Towing problems with Ford Escape
I just purchased a Palomini trailer to pull behind my 2011 Ford Escape. The escape has a 3500lbs tow rating and the GVW of the trailer is 2900lbs. We placed a class 3 hitch, an anti sway bar and elect...
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An Escape (or any other small vehicle) was designed to efficiently transport people not pull/tow large, heavy vehicles. Towing with one is a formula for wrecking the engine/transmission of a perfectly good people transporter that was not meant to tow heavy objects.
