Ford Explorer and Pop up
Hello again, We looked around at several travel trailers and wound up with a 2017 Coachmen Clipper Sport 125ST popup. The popup has a UVW of 2300 or so and a tongue weight of 243 on the brochure ...
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mkirsch wrote:Main concern was that the tongue weight would drop the back end and the headlights would point for the sky,
I wish people would stop this. It's such a stupid exaggeration. The headlights will not "point for the sky." They will be SLIGHTLY HIGH. Some people might flash you, if you travel at night. Not a big deal.
If you want to see what the Explorer will do with 400-ish pounds of weight on the tongue, open the tailgate and sit three people across the back.
I put 6 square feet of 1" steel plate, plus (4) 350-amp welders with feeders in the the back of my company Flex. Overall about 2,200 pounds. I've also made numerous runs picking up welding wire. 30 cases at a time, at 54 pounds a case. Never once did I feel like the Flex was unstable or braking was adversely affected. I think the Flex has the same rear springs as the Explorer sport, but after running that one so hard, I'd never think towing with a Flexplorer.
