Looking for new tow vehicle
Question for everyone. I have a 33ft sunset creek travel trailer that I pull with my 2013 f150. The camper`s dry weight is 6700 pounds but with 4 kids we most likely come in around 8200 with everythi...
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Frenchracer21 wrote:Bionic Man wrote:
We use a 2019 Expedition MAX to tow our 7000 pound boat. It does a much better job than the 2011 Yukon Denali XL it replaced.
The ExMAX has over 9000 pounds of tow capacity, and if you can stay within payload, it will work well (ours has 1767 pounds).
Jeep has announced that it will FINALLY come to market with a Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer later this year. They will have "best in class" towing (over 10,000 pounds I believe), and should be on your list if you can wait a few months.
We've had the ExMAX for a couple years, over 20,000 miles, and it has yet to go back to the dealer other than oil changes. The transmission and EcoBoost do well, its fun to drive solo, and gets decent MPG solo. Non towing power is great, but the fuel economy towing isn't good (we've had several tanks in the 7 MPG range). Overall, my wife really likes the SUV (it is her DD), but I will look at the Jeeps when they finally reach a dealer lot.
As far as vans, as a tow vehicle I'm sure they are up to the task. But I personally (and my wife especially) have no desire to drive one daily. And if you live in an area with snow, make sure you take that into account. Around here, they really need snow tires (or studs) to make them safe in the winter.
What packages does your expedition have? I know they have the heavy duty tow package but ford's website said something about an fx4 off road package as well. Is that needed on yours?
We went fairly basic. XLT with the 202A package that got leather, adaptive cruise, and a few other niceties. Also the HD tow package. You can tell an Ex has that because it has that back up trailer assist knob on the right side.
As far as a 2500 Burb, they are ok, but I’d take the Expedition over it 10 times out of ten. We had a 2003 with the 8.1 to tow the boat back in around 2014/2015. It did a good job, but literally everything the Burb did, the Ex does better. But that comes at a financial cost as well. If you’re ok driving a 15 year old vehicle with almost certainly well over 100,000 miles on it (that someone else drove and who knows how they took care of it) try to search one out.
