Re: Yay or Nay?

What does the Explorer actually weigh? Our Nissan pickup (midsize Frontier) is listed 3500 and weighs more like 4000. It tows fine, but we're almost always on nearly flat land. Still, I'd hate to pull 5000. You have the more flexible transmission so that's bound to help the towing seem more user friendly.
For where you're located, I'd guess you could manage. For western mountains I think you'd be miserable towing or driving Explorer independently.