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kknowlton
Mar 08, 2014Explorer II
You can pull it. You may not be super pleased with the performance; your gear ratio is pretty low for towing. Remember that "dry weight" means with NOTHING in the trailer - often not even LP gas, much less any water, or any of your personal gear. We started out towing our similar-size/weight hybrid with an Explorer with better gear ratio than yours, and similar towing "ability" (according to the official info from Ford), and ended up trading it for a truck that was much more capable. We found the SUV just wasn't up to towing in stiff headwinds - MPG dropped like a rock and the car was really struggling. Good luck! Nice choice of trailer, BTW.
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