This is our TT, what the heck can tow it??

jlfought wrote:

carringb wrote:
You need a Ford E350 with the v10. payload is over 3,000 pounds. GCWR with 4.10 gears is 18,500. You will need to upgrade to a class 5 receiver however, since the stock is only a class 4. A diesel would work too but those come with additional maintenance headaches, and it's quite a bit less powerful than the v10.

The Chevy Express will have enoug payload but not enough GCWR.

So I found a 1997 Ford E-350 Extended wagon V-10 4.10. If we upgrade to the class V receiver it will work for us? I found just one site that had tow info on it for the model and it has it listed as a 10,000 lb tow capacity and 5590 curb weight. Those were the only figures I found for it.

Thanks so much for the info too!!

The GVWR and axle ratings will be posted in the door. The E-350 can have any of several GVWR options, over a small range of values, marketed for tax and license purposes in some locales.

Current E-350 GVWRs can be as high as 9000 in the van, to give a regular length cargo van a bit over 4000 load capacity. But wagon is heavier, the extended length wagon is heavier yet, whittling down that margin. I'm not sure where the max was in 1997, since the front end was beefed up on the 2007-8 upgrades.

My E-350 regular length wagon has 8800 GVWR, a good 3000 pound margin over the curb weight (which is actually lighter now since I pulled out the back seat and seat mounting hardware).

I'm pretty sure you will find the GVWR at least 3000 pounds over your curb weight, that much is needed for people and luggage when the vans are used as hotel and parking lot shuttles. But that 3000 does have to be shared between what you carry and the tongue load, which might be over 1500 pounds on a 10,000 pound travel trailer.