Newbe question, Mercury Mountaineer max trailer size

horton333 wrote:

Huntindog wrote:

Dennis Smith wrote:
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=2007+mercury+mountaineer+v8+towing+capacity

tells me 3500 is your max towing. think your way over

The OP IS new to this. The first thing he needs to know is that the tow ratings are essentially an advertising number. Few vehicles will actually be capable of that rating.

There are lots of people who actually have these vehicles who diassagree with your assumption, based on their experience. Yes tow ratings are largely marketing numbers on smaller vehicles, but on smaller vehicles tow ratings tend to be *less* than the vehicle is capable of: to upsell customers to the more profitable, and for many people less useful, trucks.