E350: V10 Gas, or 6.0 Diesel?
We have a Ford Excursion and a family of 6. It tows well, but with all of us loaded up, gear, and gas, we are really not left with a whole lot of payload, so it limits the amount we can tow. We are lo...
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shadows4 wrote:
I had a 2000 Excursion V10, 4.30 gears. Now have a F350 7.3 diesel 3.73 gears. If I hadn't decided I had to have a fifth wheel we would probably still have the Excursion. Out present fifth wheel is about the same size as our previous TT. The Excusion pulled just as well as the F350 does but it does it at a higher rpm.
We changed the front leaf springs and added a Road Master Active suspension to the rear on the Excursion. Made alot of difference on how the Ex handled the heavy tongue weight of the TT. Loved that Ex.
Since the OP'er already has an Ex. I would say just look into changing all the springs to the same ones as an F350 add a nice heavy duty shock and roll on!!!
Just remembered. To me the real limitation with the Ex is the reciever hitch. There are several options as I remember. A company in California makes a replacement but I believe you have to go to them and have them do the actual install. I think Pullrite makes a heavier hitch also. Good luck, OP'er.
In 02 the X went to a hitch with a 12,500lb/1250lb tongue weight. and yes Pullight made (don`t know if they still do) a hitch for the X, the downside was that it hangs very low!
