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afidel
Mar 20, 2018Explorer II
ScottG wrote:Bols2DawaLL wrote:
Ummm . if you don't have a factory tow package and you plan on towing the trailer in your profile
21.42 ft.
Weight
Dry Weight
3,205 lbs.
Payload Capacity
645 lbs.
Hitch Weight
453 lbs.
and travel with your wife and 4 kids you are probably way over every limit imaginable . Even with a tow package I'm sure you're still way over
X2.
With that load you will fry the trans.
Forget that, you'll not want to tow with the van the first time you go over a bump. With just the wife and I and a somewhat lighter trailer it didn't take but driving the van home over mostly flat ground to know we needed a truck. If you have a truck there is a 0% chance you'll want to tow anywhere with the van after you feel what the soft rear suspension feels like towing.
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