat scale. I did measure from the ground to the top of the wheel wells and I realized that my Expedition is a little squatted before having any weight on it. The measurements for the Expedition empty are Front Driver: 36 1/8”. Front Pass. 36 1/4”. Rear Driver: 35 3/4”. Rear Pass: 35 7/8”.
Then I hooked up the camper with Only the hitchball (no weight distribution) and my measurements were these. FD: 36 7/8”. FP: 36 7/8”. RD: 33 7/8”. RP: 34 1/8”.
Then I hooked it up with the weight distribution and these were the results. FD: 36 1/4”. FP: 36 1/2”. RD: 35” RP: 34 3/4”.
At the scale the weights were as following. Steer axle: 3100. Drive axle: 4020. Trailer axles: 6400. For a Gross Combined Weight of 13,520. The Expedition weight axles together were 7120. Then I weighed the Expedition alone and the Front axle: 3160 and the Rear Axle was 3260 for a total of 6420. From my understanding there needs to be more weight distributed to the front axle on the Expedition. Judging by the rear shocks being lower than the front I would assume the the shocks are not good right?"
Any thoughts I could pass on?
Dont do anything Your within 60 lbs of restoring the front to original ride height. Thats pretty good and as good as youll get without going over on the front.
Front 3160 truck alone
Front scale with WD 3100..
Just leave it.
To get TW you needed to weight without WD hooked up. Do you have those #'S..
The expeditions have coil springs. Replace the shocks with bilsteins and add sumospings to the rear...
This is a cheap fix. Get them for his yeartruck.
http://www.sdtrucksprings.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=21954
The idea of the WD hitch is to restore the front to the original 3100 without going over.
Once he gets shocks and the sumo upgrade he may be right on.
