Trailer crash on mountain road.

down home wrote:
We don't have as many miles on our Mh as many o you have on your rigs or sure.
We had Fifth wheel, 32 ft length.
Towed like on rails with the F350 Dualie.
We have seen a lot of wrecks of Pickups and SUVs towing trailers,mostly North Florida and South Georgia for some reason. Haven't seen many out west or north of here.
Small too light duty tires and only leaf springs controlling the axle, and weight on the bumper or maybe on the rear of the trailer, in some cases.
No way is it going to be safe to drive. A little wiggle, a side wind, or semi at 90mph comes along side. You start to fishtail and off the road you go.
Load distribution bars help with too much bumper weight for springs, and sway control but they don't over come the larger dynamic forces.
I think the Dealers as they tried with us sell "oh yeah your Excursion can pull this 38 ft trailer, easy."
The Excursion is now the big vehicle at Ford and not as heavy as needed.
The old Expedition with a diesel had weight and was a lot more capable.
The best idea in towing remains the fifth wheel with the weight over the rear axle of the towing vehicle and with dual tires.
Light weight on a tow vehicle is not a good thing, unless it is a small towable, at lower speeds and not on a Texas to Oklahoma highway with 70 mph cross winds.
I or e would have to examine everything the weight and distribution and tires and so on to accurately place the responsibility, however I don't think the Excursion is heavy duty enough for the trailer, never mind the tow rating.

You have shown you really don't know the vehicles you are talking about.

The Expedition has never had a diesel option. It is currently the largest SUV Ford makes, based on a previous F150 chassis (Up to the 2018 model) and it is currently in production.

The Excursion WAS the larger SUV Ford made based on the F250 chassis, with the option of either gas or diesel. It was by far a better tow vehicle than the Expedition in its day, it has been out of production for nearly a decade at this point.

The vehicle in the video is clearly an Excursion, for those who know the difference.