Brand New - TT Weight question
Hello everyone, brand new here and to RVing in general. Here is my story and I hope some of you can provide some insight: I just recently purchased a 2017 Ford Explorer 4wd V6 with the class 3 tow...
Forum Discussion
beaker305 wrote:
Over the past few days I have been educating myself on all things RV and came across a lot of mixed information about towing and weights.
It's probably pretty safe to say you now realize you should have been "edumacating" yourself on "all things RV" before you went anywhere near any vehicle or RV dealerships, not after. :R How you're going to solve this is a mystery as it will depend so much on whether you can cancel either deal, the better of the 2 being to buy a vehicle more suited for towing a much greater variety of trailers. That by definition will lead you pretty quickly to some sort of 1/2 ton BOF vehicle ... don't do that, stick with your existing vehicle (perhaps because now you have no choice), and that by definition means you're going to be severely limited in the size of trailer you can safely tow with this Explorer. :M Remember, when towing any full height trailer it's not just about weight and (lack of) payload capacity but also the significant effects of wind resistance at highway speeds which will severely tax the abilities of your Explorer. Sad to say but you've gotten yourself into a real "pickle" here. :(
