2014 Ford Expedition Towing Capacity

JJensen79 wrote:
I had a 2008 Expy 4x4. My trailer had a dry weight of 6800 lbs, loaded ready to go it came in at 7900 lbs. I could never get the Expy to settle down while pulling our TT. It always felt like it was being pushed around and struggled to make it up any significant incline. The Expy differs from an F150 in the rear suspension. It is a softer independent rear suspension vs a solid rear axle. I looked for an air bag system to try and stiffen it up but they do not make one. i also had a difficult time trying to find LT tires to fit the 20" rims. in the end we ended up with an Excursion and it a huge difference in my towing experience. IMO I would probably look at a 3/4 ton SUV if you are dead set on that trailer or maybe look at a smaller trailer if you really want the Expy.

Agreed. Either of those trailers, would be a lot for your Expedition to handle.

Gross weight of the Salem, is actually more than your tow capacity.

Loaded tongue weight of either trailer, will be pushing 1000 lbs. The Salem could hit 1100.

The Expy's payload could be as low as 1200 lbs. Out of that, you have to take 100 lbs for hitch weight, the weight of driver and passengers, any cargo in the Expy, and trailer tongue weight.

There is a general rule of thumb that is, trailer gross weight should not exceed 80% of tow capacity. There are several reasons for this. One of which is, it keeps tongue weight down to where it works in your payload.

With 9000 tow capacity, that 80% number would be 7200 lbs gross weight on the trailer. Gross weights on what you are looking at -- 8400 and 9400.

Something with dry weight between 5500 and 6000 lbs, would probably fit.